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    Glendola gives Silk & Grain details

    2014-06-03T07:42:00Z

    Glendola Leisure, the London-based bar and restaurant operator, has given more details of its latest ‘cocktails and steaks’ opening in the City, Silk & Grain on Cornhill

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    Spirit plans Orchid leases deal

    2014-06-03T07:42:00Z

    Spirit Pub Company is planning to acquire around a dozen leases currently operated by Orchid Pub Company on which it is guarantor before they are placed into administration

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    ​Hotcha eyes corporate and franchise growth

    2014-06-03T07:42:00Z

    Hotcha, the south west-based Chinese takeaway operator, plans to have new store openings split roughly evenly between franchises and company-run sites as it targets 100 openings over the next five years, founder James Liang has told M&C Report

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    Intu names Lakeside foodcourt line up

    2014-06-03T07:41:00Z

    Intu has confirmed the majority of the line-up for its new £9m foodcourt development at Lakeside, with Tortilla, Five Guys and Patisserie Valerie all asset for new openings at the scheme

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    Holmes expands Tesco remit

    2014-06-03T07:41:00Z

    Michael Holmes, chief executive of new food experiences at Tesco has had his responsibilities at the retailer extended

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    London hospitality businesses invited to join FoodSave scheme

    2014-06-03T07:41:00Z

    Boris Johnson is inviting restaurants, pubs, canteens, quick-serve outlets, retailers, wholesalers and hotels to join a food waste reduction scheme that could save businesses an estimated £10,000 a year

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    Leeds Brewery takes eighth site

    2014-06-03T07:41:00Z

    Leeds Brewery, the pub operator and brewer, has made an application for planning permission to renovate a Grade II listed building in Leeds to open in October as its eighth pub.

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    Harrison Leisure enters administration

    2014-06-03T07:41:00Z

    Harrison Leisure, the operator of a pub, restaurant and leisure complex in Bridlington, Yorkshire, has entered administration following financial difficulties

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    Fuller Thomson on the acquisition trail

    2014-06-03T07:41:00Z

    Scottish pub group Fuller Thomson is close to securing its sixth site which is due to open in early 2015 in Edinburgh as part of a plan to open five sites in the next five years, M&C Report has learnt

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    M&B launches updated Harvester offer

    2014-06-03T07:40:00Z

    Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has launched an updated Harvester offer at selected sites, including its unit in Peterborough’s Pavilions West scheme

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    H+H launches upgraded payment app

    2014-06-03T07:40:00Z

    Harris + Hoole, the Tesco-backed chain, has upgraded its mobile app

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    Punch agrees to sell five pubs for £9.7m

    2014-06-03T07:16:00Z

    Punch Taverns has agreed to sell five freehold pubs in central London to Manica Properties Ltd, an Isle of Man-based company, for £9.7m

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    Admiral helps tenants build food offer

    2014-06-02T16:02:05.677Z

    Admiral Taverns, the tenanted and leased pub company, has announced further help for licensees to develop their food offer through a new “Build a Menu” service

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    Stonegate-operated package sold in £28m deal

    2014-06-02T15:42:00Z

    OLIM Property, the property investment company led by former Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Matthew Oakeshott, has acquired 15 freehold pubs let to Stonegate Pub Company for £28.3m

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    Labour 'will go further' on pubco intervention

    2014-06-02T15:08:00Z

    The Labour party will commit to introducing a mandatory free-of-tie and market-rent-only options for pub tenants if they are not included in this week’s statutory code announcement, the chairman of the Business, Innovations & Skills Committee (BISC) has predicted

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    NWTC secures first London site

    2014-06-02T07:18:00Z

    The New World Trading Company (NWTC) has secured its first London site, which will operate under the name The Trading House

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    Nine councils eye minimum pricing move

    2014-06-02T07:18:00Z

    Nine councils in England and Wales have been identified as wanting to implement their own alcohol minimum pricing strategies, according to research conducted by Poppleston Allen

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    Gov't to announce introduction of statutory code

    2014-06-01T21:25:00Z

    The government will announce the introduction of a statutory code of conduct for tenanted pub companies in the Queen’s Speech on Wednesday with the dismantling of the current self-regulatory system

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    New operators secure Silverburn openings

    2014-06-01T21:09:00Z

    Chimichanga will open its first restaurant in Glasgow as part of the £20m leisure extension of Silverburn, the city’s flagship out-of-town shopping centre

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    Operators outline Responsibility Deal progress

    2014-05-30T16:54:00Z

    Operators from the eating and drinking out sector have taken further steps to adhere to targets under the Public Health Responsibility Deal with the Government through means such as reducing salt and calorie content of foods and avoiding underage alcohol sales