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NewsSABMiller UK volumes grow 9%
SABMiller has reported a 9% rise in UK volumes in the three months to 31 December, led by Peroni Nastro Azzurro, as a result of “increased distribution and an improved rate of sale”.
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Tax campaigner call for end to duty escalator
The new chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance has urged Chancellor George Osborne to scrap the alcohol-duty escalator, which he said is causing damage to pubs
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DCL warns on central London rents
High rental bids from overseas tenants could push up prices for existing operators, resulting in “heavy casualties” among leisure firms in central London, according to DCL
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NewsIlly to open cafe at Samsung store
Illycaffè, the Italian coffee maker, is to open a cafe within one of technology company Samsung’s London stores, M&C Report has learnt
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Fernandez & Wells to open Mayfair café
Fernandez & Wells, the London-based bar and coffee shop operator, is set to open its fifth site in the capital in Mayfair
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Bar Hound eyes more food-driven sites
David King, the Newcastle-based entrepreneur who last year sold his leisure business Fluid Group, has told M&C Report he plans to add more “daytime and evening food-driven” sites to its new venture Bar Hound
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NewsCouncils call for restrictive covenant ban on pub sales
The use of restrictive covenants, a “legal loophole” used by pub companies to force hundreds of community pubs to close each year, must be plugged, according to the Local Government Association (LGA)
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London boroughs urged to 'maintain, manage and enhance' pubs
The “important role” of London’s pubs has been recognised for the first time in Mayor Boris Johnson’s “London Plan”, the latest planning guidelines for the capital
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D&D reports highest ever Christmas revenues
D&D London, the international restaurant group formerly known as Conran Restaurants, said that like-for-like revenues across its London-based restaurants climbed 5% over the festive season compared with the year before
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NewsFestive lfls up 7.4% at Las Iguanas
Las Iguanas said it experienced a third successive “bumper Christmas” with like-for-like sales up 7.4% across the festive season, taking three-year growth to over 25%
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NewsPage to step down as TRG CEO
The Restaurant Group (TRG) has announced that Andrew Page has notified the Board that he wishes to retire as chief executive of the Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito operator in August 2014.
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NewsMPs to debate pubcos today
Labour is holding an opposition debate today calling for legislation to introduce a statutory code on the relationship between pubcos and tenants
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AB InBev agrees £3.5bn Oriental Brewery acquisition
AB InBev has agreed to buy South Korean brewer Oriental Brewery for $5.8bn (£3.5bn)
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Candy Bar to relocate
Candy Bar, the popular central London lesbian bar, is to relocate to another site in Soho after its existing premises was sold for conversion to a strip club
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NewsSpirit wins recognition for work experience
Its “Teen Spirit” scheme has achieved the Gold Standard by Fair Train, an organisation that sets UK quality standards in work experience provision
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Amber festive lfls grow 6%; eyes century of pubs
Amber Taverns, the fast growing operator of community wet-led pubs, saw like-for-like sales grow 6% over the 12-day festive period and said it planned to reach 100 sites by the end of 2014
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NewsFluid Group owner starts new bar venture
David King, the Newcastle-based entrepreneur who last year sold his leisure business Fluid Group, has secured a first venue under a new venture called Bar Hound
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Cubitt House arrives into King's Cross
Upmarket pub operator Cubitt House will open a new venue on Granary Square within the Kings Cross redevelopment in London in mid-2015.
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December lfls up 1.8% at Chameleon
Chameleon Bar & Dining, the Yorkshire and Lancashire-based multiple operator, has reported a positive end to 2013 with like-for-like sales up by 1.8% in December
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NewsLynch to become group CEO at Nando’s
Andrew Lynch, the former chief executive of SSP, is to become group chief executive of Nando’s, the Capricorn Ventures-backed international chain of peri peri chicken restaurants