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Vance Miller is an entrepreneur from Rochdale, Lancashire, in England. Miller, whose business practices have attracted controversy, has been referred to in the media as "The Kitchen Gangster" after being featured the 2004 BBC series "Saturday Kitchen Gangster".〔(The Kitchen Gangster ), BBC Press Office, 22 December 2003. URL accessed 6 November 2006.〕 ==Biography== In 1977, Vance Miller got his first job at age 11, earning £200 per week for cleaning cars. By 1981, he was dealing in antiques and vintage cars from a shop in Butter Lane Market in Manchester.〔 Miller is the former executive director of Maple Industries which operate from Maple Mill in the Hathershaw area of Oldham. On 21 April 2009, Maple Mill was partially destroyed in a fire. Vance Miller featured in the documentary aired on Channel 4 called ''Brits Get Rich in China''.〔http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/may/29/tvandradio.comment〕 Miller is the subject of a book entitled: ''Kitchen Gangster? The Story of a Breakfast Serial Entrepreneur''.〔http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kitchen-Gangster-Story-Serial-Entrepreneur/dp/0954401190〕 Miller is currently the chief executive officer of Maple Industries China〔 In November 1995, he was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment on counts of kidnapping and affray, following an incident in which he was ruled to have kidnapped two people he caught breaking into his mother's home and detained them against their will.〔''The Times''; 28 November 1996; "How to qualify as a witness"〕 In February 1999, he was detained over an altercation over a minor pollution complaint near his Birtle Mill, Bury business premises. In related incidents his company was fined £28,500 for health and safety breaches and he was convicted for damaging the car of a journalist.〔Manchester Evening News; 27 July 2001; ''The villain Luxury life of boss with a dark past''〕〔News of the World; ''The dead hard sell''; 14 February 1999〕 In 2006 Miller's home in Ramsbottom was attacked twice in arson attacks.〔(Gangster link at arson farm ), ''Halifax Today'', 17 August 2006. URL accessed 6 November 2006.〕 In July 2007, the magazine ''Real Business'' printed an article and interview with Vance Miller written by Charles Orton-Jones, covering his business history and current activities in some depth.〔(I'll Have What Vance Miller Is Having )〕 Orton-Jones describes his business achievements as staggering and states his attention detail is inconsistent with his reputation as a shyster.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vance Miller」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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