Vodafone CEO asked how she sleeps at night by ex-franchisee amid £120m legal action

<p>Margherita Della Valle challenged at company’s AGM by one of 62 former store operators involved in lawsuit </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/jul/29/us-china-trade-donald-trump-world-tariff-federal-reserve-bank-of-england-euro-dollar-business-live">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The Vodafone chief executive has been asked how she sleeps at night by one of the 62 former store owners involved in a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/10/vodafone-store-managers-debts-franchise-operators-legal-claim">£120m legal action</a> that claims the mobile operator <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/10/vodafone-store-managers-debts-franchise-operators-legal-claim">“unjustly enriched”</a> itself at their expense.</p><p>Donna Watton, one of the group of 62 franchisees that have taken their claim to the high court, challenged Margherita Della Valle at Vodafone’s annual general meeting on Tuesday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/29/vodafone-ceo-store-operator-margherita-della-valle-agm">Continue reading...</a>