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  • Amir Chen of Apostrophe
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    CH&Co acquires remains 50% stake in Apostrophe

    2014-04-01T10:47:00Z

    Caterer CH&Co has acquired the remaining 50% stake in Apostrophe, the London-based patisserie café concept led by Amir Chen, for an undisclosed sum

  • Le Pain Quotidien
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    Le Pain Quotidien strengthens UK team

    2014-04-01T07:58:00Z

    Le Pain Quotidien has further strengthen its UK head office team with three new appointments, including a new operations director and food & commercial director

  • City Pub Company CEO Clive Watson
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    City Pub Co acquires two flagship sites

    2014-04-01T07:56:00Z

    City Pub Company has continued its expansion with the acquisition of a flagship Brighton pub for £4.5m and the leasehold of a west London site, M&C Report has learnt

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    Caffe Nero to invest €20m in Irish expansion

    2014-04-01T07:54:00Z

    Caffè Nero, the Gerry Ford-led coffee chain, has announced plans to invest €20m in opening up to 40-50 sites in Ireland over the next five years

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    Major train stations to be overhauled

    2014-04-01T07:52:00Z

    Major UK train stations are to receive significant investments to provide more opportunities for food and drink operators under Network Rail’s new £38bn, five-year investment programme to update the network and facilities

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    Half of pubs to show England World Cup games

    2014-04-01T07:50:00Z

    The Government expects roughly half of all pubs in England and Wales to show England matches during the World Cup, as it confirms plans to relax trading hours during the tournament

  • PizzaExpress new lunchtime menu
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    PizzaExpress trials new ‘Express’ lunch menu

    2014-04-01T07:49:00Z

    PizzaExpress has made the biggest ever change to its menu with a range of dishes created especially for lunchtime

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    Natural Kitchen secures Canteen site

    2014-04-01T07:48:00Z

    Natural Kitchen, the café, brasserie and deli concept, has secured its fourth site in London, after acquiring the Canteen in Baker Street

  • Cabana
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    Cabana secures first site outside London

    2014-04-01T07:48:00Z

    Cabana, the fast growing Brazilian barbecue group led by Jamie Barber and David Ponte, has secured its seventh site and first outside London, at the Land Securities Trinity Centre in Leeds

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    JRC to launch new premium format

    2014-04-01T07:47:00Z

    JRC Global, the operator of the JRC World Buffet chain, is to launch a new premium casual dining format called Shikumen this summer, in London’s Shepherd’s Bush

  • Heston Blumenthal
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    London named world's best city for eating-out

    2014-04-01T07:46:00Z

    London has been named the world’s best destination for eating-out in a poll conducted by lifestyle magazine Elite Traveler

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    Growler Brewery in administration

    2014-04-01T07:44:00Z

    Growler Brewery, the Essex brewer chaired by former Molson Coors managing director John Holberry, has been placed in administration, M&C Report has learnt

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    CBRE: yields maintained on pub sales

    2014-04-01T07:42:00Z

    Yields achieved by CBRE on pub sales have held for all but prime London corporate sites in the first quarter of 2014, according to new data from the company

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    More than 50 pubs run by local communities

    2014-04-01T07:41:07.770Z

    More than 50 pubs in the UK are now run by their local communities, research by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has revealed

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    ​Hardknott Brewery secures first bar

    2014-04-01T07:40:58.480Z

    Hardknott, the Cumbrian brewer, has announced plans to open its first craft beer bar

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    Fat Duck to relocate to Australia for six months

    2014-04-01T07:37:00Z

    Heston Blumenthal is temporarily relocating his legendary three-Michelin-starred restaurant The Fat Duck while carrying out a six-month refurbishment of the original site in Bray

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    ​Late Knights forms new pub JV

    2014-04-01T07:33:00Z

    Late Knights, the London brewery founded by former Fuller’s manager Steve Keegan, has formed a new joint venture with a Brighton-based brewer and wholesaler to open pubs in East Sussex, M&C Report has learnt

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    Greene King secures new Realpubs site for £2m-plus

    2014-04-01T07:31:00Z

    Greene King is believed to have acquired the freehold of the Tulse Hill Tavern in south east London for an undisclosed sum thought to be in excess of £2m

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    ​Chestnut Inns doubles up

    2014-04-01T07:29:00Z

    Chestnut Inns, the pub vehicle set up by former banker Philip Turner, has secured its second site, after acquiring the freehold of the Rupert Brooke pub in Grantchester

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    Simon the Tanner operator to launch new bar and bottle shop

    2014-04-01T07:29:00Z

    Nigel Owen, the owner and operator of The Queen’s Head in Kings Cross and Simon the Tanner in Borough, is to open his third site - a taproom, bottle shop, off-license and bar in Bethnal Green