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    Jockey Club reports record turnover

    2014-04-17T07:34:00Z

    The Jockey Club, the operator of 15 UK racecourses, has reported record turnover in 2013, with growth of 11% to £166.9m

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    Wacky Warehouse to offer free lifetime membership

    2014-04-17T07:32:00Z

    Wacky Warehouse, the nationwide soft play centre run by the Spirit Pub Company, is celebrating its 20th anniversary by giving 20 children lifetime membership worth over £1,000

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    Bookatable expands with Nordic acquisition

    2014-04-17T07:31:15.420Z

    Bookatable, the London-based online restaurant booking platform, has acquired Swedish company 2Book in a deal that will add 310 restaurants to Bookatable and secure its dominant position in the sector

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    Tetley leaves Searcys

    2014-04-16T13:00:00Z

    Searcys has announced that chief executive Doug Tetley has left the company, with the group’s former sales and marketing director Chris Maddison appointed to lead the business as managing director

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    Barworks brings distilling back to East London

    2014-04-16T10:55:00Z

    Barworks, the London bar operator, is refurbishing and installing a distillery at former Fat Cat Café bar in Bow Wharf that was acquired following administration

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    Tesco to open 100 Giraffe, Decks and H+H sites

    2014-04-16T08:01:00Z

    Tesco is to open 100 Giraffe, Decks and Harris + Hoole outlets next year, the supermarket group announced in its preliminary results this morning

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    Punch: Restructure, investments, Punch Foundation Tenancy, disposals

    2014-04-16T08:00:00Z

    M&C Report takes a closer look at the results for the 28 weeks to 1 March for Punch Taverns and speaks to executive chairman Stephen Billingham

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    Meatliquor eyes Wishbone 'cross fertilisation'

    2014-04-16T07:58:00Z

    Meatliquor is to incorporate elements of the Wishbone chicken concept into its menu after parent company Meatailer bought the business outright with cross fertilisation of the two planned, M&C Report has learnt

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    Bounce lines up US opening

    2014-04-16T07:57:00Z

    Bounce, the fledgling ping pong bar/restaurant concept, backed by a number of industry veterans, plans to open in Chicago as well as further sites across London

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    Tea Monkey plans Next concessions

    2014-04-16T07:56:00Z

    Tea Monkey, the UK-based specialist tea bar chain led by entrepreneur Tracey Bovingdon, is in talks to open concessions in Next retail outlets

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    Hakkasan 'focused on long term growth' as losses widen

    2014-04-16T07:55:00Z

    Hakkasan Group president Nick McCabe has said the international restaurant operator is focusing on long term growth rather than short term financial performance as it reports a widening of pre-tax losses from £4m to £31.9m in the year to 31 May 2013

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    Faucet Inn sites on the market

    2014-04-16T07:55:00Z

    Faucet Inn is believed to have placed a number of its sites on the market, as it looks at funding options for its future expansion

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    Starbucks to relocate European HQ to UK

    2014-04-16T07:55:00Z

    Starbucks is to relocate its European headquarters to the UK from Netherlands in a move that follows widespread criticism that it was using its base outside Britain to avouid paying corporation tax here

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    Ed’s builds pipeline

    2014-04-16T07:54:00Z

    Ed’s Easy Diner is lining up a further five openings as it looks to open eight diners in total this year

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    Hakkasan targets London for new JV

    2014-04-16T07:53:00Z

    Hakkasan, the international restaurant group backed by Tasameem, a property arm of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, has formed a joint venture hotel management company with luxury resort operator MGM Resorts International, with London among its targets

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    Waitrose trials wine bar style concept

    2014-04-16T07:52:00Z

    Waitrose is to introduce wine bar-style areas serving gourmet cheese boards to let customers try food from around the store with a glass of wine for £7.50

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    Tiger Bills accelerates roll-out target

    2014-04-16T07:51:00Z

    Tiger Bills, the casual wok-grill-cocktail concept, is accelerating its roll-out programme having secured two London sites and attracting interest from franchisees across the world, M&C Report has learnt

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    Pizza Rossa finalising three London sites

    2014-04-16T07:46:00Z

    Pizza Rossa, the crowd-funded fast-food concept, has revealed it is close to finalising on three sites in the City with its first pop-up outlet due to open in May and plans to operate 12 within five years

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    Bea’s of Bloomsbury founder to open diner

    2014-04-16T07:45:00Z

    The founder of Bea’s of Bloomsbury, the London-based café chain that was sold as part of a pre-pack administration more than a year ago, is opening a permanent diner called Stax in London’s Soho

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    HSBC pledges £6bn for SMEs

    2014-04-16T07:43:00Z

    HSBC has set up a £6bn lending fund for small and medium sized businesses in the UK in the form of 52 local funds as it predicts a turning point for British businesses in its latest market report titled Business of Growth