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Patisserie Valerie
September 2021
Nils Pratley on finance
UK energy customers really could be footing a bill in the billions
Nils Pratley
Patisserie Valerie auditors fined £2.3m over ‘serious lack of competence’
January 2020
High street crisis: which big names closed stores in the past year?
Several chains collapsed and thousands of jobs were lost, including at Debenhams and Mothercare
December 2019
Putting butter back in the pastry: Patisserie Valerie's road to recovery
Collapsed cake shop chain’s new boss is updating stores and cutting costs – but no longer on ingredients
October 2019
Accountancy profession 'complicit in Thomas Cook failure'
Luke Johnson in line for £12m from £100m sale of Elegant Hotels to Marriott
September 2019
Retailers call for action as high street store closures soar
Government urged to step in over crisis that has cost tens of thousands of jobs
July 2019
Accountancy fines double to record £32m as regulator gets tough
Fines follow series of accounting scandals symbolised by Carillion collapse
Nils Pratley on finance
Sports Direct’s delayed accounts spell crunch time for auditors Grant Thornton
Nils Pratley
Work by auditors of Patisserie Valerie deemed substandard by Financial Reporting Council
Watchdog finds work of Patisserie Valerie auditor unacceptable
Grant Thornton worst performer in Financial Reporting Council’s annual review
June 2019
The shifting patterns of English
May I have a word about... Mercedes-Benz and its failure to own up
Jonathan Bouquet
Butterless puff pastry is bad enough. But other food hacks can be fatal
Felicity Cloake
Cash-starved Patisserie Valerie 'stopped using butter in puff pastry'
Patisserie Valerie ex-chair says he was tricked by false picture of company's health
March 2019
Patisserie Valerie accounts black hole now £94m, says KPMG
Administrators for cafe chain revise deficit as ‘potential fraud’ investigations continue
February 2019
Patisserie Valerie saved in buyout backed by Irish private equity firm
More than 100 cafes and 2,000 jobs saved in Causeway Capital and AF Blakemore & Son deals
Surely British business can do better than Mike Ashley and Philip Green?
Josie Cox
Something has gone terribly wrong, says business writer Josie Cox
Mike Ashley withdraws his surprise bid for Patisserie Valerie
Mike Ashley makes surprise bid for Patisserie Valerie
Redundant Patisserie Valerie staff have not been paid
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