All Byron articles – Page 23
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Analysis & InsightNo stone unturned
“I love the business, I love working, I love running big pub companies. This was just too good an opportunity to miss. The plan is to become a dominant force on the high street.” So said Ian Payne, just after the TDR Capital-backed Stonegate was formed through the £373m acquisition of 333 wet-led pubs from Mitchells & Butlers (M&B).
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 26-27 October
Company results and news£1bn sale on menu at Pizza ExpressThe owner of the restaurant empire behind Pizza Express is finalising plans for a £1bn sale or float.The private equity backer of Gondola Holdings, which also owns the Zizzi and Ask restaurant chains, are expected to appoint an investment bank in ...
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NewsByron to make north east debut
Byron, the Hutton Collins-owned burger chain, is to make its debut in the north east, after securing its first site in Leeds
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Analysis & InsightBreak out for Byron
Earlier this month, the Gondola Group’s chief executive Harvey Smyth said that the last 12 months had been a break-out year for the company’s burger brand, Byron. On Friday, those words took on new meaning. A process that had stalled back in June was jump started by an off-market approach by Hutton Collins. But what changed in the last three or so months and what next for both Byron and Gondola?
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OpinionExile's over for Graham Turner
Dominic Walsh assesses the return to business of Graham Turner, the new executive chairman of Novus Leisure, and recent statements made by Gondola CEO Harvey Smyth
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NewsHutton Collins agrees to acquire Byron in £100m deal
The Gondola Group has agreed to sell its fast-growing Byron brand to private equity group Hutton Collins, for a consideration of £100m.
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NewsGondola delivers strong performance
M&C Report takes a closer look at the full-year update from Gondola Group, the operator of PizzaExpress, Zizzi, ASK and Byron, including its capital structure, international expansion plans, the repositioning of Zizzi, a new FD for ASK, a breakout year for Byron and its feeling that there are early signs of recovery in the broader economy
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NewsFive Guys hires new head of property
Five Guys, the popular US burger chain, has hired a new head of property as it gears up to increase its presence in the UK in 2014
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Sector firms make job pledge
Restaurant and hospitality businesses from across London and the South East are to take a pledge to create new jobs for 16 to 24-year-olds
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NewsByron expansion continues
Byron, the Gondola-owned gourmet burger chain, has secured a site in Milton Keynes for an opening later this year as it moves closer to reaching its 45-site target by the end of 2013, M&C Report has learnt
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 5-6 October
Company results and news Gondola places large order for PizzaExpress in ChinaThe company that owns PizzaExpress is in talks with potential partners in Beijing as it seeks to step up the pace of its international expansion.Gondola Group, which is controlled by Cinven, the private equity firm, has 11 PizzaExpress outlets ...
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NewsByron set for Shoreditch
Byron, the Gondola-owned gourmet burger chain, has secured a further site in London, after taking a unit at the Avant Garde development in Shoreditch, M&C Report has learnt.
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OpinionThe investment case
At four o’clock last Wednesday morning the deal for Cote, which had been nearly a year in the making, finally got over the line. Many had questioned whether it would actually happen, with rumours of a parked process and complications over finding a chairman, but there was always a sense that this was one deal that would go through. So what next for the brand and for the leisure sector as a whole and what further opportunities are on the horizon?
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NewsByron strengthens pipeline
Byron, the Gondola-owned gourmet burger chain, has secured a further two sites in London, at the O2 and in Westminster, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsHarvey Nichols food hall pop-up returns
Grosvenor and Harvey Nichols have today announced that the luxury Harvey Nichols pop-up Foodmarket is to return to Liverpool ONE for a third consecutive time
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MasterChef finalist to aid Young’s pub relaunch
MasterChef finalist Tom Whitaker is to become head chef at Young’s White Hart pub in Barnes as part of an extensive refurbishment of the business
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Analysis & InsightStreet-fighting brands
There are more similarities between marketing a roaming street-food operation and a fixed high-street food brand than you might think. Getting a firm grip on the basics will win dividends in the long run, says Mark McCulloch, former head of marketing at YO! Sushi and Pret a Manger and founder of Spectacular Marketing
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Livebait owner in liquidation
SBG Restaurant, the company led by Richard Muir, owner of Café Fish in Edinburgh and ex-Paramount Restaurants chairman William Rollason, has been placed into liquidation
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Weekend Press
Bank Holiday weekend press round-up, 24-26 August
RestaurantsFood police lose fight to outlaw rare beefburgersBeefburgers cooked rare can remain on restaurant menus after a judge rejected claims by food watchdogs that they are a health risk. A wine bar and restaurant chain had been told to stop serving the burgers unless they took certain safety precautions. The ...
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Analysis & InsightWhere to next for good ship Gondola?
Before the dust has had time to properly settle on one aborted process, reports surface that Cinven, the private equity group, which took Gondola private back in 2006 for £900m, is weighing up its options for the UK’s casual dining leader, which could include a sale of whole or part of the group. What are the options for the PizzaExpress, Zizzi, Ask Italian and Byron owner?