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    Look abroad for inspiration

    2014-09-26T15:55:00Z

    Restaurants looking to grow must look outside of the UK for inspiration according to the new chief executive of Busaba Eathai, which is preparing to open its first overseas site in Dubai in November

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    Fuller’s and Ping Pong amongst design award winners

    2014-09-26T15:54:00Z

    Fuller’s, Ping Pong, BrewDog, Whyte & Brown and ETM Group were amongst the winners at this year’s Restaurant and Bar Design Awards

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    Tiger Bill's opens first London site

    2014-09-26T15:53:34.523Z

    Tiger Bill’s, the Lifestyle Hospitality Group franchise restaurant group, has opened its first London site at Tooting, M&C Report has learnt

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    Aparthotels enters administration

    2014-09-26T15:50:53.860Z

    Blue Rainbow Aparthotels, part of the Blue Rainbow Hospitality Group that operates Tea 42, has entered administration

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    Digital strategy must be content-led

    2014-09-26T15:50:34.620Z

    Online activity and social media marketing that is content-led attracts two-thirds of customers to buy from the company, according to new research

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    Operators say Tax Equality Day boosted sales

    2014-09-26T15:50:00Z

    The second Tax Equality Day saw sales rise as much as 11% according to some of the operators taking part

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    ONE Group to open STK in LA

    2014-09-26T15:49:34.507Z

    The ONE Group, owner of international restaurant group STK, has signed a deal with Pebblebrook Hotel Trust to open a STK restaurant at W Los Angeles, in California in 2015

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    Analyst corner: Rollo on Spirit/Greene King

    2014-09-26T15:42:00Z

    Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley looks at Greene King’s offer for Spirit, and says that integration could drive material synergies of around £50m

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    Scunthorpe considers EMRO

    2014-09-26T08:00:30Z

    North Lincolnshire Council has begun “informal discussions” about implementing an early morning restriction order (EMRO) in Scunthorpe town centre

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    KFC eyes new format development

    2014-09-26T08:00:00Z

    KFC believes it can build at least another 200 sites under a new smaller footprint format in the UK & Ireland

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    Darby distances M&B from Spirit bid

    2014-09-26T07:58:00Z

    Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) chief executive Alistair Darby has distanced the company from a counter approach for Spirit, saying that incorporating the Orchid estate and turning around the core business is its focus

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    ​Mangobean appoints Starbucks exec to lead rollout

    2014-09-26T07:56:00Z

    Mangobean, the coffee supplier that’s looking to rollout a chain of branded coffee shops in the UK, has appointed a former project manager from Starbucks in the US to spearhead its expansion strategy, M&C Report has learnt

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    H1 EBITDA down at Richoux

    2014-09-26T07:54:00Z

    Richoux, the operator of the eponymous brand and Dean’s Diner concept, has report a 2.7% decline in adjusted EBITDA to £780k for the 28 weeks to 13 July, describing its half-year figures as “disappointing”

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    Luminar to invest £1.25m in new Ashford club

    2014-09-26T07:53:39.960Z

    Late night operator The Luminar Group is developing a new nightclub in Ashford as it exits its existing nightclub in the town

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    Patisserie Valerie joins Silverburn

    2014-09-26T07:52:00Z

    Patisserie Valerie, the Risk Capital Partners-backed group, is the latest operator to sign up to Glasgow’s out-of-town leisure and retail complex at Silverburn

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    Craft beer ‘could follow mistakes of gastropubs'

    2014-09-26T07:52:00Z

    Craft beer is in danger of following the gastropub phenomenon and being misrepresented to consumers, Craft Beer Co’s Martin Hayes claimed at the MA300 Business Club in Brighton

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    Salussolia: create a story for your products

    2014-09-26T07:50:00Z

    Glendola Leisure managing director Alex Salussolia says operators must rise above the temptation to increase trade through offers and focus instead on ‘creating a story’ for their products

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    Taco Bell launch new high street format

    2014-09-26T07:48:00Z

    Taco Bell launched its first “new model” high street store in the world in Sheffield

  • Joseph Evans and Peter Borg-Neal of Oakman Inns
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    'No limits' for new Oakman/Downing JV

    2014-09-26T07:46:00Z

    No limits or targets have been set for the number of sites that could operate under the new joint venture between Oakman Inns and the Downing Pub Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) Fund

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    New Bowland Brewery owners form sister pub company

    2014-09-26T07:44:00Z

    The new owners of Lancashire-based Bowland Brewery have formed an offshoot pub company, M&C Report has learnt