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    Pret to open first hospital site

    2015-05-22T16:25:00Z

    Pret A Manger will open the doors to its first hospital location next month, in Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital

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    Non-cashless payments overtake notes and coins

    2015-05-22T16:25:00Z

    For the first time cashless payments have become more popular than transactions using coins and notes in the UK

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    Warm weather supports pub share prices

    2015-05-22T16:24:00Z

    The M&C20 was down 0.3% this week, underperforming a 0.7% rise in the All-Share Index, as profit taking of SSP Group’s shares held the M&C’s index back, while the minutes suggesting a rate rise may be delayed from the last BoE interest rate meeting supported the wider market

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    M set for Victoria opening

    2015-05-22T16:24:00Z

    M Restaurants is set to open its second site later this year in London’s Victoria

  • The Coach House
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    Robinsons unveils latest refurb

    2015-05-22T16:24:00Z

    Robinsons Brewery has reopened its Hazel Grove pub The Cock Hotel as the Flying Coach following refurbishment

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    One Sixty Smokehouse doubles up

    2015-05-22T16:24:00Z

    One Sixty Smokehouse & Bar, the restaurant from Michelin-starred David Moore, has secured a second venue on the site of a former Slug & Lettuce site in the City’s Stoney Lane, off Devonshire Square, which will include the UK’s first brisket carvery

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    Batram: Cineworld has room for long-term outperformance

    2015-05-22T16:24:00Z

    Nick Batram at Peel Hunt says that Cineworld shares have been predictably strong and expects its upcoming AGM to be accompanied by a positive update

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    Sports Bar & Grill’s Piccadilly site marketed

    2015-05-22T16:24:00Z

    Bar Holdings – the company behind the Sports Bar & Grill chain – has placed its site in London’s Piccadilly on the market, M&C Report understands. The six-strong group, which attracted interest from JD Wetherspoon earlier this year, has placed the Sports Bar & Grill on Rupert Street on the ...

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    ​Analyst corner: Rollo on Whitbread

    2015-05-22T16:24:00Z

    Leading analyst Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley says that he expects Q1 16 like-for-like sales of 5.5% from Whitbread

  • Mitchells & Butlers logo
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    M&B receives graduate accolade

    2015-05-22T16:24:00Z

    Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has been ranked in the ‘Job Crowd’ Top 100 Companies for graduates list for the third consecutive year

  • West Cornwall Pasty Co
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    West Cornwall Pasty Co poised for growth

    2015-05-22T16:23:00Z

    West Cornwall Pasty Co. has been turned around from double-digit decline to “very healthy” year-on-year EBITDA growth for its year ending March 2014, executive chairman Chris Peck told M&C Report

  • Welcome Break Birchanger
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    Welcome Break to introduce 24-hour Starbucks

    2015-05-22T16:23:00Z

    Welcome Break, the motorway services operator, is to introduce 24-hour opening across all Starbucks sites in its portfolio from 1 June

  • Red's True Barbecue
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    Industry leaders back Red’s next stage of growth

    2015-05-22T12:29:00Z

    Fast-growing smokehouse concept Red’s True Barbecue has secured £5m of new investment from a group of leading industry players

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    Ponti's back in the black following estate trim

    2015-05-22T08:28:00Z

    The Ponti Group, operator of Ponti’s Italian Kitchen and Caffe Italia, is back in the black as it prepares to post pre-tax profits in excess of £0.3m following losses of £1.7m last year, M&C Report understands

  • Street Kitchen Founders Jun Tanaka and Mark Jankel
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    Street Kitchen sets out ambitious rollout plan

    2015-05-22T08:26:00Z

    The owners of street food vendor Street Kitchen are to open their first shop next month as part of a wider strategy to have 15 fixed sites in London over the next five years

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    Yorkshire pub portfolio marketed

    2015-05-22T08:25:00Z

    A portfolio of seven West Yorkshire-based pubs has been brought to the market on behalf of the administrators

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    SSP in Gino D’Campo link up

    2015-05-22T08:25:00Z

    SSP has started working with TV chef Gino D’Acampo on a new casual dining restaurant format

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    Flight Club secures debut site

    2015-05-22T08:23:19.943Z

    Flight Club, the new darts-based restaurant and bar concept from Adam Breeden, has secured its first site

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    Workshop expands with fifth site and roastery

    2015-05-22T08:23:15.513Z

    Artisan coffee shop group Workshop is preparing to open an enlarged roastery in Bethnal Green after exceeding capacity at its Clerkenwell site

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    Enterprise has Eureka moment

    2015-05-22T08:23:00Z

    Enterprise Inns has launched a new company Eureka Inns Ltd to oversee its new “managed expert” model