There's far too much criticism of Assem Allam; he's beyond question as a businessman, he doesn't make mistakes, he will show us all the way forward.
He didn't recognise a greaaaatt opportunity, craftily plonked, no, not plonked, cleverly introduced to him by his once trusted friend, Adam Pearson. He simply wanted to be good to us all, he's our friend.
There were deadlines, there were opportunities, but there was
due diligence to be carried out by this model of business leadership. All debts, liabilities and risks were unearthed, measured and taken into account, weren't they?
Allam was just plain old unlucky, in that he overlooked the HMRC, the most merciless - well maybe not, they want their money - and very accessible debt likely to be somewhere about.
Let's blame the HCC, as some do; no way would Assem have made a snap, opportunistic business decision. No way would he have expected others to do his, the benefactors bidding, would he?
Never, ever, since those heady days of the Pearson and Allam self-appreciation society have we seen them twist with each other, deceive, lie, manipulate and generally treat others with utter contempt - sorry, you could substitute customers for others.
I've read some proper bollocks on this thread; even half-hearted excuses for the miserable old **** are an utter disgrace. He is nothing more that a self serving, manipulative ****. His son is only clever enough to be a ****.