All Las Iguanas articles – Page 11
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Analysis & Insight
Dialling up deal activity
2015 was yet another big year for deal activity in the restaurants and bars sector, says Kieran Lawton, M&A director at BDO.
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NewsEquistone takes lead on Gaucho
Private equity group Equistone is believed to be in advanced talks to acquire Gaucho
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KKR makes CDG investment
KKR, the US private equity group, has supported a debt refinancing of the Casual Dining Group
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NewsFY pre-tax profit nears £5m at Turtle Bay
Turtle Bay, the Piper-backed Caribbean chain, saw FY pre-tax profit increase by 131% to £4.5m and turnover climb from £9.9m to £26m
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NewsLas Iguanas strengthens head office team
Las Iguanas has further strengthened its head office team, with the appointments of a group HR director and head of food development
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NewsFive new Bella Italias to open by Christmas
Casual Dining Group is set to open five new Bella Italia restaurants between now and Christmas.
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Bookatable partners with group booking system for Christmas
BookaTable.co.uk is partnering with online group reservation system EasyPreOrders to simplify online group bookings over the festive period
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Analysis & InsightThe ingredients for success
What is the secret of a successful restaurant roll-out? Private equity firm Bowmark Capital recently achieved nearly four times cost with its sale of Las Iguanas. Bowmark partner Ron Pearson explains the background to the deal and looks at what made that investment so lucrative
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Analysis & Insight
A Rouge signal of intent
Dominic Walsh admires the speed with which Steve Richards is turning around the fortunes of CDG, the former Tragus Group, and its one-time drifting brand Café Rouge
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Analysis & InsightWage wars
At a time when people are the “magic dust” that divides an evenly matched sector, a number of companies have started to factor in increased investment on attracting and retaining staff. With others likely to follow, what will suffer, expansion plans or refurbishment targets? And will the issue finally force the Government to create a more level playing field with the supermarkets on tax?
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Diary
Diary: Eclectic; Young’s; Jamie’s and JW Lees
In this week’s Diary, Luke Johnson commits to Eclectic for the “long-ish term”; Jamie’s Italian is embroiled in the saga around tipping policies and brewers talk balls
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NewsLas Iguanas makes changes to tips policy
Las Iguanas, the Casual Dining Group (CDG)-owned chain, today announced proposed changes to its tips policy after a staff survey
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Ashford first council to ban selected operators from development
Ashford Borough Council, in Kent, has become the first local authority to ban specific bars and restaurants from securing sites at its expanded Designer Outlet centre.
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NewsLoungers on track with expansion plans
Loungers, which is on track to have 75 sites operating by the end of this year, plans to open 25-plus sites a year going forward
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NewsSector has no appetite for Gov.t intervention on tipping
On the back of the Government launching an investigation into the issue of tipping across the sector, the majority of leading operators believe that the industry should self-regulate any change
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NewsCDG to remove administration fees on tips
Casual Dining Group is to remove all administration fees for customer tips made by credit card or by cash following an operational review of recent acquisitions
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Aqua Italia lines up number six
Aqua Italia, the premium Italian restaurant chain, has lined up a sixth opening in Oxford
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Government to launch investigation into “tipping abuse”
The Government is to launch an investigation into the issue of tipping across the sector
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NewsCasual Dining Group acquires La Tasca
Casual Dining Group (CDG) has agreed to acquire La Tasca, the c40-strong Spanish tapas chain, in a deal valued at between £20m-£25m