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  • News

    Purl eyes worldwide expansion

    2014-05-16T07:51:00Z

    Bryan Pietersen, the owner of London cocktail bar Purl, is opening a second venue in Surrey this June and plans to take the brand worldwide

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    Fluid Group takes Star Pubs & Bars site

    2014-05-16T07:50:00Z

    Star Pubs & Bars, the Heineken-owned leased pub operator, has refurbished two of its pubs in Newcastle in a joint investment with lessees of £240k

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    ​Star Pubs & Bars launches social media support programme

    2014-05-16T07:41:51.440Z

    Star Pubs & Bars, the Heineken-owned leased pub operator, has launched a social media support programme to help its lessees promote their businesses

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    Everards opens latest Project William site

    2014-05-16T07:41:46.330Z

    Everards, the Leicestershire brewer and pub operator, has opened a pub in Shropshire as the latest for its Project William scheme that sees it work with smaller local brewers to take on outlets

  • News

    Domino's sponsors Isle of Wight Festival

    2014-05-16T07:41:42.730Z

    Domino’s Pizza has become an official sponsor of the Isle of Wight Festival 2014 this June where it expects to sell up to 20,000 fresh pizzas over the weekend from four pop-up stores around the festival site

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    Bar Sports adopts Orderella app

    2014-05-16T07:41:35.050Z

    Orderella, a food and drink ordering app, has been introduced to the Bar Sports venue in Cannock Staffordshire as part of nationwide rollout to make app ordering available at every Bar Sports site by the start of the World Cup

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    Durham next for Stonegate's new student bar concept

    2014-05-16T07:29:00Z

    Stonegate is to convert a former Scream pub in Durham into the latest site for its evolved student offer

  • Vince Cable
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    Zero hour contract action 'could hit pub jobs'

    2014-05-15T14:05:00Z

    A trade body has warned Business Secretary Vince Cable about adding more red tape to pubs over zero hours contracts, which it said can offer much-needed flexibility to the sector

  • News

    Alcohol pricing restrictions to go live by end of May

    2014-05-15T12:34:00Z

    A ban on selling alcohol below the cost of duty plus VAT is expected to come into force by the end of May

  • Carluccio's
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    Carluccio’s confirms overseas pipeline

    2014-05-15T11:41:00Z

    Carluccio’s has confirmed that it will make its debut in the US this autumn as it looks to open an additional seven overseas restaurants by the end of 2014

  • St Austell
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    St Austell FY EBITDA grows 7.4%

    2014-05-15T10:07:00Z

    St Austell, the Cornish brewer and pub operator, has reported a 7.4% rise in EBITDA to £13.8m in the year to 28 December on turnover up 10% to £116.6m, with growth recorded in every division

  • Frankie & Benny's
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    TRG lfls grow 4%

    2014-05-15T07:59:00Z

    The Restaurant Group saw like-for-like sales grow 4% for the first 19 weeks of its current financial year, and says it is on track for “a very satisfactory” H1

  • News

    ​McGinty to step down from Enterprise

    2014-05-15T07:56:00Z

    Mark McGinty is to step down as a division director at Enterprise Inns and is thought that he could join new vehicle Hawthorn Leisure.

  • Abokado
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    ​Abokado eyes up to 200 London sites; looks overseas

    2014-05-15T07:54:00Z

    Abokado, the London-based chain of healthy fast food bars, has the potential to grow to between 100 and 200 stores in the capital and is targeting New York and Paris for its first overseas launches

  • Marstons
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    Jack: Marston's 'well placed to drive growth'

    2014-05-15T07:52:00Z

    Leading analyst Douglas Jack at Numis has reiterated his Buy recommendation for Marston’s following its H1 results this morning, saying that the company has “strong underlying trends” and that it’s “well placed to drive growth”

  • News

    Tesco plans 130 cafes and restaurants

    2014-05-15T07:52:00Z

    Tesco is introducing 80 dining areas such as Giraffe and Decks, along with 50 Harris + Hoole coffee shops and 110 bakeries to its stores this year as part of a remodelling plan

  • News

    CAMRA delivers pubco reform petition

    2014-05-15T07:48:00Z

    The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has mounted renewed pressure on the Government for pubco reform by delivering a petition to business secretary Vince Cable today

  • News

    Visit England names its top pubs and restaurants

    2014-05-15T07:47:00Z

    Visit England has named The Feathered Nest Country Inn in the Cotswolds as its tourism pub of the year and the 1884 Dock Street Kitchen as part of its annual excellence awards that showcase businesses that have made a commitment to boosting tourism

  • News

    Elysium Group secures London site

    2014-05-15T07:47:00Z

    Elysium Group, the Essex-based restaurant and bar operator, has acquired its first London site

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    WHO shows Europeans are heaviest drinkers

    2014-05-15T07:47:00Z

    European countries are the heaviest drinking nations according to a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), with the average Britain consuming an average of 11.9 litres annually