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    Analyst predicts rise of 'new regionals' in pub sector

    2014-06-13T16:46:00Z

    The number of pubs owned by microbreweries could grow from 1% of the market to 10% over the next decade, with financial buyers also busy in the sector according to Nigel Parson leading independent analyst from Dryburgh Research

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    Pure looks to ten sites

    2014-06-13T16:44:00Z

    Pure, the London-based healthy food on the go concept, is looking for sites in London to open four new sites in the next 18 months to bring its estate to ten

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    M&C20 slides amid interest rate fears

    2014-06-13T16:42:00Z

    There was a downturn across the M&C20 this week with more than half the companies in the leisure index slipping a few points, possibly in reaction to Mark Carney’s announcement that household interest rates could rise sooner than markets were anticipating

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    Spirit adapts to declining beer market

    2014-06-13T16:32:11.547Z

    Spirit Pub Company is adapting its lease agreements to make them less reliant on a declining beer market

  • Jonathan Paveley of Admiral Taverns
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    Paveley: 'hybrid' model is future for pub estates

    2014-06-13T16:32:00Z

    Senior pub company figure Jonathan Paveley said he expected to see a ‘hybrid’ of managed and tenanted pub models to emerge

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    Food sales 'critical' for success of Stars Pubs & Bars

    2014-06-13T16:32:00Z

    Chris Jowsey, trading director at Star Pubs & Bars, said food sales are ‘critical’ to the long-term success of the on-trade

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    PizzaExpress launches summer menu

    2014-06-13T16:31:00Z

    PizzaExpress has announced details of its new summer menu

  • Patisserie Valerie
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    ​Patisserie Holdings to open five in June

    2014-06-13T16:15:00Z

    Patisserie Holdings, the AIM-listed parent company of the Patisserie Valerie chain, is to open five new sites this month as it eyes a total of 12 more openings by the end of its financial year on 30 September, chief executive Paul May has told M&C Report

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    Las Iguanas gains Vegetarian Society accreditation

    2014-06-13T16:15:00Z

    Las Iguanas, the Latin casual dining concept backed by the Bowmark Capital group, claims to be the first casual dining restaurant group to gain Vegetarian Society accreditation

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    RHWB to open in Leicester

    2014-06-13T16:14:25.963Z

    Red Hot World Buffet, the Risk Capital Partners backed buffet group, has confirmed it is opening a site in Leicester at the end of June following £2m renovation, which marks the largest single restaurant investment in Leicester

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    All Bar One at 02 to feature pop-up vineyard​

    2014-06-13T16:14:00Z

    A pop-up vineyard offering offers and prizes to customers has been installed at the front of the new All Bar One that opens at the 02 on 2 July

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    Analyst corner

    2014-06-13T16:13:52.567Z

    Leading analyst Jamie Rollo of Morgan Stanley Leisure has said Wetherspoon needs to hit 5.4% like-for-like sales growth in its fourth quarter to be in line with the full year estimate set by the analyst firm

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    Wrap it up! secures 12th site

    2014-06-13T16:13:48.103Z

    Wrap it Up! the gourmet wrap concept is opening its 12th site in London this summer, which will be its fifth franchised outlet and part of a five year acquisition plan that focuses on central London

  • Walkabout waitress
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    Intertain partners with online gaming firm

    2014-06-13T16:13:00Z

    Intertain, the Walkabout bar operator, has signed a one-year deal to partner with BetVernons as online gaming partner with branding rights across Walkabout’s offline, digital and social media platforms

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    John Lewis enters casual dining sector

    2014-06-13T11:29:00Z

    John Lewis is to join other major retailers by entering the casual dining sector, with the opening of Italian restaurant concept Rossopomodoro and sister brand Ham Holy Burger at its flagship Oxford Street shop in central London

  • La Tasca
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    La Tasca opens first new site for 2014

    2014-06-13T07:56:00Z

    La Tasca, the Spanish tapas restaurant group, is opening its first new site of the year after enjoying 7.5% growth in like-for-like sales for Q1

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    BISC chair urges cultural change in tenanted sector

    2014-06-13T07:54:00Z

    An influential MP has called for a “change in culture” among the tenanted pub industry to ensure problems in the pubco/tenant relationship are resolved using the statutory code as planned, and avoid the “big bang” of a mandatory free-of-tie option

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    Firezza secures new investment and Pizza Lupa

    2014-06-13T07:52:00Z

    Firezza has acquired a controlling stake in rival brand Pizza Lupa and has plans to grow to 25 sites over the next three years,

  • Jonathan Neame
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    Neame 'more optimistic than ever' about tenanted sector

    2014-06-13T07:50:00Z

    Shepherd Neame chief executive Jonathan Neame has said he’s more optimisitc about the tenanted pub sector now than he’s ever been during 23 years in the industry, and the time is ripe to make investments

  • Brigid Simmonds of the BBPA
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    Simmonds fears pubco 'quango czar'

    2014-06-13T07:46:00Z

    British Beer & Pub Association chief executive Brigid Simmonds has said she fears the creation of an unnecessary and costly “Government quango czar” overseeing the tenanted pub sector