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- ↑ "Sale of Byron to Hutton Collins Partners" (PDF). Gondola Group Limited. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ "UK restaurant chain Pizza Express purchased by Chinese equity group". Big News Network.com. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "Sale of ASK and Zizzi by Gondola to Bridgepoint" (PDF). Gondola Group Limited. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ Bridgepoint press release 9 February 2015: Bridgepoint completes £250 million acquisition of ASK Italian and Zizzi [ permanent dead link ] Re-linked 2016-08-04