A co-founder of Pret a Manger and the entrepreneur behind the shirtmaker Charles Tyrwhitt are among the prominent names who poured funding into Vashi, the bespoke jewellery retailer which has called in liquidators, Sky News learns.
Coffee chain chief Pano Christou, 45, commands a salary of £400,000 having started on just £2.75-an-hour when he began working at McDonald s at 16, having grown up in Tooting, South London.
Pret A Manger founder Julian Metcalfe who sold sandwich chain for £364million says Britain s restaurants face a terrifying future due to soaring food and energy costs.