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    East Midlands Airport launches new food court

    2014-02-18T07:37:00Z

    East Midlands Airport has opened its brand new food court within the terminal building marking the completion of the second phase of the £12m terminal redevelopment

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    Costa MD to spearhead high street revival plan

    2014-02-18T07:35:36Z

    A new Government-backed plan to revive the UK’s high street, spearheaded by Jason Cotta, managing director for UK retail at Costa, is set to be revealed, reports M&C Report’s sister publication The Grocer

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    Health groups urge Osborne to keep duty escalator

    2014-02-18T07:35:30.517Z

    An umbrella group representing health alcohol campaigners has written to Chancellor George Osborne urging him to resist industry calls to abandon the alcohol duty escalator

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    Hotel and pub owners eye burger restaurant chain

    2014-02-18T07:35:00Z

    A pair of Scotland-based property developers plan to launch a chain of burger restaurants

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    Geronimo wins award for sustainability

    2014-02-18T07:28:00Z

    Geronimo Inns, the Young’s-owned pub group, has been named Sustainable Large Group of the Year at the Sustainable Restaurant Awards

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    Pubcos 'should segment estates by trading type'

    2014-02-18T07:13:41.803Z

    Tenanted pub companies should segment their estate according to trading types, All Our Bars chief executive Paul Wigham has told the inaugural PubOpsClub event

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    Luminar investments continue

    2014-02-18T07:07:36.917Z

    Luminar, the nightclub operator, has continued its investment programme by spending £500,000 refurbishing Batchwood Hall in St Albans, Hertfordhire

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    Brasserie Bar Co secures £13.5m of new funding

    2014-02-15T19:52:00Z

    Brasserie Bar Co, the owner of the Brasserie Blanc chain and White Brasserie Company, has secured £13.5m of new funding to support the expansion of the group by at least 20 new sites over the next three years

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    Living Room conversions will have Missoula bias

    2014-02-14T16:22:00Z

    Stonegate’s conversions of its Living Rooms sites will have a “bias” towards Missoula, the group’s new US-inspired concept, chief executive Toby Smith has told M&C Report

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    ​Rock Restaurant sites placed on the market

    2014-02-14T16:20:00Z

    Rock Restaurants, the restaurant and bar concept co-founded by experienced caterers Nick Atkins, Jonny Townsend and Jeremy Brown, has placed its two sites on the market

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    Tsuru in funding talks

    2014-02-14T16:20:00Z

    Tsuru Sushi, the four-strong Japanese restaurant chain, is in talks with private equity houses as it looks to open further sites under its flagship brand as well as its Tonkotsu Bar & Ramen concept

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    Downey helps street food growth

    2014-02-14T16:20:00Z

    Two street food vendors are set to make the transition from pop-ups to permanent sites thanks to Jonathan Downey’s bar and members’ club business Rushmore Group

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    Le Bistrot Pierre lines up Birmingham opening

    2014-02-14T16:20:00Z

    Le Bistrot Pierre, the highly-rated French restaurant chain, will open a new site in Birmingham this August

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    Turtle Bay to grow South East presence

    2014-02-14T16:20:00Z

    Turtle Bay, the five-strong Caribbean restaurant chain led by Aj Jaya-Wickrema, is looking to grow its presence in the South East, and is currently in talks regarding its first site in London

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    Guildford next for Stonegate's Popworld

    2014-02-14T16:19:00Z

    Stonegate has continued the rollout of its Popworld late night format with the conversion of its Flares unit in Guildford, Surrey

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    ​Batram: TRG a well-oiled machine

    2014-02-14T16:19:00Z

    A leading analyst has said that there will be no slowing down from The Restaurant Group (TRG) when it delivers its full year update on 26 February, with the company expected to report another impressive performance

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    ​Batram: Domino’s model remains robust

    2014-02-14T16:19:00Z

    A leading analyst has said that although he believes there are several challenges in Domino Pizza’s UK business, ultimatelyits model remains robust and highly cash-generative

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    Waitrose facing backlash on free coffee offer

    2014-02-14T16:19:00Z

    Supermarket chain Waitrose is facing a growing backlash from coffee shop operators and now an MP over its free tea and coffee offer

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    Analyst corner

    2014-02-14T16:19:00Z

    Leading analyst Mark Brumby at Langton Capital looks at the decision by Punch Taverns to postpone the vote on its restructuring proposals

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    C&B rolls out new format, targets acquisitions

    2014-02-14T16:19:00Z

    Corney & Barrow Bars, the City-based operator, is to rollout an evolved format featuring a “ramped up” food offer and a greater wine focus, and is also targeting acquisitions, managing director Ed Gardner has told M&C Report