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  • Monday, 24 June, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Luke Johnson cannot have his cake and eat it

    Former café chain boss returns to print, but hasn’t much to say about business’s demise

  • Sunday, 9 June, 2019
    Patisserie Holdings PLC
    Luke Johnson denies knowledge of Patisserie Valerie fraud

    Former chairman of high street café chain returns as Sunday Times business columnist

  • Monday, 29 April, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Deloitte and KPMG show ethics are inconsistent

    Decisions on Ferrexpo and Pat Val suggest Big Four do not behave as one

  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2019
    Johnson joins Patisserie Valerie creditor committee

    Former chairman’s place on panel raises conflict of interest concerns

  • Friday, 15 February, 2019
    Patisserie Holdings PLC
    Patisserie Valerie administrators sell off Baker & Spice cafés
  • Thursday, 14 February, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Patisserie Valerie ‘rescue’ leaves more than face lost

    Deal saves 2,000 bakers and waiters, but already some 900 jobs have gone and 71 stores closed

  • Tuesday, 29 January, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Hargreaves Lansdown’s Brexit bother comes down to values

    Proportion of group’s shares being sold short rises despite its resilient performance

  • Friday, 25 January, 2019
    Patisserie Holdings PLC
    Patisserie Valerie report talks of fake invoices and ledgers

    Board-commissioned PwC inquiry focuses on certain finance staff and supplier

  • Wednesday, 23 January, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Dyson’s move is pragmatism not Brexit ‘pluto-populism’

    Twitterati’s condemnation of Pro-Brexit billionaire was swift but misguided

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  • Wednesday, 23 January, 2019
    Patisserie Holdings PLC
    Luke Johnson made at least £20m from Patisserie Valerie

    Entrepreneur may not recover all of £13m loans advanced in wake of accounting scandal

  • Wednesday, 23 January, 2019
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Patisserie Valerie offers a bitter financial lesson

    The collapse of the café chain shows the dangers of over-optimism

  • Tuesday, 22 January, 2019
    LexPatisserie Holdings PLC
    Patisserie Valerie: the fake British bake-off Premium

    As executive chairman, Luke Johnson should have been more vigilant in spotting irregularities

  • Monday, 21 January, 2019
    Food & Beverage
    Patisserie Valerie locked in talks with banks

    Speculation mounts that café chain could go into administration

  • Friday, 18 January, 2019
    AnalysisUK companies
    How Patisserie Valerie’s recipe turned sour

    Discovery of accounting irregularities came as a thunderbolt for investors

  • Friday, 23 November, 2018
    City InsiderPatrick Jenkins
    Mark Carney’s British citizenship may hit a snag

    Hopefully the Bank of England chief will have read the fine print

  • Friday, 16 November, 2018
    Luke Johnson hires ex-SFO investigator as his lawyer

    Chairman of café chain Patisserie Valerie takes on John Gibson of Cohen & Gresser

  • Thursday, 15 November, 2018
    Patisserie Holdings PLC
    Patisserie Valerie chief resigns

    Paul May to be replaced with Stephen Francis immediately

  • Thursday, 1 November, 2018
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Was Patisserie Valerie’s placing the only available course?

    Chairman appears to mix grains of truth with more than just a hint of false jeopardy

  • Thursday, 1 November, 2018
    Patisserie Holdings PLC
    Patisserie Valerie shareholders approve rescue after stormy EGM

    Disgruntled investors criticise recapitalisation and demand more information

  • Thursday, 1 November, 2018
    fastFTMatthew Vincent
    Opening Quote: BT’s departing man had a working plan
  • Wednesday, 31 October, 2018
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Patisserie shareholders deserve plateful of answers

    Chairman Luke Johnson due to face investors at café chain’s meeting

  • Wednesday, 24 October, 2018
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Banks Metro and TSB struggle to make a difference

    Expectations of such lenders can be unrealistic and lookalike claims unfair

  • Friday, 19 October, 2018
    Patisserie Holdings PLC
    Two Patisserie Valerie bosses made £2.9m on bonus shares

    Options for Paul May and Chris Marsh were pegged to profit figures that may need to be revised

  • Tuesday, 16 October, 2018
    Patisserie Holdings PLC
    Patisserie Valerie calls emergency shareholder meeting

    Shares in café chain remain suspended until it can give more details of accounting issues

  • Tuesday, 16 October, 2018
    AnalysisFT Alphaville
    Too smooth: the red flag at Patisserie Valerie which was missed
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