Hammerson looks at possible rights issue amid difficulties

Shares in shopping centre owning group have fallen 80% this year amid the pandemicProperty group Hammerson, which owns shopping centres including the Bullring in Birmingham and Brent Cross in north London, is drawing up plans for a possible rights issue and is in advanced talks on the sale of its stake in a discount shopping outlets joint venture to help it through the coronavirus crisis.Hammerson shares, which have plunged 80% this year as the retail landscape has been battered by coronavirus l