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NewsJDW lfls up 2.8% in Q2
JD Wetherspoon saw like-for-like sales rise 2.8% for the 12 weeks to 18 January with the figure falling to to approximately 2% in December and slowing further in the last fortnight.
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NewsDomino’s begins search for new CFO
Domino’s Pizza Group has begun the search for a new chief financial officer after announcing that Sean Wilkins, has resigned from the company
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NewsSt Austell to open first standalone Brewer & Bean coffee shop
St Austell, the Cornish brewer and pub operator, is planning to open standalone coffee shops after the success of its Brewer & Bean format within its managed pubs, M&C Report has learnt.
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NewsRobinsons first managed pub to open next week
North-west based brewer and pub operator Frederic Robinson is to unveil its first managed pub next week, M&C Report has learnt.
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NewsJack: M&B update to be “reasonably upbeat”
Leading analyst Douglas Jack at Numis says he expects Mitchells & Butlers’ AGM statement, which is due on 29 January, to be “reasonably upbeat”
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Matthew Clark sales break £100m for December
On-trade supplier Matthew Clark celebrated its most successful month ever in December, with sales breaking £100m.
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Bar Sport looks to open managed sites
Bar Sport founder Scott Murray has told M&C Report he is looking to open some managed sites to sit alongside his franchised portfolio.
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NewsJack: All Marston’s divisions to be positive
Leading analyst Douglas Jack at Numis has said that he expects trading at Marston’s to have remained positive across all its divisions
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Pearmain Pubs lines up sixth opening
Permain Pubs, the food-led Surrey pub group run by former Blubecker’s chief Richard Brown, will open its sixth pub this May
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SSP launches evolved Beer House format
SSP UK, the travel concessions operator, has launched an evolved version of its Beer House concept at London’s Victoria Station
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Eagle Eye revenues up 276%
Eagle Eye, the digital loyalty company for the retail and hospitality sectors, has grown its revenues by 276% to £2.3m for the six months ending 31 December 2014 compared to £0.6m in H1 2014
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Red Hot's Liverpool One site temporarily temporarily closes
Red Hot World Buffet, the Risk Capital Partners backed buffet group, has temporarily closed its Liverpool One restaurant following a visit from environmental health officers, the Liverpool Echo reports
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Taylor St raises £1.8m
Taylor St Baristas, the coffee chain, has raised £1.86m through the UK’s first crowd-sourced “Coffee Bond”
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NewsWasabi strengthens pipeline
Wasabi has further strengthened its openings pipeline with three further sites secures in London and a third unit lined up for New York
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Draft House to roll out optics cocktail range
Draft House, the London-based craft beer bar concept, is to roll out the optics cocktail range from its Bump Caves site across its estate, starting with its latest acquisition, the Laurie Arms on Shepherds Bush Road.
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NewsFive Guys UK up to 20
Five Guys will open its twentieth UK site later this morning in Edinburgh and hopes to add 22 units in total across the country this year
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Meantime secures £6m finance package from HSBC
Meantime, the London-based craft beer brewery, has secured a £6m funding package from HSBC to double its beer production and increase its export capacity
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Castle Rock launches licensee training course
Castle Rock, the Nottingham-based brewer and pub operator, is launching a licensee training course in Nottingham to train personal licensees in hospitality and alcohol retailing
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Stonegate’s common room concept to grow to 20 sites in 2015
Stonegate is to open the tenth of its evolved student bar concept, the common room, in Oxford this week with a further site in Reading due to open next month, M&C Report has learnt.
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NewsGK managed lfls up 0.6%
Greene King has announced like-for-like sales up 0.6% in its managed pubs for the 36 weeks to 11 January, with sales up 2% for the festive period amid record breaking Christmas Day trading.