Groupe Chez Gerard is planning to sell up to eight of its 30-odd restaurants.
It wants to make the disposals to reduce debt.
Openings in Oxford, Cambridge, Leeds, Gatwick and the City of London elevated gearing to 125% in the six months to the end of December.
Financial Times 27/03/02 page 24
The Times 27/03/02 page 26 (Need to know)
The Daily Telegraph 27/03/02 page 39
The Independent 27/03/02 page 22