The UK has seen a 34% increase in fast food outlets from 2010 to 2018, a BBC analysis has revealed.
In 2010, the average number of fast food outlets per 100,000 people was 47, while this had risen to 61 in 2018.
The BBC’s Shared Data Unit analysed the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
East Coast Concepts, the Manchester-based restaurant and bar group, has been bought out of administration.
BrewDog has confirmed it will be opening a 4,000 sq ft bar at The Barcode, the new leisure and entertainment development, located next to Drake Circus in Plymouth city centre.
Gail’s, the Luke Johnson backed artisan business, is opening a new 50-cover bakery in Blackfriars.
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Healthy fast-food concept Leon has become the latest chain to consider a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) in a bid to cut its rent bill. The business appointed consultancy firm Quantuma in June to advise it on seeking new rent terms, but is now said to be drawing up CVA proposals as a result of pressures caused by the second national lockdown. According to Sky News, plans are at an early stage and the implications for store closures and jobs are yet to be disclosed.
