TANNING tycoon Sandra McClumpha has been ordered not to sell any stock left over from her now-liquidated beauty firm Fake Bake UK.

The businesswoman – who brought the brand to Britain – is subject of an interim interdict granted at the Court of Session late last month.

Ms McClumpha, who also goes by the name Sandra Vaughan, lost her fight to keep her business going last week after a high-profile fall-out with her former partner, Alan Love.

Mr Love sought and obtained the interdict against Mrs McClumpha, Fake Bake UK's former director and manager Ronan Cruise and a new firm called Fake Bake United.

The businessman last night said: "An emergency meeting was scheduled in the Court of Session in Edinburgh on April 27 when an interm interdict was granted against the new company Fake Bake United, and both directors McClumpha and Cruise personally preventing them selling any Fake Bake UK stock."

Ms McClumpha confirmed she had been interdicted.

She said: "Interim Interdict was granted without appearance by the new company or any of the former directors of Fake Bake UK. Solicitors have now been instructed and I am confident there will be an outcome acceptable to all parties.

"Since that is the subject of on-going discussions I am unable to say more."

Mr Love was blamed by Ms McClumpha for the collapse of her empire. He was ousted from the company's board in September 2012. Mrs McClumpha accused him of using Fake Bake cross-guaranteeing loans to his own luxury kitchen company Stone & Wolfe, which is also now in liquidation.

Mr Love says Ms McClumpha, with whom he once had a romantic relationship, knew of this arrangement.

Mrs McClumpha late last month surrendered the British rights to Fake Bake to US couple Joe and Mary Cooper.

They are directors of Fake Bake United UK.

A spokeswoman for the American firm Fake Bake LLC said: "The matter is issue to court proceedings.

"Our customers will not be affected by this and we look forward to the continuous success of the brand globally."

The 44-year-old former beautician – an ex-partner of drug dealer Kevin Kelly – has taken to Twitter to describe her problems.

She retweeted "Middle Finger Monday" from an account in the name of Sex in the City character Carrie Bradshaw on the day after her staff lost their job last month.

david.leask@eveningtimes.co.uk