Franco Manca confirms restaurant closures in major restructuring plan Parent firm The Fulham Shore said it planned to shut the sites as part of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) process The Independent UK · May 5
Franco Manca announces NINE London pizza restaurants to shut - check the full list of closures Pizzeria chain shutting large number of its restaurants - see if your local one is affected Evening Standard · May 5
Franco Manca confirms 16 restaurant closures after restructuring approved Last month, parent firm The Fulham Shore said it planned to shut the sites as part of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) process. Evening Standard · May 5
Franco Manca to shut 16 restaurants in restructuring with 225 jobs at risk Parent group The Fulham Shore partly blamed ‘disproportionately high’ UK taxes as it said a minority of its sites were ‘no longer sustainable’. Evening Standard · Apr 15
Pizza chain Franco Manca to shut 16 restaurants with hundreds of jobs at risk The popular pizza chain’s parent group partly blamed ‘disproportionately high’ UK taxes for the closures The Independent UK · Apr 15
Top Senate Republican Quietly Promises Trump That Pete Hesgeth Has Votes to Win Nomination Senate Majority Leader John Thune reassured the president-elect about Hegseth's chances of becoming Defense Secretary Latin Times · Jan 6, 2025
Pete Hegseth's Confirmation Still In Doubt As Senate Panel Seeks Additional Information On Damning Allegations The inquiries, conducted in early December, follow allegations of sexual assault and financial mismanagement, allegations Hegseth denies. Latin Times · Jan 3, 2025
Sen. Blumenthal Seeks Financial Records From Veterans Groups Run By Pete Hegseth After Mismanagement Allegations The Democrat is calling on the Senate Armed Services Committee to demand two groups "preserve and produce" the records, including credit card transactions Latin Times · Dec 5, 2024
Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense should alarm all of us Pete Hegseth, who has been accused of drunken, irresponsible and predatory behavior, would be in charge of the world’s most powerful military The Guardian - US · Dec 4, 2024
Pete Hegseth’s alleged drinking worried colleagues at Fox News, claims report Donald Trump’s nomination for Defense Secretary would complain about being hungover and acted like ‘the rules didn’t apply to him,’ according to the accounts of 10 current and former Fox employees The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2024
Pete Hegseth accused of chanting ‘kill all Muslims’ on a drunken night out Besides Hegseth drunkenly yelling the hateful Islamophobic chant, a whistelblower report alleged that he had to be stopped from storming a dancers’ stage at a Louisiana strip club. The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2024
Hegseth coworkers say he was often drunk Trump's pick for defense secretary would regularly drink to excess at work events, according to a new report Salon · Dec 2, 2024
Pete Hegseth forced out of non-profit leadership roles for misconduct – report Whistleblower report accuses Trump Pentagon pick of financial mismanagement, intoxication and sexist behavior The Guardian - US · Dec 2, 2024
Exclusive: Poundstretcher owner Aziz Tayub wants to float chain this year – despite parting ways with latest CEO Announcement comes despite Poundstretcher parting ways with CEO Derek Lawlor after less than a year Birmingham Post · May 4, 2023
Nottingham Post · Mar 24, 2023 ‘UK Disneyland’ dream under threat as company calls in administrators £3.5bn project hangs in the balance amid debt build up
Birmingham Post · Nov 15, 2022 Poundstretcher exits CVA after paying off creditors at a rate of 12p in the pound Discount chain said the biggest single creditor was HMRC followed by around 250 of its shop landlords
Birmingham Post · Jun 27, 2022 Poundstretcher owner Aziz Tayub on keeping price rises down while turning losses into £45m profits 'We would be happy for that level of profit to continue and are confident that’s what will happen'