I was a student in Manchester not-so long ago (and lived near Rusholme for four years), as I'm sure has been previously mentioned the location of the shop-front was always a massive turn-off for anyone with local knowledge. It's at the end of the officially named 'curry mile' and is basically a terraced house with converted lounge to shop.
People should be aware that enforcing DSR and similar rules in the UK just does not happen. You can take your case to small claims, and maybe win. But getting your money back is still a different story completely, enforcing the judgement when it comes to money is not as simple as winning or loosing in small claims. Criminal proceedings against the director is also extremely unlikely. In the end bailiffs could encourage the company to appoint administrators, and offering shares to creditors now already seems unusual to me.
Here is a case where people were deliberately scammed out of millions, the key point is below (the guys in charge did a runner)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28013148The victims reported the matter to the police through the reporting unit Action Fraud. The City of London police shut down the company's UK website .
However, no arrests have been made, and both the City of London police and the Metropolitan police told the BBC they were not investigating the matter.
The dynamics of the case are not the same (the above case was a deliberate scam from day one) but the lack of investigation demonstrates how little the local authorities will do to help anyone who claims laws have been broken at their expense.
You could try to report to Action Fraud in the UK, because you have paid an advance fee for something that hasn't turned up as promised. Looking forward to seeing how they plan this issue of shares, they obviously have
fantastic lawyers and are experts in this kind of thing, so no doubt I will learn a lot about just how easy it is to do as proposed.