Article: Simple wine guide; Off-licence chain takes the mystery out of buying by dividing bottles up into six groups based on taste.

Article: Thresher latest off-licence chain to be ...
Grocer;  October 16, 2004 ;     677 words ... ... sterling] to 21.2m [pounds sterling]. Last week it ... losses of 600,000 [pounds sterling], with sales down 13%. A second off-licence chain, Nicolas, also ... loss of 327,000 [pounds sterling], despite rising ...

Article: Corker of a deal; Thousands of cases of wine being shipped to ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  March 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... emerged that the [pounds sterling]32 million purchase ... the biggest off-licence chain in the South-East, with a turnover of [pounds sterling]148 million and ... insisted that about [pounds sterling]3 million of equity ...

Article: Off-licence chain downed by debt; In brief.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  December 20, 2005 ;     533 words ...OFF-LICENCE chain Unwins has collapsed with debts of more than [pounds sterling]35 million, putting 2,000 jobs at risk. The group, which has 380 stores, has been placed into administration after bank ...

Article: Unwins closes with [pounds sterling]35m debts.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  December 20, 2005 ;     332 words ...OFF-LICENCE chain Unwins has collapsed with debts of more than [pounds sterling]35 million. The South-East group, which has 380 outlets, was placed in administration after its main bank HBOS pulled the ...

Article: Creditors turn on Unwins directors; WINE SUPPLIERS DEMAND A PROBE ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  January 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... major creditors of Unwins have contacted the failed off-licence chain's administrators to demand an inquiry into the behaviour ... is chief of DM Private Equity, which bought Unwins for [pounds sterling]32 million last March. French wine firms La Compagnie ...

Article: The end of the affair: Unwins' collapse was brutal but not ...
Grocer;  February 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... exit from this year's Top 50 list is, of course, off-licence chain Unwins, which collapsed into administration just days before ... in March Unwins was sold to DM Private Equity for 32m [pounds sterling]. The pricetag alone raised more than a few eyebrows among ...

Article: Threshers to the rescue with [pounds sterling]10m ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  December 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: JIM ARMITAGE OFF-licence chain Threshers today bought 200 ... It is paying less than [pounds sterling]10 million for the sites ... March, said it found a [pounds sterling]13.5 million black hole ... the year of more than [pounds sterling]2 million, as expected ...