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  • Alan Yau
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    Babaji Pide set up for Yau’s Shaftesbury Avenue venture

    2014-04-03T07:56:00Z

    A new company called Babaji Pide Ltd has applied for a license to operate the former Scotch Steakhouse site in London’s Shaftesbury Avenue, which Alan Yau is currently fitting out

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    Voodoo Rays eyes expansion

    2014-04-03T07:54:00Z

    Voodoo Rays, late-night New York pizza slice concept, is looking to further expand across London and securing further investment

  • David Buttress of Just Eat
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    Just Eat shares debut at 260p

    2014-04-03T07:52:00Z

    Just Eat, the on-line takeaway platform, has announced that shares will trade at 260p each, the top end of the price range, as it makes its debut on the London Stock Exchange today

  • Patisserie Valerie Logo
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    Patisserie Valerie opens first standalone out-of-town site

    2014-04-03T07:50:00Z

    Patisserie Valerie, the Risk Capital Partners-backed chain, has opened its first standalone out-of-town site at Fort Kinnaird Shopping Park in Edinburgh

  • Whitbread beefeater 09
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    Whitbread appoints new FD for pub restaurants

    2014-04-03T07:47:00Z

    Whitbread, the leisure group, has appointed Richard Willan as the new finance director for its restaurants division

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    Market Town Taverns plans PubCraft expansion

    2014-04-03T07:46:00Z

    Market Town Taverns,Yorkshire-based pub and bar operator, plans to open further sites under its new PubCraft format, which it recently launched at the Coopers in Guiseley

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    ​Mai’da targets expansion

    2014-04-03T07:46:00Z

    Mai’da, the Indian and Indo-Chinese restaurant group, has earmarked two more openings under its Express delivery format over the coming months as it targets 50 sites over the next five years, M&C Report has learnt

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    ​Fuel Juice Bars grows pipeline

    2014-04-03T07:46:00Z

    Fuel Juice Bars, the Kings Park Capital-backed chain, is looking to further strengthen its pipeline for further openings this summer, after securing its 20th site at Trinity Leeds

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    Fat Duck Group appoints new FD

    2014-04-03T07:46:00Z

    The Fat Duck Group has appointed Marc Whitehead, former finance director at the Ponti’s Group, as its new group finance director

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    ​Pure Craft Bars targets growth

    2014-04-03T07:42:13.933Z

    Pure Craft Bars, a collaboration between Paul Halsey’s Purity Brewing in Warwickshire and former Michelin-star chef Andreas Antona, is on course to open a bar a year over the next five years after opening its first site

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    Heineken plans £58m cider investment

    2014-04-03T07:42:00Z

    Heineken is planning to invest £58m in its Bulmers cider operations in Hereford, in order to increase production capacity and to modernise facilities

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    Costa and Harvester win in family-friendly awards

    2014-04-03T07:39:23.377Z

    Costa and Harvester have been named among the winners in an awards scheme that recognises parent and child-friendly organisations

  • Giraffe MK
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    Giraffe confirms York and MK openings

    2014-04-03T07:35:00Z

    Giraffe, the Tesco-owned chain, has confirmed it is set to open its second site in Milton Keynes within Kingston Centre retail park this month and a unit at the new Vangarde Shopping Park, York

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    Glasgow team named Toque d’Or champions

    2014-04-03T07:27:00Z

    A team from Glasgow City College have won an award that recognises excellence in hospitality. They were crowned Toque d’Or champions at the Nestlé Professional-sponsored event

  • David Cameron
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    Cameron: we'll 'look carefully' at pubcos

    2014-04-02T17:12:00Z

    David Cameron today insisted the Government would ‘look very carefully at the activities of some pub companies’ but stopped short of saying when legislation would be brought in

  • Wahaca
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    Wahaca receives funding extension

    2014-04-02T13:21:00Z

    Wahaca, the Mexican street food restaurant concept led by Thomasina Miers and Mark Selby, has had its funds extended by RBS to finance the next phase of expansion

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    Wales proposes minimum pricing and e-cig ban

    2014-04-02T13:03:00Z

    The Welsh Government has proposed introducing a 50p minimum unit price for alcohol and a ban on the use of e-cigarettes in pubs and other enclosed public places

  • SSP City Bar and Grill
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    SSP names Smith as new CEO UK & Ireland

    2014-04-02T11:31:00Z

    SSP, the travel concessions operator, has appointed Simon Smith as its new chief executive for the UK & Ireland

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    Realpubs founders secure first pubs

    2014-04-02T10:56:00Z

    Urban Pubs & Bars, the group led by Realpubs founders Malcolm Heap and Nick Pring, has secured its first two sites in London as it looks to grow to 20 outlets across the capital

  • Domino Pizza From oven
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    Domino's UK lfls grow 10.8%

    2014-04-02T08:13:00Z

    Domino’s Pizza Group has reported a 10.8% rise in like-for-like sales at its 725 mature UK stores in the 13 weeks to 30 March, with system sales rising by 14.8% to £188.5m, as it says the search for a new chief executive is “well advanced”.