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All articles by Finn Scott-Delany – Page 51
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NewsPret adds Just Eat to delivery partners
Pret A Manger has launched a new partnership with Just Eat for delivery, with an exclusive click and collect proposition for in store.
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NewsMarks: Focus on the bigger picture
Deltic CEO Peter Marks has likened to the focus on furlough details such as tronc to “rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic” and urged operators to see the bigger picture.
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NewsCrosstown Collective links artisan suppliers
Crosstown, the artisan doughnut and coffee brand, has teamed up The Estate Dairy, Millers Bakery and London fruit & veg suppliers for an essentials food box delivery service.
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NewsWhiting & Hammond launches food box scheme
Premium pub operator Whiting & Hammond is the latest company to use its supplier relationships to curate a food box.
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NewsFurloughed staff can take holiday
Employees can take holiday while on furlough, but employers will have to pay 100% of their wage rather than 80%, according to the latest guidance from government.
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NewsWholesalers urge operators to settle bills
Wholesalers have called on pubs, restaurants and cafes to pay settle their invoices for stock ordered before the lockdown.
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NewsWhitbread eligible under Covid Corporate Financing Facility
Whitbread has announced it has been confirmed as an eligible issuer under the UK Government’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF).
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NewsLockdown extended for three weeks
Lockdown will continue for at least another three weeks, with “light at the end of the tunnel” if certain criteria are met.
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NewsCity Pub Co raises £22m
City Pub Group has raised £22m following a share placing, cutting net debt by two thirds.
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NewsWimpy adds delivery and takeaway sites
Wimpy opened a brand new site in Orpington over the Easter weekend, with half of its 68-strong estate now offering home delivery or takeaway during lockdown.
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NewsSacha Lord: 70% will go under without urgent cash support
Seventy per cent of night-time operators face going out of business if they do not get urgent access to cash support from government, Manchester night czar Sacha Lord has warned.
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NewsMarston’s: ‘We are all in this together’
Marston’s is having constructive conversations with its tenants and lessees about rent, with relief concessions being offered where appropriate, CEO Ralph Findlay has said.
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NewsDeliveroo NHS campaign raises £1.5m
A Deliveroo campaign to feed NHS staff has raised more than £1.5m, which will go towards its pledge to provide 500,000 free meals.
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NewsPizza Hut finds its mojo at time of crisis
Pizza Hut UK MD Neil Manhas has told MCA the brand has “found its mojo” serving the community at a time of crisis.
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NewsFurloughed staff under renewed threat
Hospitality staff are under renewed threat of jobs losses if the government does not extend the jobs retention scheme beyond its initial three month period.
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NewsKFC reopens select delivery-only sites
KFC has reopened several restaurants for delivery only, with further reopenings planned in the coming weeks.
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NewsCaring reopens kitchens to feed the needy
Richard Caring has reopened a number of restaurant kitchens in his portfolio to feed the isolated, vulnerable, low income families and NHS workers.
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NewsRevolution ups credit facility to £30m
Revolution Bars Group has increased its revolving credit facility with Natwest to £30m.
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NewsM&B keeps reduces costs to keep estate ’secure and safe’
Mitchells & Butlers has material cash resources which it believes should be sufficient to fund obligations “well into the second half of the year”.
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NewsWells & Co cancels rent for two months
Wells & Co will not collect commercial rent from its licensees for the next two months during lockdown measures, the family brewery and pub operator has said.