All Giggling Squid articles – Page 5
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Koh Thai and Buenos Aires Restaurants in merger
High Road Restaurants BidCo, the owner of the Koh Thai Tapas chain of Thai restaurants, yesterday announced a share merger with Buenos Aires Restaurants Holdings, owner of the Buenos Aires steakhouse chain, to form a multi-branded restaurant group.
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Crepeaffaire eyes new formats as it looks to triple estate
Crepeaffaire, which has just secured £2m investment from BGF, will look at different store formats as it seeks to triple its UK estate from 15 to 45 in the next four years, MCA has learnt.
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NewsMCA and AlixPartners launch Growth Company Index 2018
MCA is once again teaming up with leading advisory firm AlixPartners to identify the top 50 private firms with the fastest-growing profits in the UK eating and drinking-out sector.
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NewsBGF invests in Crepeaffaire
Crepeaffaire, the multi-site crêperie brand, has secured £2m investment from The Business Growth Fund (BGF) to accelerate its new site rollout.
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Giggling Squid set for Harpenden
Giggling Squid has further strengthened its openings pipeline for this year, after securing a site in Harpenden
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NewsStrada shutters tranche of sites
Strada, the Italian restaurant chain backed by sector investor Hugh Osmond, closed a tranche of its sites over the festive season
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Analysis & Insight
Inside track: Operator & investor view
As 2017 draws to a close, Tom Barnard, director of M&A at BDO talks to those operating and investing in the restaurant and bars sector to understand how they will reflect on the year, what opportunities and challenges they foresee ahead, and unavoidably, their views on Brexit
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NewsGiggling Squid is on target with expansion plans
Giggling Squid co-founder Andy Laurillard has told MCA the group is on target to reach 50-70 sites over the next five to seven years.
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Pieminister set for Brixton
Pieminister, the pie shop concept, is to open its third site in London, with an opening lined up in Brixton
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NewsKossoff joins Pieminister board
Simon Kossoff, the former chief executive and chairman of Carluccio’s, has joined the board of Pieminister
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Coming up Rosa’s
Alex and Saiphin Moore’s Thai restaurant group has hit the 10-site mark and will soon make its regional debut in Liverpool. With the business now on the market, the couple look set for a windfall. Joe Lutrario reports
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NewsRosa’s Thai to consider its options
Rosa’s, the Thai cafe concept, has appointed advisors as it considers its funding options to support future growth
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Analysis & Insight
South East Asian invasion is gathering momentum
It is easy to see the appeal of South East Asian food. Bright and colourful, lighter and healthier yet packed with flavour, the cuisine has a lot going for it.
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Analysis & Insight
PE remains sector’s growth partner of choice
Paul Hemming, managing director of AlixPartners, looks in detail at the figures from this year’s Growth Company Index, produced in partnership with MCA. In this article he looks at the enduring influence of private equity on growth companies.
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NewsPOD founders launch new brand
POD co-founders Tim Hall and Emma Blackmore have joined forces with former Byron operations director, Peter Bruton, to launch new sourdough pizza brand, Three Joes, MCA understands.
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Giggling Squid set for Chichester
Giggling Squid is to further strengthen its presence along the south coast, with an opening in Chichester.
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Giggling Squid confirms Beaconsfield site
Giggling Squid, the Business Growth Fund backed Thai restaurant group, has confirmed it is to open in Beaconsfield in early autumn.
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Priest swaps Brasserie Bar Co for Giggling Squid
Mark Priest has stepped down as financial controller of Brasserie Bar Co to join Giggling Squid as its new finance director
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O’Mahoney steps down from Giggling Squid
Mike O’Mahoney has stepped down as chief financial officer of Giggling Squid
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Analysis & InsightMarket towns not so Tasty
The sobering full-year update from Tasty, the Kaye family-backed operator of the Wildwood and Dim T brands earlier this week, was the first one that I think gave a truer reflection of where the market actually is, with the real hard yards set to kick in