Yo! Sushi founder Simon Woodroffe looks close to securing the financial backing to develop his new lodging concept.
He is believed to have lined up funding from a Kuwaiti investment firm to part-fund initial sites for what has been dubbed Yotel.
The Sunday Times (Business) 21/08/05 page 12 (Prufrock)
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