CLIVE Miquel's decision to bar The Herald from yesterday's meeting of shareholders in Lees Foods was as baffling as it was lamentable.

The outcome of the £5.6 million management buyout bid for Lees Foods that Mr Miquel has made with fellow directors is one that will concern many private and institutional shareholders in the company and will be studied across the business community.

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