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    Beds & Bars eyes cider bar options

    2014-06-19T07:45:00Z

    Beds & Bars, the bars-meets-hostels operator, could rollout its Tree House cider bar format to other sites and possibly to standalone units in the future, M&C Report has learnt

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    Notts expects to implement late-night levy

    2014-06-19T07:43:00Z

    Nottingham City Council said it is likely a late-night levy will be approved next month, despite the fact 74% of respondents to the consultation have objected to the plan

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    Hawthorn Leisure appoints CFO

    2014-06-19T07:41:00Z

    Hugh Briggs, a former M&A banker at Merrill Lynch who spent eight years in the financing team at CVC, has been named chief financial officer of Hawthorn Leisure, the new pub group backed by May Capital and Avenue Capital, according to the Financial News

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    New burger restaurant set for Fitzrovia

    2014-06-19T07:38:29.860Z

    A new burger restaurant and bar called Bobo Social is set to launch in London’s Fitzrovia next month

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    Eat Wild opens first restaurant

    2014-06-19T07:38:25.397Z

    Eat Wild, the Cotswold-based mobile catering company, has opened its first restaurant in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

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    Ciders could be de-listed if licensees are not supported

    2014-06-19T07:38:21.337Z

    The cider industry needs to support pubs to avoid brands being de-listed, according to CGA Strategy

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    Cider 'can match wine for popularity and diversity'

    2014-06-19T07:38:15.690Z

    Cider can answer the consumer trend for variety and experimentation, just like wine did in the 1990s, but the industry needs to think beyond fruit and expand to new occasions, according to Heineken UK

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    Cheshire Cat acquires two freehold pubs

    2014-06-19T07:38:04.450Z

    Cheshire Cat Pubs and Bars, the pub company founded by former Greenalls executives Tim Bird and Mary McLaughlin, has acquired the freehold of two pubs in the village of Mobberley, Cheshire, M&C Report has learnt

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    Workshop Coffee grows to four

    2014-06-19T07:37:50.343Z

    Workshop Coffee Company, an artisan coffee shop concept led by James Dickson, is opening its fourth London site next week in Fitzrovia and has plans to grow the brand across the UK

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    ULG looks for third Alice House site

    2014-06-19T07:37:45.430Z

    Urban Leisure Group (ULG), the London-based bar and restaurant operator, is looking for a site to open a third Alice House in London in the next 18 months, M&C Report has learnt

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    Ben Pubco takes on second site

    2014-06-19T07:37:35.697Z

    Bens Pub Company, which is led by chef Ben Smith, has taken on its second site, the Spring Inn in Sulhamstead, Berkshire.

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    Cineworld to anchor £100m Watford scheme

    2014-06-19T07:37:31.277Z

    Intu has signed leading cinema operator Cineworld as the leisure anchor for its £100m retail and leisure development in Watford town centre

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    Croma strengthens North West presence

    2014-06-19T07:30:00Z

    Croma, the independent restaurant operator, is to strengthen its presence in the north west, with the addition of a second site in Greater Manchester

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    Luminar awards top performing employees

    2014-06-19T07:17:00Z

    Luminar, the nightclub operator, has recognised the achievements of 13 team members at an awards ceremony as part of its annual conference

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    CAMRA advertises for new CEO

    2014-06-18T17:52:00Z

    The Campaign for Real (CAMRA) has advertised for a new chief executive to replace Mike Benner

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    BrewDog secures Clapham and Brighton sites

    2014-06-18T14:52:00Z

    BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, has confirmed that it has secured its fourth site in London, in Clapham, and also its first on the south coast in Brighton

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    Pubco intervention risks 'seriously negative consequences'

    2014-06-18T08:09:00Z

    The Government’s plan to introduce a statutory code in the pub company/tenant relationship could have “seriously negative consequences”, a franchising expert has warned

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    Young’s takes on the Fox & Anchor

    2014-06-18T08:08:00Z

    Young’s has acquired the Fox & Anchor in Clerkenwell from Richard Balfour-Lynn, the founder of MWB Group Holdings, for a seven-figure sum

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    Whitbread details restaurant improvements

    2014-06-18T08:07:00Z

    Whitbread is seeing a “significant improvement” in guest scores and ‘intention to return’ rates at its restaurants, and is also reversing earlier margin contraction as it draws back from promotions, according to chief executive Andy Harrison

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    Harrison: no plans to raise Costa prices

    2014-06-18T08:05:00Z

    Whitbread has “no plans” to raise its prices to consumers at Costa despite recent increases in coffee bean prices