Disgraced I’m A Celeb star Gino D’Acampo’s restaurant firm has just £5 in the bank as he faces new battle with taxman
GINO D’Acampo’s restaurant firm Upmarket Hotels & Leisure is in a battle with HMRC.
The taxman has tried to shut the firm down for a THIRD time in ten months.
It is over an unpaid tax bill, but the last accounts reveal that it has just £5 in the bank.
HMRC has tried three times to have his business wound up in London’s High Court.
Upmarket Hotels & Leisure runs five eateries in Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds and on London’s Strand that still bear the name of the axed ITV star, 50, who holds shares in it.
They include First Street Bar & Kitchen, Old Hall Street & Liverpool 360 Sky Bar, Gino D’Acampo Leeds, Gino D’Acampo Quayside Newcastle and Luciano by Gino D’Acampo (The Strand).
The firm fell into administration last year after owing £11 million when it went bust, including £4.2 million to HMRC.
It was rescued in a £5 million deal with Gino’s bad publicity being blamed on its demise.
The Sun has contacted Gino’s rep for comment.
Last year ITV News reported that dozens of former staff and freelancers had accused him of inappropriate behaviour over more than 12 years.
The chef, who denies wrongdoing, was then dropped by ITV.
Since then the TV personality has laid low.