by keepitlikeasecret » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:39 am
thats a pretty big deal up this way, i can't imagine beanscene would of been too cheap given the amount of coffeehouses they have up here. i guess i have had concerns over their cashflow for a little while; they had proposed sites in both perth and dundee which have been left in shell condition for almost 2 years now. i met gordon at a scottish enterprise meeting a couple of years ago and he would resolutely not use the banks for a loan, but had big ambitions of opening some 25 cafes in the space of a few years, and expanding down into england. i can only imagine from that artical that other people felt bank loans were in order to expand.
it'll be interesting to see how the existing cafes change, and if they keep all of them on or if they let some go. surely matthew algie will want to improve the drink quality in these bars.
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