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First Pret a Manger shop

The brand Pret a Manger actually started in Hampstead but that folded after 18 months and the brand was sold to Julian Metcalfe and Sinclair Beecham who restarted it in Victoria near, but not actua...

Concept, Commerce, Food & Drink

Jack Israel Ltd

Trader at Covent Garden Market at its original site.

Group, Commerce

World Trade Centre, London - St Katherine Docks

The phrase on the plaque "World Trade Centre, London" is new to us, so we investigated. A World Trade Center (also World Trade Centre or WTC) is a building or complex of buildings used for the pro...

Building, Commerce

Solicitors Law Stationery Society Ltd.

Group, Commerce, Law

Julian Metcalfe

Co-founder of Pret a Manger with Sinclair Beecham, who he met at the Polytechnic of Central London.  Also founded the itsu chain of Asian-inspired restaurants.

Person, Commerce, Food & Drink