Thanks for shining a light on this. They also know that the legal system is so overwhelmed and backed up that it's unlikely anything will ever happen to them. I get the need for protection of director's personal assets if a company fails but it feels wild to me that they're so reluctant to "pierce the corporate veil" (go after the directors personally) when there's such clear fraud and mismanagement. Once a conman realises this - as I've also experienced - they won't ever stop.
This exact situation has happened to me twice. Once the owner fled the country with everybody's money and unpaid business rates. The other, the owner was a spivvy little conman who played shell game with the company owning the restaurant. I'm still out of pocket £800 from that one (which isn't ideal, given my husband just lost THEIR job and I work minimum wage). So others weren't paid over a thousand.
Such important work, such important publishing. Vittles just gets better and better. Respect.
Thanks for shining a light on this. They also know that the legal system is so overwhelmed and backed up that it's unlikely anything will ever happen to them. I get the need for protection of director's personal assets if a company fails but it feels wild to me that they're so reluctant to "pierce the corporate veil" (go after the directors personally) when there's such clear fraud and mismanagement. Once a conman realises this - as I've also experienced - they won't ever stop.
This exact situation has happened to me twice. Once the owner fled the country with everybody's money and unpaid business rates. The other, the owner was a spivvy little conman who played shell game with the company owning the restaurant. I'm still out of pocket £800 from that one (which isn't ideal, given my husband just lost THEIR job and I work minimum wage). So others weren't paid over a thousand.
Great reporting!