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| '''Tops Pizza''' is a British pizza takeaway chain, with forty two stores in ] and the South East of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://topspizza.co.uk/storelocator|title=Tops Pizza Takeaway in|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="topspizza.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://topspizza.co.uk/about|title=Tops Pizza Takeaway in|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref> The company opened its first store at 74 Fulham Palace Road in 1988, by British–Iranian Ali Morad Yazdi Nodoushani, then aged 28, and who had been a civil engineering student.<ref name="topspizza.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://topspizza.uk.com/|title=Tops Pizza|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref> It is a private limited company.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02229782|title=TOPS PIZZA LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref> | '''Tops Pizza''' is a British pizza takeaway chain, with forty two stores in ] and the South East of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://topspizza.co.uk/storelocator|title=Tops Pizza Takeaway in|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="topspizza.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://topspizza.co.uk/about|title=Tops Pizza Takeaway in|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref> The company opened its first store at 74 ] Road in 1988, by British–Iranian Ali Morad Yazdi Nodoushani, then aged 28, and who had been a civil engineering student.<ref name="topspizza.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://topspizza.uk.com/|title=Tops Pizza|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref> It is a private limited company.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02229782|title=TOPS PIZZA LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref> | ||
| In June 2009, the leaders of an Afghan criminal gang received long prison sentences for smuggling 230 Afghans into Europe, many to work in "branches of well known franchises Tops Pizza, GoGo Pizza and Perfect Pizza across southern England".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/jun/05/afghan-gang-pizza-takeaways|title=Afghan gang smuggled in compatriots to live and work in pizza takeaways|date=5 Jun 2009|author=Robert Booth|work=the Guardian|access-date=25 November 2019}}</ref> In March 2014, staff were caught on CCTV climbing through the window of a closed Tops Pizza branch in ], after they forgot their keys.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/does-this-man-have-a-13906/|title=Staff climb through the window of Tops Pizza in Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells, after forgetting keys|date=March 9, 2014|work=Kent Online|access-date=25 November 2019}}</ref> | In June 2009, the leaders of an Afghan criminal gang received long prison sentences for smuggling 230 Afghans into Europe, many to work in "branches of well known franchises Tops Pizza, GoGo Pizza and Perfect Pizza across southern England".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/jun/05/afghan-gang-pizza-takeaways|title=Afghan gang smuggled in compatriots to live and work in pizza takeaways|date=5 Jun 2009|author=Robert Booth|work=the Guardian|access-date=25 November 2019}}</ref> In March 2014, staff were caught on CCTV climbing through the window of a closed Tops Pizza branch in ], after they forgot their keys.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/does-this-man-have-a-13906/|title=Staff climb through the window of Tops Pizza in Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells, after forgetting keys|date=March 9, 2014|work=Kent Online|access-date=25 November 2019}}</ref> | ||
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Tops Pizza is a British pizza takeaway chain, with forty two stores in London and the South East of the United Kingdom. The company opened its first store at 74 Fulham Palace Road in 1988, by British–Iranian Ali Morad Yazdi Nodoushani, then aged 28, and who had been a civil engineering student. It is a private limited company.
In June 2009, the leaders of an Afghan criminal gang received long prison sentences for smuggling 230 Afghans into Europe, many to work in "branches of well known franchises Tops Pizza, GoGo Pizza and Perfect Pizza across southern England". In March 2014, staff were caught on CCTV climbing through the window of a closed Tops Pizza branch in Tunbridge Wells, after they forgot their keys.
References
- "Tops Pizza Takeaway in". Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Tops Pizza Takeaway in". Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- "Tops Pizza". Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- "TOPS PIZZA LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- Robert Booth (5 Jun 2009). "Afghan gang smuggled in compatriots to live and work in pizza takeaways". the Guardian. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- "Staff climb through the window of Tops Pizza in Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells, after forgetting keys". Kent Online. March 9, 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
