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NewsGravity right-sizes debt obligations through CVA
The leisure and fitness activity park operator has secured approval from creditors for a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) proposal having been impacted by rising costs and soft consumer spending
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NewsIndian Brewery Company launches in Birmingham Airport in partnership with TRGC
Billed as ‘a significant milestone’ for the Indian Brewery Company, the new opening will bring the craft beer and street food business to three sites
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NewsBurger Boi launches first Morrison’s concession
The Wolverhampton-founded premium QSR chain has launched a site within Morrisons Manchester Piccadilly store with at least four further openings planned under the partnership
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NewsRockfish reports growth in sales and profits
The Mitch Tonks-led seafood restaurant group has reported ‘another record year’ of results with turnover climbing to £15m and group EBITDA rising by more than 10%
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NewsWingstop continues to accelerate expansion with triple opening
The fast-growing fried chicken chain begun the final full week before Christmas with simultaneous openings in Leicester, Nottingham and Glasgow
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NewsJohn Vincent looking to return Leon to expansion trail following turnaround plan
Vincent says he expects to be back on the expansion trail with plans for as many as 100 UK outlets, mostly in London, over the next four years
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NewsRapper Professor Green to launch fast food brand in Glasgow
Green says his new brand, which will open its first restaurant on Byres Road in the Scottish city in Q1 of 2026, is designed to ‘disrupt the fast food market’
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NewsSides to make Scottish debut next year with double opening
Managing director Aaron Moore-Saxton says expanding into Scotland has been ‘a huge ambition’ for the fried chicken chain, which recently revealed plans to double its estate each year
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NewsJamie Oliver Group axes 20% of workforce ahead of high street comeback
The celebrity chef’s main commercial operation has completed a consultation process which involves 25 of its 126 employees being made redundant, Sky News reports
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NewsLeon to appoint administrators and exit loss-making sites
After acquiring the healthy fast food brand last month, co-founder John Vincent said his immediate priority is to reduce the number of loss-making restaurants, with 20 out of its 70-strong estate believed to be at risk
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NewsFive Guys launches loaded fries
In a first for the premium burger brand, Five Guys has added a new item to its food menu, which will feature fries topped with cheese sauce, a ‘secret’ fry sauce, and up to 14 toppings of choice
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NewsPapa Johns to open 20 sites in Northern Ireland
The pizza brand has signed an agreement with 25-strong franchise opereator Rana Abhol, with the first store opening in Ballymena
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InterviewsJamie Oliver Restaurants: ‘Getting a second chance is not an opportunity everybody gets’
Ed Loftus, global director of Jamie Oliver Restaurants, tells MCA the group has plenty of confidence in its plans to relaunch the Jamie’s Italian brand in the UK next year
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NewsReal Eating Company reduced to two sites following downsize
Founder Helena Hudson has blamed lacklustre trading and a lack of government support for her decision to reduce the size of her independent café group from eight sites to two
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NewsMiddletons acquired for £170,000
The steakhouse business was sold out of administration last month having faced financial challenges in the past year due to tough market conditions in the casual dining space
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Analysis & InsightWTF is happening with TGIs?
Once a powerhouse brand in the UK casual dining market, TGI Fridays now finds itself going through its third sale process in little more than a year
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NewsJamie’s Italian to relaunch in UK under partnership with Prezzo owner
Jamie Oliver has partnered with Brava Hospitality to bring Jamie’s Italian back to the UK six years on from its collapse with a flagship London restaurant to launch next year
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NewsLussmanns enters pre-pack, closes two sites
Founder and managing director Andrei Lussmann said the combination of the downturn in the economy and the uptick in costs had combined to make trading at the seafood restaurant group very challenging resulting in the closure of the restaurants in Highgate and Berkhamsted
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NewsBrighton Pier Group looks to offload mini-golf business
The Luke Johnson-chaired leisure business is looking to divest the seven-strong Paradise Island Adventure Golf business, as part of a strategic review of its assets
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NewsJKS pubs business acquired by US private investor
An investment round led by founder and managing director Dominic Jacobs will see the three-strong gastropub business rebrand as Ardent Pub Group