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    Gail’s eyes regional expansion

    2015-02-27T08:28:00Z

    Gail’s Artisan Bakery has revealed plans to expand out of the capital, but has turned down opportunities to go into travel locations

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    JW Lees' director of managed pubs quits

    2015-02-27T08:28:00Z

    JW Lees, the Manchester-based brewer and pub operator, has announced that Kieran Rabbitt, director of managed house operations, is to leave the company.

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    Intu: Significant increase in catering and leisure development pipeline

    2015-02-27T08:28:00Z

    Intu, the shopping centre operator, has reported occupancy rates of 95% for the 2014 financial year – the same as the year before- with like-for-like retail sales within its centres up 2.5%.

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    PICAS ‘is working’, Luff insists

    2015-02-27T08:27:00Z

    Pub industry self-regulation is not dead — far from it. That is the message from Pub Governing Body (PGB) chairman Sir Peter Luff MP following the publication of the PICA-Service (PICAS) annual report.

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    Food & Fuel grows turnover 5.1% in 2014

    2015-02-27T08:04:00Z

    London-based gastropub operator Food & Fuel saw turnover rise 5.1% to £11.4m for the year to 1 June.

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    Zonal launches solution to combat slow service

    2015-02-27T07:47:00Z

    Zonal Retail Data Systems has launched Kitchen iQ to help operators improve speed, quality and accuracy of service

  • TRG CEO Danny Briethaupt
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    FY lfls up 2.8% at TRG

    2015-02-27T07:14:00Z

    The Restaurant Group has reported a 2.8% rise in like-for-like sales for the year to 28 December

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    Revolution Bars sets price range for IPO

    2015-02-27T07:13:00Z

    Revolution Bars, the 58-strong group led by Mark McQuater, has announced the expected price range of its IPO with a prospectus expected to be published later today.

  • Sports Bar & Grill's David Evans & Jane White
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    Sports Bar & Grill rejects JDW acquisition bid

    2015-02-26T12:25:00Z

    Bar Holdings – the company behind the Sports Bar & Grill chain – rejected an acquisition bid from Wetherspoons earlier this month

  • News

    Burning Night Group eyes nationwide expansion

    2015-02-26T12:15:00Z

    Burning Night Group, the Leeds-based operator of bars, has lined up its next opening in Cardiff city centre in August as part of plans to open a further eight venues across the UK in the next three years, M&C Report has learnt

  • Fatburger
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    Fatburger set for UK debut

    2015-02-26T08:41:00Z

    Fatburger is set to become the latest US burger operator to launch in the UK, with the brand in advanced talks on a site in London’s Camden Town

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    Odeon cinema chain placed on the market

    2015-02-26T08:41:00Z

    Terra Firma, the private equity firm led by Guy Hands, is to place its Odeon and UCI cinemas chain on the market, with an asking price of c£1bn

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    Bowland Village Inns completes rebrand to Fayre Inns

    2015-02-26T08:32:00Z

    Bowland Village Inns, the Steven Greenhalf-led pub operator, has completed a restructure and rebrand of its business – splitting into Signature Fayre and Fayre Table.

  • Joseph Evans and Peter Borg-Neal of Oakman Inns
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    Oakman could remodel company around Beech House brand

    2015-02-26T08:32:00Z

    Peter Borg-Neal, chief executive of Oakman Inns, has told M&C Report he is seeking a third site for the Beech House concept and that if it continues to succeed in multiple sites the company could be remodelled around the brand.

  • News

    ABInBev UK volumes up 1.5% in FY14

    2015-02-26T08:31:24.537Z

    ABInBev, the Stella Artois and Budweiser brewer, has reported “a very strong year” in the UK, with volumes of its own-brand products up 1.5%% in FY14 and 2.1% in the last quarter.

  • News

    E&Y updates on former Orchid sites

    2015-02-26T08:31:00Z

    Ernst & Young has reported that it has sold 38 of the 49 former Orchid pubs that were placed into administration last June

  • News

    Street food operators set for Euston Station

    2015-02-26T08:31:00Z

    Street food operators The Rib Man and Big Apple Hot Dogs are set to be amongst the street food operators to launch units at London’s Euston Station

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    Highest pub rent costs in two years

    2015-02-26T08:31:00Z

    Pub rent as a percentage of projected turnover reached its highest level for almost two years in the last quarter of 2014, but saw a slight drop overall compared to 2013, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Pub Benchmarking Survey.

  • ASK Italian
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    ASK to focus on city centres

    2015-02-26T08:31:00Z

    ASK Italian, the Bridgepoint-backed Italian restaurant, is to focus its expansion plans on city centres where it is “unrepresented”, according to CEO Stephen Holmes speaking at the Casual Dining show

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    KFC trial edible coffee cups

    2015-02-26T08:28:00Z

    KFC has launched the first edible coffee cup made from biscuit to mark the launch of Seattle Best Coffee in KFC branches across the UK