{"id":84025,"date":"2018-06-22T22:16:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T22:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/pod-removes-mini-bond-posters-over-fears-of-misleading-potential-investors\/"},"modified":"2018-06-22T22:16:25","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T22:16:25","slug":"pod-removes-mini-bond-posters-over-fears-of-misleading-potential-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/pod-removes-mini-bond-posters-over-fears-of-misleading-potential-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"Pod removes mini-bond posters over fears of misleading potential investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cityam.com\/assets\/uploads\/main-image\/full_width_article_body_image\/2018\/06\/6880914119-d293950e7f-z-5b2cc7264e094-5b2ccf155debf.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Food-to-go operator Pod has taken down posters inviting customers to purchase mini-bonds from the company after concerns were raised that they could be misleading.<\/p>\n<p>The company has today opened its mini-bonds up to the public, with a goal of raising at least \u00a3200,000 to support expansion.<\/p>\n<p>But in the run-up to the launch, the company put up posters in stores telling customers they can soon &quot;own a piece of Pod&quot;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityam.com\/284885\/qa-grind-founder-david-abrahamovitch\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Grind founder David Abrahamovitch on how he makes his sites Instagram-ready<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The mini-bonds offer 8.5 per cent interest to investors after two years if the company is still solvent, but will not give investors a stake in the company.<\/p>\n<p>Industry news source Propel Info pointed out that the statement could lead investors to believe that equity was being offered.<\/p>\n<p>Today Propel reported that the posters had been taken down in all 24 stores.<\/p>\n<p>Pod confirmed to City A.M. that the posters had been taken down.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson said: &quot;We apologise if anyone&#039;s been misled. The mini-bond is a great opportunity and we hope it will give customers a chance to have a stake in Pod&#039;s future.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Pod was founded in 2005 and now has 24 sites in London as well as two catering hubs. With new funding, the chain has plans to open more stores.<\/p>\n<p>The fundraising, which is being supported by Code Investing, is already more than halfway towards its target.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityam.com\/287673\/equity-crowdfunding-platform-crowdcube-steadily-losing-cash\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Crowdcube is steadily losing cash, with new fundraising on the horizon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food-to-go operator Pod has taken down posters inviting cust..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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