YO! Company is a British holding company wholly owned by
entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones.
An entreprene ...
Simon Woodroffe
Simon Woodroffe (born 14 February 1952) is a British entrepreneur and business speaker, known as the founder of YO! Sushi and Yotel. He appeared as an investor on the first series of BBC's '' Dragons' Den''.
Woodroffe's first YO! Sushi restaur ...
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The YO! Company has several subsidiary companies and brands including:
*
YOTEL - a chain of
capsule hotel
A capsule hotel (), also known in the Western world as a pod hotel, is a type of hotel developed in Japan that features many small, bed-sized rooms known as capsules. Capsule hotels provide cheap, basic overnight accommodation for guests who do ...
s at airports and various cities
* YO! Japan - A Japanese-inspired clothing brand
* RadiYO! - a series of radio shows about business
* YO! Zone - spa and health club
* YO! Home - modern style city centre apartments
*In July 2016 Simon Woodroffe joined with British firm Glenn Howells Architects.
YO! Company formerly owned:
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YO! Sushi
YO! Sushi (sometimes shortened to just YO!) is a chain of Kiosk, kiosks and conveyor belt sushi restaurants, principally in the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Australia.
History
YO! Sushi was fo ...
- a chain of sushi restaurants.
Currently owned by Japanese foodservice company
Zensho, through The Wonderfield Group.
References
External links
YO! Company websitePreview of the Yotel brand in Hotel Management International
Companies based in the London Borough of Hackney
Holding companies established in 1997
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