Dr Thomas admitted that he had been contacted frequently by fellow investors, who were worried about the plantation. By browsing our site you agree to our use of cookies. Sushi has expanded to the US, Europe and the Middle East, and Woodroffe now receives 1% of the business’ gross sales. Gastro tasting events return after absence of 10 months on Spain’s Costa Blanca, Police make two arrests after crowd refuses to go home at curfew, Thief nearly suffocates 86-year-old woman in Benidorm street attack on Spain’s Costa Blanca. He also persuaded friends to invest, before discovering to his ‘horror’ that she had already received ‘nearly a million pounds in investment’, much of it sent to an offshore company in the Seychelles. He made one investment while on the show; agreeing to fund £75,000 to help Mycorrhizal Systems purchase land for a truffle farm. Learn how your comment data is processed. Today, YO! Therefore I never got involved in anything she had a hand in. She’s dead now so it’s been reported (Sept 16) and she’s left Martin one assumes with investments totalling 4million euro which have now disappeared apparently and a trail of debts. Another disgruntled worker Harriet Risueno-Charlton, now living in London, stopped working for Smart as a translator when her wages dried up. “It’s not easy for an English woman who doesn’t speak Spanish, but I work 24/7, did all my homework and will defend my business. Sushi in 2003 in a £10m deal, Woodroffe scaled the chain to become the market leader in sushi restaurants with 12 restaurants, including an outlet in Harvey Nichols and a restaurant in Manchester. She told the Olive Press she spent much of her time appeasing land-owners, workers and a multitude of people who were also owed monies. Former president of El Corte Ingles to launch new bargain brand to rival Primark – and the first store... What is a state of alarm in Spain and how does it work? Largest sum invested: £75,000 but the deal fell through after the show The expat had arrived in Spain 15 years ago with high hopes of starting a truffle plantation to offer to investors. And during a memorable visit to the Dragons Den BBC TV show in 2006, Dr Paul Thomas even snared €100,000 of investment from Yo! The Spanish labourer, who was in charge of irrigation, is still owed around €10,000 for four months work. Simon Woodroffe OBE (born 14 February 1952) is an English motivational speaker and entrepreneur.He started the sushi chain YO! Lucky me and my husband…. So when she suddenly left Ronda for Valencia four years ago, claiming ‘better truffle growing conditions’, she left behind a trail of concerned expats, not to mention workers up-in-arms over alleged unpaid debts. Speaking to Growingbusiness.co.uk in 2008, Woodroffe said of his decision to leave the Den: “The trouble with Dragons’ Den and one of the reasons I left, is that the BBC wanted to get crap people on so that I could kick the shit out of them, and I didn’t really want to do that. The shareholders, including a previous business partner, expat Karen Williamson and Ian Hunt, a retired businessman, are also discussing how to solve fears over Smart. In the end, the only money he received was for flights and some other minor expenses. The last time I saw Wendy she tried to sell me some Easter Island statues!! At this point she enlisted Dr Thomas – and his new methods – who became another investor, unaware of the difficult situation he was getting himself into. “The plantation does not look healthy and apparently a third of the crop is dying,” he claimed. Awarded an OBE in 2006, Woodroffe also works as a motivational speaker and gives speeches at conferences and events around the world. Expat Roger Wallis, who originally worked with Smart over a decade ago in Ronda, claims that if he did actually visit, the scientist would no doubt be ‘horrified’. Foundation; which supports a number of charities. “She was always desperate for money which seemed bizarre for someone with apparently such a big business,” she said. “More and more debts kept unfolding as I was doing her translation, until after a while she stopped returning my emails and calls, and wouldn’t pay me.”. “I have tried to shake up the shareholders – especially Dr Thomas – because they all stand to lose a lot of money.”. He has since sold his controlling stake in YO! How anyone could have ever been daft enough to trust her is beyond me … it was one scheme after another and she left debts everywhere she went. Sushi; the international sushi franchise which he started out as a single restaurant in London’s Soho back in 1997. Contact us now via email: A COSTA BLANCA house has gone viral on the internet amongst fans of minimalist modern architecture.

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