Patisserie Valerie has been much in the news recently ­– for all the wrong reasons. In October 2018, it was discovered the café chain had a £94m black hole in its accounts. It went into administration in January this year, sparking the closure of 70 of its almost-200 stores with the loss of 900 jobs. … Continue reading Rising to the challenge – five insights on leadership from Patisserie Valerie’s RD Paolo Peretti