All Cote articles – Page 15
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NewsCote eyes 15 openings
Cote is looking to open up to 15 new sites across the UK this year, which would take its estate past the 70-restaurant mark
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Festive lfls up 15% at Liverpool One
Sales over the Christmas period were up 15% at Liverpool One, the northwest leisure and retail development, compared to the previous year with Boxing Day seeing lfls up 19% and catering sales up 8% year on year
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NewsCote secures three new sites
Cote has further strengthened its openings pipeline for this year after securing sites in Cirencester, Fulham Broadway and Norwich
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L’Entrecote eyes further London site
Le Relais de Venise L’Entrecote, the French brasserie chain, is understood to be close to securing a fourth site in London, in Covent Garden
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OpinionHugh in for the long haul
Hugh Osmond talks to Mark Wingett about why there is no limit to what Strada can achieve, competing brands, the consumer environment and creating a business that stands for something
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Analysis & Insight
The life of Brian
“I am Mr Average,” says Brian Whiting, the driving force behind Whiting & Hammond (W&H), the now seven-strong pub and restaurant business. But don’t read that as boring and safe – neither of those terms apply to this easy-to-chat-to, 48-year-old, self-declared (accurately) “natural host”
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NewsFY EBITDA up 27% at Cote
Cote Restaurants, the French brasserie chain, has reported a 27% increase in EBITDA for the year to 27 July 2014 to £16.3m, driven by positive like-for-like sales and the opening of nine new sites.
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BHA welcomes favouritetable.com as new partner
The BHA has announced a new partnership with favouritetable.com, an online restaurant bookings engine for restaurant and pub operators
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NewsCote strengthens 2015 pipeline
Cote, the French brasserie chain, has further strengthened its openings pipeline for next year after securing sites in Chislehurst and Winchester
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OpinionHabit forming
As the UK economy continues to recover from the post-financial crisis recession, consumer confidence has picked up, supporting discretionary spending on leisure activities, including dining out, says Rupesh Patel of Grant Thornton UK LLP, which has published new report called Come Dine With Us. Alongside this cyclical trend, structural changes in consumers’ eating habits are also reshaping the bars, restaurants and casual dining industry and are driving sector transaction activity.
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NewsCote lines up Harrogate opening
Cote, the French brasserie chain backed by CBPE, has secured its second site in Yorkshire, in Harrogate
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NewsCote confirmed for Liverpool One
Cote has confirmed it will open a 2,707sq ft restaurant on Liverpool ONE’s Paradise Street in early December
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NewsCote secures Newbury site
Cote, the French brasserie chain backed by CBPE, has secured a site in Newbury for an opening at the start of next year
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NewsCote secures Liverpool site
Cote, the French brasserie chain backed by CBPE, has secured its first site in Liverpool
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Busaba appoints new head of people
Busaba Eathai, the casual-dining Thai chain, has appointed Oliver Coleshill as its new head of people
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NewsOsmond completes £37m Strada acquisition
Tragus is to embark on its next stage of growth after completing the £37m sale of Strada to Hugh Osmond’s Sun Capital Partners vehicle
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Hospitality industry to create 6,000 jobs by year end
The British Hospitality Association, along with representatives from across the industry, has announced the creation of 6,000 new jobs for 16-24 year olds by the end of the year
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NewsOsmond enters exclusive talks for Strada
Hugh Osmond is understood to have entered exclusive talks to acquire restaurant chain Strada, in a deal valued at c£40m
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NewsCote secures Teddington site
Cote, the French brasserie chain backed by CBPE, has secured it’s a further site in London, in Teddington