All Hawksmoor articles – Page 5

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    Analysis & Insight

    Merlin conjures up IPO thoughts

    2013-07-29T08:33:00Z

    Six years ago the sector was a buzz with talk of IPOs. Tragus, Wagamama and Pret A Manager were all reported to have explored the option, but these tentative moves were dashed through the combination of adverse market conditions and investor concerns about slowing consumer spending. The second half of ...

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    Graphite takes stake in Hawksmoor

    2013-07-26T13:58:00Z

    Graphite Capital, the private equity backer of Rex Restaurants, has backed the management buy-out of Hawksmoor, in a deal which values the company at around £35m.

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    Hawksmoor team to launch new concept

    2013-07-19T07:20:00Z

    Underdog, the company behind Hawksmoor, is to launch a new smaller concept called Foxlow this November in London’s Clerkenwell

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    Hawksmoor 'attracts private equity interest'

    2013-06-14T16:52:00Z

    Hawksmoor, the four-strong steakhouse concepts led by Will Beckett and Huw Gott, is reportedly attracting bids from private equity companies as it looks to expand. Graphite Capital has been linked with plans to make an offer for the business, according to private equity magazine Real Deals. The magazine quotes a ...

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    Diary: Strada, Hawksmoor, Robinsons

    2013-05-29T15:24:00Z

    This week’s Diary includes Strada’s clever discounting, meatfest heading for London, a publican becomes Lord of the Inn, and a new era for M&C.

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    Hawksmoor collects best drinks offer award

    2013-05-21T07:24:00Z

    Hawksmoor, the four-strong steakhouse concepts led by Will Beckett and Huw Gott, collected the best drinks offer in a group or chain award at last night’s Harpers Awards 2013, holding off the challenge of the Cantalouge Group and Vinoteca. The best drinks offer in a pub award went to the ...

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    Londoners eating out once a week

    2013-04-05T07:26:00Z

  • Interviews

    Five-minute Friday interview

    2012-11-23T09:27:00Z

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    Hawksmoor secures fourth site

    2012-06-21T06:58:00Z

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    Hawksmoor appoints first FD

    2012-01-03T09:49:00Z

    Underdog Group, owner of steakhouse restaurant concept Hawksmoor, has appointed Alex Mclauchlan, formerly of D&D London, as its first finance director.Mclauchlan joins the three-strong London-based chain after spending nearly five years at D&D, which currently has 32 restaurants in London, Paris, Copenhagen, New York and Tokyo.Underdog, which counts Hill Capital, ...

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    Diary: Greene King, JDW, Maypole Group and Hawksmoor

    2011-06-08T14:59:00Z

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    Campbell, Herring join Hawksmoor operator

    2010-06-15T12:02:00Z

    The Underdog Group has appointed two high-profile figures from the eating and drinking out market, and conducted a round of fundraising, to help drive the growth of its fledgling Hawsmoor steakhouse restaurant concept.The company has recruited Paul Campbell, chief executive of Clapham House Group, and John Herring, the senior non-executive ...

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    Underdog sells Marquess to rollout Hawksmoor

    2008-07-10T12:15:00Z

    Underdog, the London-based food and drink operator, has sold its Marquess Tavern pub in Islington to fund the rollout of its Hawksmoor steakhouse concept.The company, run by Will Beckett and Huw Gott, disposed of the site on Canonbury Street for £175,000 to an independent party who is looking to enter ...