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All the news from the UK eating and drinking out industry, from company and brand updates, to people moves and shifting consumer trends
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NewsUrban Village looks to secure EIS liquidity requirement
The 10-strong operator has appointed Savills to conduct a strategic review as the 10-site operator seeks a liquidity event for Enterprise Investment Scheme investors
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NewsEmma Woods to step down as Tortilla chair
Woods will step down from her role as non-executive chair at the end of 2025, having worked with Tortilla for four years
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NewsSteakhouses see price of beef surge
Prices for deadweight cattle in the UK have climbed 27% year-on-year in September, amid cattle shortages and consumer demand for protein, the Financial Times reports
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up the best openings of the week, including The Devonshire team heading to Covent Garden, Sticks’n’Sushi to Manchester, and Captain D’s debut in Broadstairs
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NewsPunch grows EBITDA by 8%
The comunity pub group is seeing the benefits of maturing profits from pubs converted to its Partnership model, trade enhancing capex investments and inflationary price increases
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NewsZuma and Roka owner enters partnership with Abu Dhabi luxury hospitality investment company
Azumi has entered into a partnership with DIAFA, which will mark a ‘new era of global growth’ alongside existing partner Doğuş Hospitality
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NewsRevel Collective launches formal sales process
The pub and bars business is facing a ‘continued period of external challenges’ and has warned it risks breaching its banking limits in the new year
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NewsIvan Orkin to debut first permanent restaurant in London
The chef will begin offering ramen bowls on Farringdon Road next month, with plans for multiple further openings across the country
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NewsEmma Harris to succeed Tim Jones as M&B CFO
Harris is currently finance director – food at Marks & Spencer, and is expected to succeed Jones in early summer 2026 when he steps down after 15 years
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NewsMahiki acquired after ‘forensic’ due diligence
The Polynesian-inspired nightclub brand, popular with A-listers and royals, has been acquired an Australian investment firm after suffering “significant legacy issues, unresolved creditor positions, complex contractual entanglements and the erosion of brand value”
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NewsCoca-Cola: ‘Costa business is doing well’
Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey says Costa has seen investment and volume growth in its UK estate, but is “standing back and reflecting” in what’s next for its coffee strategy
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NewsRestaurant and hotel prices rise marginally as UK inflation holds at 3.8%
The 12-month inflation rate for restaurant and hotel prices rose to 3.9% in September, up from 3.8% in August
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NewsBrunning and Price sees ‘significant potential’ in bedrooms
The Restaurant Group-owned pub company plans to open three-six new sites in 2026, after outperforming the market in its latest financial results
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NewsHop returns to London expansion trail
The Vietnamese QSR concept is opening a 3,000 sq. ft site in Kings Cross, with plans for a further four sites by the end of 2026
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NewsBig Fang falls into the red as turnover drops
The competitive socialising group reported a 5% drop in turnover, but says it has an ‘exciting pipeline of new sites’ for consideration
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NewsBlack Sheep signs development agreement for Cambridgeshire
The coffee shop chain has announced a seven-store development agreement with MJP Coffee, with sites set to open in both urban and commuter hotspots
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NewsInn Collection CEO to step down
Sean Donkin has been with the pubs-with-rooms business since it had a single site, growing it to 30 locations, and securing a sale in 2022 which valued the group at £300m
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NewsMajority of MPs supportive of hospitality sector
The survey, carried out by market research firm Ipsos on behalf of the British Beer & Pub Association, found that 96% of Conservative and 86% of Labour MPs surveyed were ’favourable’ towards the sector.
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NewsFoodFixx acquires UK franchise rights to Dubai brand Chicking
The Scottish business said the deal would see it “operate, develop and expand the Chicking brand across the UK” – building upon FoodFixx’s existing franchise rights to the brand in Scotland.
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NewsGaucho appoints new FD
Martin Bishop joins the Argentinian steak restaurant group from Riley’s Sports Bar where he had been FD since December 2023. Prior to that he was head of group financial planning and analysis at TRG.