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  • Tuesday, 14 September, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Bain Capital snaps up suburban bakery-and-café group Gail’s

    Luke Johnson retains 15% stake in deal he says values UK business at £200m

  • Tuesday, 25 May, 2021
    UK retail industry
    Luke Johnson launches fresh attempt to sell bakery chain Gail’s

    Entrepreneur says brand has recovered well after lockdown

  • Monday, 24 June, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Unlike Boris, PatVal boss Luke Johnson cannot have it both ways

    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 accountants club rules are inconsistent

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

  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2019
    Luke 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 is ‘saved’ but more than face has been 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 really 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 Singapore move is pragmatism not Brexit ‘pluto-populism’

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

  • 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 content

    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
    News in-depthUK 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 former top 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 Holdings shareholders deserve plateful of answers

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

  • Wednesday, 24 October, 2018
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Why challenger 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
    Top Patisserie Valerie bosses made £2.9m from bonus scheme shares

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

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