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    Uppal steps down as Jimmy’s CEO

    2014-02-25T07:55:00Z

    Parminder Uppal has stepped down as chief executive of Jimmy’s World Kitchen after the decision by the family behind the business not to follow its current expansion plans

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    Wrapid enters university accommodation

    2014-02-25T07:53:00Z

    Wrapid, the healthy fast-food operation, is to rollout new self-service dispense systems into university halls, M&C Report has learnt

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    Bill's FY EBITDA more than doubles

    2014-02-25T07:52:00Z

    Bill’s Restaurants saw EBITDA (pre-opening costs) grow 125.5% to £3.7m in the year to 28 July 2013 on the back of like-for-like sales growth of 9.2% and new openings, which helped lift turnover by 175.6% to £27.6m

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    Wasabi makes US debut

    2014-02-25T07:51:00Z

    Wasabi, the London-based sushi and bento chain led by Dong Hyun Kim, has opened its first international outlet in the US, in New York

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    Evan Evans to double pub estate

    2014-02-25T07:49:00Z

    South Wales brewer Evan Evans is set to double the size of its pub estate by early summer

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    Chiquito, Frankie & Benny’s and GBK confirmed for Intu Stoke

    2014-02-25T07:49:00Z

    The Restaurant Group (TRG) brands Chiquito and Frankie & Benny’s, along with and Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), are the first three restaurants to sign up to open at a new £20m extension at Intu Potteries in Stoke on Trent

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    Leahy: business rates should 'probably be scrapped'

    2014-02-25T07:44:47.400Z

    Former Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy has added his weight to calls for radical changes to business rates, saying that the tax system should be reformed and “probably scrapped”

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    Starbucks UK launches Youth Action grant program

    2014-02-25T07:39:00Z

    Starbucks has launched its Youth Action grants program for 2014, which support young people in the UK who want to carry out projects benefitting their communities

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    ​Rex Restaurants renamed Corbin & King

    2014-02-25T07:33:00Z

    Rex Restaurants, the company led by Jeremy King and Chris Corbin and backed by Graphite Capital, has been renamed Corbin & King

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    New wrap concept for Trinity Leeds

    2014-02-25T07:33:00Z

    Wraps2Go is the creation of local businessman Adil Hussain and will serve “fresh gourmet wraps” with fillings inspired by recipes from around the world

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    Merlin Inns markets pub

    2014-02-24T16:48:28.470Z

    Surrey-based Merlin Inns has put the freehold of its Anchor Inn near Chichester, West Sussex, up for sale through Fleurets.

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    Chester next for Stonegate's Popworld

    2014-02-24T16:48:00Z

    Stonegate will open its tenth Popworld late night bar in Chester on Friday

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    Pubco critics attack key report on statutory code

    2014-02-24T16:41:00Z

    Critics of tenanted pub companies have launched a fresh attack on a Government report that suggested the introduction of a statutory code for the sector could close up to 1,600 pubs

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    Seafood Pub Co embraces rooms

    2014-02-24T14:51:00Z

    Seafood Pub Company, the Blackburn-based pub restaurant operator, is to open a fifth pub under a new concept that combines a ‘village local’ with accommodation

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    ​​​Pubco founders disregard plight of tenants

    2014-02-24T10:04:00Z

    The founders of the big tenanted pubcos remain less concerned about the plight of pub tenants than about their own financial wellbeing, according to JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin

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    Fulham Shore raises £660,500 in share placing

    2014-02-24T07:52:00Z

    Fulham Shore, the restaurant venture from ex-Clapham House Group chairman David Page, has raised £660,500 in a further share placing as it looks to make further acquisitions and investments

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    Patisserie Valerie eyes £150m IPO

    2014-02-23T06:55:00Z

    Patisserie Valerie, the Risk Capital Partners-backed group, is drawing up plans for a float that could value the chain at more than £150m, according to the Sunday Times

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    Hummus Bros names Hassall as MD

    2014-02-21T16:45:00Z

    Hummus Bros, the concept from Christian Mouysset and Ronen Givon, is to hit the expansion trail after hiring Jon Hassall, former UK operations director at Patisserie Holdings, as its new managing director

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    NTWC closes in on Birmingham site

    2014-02-21T16:41:00Z

    New World Trading Company, the Tim Bacon and Jeremy Roberts-led pub group, is closing in on a site its first site in Birmingham

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    Samba Swirl eyes new format

    2014-02-21T16:39:00Z

    Samba Swirl, the frozen yoghurt concept led by David Packham, is developing an offshoot format that’s suitable for shopping malls and other premises, M&C Report has learnt