All Finance articles – Page 93

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    Amber secures new funding

    2013-09-16T06:42:00Z

    Amber Taverns, the fast-growing operator of wet-led community pubs, is set to acquire another 30 sites after it increased its debt facility with Lloyds Banking Group by £5m to £27.5m

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    FY EBITDA up 47% at Be At One; agrees new bank funding

    2013-09-08T21:24:00Z

    Be At One, the Piper-backed cocktail bar chain, has reported a 47% rise in EBITDA to £1.6m for the year 31 March 2013, against record sales of £11.6m, up 23% on the previous year

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    BGF eyes Comptoir Libanais investment

    2013-09-05T07:50:00Z

    The Business Growth Fund (BGF) is understood to be in talks to invest in Comptoir Libanais, the London-based Lebanese fast-casual concept, M&C Report has learnt.

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    Enterprise announces £100m bond offering

    2013-09-05T07:45:00Z

    Enterprise Inns has announced an offering of approximately £100m of senior, unsecured Guaranteed Convertible Bonds due 2020, which it said would provide it with low cost, unsecured long-term funding, reduce its overall cost of borrowing, provide it with increased flexibility and enhance prospects for growth

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    Osmond eyes 'triple-A' investment opportunities

    2013-09-05T07:43:00Z

    Hugh Osmond, the high-profile investor, has told M&C Report he’d invest “as much as it takes” to grow a small number of “triple-A” leisure operators into national brands

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    Fund launched to help SMEs become more energy efficient

    2013-09-05T07:42:00Z

    ReEnergise Finance has launched a commercial finance vehicle aimed solely at providing funding solutions for SME businesses in regards to helping them become more energy efficient

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    Services sector growth continues

    2013-09-05T07:28:00Z

    Business activity in the services sector grew in August at the sharpest pace since December 2006, according to the latest Services Index from Markit/CIPS

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    BrewDog raises £3m via share issue

    2013-09-03T08:02:00Z

    BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, has raised £3m of its fund raising £4m target under its latest crowdfunding scheme in about 10 weeks

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    Upham Pub Co raises £11m for expansion

    2013-09-03T07:50:00Z

    Hampshire-based Upham Pub Company has raised about £11m for expansion under the Enterprise Investment Scheme and hopes to increase this to £15m by the end of the year, co-founder David Butcher has told M&C Report

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    FLS lending up, but SMEs still miss out

    2013-09-03T07:47:00Z

    Lending under a flagship state scheme increased between April and June, but lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) continued to fall

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    Osmond eyes return to sector

    2013-08-23T08:03:00Z

    Hugh Osmond, the high-profile sector investor who previously backed PizzaExpress and Punch Taverns, is reportedly eyeing a return to the leisure sector after resigning from the board of insurance company Phoenix

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    Aqua secures new funding

    2013-08-21T07:40:00Z

    Aqua Italia, the premium Italian restaurant chain, has opened its fifth site in Portishead after securing new bank funding

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    Elysium Group eyes rollout

    2013-08-21T07:39:00Z

    Elysium Group, the Essex-based restaurant and bar operator, is looking at opportunities in London, after securing new funding from Natwest and securing its sixth site

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    Jimmy’s World Grill explores options

    2013-08-20T12:01:00Z

    East and West Restaurants is in talks with advisers as it explores options for its expanding Jimmy’s World Grill & Bar chain, after receiving private equity approaches, M&C Report understands

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    Fulham Shore confident in the year ahead

    2013-08-15T08:01:00Z

    Fulham Shore, the new restaurant venture from ex-Clapham House Group chairman David Page, has reported a loss of £125.2k for the year to March 2013

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    Living Ventures in Gusto funding talks

    2013-08-12T06:52:00Z

    Living Ventures, the north west-based restaurant and bar group, is in talks to secure new funding to roll out Gusto, its high street Italian restaurant brand

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    Cabana secures fourth site; new funding

    2013-08-08T07:43:00Z

    Cabana has secured its fourth site in London at the Designer Outlet, Wembley, and raised £3.5m of new funding

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    Arran Brewery eyes £4m share issue

    2013-08-06T08:02:00Z

    The Scottish company plans to raise £4m via a public share sale beginning in October to raise £4m for expanding its pub and brewery business

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    Saltaire Brewery secures grant

    2013-08-02T07:31:00Z

    West Yorkshire brewer Saltaire has secured a £12,000 grant from a local business growth fund to expand its brewing operations

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    Tasty extends bank facility

    2013-08-01T10:12:00Z

    Tasty, the AIM-listed restaurant operator of the Dim T and Wildwood brands, has renewed and extended its existing debt facility by £1.5m as it looks to further expansion