article_snippet: the couple, from Cheltenham, claim that the firms the couple were involved in at the time were in liquidation.
article_snippet: Helen Gregory- explained how Sarafinos Ltd, a coffee shop opened in Folkestone and Birmingham, was hoped to become a chain but a chain collapsed shortly after opening.
article_snippet: Instead the pair opened a restaurant called The Courtyard in Cheltenham.
article_snippet: the couple also opened D'Altos, a company aimed at running fast food outlets which ran for just two months.
article_snippet: the couple's building companies, Hadleigh Partnership and Hadleigh Development also went into liquidation.
article_snippet: They businesses went under