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McDonald secures second Fish & Chip site
Former Caprice Holdings chief executive Des McDonald has secured the second site for his Fish & Chip Shop format in London’s Broadgate
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NewsIntertain signs Jongleurs deal
Comedy club brand Jongleurs is to return to the operator of the Walkabout bar brand for the first time in over four years
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TCG introduces app-based ordering system
TCG is the latest operator to embrace app-based ordering and payment systems at its flagship Henry’s Café Bar in London’s Covent Garden
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NewsWhitbread staff share £6m under 'Sharesave'
A total of 1,094 Whitbread employees collectively made more than £6m in profit under the group’s “Sharesave” scheme
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Double Tree takes former Little Chef site
A former Little Chef site in Cheshire has been sold to local restaurant group Double Tree Indian Restaurants
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Stonegate unveils Classic Inns refurb
Stonegate has invested £220,000 on the latest refurbishment of a site in its Classic Inns format
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Ignite and McManus to use mobile payment app
Northampton-based pub operator McManus and Ignite Group, the restaurant operator, are among the companies to sign up to an app that allows customers to order and pay for food and drinks with their smartphones
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NewsAdmiral names new chairman and CEO
Admiral Taverns has announced that Jonathan Paveley has decided to step down as executive chairman after four years in the role. The group has announced the appointment of John Sands as non-executive chairman and Kevin Georgel as chief executive, effective immediately
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NewsNWTC secures new funding for expansion
The New World Trading Company (NWTC), the Living Ventures and Hill Capital backed business, plans to accelerate its roll out plans and more than double its estate this year after securing a new bank facility of £2.2m from Lloyds Banking Group
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Chapman Group PBT falls on higher admin costs
Chapman Group, the West Sussex-based pub, restaurant and hotel operator, saw pre-tax profits more than halve in the year to 31 March 2013 after administrative costs grew by 10.6% to £5.3m
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NewsPV plans further restaurant sites
Patisserie Valerie, the Risk Capital Partners-backed café chain, is looking to open further sites under its new restaurant format, after the success of the first two sites in Scotland.
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Burrito Mama ready for bespoke situations
Mark Selby, co-founder of Wahaca, has said that Burrito Mama, the group’s first takeaway site, was trading very well, and would look at other opening opportunities
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Eataly eyes London launch
Eataly, the Italian food emporia and restaurants group led by Mario Batali, is reportedly in talks with the family behind Selfridges about bringing the concept to London
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NewsSubstantial sales uplifts from Bella refurbs
Bella Italia has experienced “significant sales uplifts” from the 10 refurbs it has so far completed across its existing estate and said it planned to open eight to 12 new sites in its next financial year
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NewsGBK appoints new FD
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), the Capricorn Ventures-backed group, has appointed Gerard Carolan as its new finance director
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NewsMid-cap firms drive M&C20 outperformance
The M&C20 outperformed the FTSE all-share index this week by one of the biggest margins since M&C Report began monitoring the share prices last May, with ‘mid-cap’ companies driving the growth
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Papa John's targets northern expansion
Papa John’s, the pizza delivery firm, has signed up two new franchisees who hope to open up to 35 new sites between them in Scotland and northern England over the next few years
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NewsCerberus acquires further Punch portfolio
Cerberus Capital Management, the US private equity owner of Admiral Taverns, has acquired a further 32 pubs let to Punch Taverns from Nick Leslau’s Prestbury Holdings, in a deal valued at c£30m
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Itsu secures Mayfair site
Itsu, the chain founded by Julian Metcalfe and led by Gerard Loughran, has further grown its pipeline in London, after securing a site in Mayfair
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Upham sets fundraising timetable
Hampshire-based Upham Pub Company hopes to complete its latest £15m fundraising drive in July, company co-founder David Butcher has told M&C Report