SFI Group receives £6m to settle claim
12-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
Horwath Clarke Whitehill (HCW), the former auditor of Slug & Lettuce operator SFI Group, has paid £6m to settle a long-standing claim by the...
Former Slug & Lettuce operator wins settlement from auditors
09-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
Horwarth Clark Whitehill (HCW), the former auditor of Slug & Lettuce operator SFI Group, has paid £6m to settle a long-standing claim by the company, SFI Group administrator Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) has told creditors.
18-Aug-2006 By The PMA Team
The administration process at former Slug & Lettuce operator SFI Group has been costing just over £37,000 a week, creditors have been told....
SFI shareholders' fate rests on legal action
01-Sep-2005
by The PMA Team The chances of SFI Group's small shareholders getting any money back depend on whether a legal claim against its former auditor is...
All eyes are on the sale of beleaguered SFI
03-Mar-2005
Slug & Lettuce operator SFI Group has been put up for sale, the Morning Advertiser has learnt. The company has set a deadline of mid-March for...
SFI adds four-week induction
02-Dec-2004
Slug & Lettuce operator SFI Group has launched a four-week induction programme for all new general managers as part of its recovery plan....
Auditors appoint solicitors to defend SFI neglect claim
29-Apr-2004
by The PMA Team Former SFI Group auditor Horwath Clark Whitehill (HCW) has appointed solicitors Barlow Lyde & Gilbert to represent it over a...
How alarm bells began to sound at SFI Group
04-Dec-2003
By The PMA Team More evidence has come to light of the warning bells being sounded by some of SFI's directors a whole year before the company...
Troubled SFI Group faces food safety allegations
26-Nov-2003
The Slug and Lettuce in Upper King Street, Norwich, has been accused of selling food past its use by date and keeping mouldy food in its fridge.Owner...
Former SFI director speaks out
23-Oct-2003
Two of SFI Group's four executive directors wanted to resign in Sep-tember 2001 because they feared no one was heeding their warnings of "terminal...
Why did nobody listen to us?
23-Oct-2003
by The PMA Team Two directors at SFI Group owner of the Slug & Lettuce, Bar Med and Litten Tree chains Clive Eplett and James Kowszun,...
SFI sell-offs to help recovery programme
22-Sep-2003
SFI Group has agreed a management buyout of its For Your Eyes Only (FYEO) table dancing business.The operator of the Bar Med, Litten Tree and Slug...
SFI's cash crisis linked to overspend on sites
08-May-2003
By The PMA Team The six-month probe into SFI Group's accounts by Price Waterhouse Coopers is likely to confirm that the company spent too much on...
Trade alarmed as SFI's probe drags its feet
01-May-2003
By The PMA Team Industry figures are expressing surprise at how long it is taking for Price Waterhouse Coopers and law firm Simmons and Simmons to...
SFI troubles "apparent" last year
16-Jan-2003
ThePublican.com has learned that troubled SFI Group gave candidates for the vacant chief executive's position clear indications about cash-flow...
Tony Hill leaves SFI with nothing
13-Nov-2002
The founder and chairman of SFI Group who yesterday resigned after the discovery of a £20m black hole in the company accounts will not receive a...
What the Sunday papers said
12-Aug-2002
The Sunday ExpressShares in SFI Group look attractive according to the Express. Concerns over SFI, which operates Slug & Lettuce and Bar Med,...
Tony Hill steps down at SFI
19-Feb-2002
Andrew Latham, managing director of SFI Retail, is to take over as group chief executive from Tony Hill, who will step down in April.Mr Hill will...
