All news articles – Page 1478

  • Frankie & Benny's
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    Batram: focuses on JDW and TRG

    2014-05-02T16:25:00Z

    A leading analyst says he expects another strong top line performance from JD Wetherspoon when it updates the market next week

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    Balfour Lynn has a Cunning Plan for pubs

    2014-05-02T16:25:00Z

    Richard Balfour-Lynn has launched a new name for his fledgling pub venture - The Cunning Plan Pub Company

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    Red’s founders pick up entrepreneur award

    2014-05-02T16:25:00Z

    Red’s True Barbecue co-founders, James Douglas and Scott Munro, have been recognised in the Yorkshire Business Insider Entrepreneur Awards 2014

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    Analyst corner

    2014-05-02T16:25:00Z

    Sahill Shan at N1 Singer reports on Greene King’s analyst briefing from earlier this week and how it has evolved into a multi-faceted restaurant/casual dining company

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    Culinary school relocates

    2014-05-02T16:24:00Z

    The Tante Marie Culinary academy is moving to Alexandre House in Woking, for students to showcase culinary skills as well as offering hospitality training

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    Hall & Woodhouse see rise in second career landlords

    2014-05-02T16:24:00Z

    Hall & Woodhouse, the Dorset brewer and pub operator, has found a rise in interest from professionals and academics looking for a career change are interested in running their own pubs

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    YO! launches World Cup campaign

    2014-05-02T16:24:00Z

    YO! Sushi, the Robin Rowland-led, Quilvest-backed group, is embarking on a nationwide campaign encourage its customers to support Japan as a second team in this summer’s World Cup and is offering a chance to win £1m

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    Brewhouse on target for expansion plan

    2014-05-02T16:24:00Z

    Brewhouse & Kitchen, the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) backed venture, is on target to raise funds to enable the acquisition of four pubs by the end of the year, M&C Report has learnt

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    Singleton takes Al Tayer role

    2014-05-02T16:24:00Z

    David Singleton, who spent 28 years at Mitchells & Butlers, has joined the Dubai-based Al Tayer Group, to oversee its group’s food and beverage division

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    Eating out trumps drinking out

    2014-05-02T16:23:00Z

    Eating out is becoming more prevalent than drinking out but alcohol is still an important factor when deciding where to eat, according to research by Peach BrandTrack, which shows that 94% of adults have either eaten or drunk out in the past six months

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    Hook Norton continues pub disposal programme

    2014-05-02T16:23:00Z

    Hook Norton, the Oxfordshire brewery and pub operator, is planning to let go of two more pubs as part of its disposal programme, which is enabling investment in its existing estate

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    Free range fried chicken concept opens first site

    2014-05-02T16:23:00Z

    Bird, the free range fried chicken restaurant concept, has opened its first site in Shoreditch, London by husband and wife team Paul Hemings and Cara Ceppetelli, who want to elevate fried chicken

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    M&C20 lags behind market on anniversary

    2014-05-02T16:18:00Z

    It’s a full year since we launched M&C20 and the portfolio of leisure sector shares is worth nearly 26% more than in May 2013, against a 6% rise across the general stockmarket

  • Eren Ali, Las Iguanas co-founder
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    Hill steps down as Las Iguanas CEO

    2014-05-02T08:09:00Z

    Steve Hill has stepped down as chief executive of Latin American restaurant group Las Iguanas with immediate effect just three months after taking on the role. The group has begun the process of finding a successor and, during the intervening period, founder director Eren Ali will resume chief executive responsibilities

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    Benito’s Hat secures new CEO and funding

    2014-05-02T08:09:00Z

    Benito’s Hat has appointed a Richard Baker, formerly of The Restaurant Group as its new chief executive and plans to further strengthen its estate this year following an additional investment of £1.3m

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    Moto reports losses after servicing parent company debt

    2014-05-02T08:07:00Z

    Motorway services company Moto Hospitality has reported a 1.1% fall in turnover to £840.03m the full year 2013, caused by a fall in fuel sales

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    Barburrito seeks more funding to double estate

    2014-05-02T07:59:00Z

    Barburrito, the Manchester-based Mexican-style casual dining chain, is close to securing additional investment to double its estate as part of its plan for a nationwide presence

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    Shadow pub minister predicts no action on code

    2014-05-02T07:58:00Z

    The Government will not introduce a statutory code on the pubco-tenant relationship this Parliament, Labour’s shadow pubs minister has predicted

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    Jack: GK disposal “dilutive, but strategically right”

    2014-05-02T07:55:00Z

    A leading analyst has described Greene King’s sale of 275 non-core tenanted and leased pubs to Hawthorn Leisure for £75.6m as “dilutive, but strategically right”

  • Robin Couling of Bath Ales
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    Bath Ales eyes two-pronged expansion

    2014-05-02T07:55:00Z

    Bath Ales, the brewer, pub and restaurant operator, is planning a two-pronged expansion strategy based around its Graze and Beerd formats