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Chilango’s Burrito Bond funding openings into 2015
Chilango, the Mexican restaurant group, has secured funding to enable three restaurant openings this year and more sites in 2015 after exceeding its £1m crowd-funding target
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Modern British Taverns founder to launch pizza concept
Ian Wade is to open a pizza restaurant in Chester, with plans to roll out the concept of up to five sites within the next three years
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Picturehouse to anchor Ealing development
Picturehouse Cinemas will open its largest cinema to date at Land Securities’ new Ealing Filmworks development
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Restaurant accuses TripAdvisor reviewer of libel
A customer of Rotherham restaurant Double Barrel Steakhouse has been accused of libel and blackmail after writing a bad review on Trip Advisor following an unsatisfactory meal
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NewsHarry Ramsden’s adds 'Harry's Cafe' to Blackpool refurb
Harry Ramsden’s, the iconic fish & chip brand led by Joe Teixeira, has reopened a Blackpool restaurant following a £750,000 investment that has seen the addition of a new “Harry’s Café”, reports the website Visit Blackpool
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Food sales drive M&S growth
Marks & Spencer has reported “great quarter on food sales”, up 4% overall and 1.7% on a like-for-like basis in the 13 weeks to 28 June
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Multiple operators reopen Spirit pub
Multiple operators Pete Lumber and Clarke Oldfield have reopened a Spirit leased pub followING an investment by the pub company of more than £200,000
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NewsYoung's managed lfls grow 7.3%; confirms new sites
Young’s, the London-based pub operator, has reported a 7.3% rise in like-for-like sales in its managed arm for the first 13 weeks of its current financial year (since 31 March), and also confirmed that it has bought another pub and exchanged contracts on two others
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NewsNando’s HR director joins Travelodge
Julia Rosamond has stepped as from Nando’s after 15 years to join Travelodge, the budget hotel chain, as its new HR director
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Carluccio’s names Chef of the Year
Carluccio’s has announced its chef of the Year from 75 entrants across its 83 restaurants
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NewsBubba Gump and Smith & Wollensky confirm opening details
US restaurant groups Bubba Gump Shrimp Co and Smith & Wollensky have both confirmed details of their UK debuts
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Peach ops director joins Whitbread
Spencer Graydon has left his role as operations director at Peach Pub Company to take a similar role at Whitbread
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NewsRoberts to head Kent brewery; raises £600k for expansion
Old Dairy Brewery, the Kent brewer founded in 2010, has raised £600,000 for expansion and announced the appointment of former Fuller’s Beer Company managing director John Roberts to lead a strengthened board as it enters a new phase, M&C Report has learnt
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Morrisons launches new café concept
Morrisons has become the latest retailer to eye a greater portion of the eating-out market with the launch of a new café concept in its store in Crawley West Sussex
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NewsTiger Bills signs six-figure dual-territory franchise deal
Lifestyle Hospitality Group, the multi-brand restaurant operator, has signed an eight-country international dual-franchise deal with a hotel operator for territories within the Indian Ocean region including Sri Lanka, Mauritius, the Maldives and the Seychelles
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NewsMarston's agrees £28m newbuild funding deal
Marston’s, the brewer and pub operator, has agreed a £28m forward-funding deal with Standard Life to as part of its newbuild pub expansion programme
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NewsM&C20 sees consecutive gains in leisure sector
The M&C20 Leisure Share Index continued to climb this week as it finished up 13 points to 1,196 with very few losses across the 22 listed companies
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West Cornwall Pasty Co CEO steps down
Steve Gipson has stepped down as chief executive of West Cornwall Pasty Company, after attempting to oversee a restructure of the group
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NewsItsu begins regional rollout
Itsu, the company set up by Pret a Manger founder Julian Metcalfe and led by Gerard Loughran, has secured a further regional site in Brighton
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Mas Q Menos secures first UK site
Mas Q Menos, the Spanish tapas chain, has secured its first UK site in London’s High Holborn.