All Leon articles – Page 23

  • News

    Colliers strengthens restaurant team

    2015-07-10T08:10:00Z

    Leisure property specialist Colliers has appointed Josh Leon as its new head of central London restaurants.

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    News

    Leon to open in South Kensington

    2015-07-07T08:28:00Z

    Healthy fast food concept Leon is opening a site in South Kensington by mid-August

  • La Tasca exterior
    News

    H1 trading round-up

    2015-07-03T16:17:00Z

    Six months into 2015, M&C’s gauges how trade has been for some of the leading players in the sector. We round-up trading at Pizza Hut, La Tasca, TCG, Deltic, Grand Union, Leon and The Koh Group among others

  • Wahaca
    News

    DF/Mexico and Leon confirmed for Tottenham Court Rd

    2015-06-26T16:29:55.333Z

    DF/Mexico and Leon have been confirmed to open at 1+2 Stephen Street, Derwent London’s mixed-use scheme on Tottenham Court Road

  • Diary

    Diary: Pret, Deltic, Enterprise Inns and St Austell

    2015-06-26T09:42:00Z

    In this week’s Diary we hear about some ‘interesting’ results from Pret’s evenings trial, look at trends in the late-night sector and get Rupert Clevely’s first impressions of the debut site he will develop with Enterprise Inns. All that and some truly awful beer and music-related puns

  • News

    Planet Organic expansion continues

    2015-06-25T08:30:00.490Z

    Planet Organic, the organic supermarket and café operator, is to extend to its footprint in London

  • News

    Fine Burger rebrands and expands

    2015-06-25T08:12:00Z

    Upmarket burger concept Fine Burger is rebranding as Prime Burger as it prepares to open its third venue at London’s Euston station in September, M&C has learnt

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    News

    Network Rail and SSP create 'destination station'

    2015-06-23T08:43:00Z

    Network Rail, the station operator, is embracing street food as part of its vision to create destination stations as it plans to implement its London model in regional stations

  • Breddos Tacos (Nud Dudhia and Chris Whitney)
    News

    London Union to raise £3.5m for flagship venue

    2015-06-18T08:22:00Z

    London Union, the newly formed parent company of Street Feast backed by a consortium of big names in the food scene, is launching a crowdfunding campaign later this year to raise £3.5m to create its flagship London food market

  • Breddos Tacos (Nud Dudhia and Chris Whitney)
    News

    Biggest names in British food back London Union venture

    2015-06-18T00:06:00Z

    Some of the biggest names in the British food scene have come together to back new food market venture, London Union

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    News

    MBE honour for Leon founders and Robert Humphreys

    2015-06-13T08:52:00Z

    John Vincent and Henry Dimbleby, founders of Leon, Robert Humphreys, formerly of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, have been made MBEs

  • LEON
    Opinion

    The Leon King

    2015-06-09T08:20:00Z

    One of the UK’s most influential restaurant chains is finally gearing up for serious growth and intends to build a healthy presence outside its London heartland within the next few years. Joe Lutrario talks to John Vincent about the story behind Leon

  • News

    SSP secures Euston site for Gino D'Campo

    2015-06-09T08:17:56.230Z

    Travel concessions specialist SSP has secured a first site to open a new casual dining restaurant in partnership with TV chef Gino D’Campo to open in the autumn

  • Thaikhun
    Analysis & Insight

    Street life

    2015-06-08T08:43:00Z

    Street food, and all it entails whether that is through food, marketing or location, has become an increasingly influential part of the UK’s eating and drinking-out sector. Over the next few months and years that influence is set to further grow as the category evolves with the help of a number of established players.

  • Vital Ingredient
    News

    Vital Ingredient appoints new MD

    2015-06-02T08:13:00Z

    Vital Ingredient, the London-based tossed salad-to-go concept, has appointed Paolo Peretti as its new managing director

  • Cosy Club Birmingham
    Opinion

    No time for just a casual approach

    2015-05-18T07:58:00Z

    Growth in the UK branded restaurant market is not being distributed equally and a new order is emerging which means there can be no casual approach to casual dining

  • Opinion

    Getting to the core of the Big Apple

    2015-05-15T16:39:00Z

    Late last month, M&C Allegra Foodservice and Restaurant magazine took 30 leading operators to New York as part of their 72 Hours in… series. Their time was divided between exploring the independent and edgy concept melting pot that is Brooklyn and the more brand-conscious Manhattan. Mark Wingett sahares some of the highlights from the trip.

  • News

    O-food eyes expansion

    2015-05-14T08:48:10.127Z

    O-food, a new Scandinavian sandwich bar concept backed by the Virgin start-up initiative, plans to expand across London and then look to take its brand international, M&C Report understands.

  • The Restaurant Bar & Grill
    Analysis & Insight

    Restaurants lead UK’s high street renaissance

    2015-04-28T08:04:00Z

    Catering outlets including restaurants are the only category of chain operator to have seen unbroken growth in UK branch numbers over the last seventeen years, according to a new study by CBRE. It found that restaurant and food outlet numbers are now 258% higher than in 1998 thanks to an ...

  • News

    Rockfish on track for £1m EBITDA

    2015-04-22T08:39:00Z

    High-profile chef Mitch Tonks told M&C Report his restaurant company is on track to report its first million pound EBITDA in the next 12 months as he prepares to open a fourth Rockfish restaurant serving the freshest available fish