All Deals articles – Page 28

  • Orchid carvery
    News

    M&B completes £266m Orchid acquisition

    2014-06-16T07:12:00Z

    Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has announced that it has acquired the majority of Orchid’s estate, consiting of 173 sites, in addition to Orchid’s head office, for £266m

  • News

    Firezza secures new investment and Pizza Lupa

    2014-06-13T07:52:00Z

    Firezza has acquired a controlling stake in rival brand Pizza Lupa and has plans to grow to 25 sites over the next three years,

  • The Stable
    News

    Fuller's buys 51% stake in cider and pizza restaurant business

    2014-06-10T08:33:00Z

    Fuller’s, the London-based brewer and pub operator, has acquired a 51% stake in The Stable, a six-strong craft cider and pizza restaurant business for £7.3m

  • Red Oak pub
    News

    R&L Properties disposal completed

    2014-06-05T08:00:00Z

    On the back of Hawthorn Leisure’s acquisition of 88 pubs from the former estate of Robert Tchenguiz, the sale process of the R&L Properties pubs portfolio have now been completed for a total sum of c£75m

  • Cote
    News

    Cote completes Cobham deal

    2014-06-05T07:46:00Z

    Cote, the French brasserie chain, has completed on a site in Cobham for an opening at the end of this year/start of next

  • Spirit logo
    News

    Spirit plans Orchid leases deal

    2014-06-03T07:42:00Z

    Spirit Pub Company is planning to acquire around a dozen leases currently operated by Orchid Pub Company on which it is guarantor before they are placed into administration

  • Punch logo
    News

    Punch agrees to sell five pubs for £9.7m

    2014-06-03T07:16:00Z

    Punch Taverns has agreed to sell five freehold pubs in central London to Manica Properties Ltd, an Isle of Man-based company, for £9.7m

  • Slug and Lettuce
    News

    Stonegate-operated package sold in £28m deal

    2014-06-02T15:42:00Z

    OLIM Property, the property investment company led by former Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Matthew Oakeshott, has acquired 15 freehold pubs let to Stonegate Pub Company for £28.3m

  • pic1
    News

    Operators outline Responsibility Deal progress

    2014-05-30T16:54:00Z

    Operators from the eating and drinking out sector have taken further steps to adhere to targets under the Public Health Responsibility Deal with the Government through means such as reducing salt and calorie content of foods and avoiding underage alcohol sales

  • Wahaca
    News

    Wahaca completes Great Portland St deal

    2014-05-30T16:30:00Z

    Wahaca has secured its next site in London, after completing on a deal for a site in Great Portland Street

  • Online reviews
    Analysis & Insight

    ​Dealing with the poisonous posts

    2014-05-30T16:29:33.317Z

    What can retailers do when they see inaccurate, derogatory messages about their business online? Charles Russell’s Vanessa Barnett and Caroline Swain offer some top tips

  • News

    United Ramen confirms ex-Strada site deal

    2014-05-30T16:29:00Z

    United Ramen, the Japanese restaurant and takeaway concept, has confirmed it will be opening its first site under the Live4Food group on an ex-Strada site in London

  • News

    Amber Taverns changes hands in £80m deal

    2014-05-30T08:10:00Z

    Amber Taverns, the fast-growing operator of wet-led community pubs, has changed hands as part of an £80m management buyout

  • Mitchells & Butlers logo
    News

    Jack upgrades M&B over expected Orchid deal

    2014-05-30T08:06:00Z

    Leading analyst Douglas Jack has upgraded Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) from Add to Buy following news of its likely takeover of the majority of the Orchid estate, which he described as an “excellent transaction” for the group

  • News

    UK-based restaurant reservation system signs US deal

    2014-05-30T07:55:21.520Z

    ResDiary, the global restaurant booking specialist established by hospitality veteran Mike Conyers, has agreed a deal to take the system to the US

  • Mitchells & Butlers logo
    News

    M&B takes lead on Orchid

    2014-05-28T21:01:00Z

    Mitchells & Butlers is understood to have moved ahead of private equity competition and entered exclusive talks to acquire the majority of Orchid Pub Company, for a sum of c£265m

  • News

    Compass wins five-year Homebase deal

    2014-05-22T07:48:00Z

    Global catering company Compass Group’s Instore division has secured a multi-million pound deal with DIY retailer Homebase to open 30 coffee shops across its chain of stores over the next five years

  • TGI Friday's
    News

    TGI Friday's sold

    2014-05-20T21:21:00Z

    Carlson has announced that an agreement has been reached to sell TGI Friday’s, the casual dining chain, to Sentinel Capital Partners and TriArtisan Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum

  • News

    Matthew Clark buys stake in marketing agency

    2014-05-20T14:07:00Z

    Matthew Clark, the drinks wholesaler part-owned by Punch Taverns, has bought a 51% stake in London-based marketing agency Elastic for an undisclosed sum

  • Yo! Sushi dish
    News

    YO! signs deal for 50 US openings

    2014-05-15T05:41:00Z

    YO! Sushi, the Quilvest-backed group, plans to open 50 restaurants in the US over the next six years after signing a new franchise agreement for the country