All news articles – Page 1024
-
News
SSP signs £90m Dusseldorf airport deal
Transport concessions operator SSP has signed a seven-year deal worth £90m to open eight units and a conference centre at Düsseldorf Airport.
-
NewsLiberation set to complete refinancing by summer
Liberation Group chief executive Mark Crowther has told MCA there has been significant interest from potential bidders for the group and he expects its refinancing to be completed by the summer.
-
News
Harvester launches new children’s menu for spring
Harvester, the Mitchells & Butlers-owned chain, has announced the launch of a new children’s menu for spring.
-
News
Wahhab: NLW will lead to restaurant closures
Iqbal Wahhab, founder of the Cinnamon Club and Roast restaurants, has said the National Living Wage will lead to the closure of “thousands of restaurants”
-
News
Meantime strengthens sales team
Meantime Brewing Company, the Greenwich-based craft brewer, has announced the appointment of nine new sales managers to their national sales team
-
News
Harry Ramsden’s set to open in South Africa
Harry Ramsden’s, the iconic fish and chips chain, is set to launch in South Africa
-
News
Thornbridge announces £2m investment plan
Derbyshire–based Thornbridge Brewery has announced a £2m investment plan as it targets an 80% increase in turnover over the next three years.
-
News
Tombo to open Soho-based poké-focused cafe
Japanese food specialists Tombo is to open “a contemporary Japanese café” in the heart of Soho next month
-
News
Wrap it Up! to double up in Manchester
Wrap it Up! is set to open its second regional site in Manchester, after securing a unit at One Piccadilly Gardens
-
News
City Pub EIS Fund eyes another £15m fundraise
Clive Watson, chairman of City Pub EIS Fund, has told MCA he has already raised £4m in a second round of fundraising for the now eight-strong group.
-
News
Cote deal to represent high water mark for valuations
CBPE’s secondary sale of the Côte business to BC Partners for c£250m last summer will probably represent the high water mark for valuations in the casual-dining space
-
News
Innis & Gunn launches French JV
Scottish brewer and pub operator Innis & Gunn has announced a joint venture with Spanish firm Grupo Diego Zamora to launch their combined brands in France.
-
News
Bookings for nightclub events up 50% in 2015
Ticket outlet and event guide Skiddle has released its own figures on the health of the nighttime economy in a rebuttal to claims that young people are going out less.
-
News
Al-Fayed to open plant-based restaurant Farmacy
The daughter of former Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, Camilla Al-Fayed is to open a ‘one-of-a-kind’ plant-based restaurant in London. Farmacy, which will open at the end of this month on the former Ping Pong site in Westbourne Grove, will serve ‘healthy comfort food’ with a twist, including vegan burgers and ...
-
News
Pepper steps down from La Tasca
Following the full integration of La Tasca into the Casual Dining Group, David Pepper will leave the business this week after five years as its people director
-
News
CAU lines up Edinburgh opening
CAU, the sister concept to Gaucho, has lined up its second opening in Scotland, in Edinburgh
-
News
GK appoints new head of hotels
Greene King has appointed former InterContinental UK & Ireland director of operations, Paul Harnedy, to oversee its hotels portfolio, MCA understands.
-
News
Pomroy swaps McDonald’s for Whitbread
Nathalie Pomroy has stepped down as retail marketing director at McDonald’s to become the new commercial director of Whitbread’s Restaurant division
-
News
Bella invests £1m in Bluewater flagship
Bella Italia will open its one hundredth location - a flagship 300-cover restaurant - in Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent this week
-
News
Chapel Down confirms £1.7m crowdfunding success
The chief executive of Chapel Down’s beer and cider business, Curious Drinks, has said the company’s £1.7m crowdfund is “further testament to the revolution taking place in the British beer business”.