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...He lent Patisserie Holdings, the owner of the Patisserie Valerie, Philpotts and Baker & Spice chains, a net £10m shortly after it revealed the accounting scandal that ultimately led to its demise, and another...
...He lent Patisserie Holdings, the owner of the Patisserie Valerie, Philpotts and Baker & Spice chains, a net £10m shortly after it revealed an accounting scandal that ultimately led to its demise, and another...
...The Patisserie Valerie unit was sold to Causeway Capital for £8m, of which £3m is deferred, with Baker & Space sold to the Department of Coffee and Social Affairs for £2.5m and Philpotts sold to A F Blakemore...
...The price was not disclosed, but it would likely have formed the majority of the £10m paid upfront for Patisserie Valerie and Philpotts, a smaller chain that was acquired separately by AF Blakemore....
...Two other chains in the Patisserie Holdings group, Philpotts and Baker & Spice, were sold to other buyers....
...Separately, AF Blakemore & Son, a food and distribution company, has acquired all 21 stores of Philpotts, a chain that was part of the Patisserie Valerie group....
...& Spice and Philpotts restaurant brands....
...Headlines described Causeway Capital’s winning offer as veritable manna from heaven: “Patisserie Valerie saved in buyout”; “Patisserie Valerie rescue saves jobs”....
...He was not a director at any of the group’s three main trading subsidiaries, Stonebeach, Philpotts and Flour Power City....
...Shares in the company behind Patisserie Valerie climbed 5.6 per cent on Monday after the French-style cake shop reported an increase in both revenues and profits in its full-year results....
...The group now operates five brands: Patisserie Valerie, Druckers Vienna Patisserie, Philpotts, the sandwich and salad retailer, Baker & Spice, a deli and bakery chain with four outlets, and Flour Power City...
...Patisserie Holdings, founded in 1920s Soho by a Belgian émigré, operates five brands, including Patisserie Valerie; Druckers Vienna Patisserie; Philpotts, a sandwich and salad retailer with 23 outlets that...
...The company, which has 138 stores across five brands including Patisserie Valerie, Flour Power City Bakery and Philpotts, is seeking to raise £33m from a flotation on London’s Alternative Investment Market...
...In addition to its Patisserie Valerie chain, the company operates four other brands – Druckers Vienna Patisserie; Philpotts, a sandwich and salad retailer with 23 outlets that was acquired in February this...
...There is nothing more exciting than coming across a new neighbourhood, and alighting upon the perfect building for a branch of Patisserie Valerie, Gail’s, Philpotts, Rocket, Draft House, Feng Sushi or a...
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