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Nanban switches attention to Hackney
Tim Anderson, who won TV’s MasterChef programme in 2011, has switched his attention to a site in Hackney for his new southern Japanese food concept called Nanban, M&C Report understands
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OpinionThe IT crowd
The opening last week of the Richard Caring-backed Grillshack, complete with apps that enable diners to order and pay for food and drinks on their smartphone, highlights that a technological dam is about to break for the UK’s eating and drinking-out industry
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NewsPubs will close as they're 'stuck in the 1980s'
Thousands of pubs will rightly go out of business over the next year because they are “stuck in the 1980s”, according to the Good Pub Guide 2014, which is out today
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Bounce eyes Victoria launch
Bounce, the fledgling ping pong bar/restaurant concept, backed by a number of industry veterans, is in talks to open its second site in London, in Victoria
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Festive trading special
M&C Report talks to pub, club and restaurant operators about trading over the Christmas and New Year period.Luminar“New Year’s Eve exceeded our expectations, with the majority of our 56 strong estate operating at capacity,” said Peter Marks, chief executive of the nightclub company. “Our operating model allows for managers to ...
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Opinion
Taking the Mickey is not an option
Inside track by Mark WingettA month ago I was asked by ex-Starbucks executive and current managing director of Jumeirah Restaurants Phil Broad, what has happened to the health issue in the UK? Broad, who is set to introduce Jumeirah’s South East Asian casual dining restaurant brand Noodle House into the ...
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Isis in Pho talks
Isis Equity Partners, the private equity group, is in talks to acquire a stake in Pho, the highly-thought of Vietnamese fast-casual concept led by Stephen and Juliette Wall.It is understood that Isis, which has previously invested in the clothes retailers Bonmarche and Fat Face, is in advanced stages of talks ...