All Corbin & King articles
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, featuring new venues from The Wolseley Hospitality Group, The Real Greek, Rudy’s Pizza Napoletana, and more
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Wolseley Hospitality Group reports strong trading in 2021
Despite Covid-related closures, the group reported strong sales in the year to December 2021 and plans to open two restaurants next year
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The Wolseley Hospitality Group eyes international expansion
The Minor International-backed group is targeting expansion to major global cities in the coming years, including New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Paris and Dublin, CEO Baton Berisha told MCA’s Restaurant Conference
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Café Wolseley forced to close
The Wolseley Hospitality Group has announced it is having to close its Café Wolseley site at Bicester Village later this month, against its wishes.
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Corbin & King rebrands to The Wolseley Hospitality Group
The change follows the restaurant group’s acquisition by Minor International, and the departure of co-founders Jeremy King and Chris Corbin
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Analysis & Insight
Corbin & King: ‘Our data journey was not joined up’
The London-based restaurant group has been working to ensure that what guests experience from its digital communications matches the personalised experience on the floor
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Minor appoints advisory board for UK portfolio
MINT said the board would provide guidance on strategic decisions to “balance growth and legacy” for all its businesses in the UK, which now includes Corbin & King
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Interviews
‘We’re not here to change the business model’ - Minor on Corbin & King’s future
Rumours of mass expansion, and swathes of the industry publicly voicing their displeasure – the battle for Corbin & King has been ugly. But having acquired full control, what are Minor International’s plans for the restaurant group?
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Interviews
Minor reveals plans for second Wolseley
Corbin & King’s new owner, Minor International, is looking to open a second Wolseley restaurant in the City of London under its plans to develop the group’s estate
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Minor International accuses Jeremy King of causing ‘last resort’ sale
Corbin & King’s new owner, and former majority investor, secured full control of the business last week after it failed to reach an agreement with King on its recapitalisation
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Weekend Press
No seat at the table for Wolseley founder
Jeremy King hated the idea of his restaurants becoming brands but in the end he lost the battle, The Times reports
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Weekend Press
The bitter battle for control at leading London restaurants
Observer critic Jay Rayner heads for dinner at Corbin & King’s restaurant The Wolseley and laments the end of an era in hospitality
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Jeremy King loses control of Corbin & King
The respected restaurateur said investor and rival Minor International had made the winning bid for the portfolio in the early hours of the morning. He said it remained to be seen how the transition would be effected, but that he assumed Minor would take control of the restaurants
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Minor International prepares action against Jeremy King
Sky News reports Thai-based Minor is bringing two legal cases in the battle for control over Corbin & King
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Corbin & King wins £4.4m insurance case
The restaurant group has won its High Court case against Axa, which had refused to pay out for the losses incurred by the business during the lockdowns of 2020
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Weekend Press
Jeremy King: The gentleman restaurateur locked in a boardroom battle
The founder of The Wolseley has been at loggerheads with financiers before, writes the Financial Times
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Corbin & King fights off High Court challenge
MI Squared – a subsidiary of the restaurant group’s largest shareholder Minor International – had sought to block the business from repaying a £34m debt to its Thai backer, after Minor called it in
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American fund Knighthead lodges fresh bid to join Wolseley’s top table
The US-based fund is trying to break an impasse over the future of some of Corbin & King by tabling a fresh offer to extract it from insolvency proceedings, Sky News reports
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Richard Caring in bun fight for control of the Wolseley
The billionaire is eyeing up a bid for the celebrities’ favourite restaurant, The Times reports
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Wolseley owner Corbin & King lands in the soup as investor battles for control
In the Corbin & King saga, culinary art has clashed with commerce, The Sunday Times reports
