When he died in 2010, aged 80, Mr Matthews had amassed a personal fortune estimated at over £300million. In 2016 another entrepreneur Ranjit Singh Boparan purchased the Bernard Matthews business.

Boparan’s private office includes high street restaurant brands like Carluccio’s and Gourmet Burger Kitchen as well as Bernard Matthews, Banham Poultry and Elkes Biscuits. Newly-filed accounts ...

Entrepreneur Ranjit Singh Boparan, whose empire ranges from Bernard Matthews to Carluccio’s, has warned the autumn Budget is a “disaster for business” and will “deliver a final fatal blow ...