All news articles – Page 1461
-
News
Amber Taverns changes hands in £80m deal
Amber Taverns, the fast-growing operator of wet-led community pubs, has changed hands as part of an £80m management buyout
-
NewsFive Guys secures second Midlands site
Five Guys UK, the popular US burger chain, has secured its second site in the Midlands, after taking space at Touchwood, Solihull
-
NewsJack upgrades M&B over expected Orchid deal
Leading analyst Douglas Jack has upgraded Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) from Add to Buy following news of its likely takeover of the majority of the Orchid estate, which he described as an “excellent transaction” for the group
-
News
New Italian fast casual concept plans UK launch
Sfilatini, a new Italian fast casual concept, which launched in Milan last June, is planning to make its debut in the UK by the end of the year.
-
NewsMcDonalds to refranchise 1,500 sites
McDonalds has announced plans to refranchise at least 1,500 restaurants by the end of 2016 in Europe and its Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) division
-
NewsTGI Friday's enrolls 270 apprentices
TGI Friday’s UK, the Karen Forrester-led restaurant group, has announced that 270 apprentices have been enrolled on its apprenticeship programme one year after it was launched
-
News
Greene King awards facilities management contract
Greene King has awarded a facilities management contract to Selwyn Building Services (SBS), which is taking on an additional 35 staff to service the deal
-
News
UK-based restaurant reservation system signs US deal
ResDiary, the global restaurant booking specialist established by hospitality veteran Mike Conyers, has agreed a deal to take the system to the US
-
NewsPizzaExpress opens first fully-owned international site
PizzaExpress, the Gondola-owned chain, has opened its 500th site in total and its first full-owned international site in Beijing, China.
-
News
Dunsmore becomes Chapel Down chairman
Chapel Down Group, the English winemaker and brewer, has today announced that former Scottish & Newcastle chief executive John Dunsmore is to become its chairman with immediate effect
-
News
Paris restaurant Les Gourmets des Ternes opens in London
Paris independent restaurant Les Gourmets des Ternes has opened its first overseas restaurant in Maida Vale, London
-
News
TCG continues Cancer Research support
Around 15 employees of TCG, the managed operator, have visited Cancer Research’s research centre in Manchester as the company looks to donate at least £100,000 to the charity this September
-
NewsShepherd Neame 'faces family revolt' over restructure
Shepherd Neame is reportedly facing legal action against plans to simplify its capital structure, with former vice chairman Stuart Neame seeking an injunction to prevent the company diluting his holding and that of family members, the Daily Mail reports
-
NewsM&B confirms exclusive Orchid talks
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has confirmed that it has entered exclusive talks to buy the majority of the Orchid estate
-
NewsBarburrito secures new funding, Turner named chair
Barburrito plans to double in size within three years after securing a further £3.6m from backer the Business Growth Fund (BGF)
-
News
Belgique taken off the market
Belgique, the continental-style bakery and delicatessen café chain, has been taken off the market
-
News
Hulley steps down from D&D
Mark Hulley, formerly of EAT, the sandwich shop chain, has stepped down as chief financial officer of D&D London after less than six months in the role
-
NewsJack expects to upgrade Fuller's
Leading analyst Douglas Jack has reiterated his Add recommendation for Fuller’s but says he’s likely to upgrade his forecast after its full-year results next Friday (6 June)
-
NewsTossed eyes transport hub expansion
Tossed has told M&C Report it is considering further expansion into the transport hub sector.
-
News
Ibérica looks outside the capital for expansion
Ibérica, the Spanish restaurant group led by Marco Fernandez Pardo, is looking for sites outside of the capital to open a mixture of both terrace and restaurant concepts to grow its estate to ten by 2016