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NewsLeon celebrates bumper 10th anniversary
Leon, the healthy fast food chain led by Henry Dimbleby and John Vincent, has enjoyed growth of 31.3% in its like-for-like-sales so far this year, M&C Report has learnt
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Commonwealth Games increase Glasgow restaurant trade
Glasgow restaurants and street food pop-ups benefited from the city’s busiest period ever as the Commonwealth Games brought an influx of tourists
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Prospect Inns eyes expansion
Prospect Inns, the sister pub business of Lancashire-based Prospect Brewery, is to open a bar located within a railway arch as it looks to grow to around half a dozen sites, M&C Report has learnt
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Ex-D&M managers to launch bar venture
Two former Drake & Morgan managers are to start a new bar venture with the opening of a “neighbourhood cocktail and snack bar” in Brixton, south London, M&C Report’s sister title the Publican’s Morning Advertiser has learnt
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McMullen’s launches pizza pub concept
Hertfordshire brewer and pub operator McMullen’s has launched a pizza pub concept at The Angels pub in Hitchen, Hertfordshire
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Hungry Horse and Wildwood confirmed for Telford development
Greene King’s Hungry Horse and Wildwood Restaurants have been confirmed as the latest tenants for new units of a development in Telford called Southwater Telford
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NewsTenanted performance holds back Adnams
Adnams, the Suffolk brewer and pub operator, has reported a 29% rise in operating profit to £862,000 in the six months to 30 June, although results were held back by the “less good trading” within the tenanted pub estate
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Pull'd secures first London site
Pull’d, a new slow-cooked and barbequed meat restaurant concept, has secured its first site on Cannon Street, City of London as part of plans to open up to five London sites over the next three years
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Tasty to open Wildwood/cafe hybrid
Tasty, the AIM-listed restaurant operator led by Johnny Plant, has reportedly secured the site of a famous Shropshire tearoom for a specially adapted version of Wildwood that will maintain much of the site’s original offer
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Whiting & Hammond signs up to Tax Equality Day
Whiting & Hammond, the Kent-based multiple pub operator, has pledged its support for Tax Equality Day on 24 September
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NewsPizza Hut names new CFO
Pizza Hut Restaurants has appointed Odeon Cinemas finance director Adrian Walker as its chief finance officer
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Minimum pricing ‘would have no effect on pubs’
Two new studies have given support for minimum alcohol unit pricing, with one academic accusing the Government of a “lamentable failure to take action”
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NewsOsmond 'eyes Strada bid'
Hugh Osmond, the high-profile sector investor who founded Punch Taverns and floated PizzaExpress, is lining up a bid for restaurant chain Strada, according to the Sunday Times
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Maclay eyes craft beer expansion; FY loss
Scottish pub and bar operator Maclay Group is looking to add a craft beer offer across its 26-strong estate, managing director Steve Mallon has told M&C Report as the company reports a pre-tax loss of £169,895 in the 16 months to 1 February 2014
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NewsSearcys eyes expansion under new owner
Searcys, the upmarket restaurant and bar operator and caterer, will look to expand its business within the next 12 months following a period of consolidation after its acquisition by Westbury Street Holdings (WSH), managing director Chris Maddison has told M&C Report
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Bar Sport grows pipeline
Bar Sport, the sports-focused bar brand run under franchise, has lined up further openings in Derby, Portsmouth and Southampton and is considering launching two venues under a managed format, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsLa Tasca to rollout Bar de Sangria format
La Tasca is to rollout its “Bar de Sangria” format across majority of its 35-strong estate by the end of this month after a successful trial
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Taco Bell renews UK openings push
Taco Bell, the Yum! Brands owned Mexican burrito fast food concept, will renew its UK opening’s programme over the coming few months
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Board game café launches Kickstarter campaign
Draughts, which will be the UK’s first board game café, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise £10,000 to kit out the café with board games before it opens in September
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NewsFY lfls up 9% at Be At One
Be At One, the Piper-backed cocktail bar chain, is confident that it can eventually grow its estate to up to 120 sites in the UK