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    Coal secures new funding for growth

    2013-12-11T08:00:00Z

    Coal Grill & Bar has secured a further tranche of funding from existing investors as it looks to add up to 13 sites to existing estate over the next three years.

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    Brew sets out growth plans

    2013-12-11T08:00:00Z

    Brew Café, the fledgling coffee concept, has confirmed it has secured its third site in London and revealed ambitions to operate a 10-strong estate by the end of 2014.

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    Enterprise sells Highgate pub above asking price

    2013-12-11T08:00:00Z

    Enterprise Inns has sold an historic pub in Highgate, north London, for a sum “well in excess” of the asking price

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    Aberdeen Airport to ramp up F&B mix

    2013-12-11T07:59:00Z

    Aberdeen International Airport has announced plans for a £13m overhaul of its terminal building

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    JDW and Vapiano win awards for toilets

    2013-12-11T07:58:00Z

    JD Wetherspoon and Vapiano have been recognised for the standards of their toilets

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    JDW ‘in talks’ on fourth pub in Ireland

    2013-12-11T07:55:00Z

    JD Wetherspoon has reportedly made approaches about what would be its fourth pub deal in Ireland

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    Operators sign up to Loughborough leisure scheme

    2013-12-11T07:51:00Z

    Up to seven restaurants and a Cineworld cinema are expected to operate on a new leisure complex in Loughborough

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    Bott to step down as SIBA chair

    2013-12-11T07:29:00Z

    Keith Bott, co-founder of Titanic Brewery, is to step down as chairman of the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) next year

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    Starbucks EMEA VP steps down

    2013-12-11T07:09:00Z

    Danielle Crook, the Starbucks vice-president of marketing, category and brand integration, EMEA, is leaving the company to relocate to the US

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    Punch noteholders 'would oppose restructure proposals'

    2013-12-10T17:06:00Z

    The Association of British Insurers Senior Noteholder Committee wants a number of changes, including limiting maximum capex to £15,000 per core pub per year and putting “board observers” into the corporate structure, before it can agree to proposals

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    Menu improvements lift Whitbread restaurants

    2013-12-10T08:09:00Z

    Whitbread chief executive Andy Harrison has cited changes to the menu for the improved performance at the company’s restaurants

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    H+H eyes new territories

    2013-12-10T07:56:00Z

    Harris + Hoole, the fast-growing “artisan-style” coffee chain part-owned by Tesco, is set to stretch its legs in 2014, with its first sites lined up in Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Kent

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    Crêpeaffaire targets Crêpe-and-go format

    2013-12-10T07:56:00Z

    Crêpeaffaire, the all-day snack concept, hopes to launch its new grab-and-go format under a working title Crêpe-and-go in Q2 2014, managing director Daniel Spinath has told M&C Report

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    Vital Ingredient up to 15

    2013-12-10T07:56:00Z

    Vital Ingredient, the London-based tossed salad-to-go concept backed by American-Estonian real estate entrepreneur Paul Oberschneider, has secured its 15th site in the capital in Fleet Street.

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    McDonald’s November sales increase 0.5%

    2013-12-10T07:56:00Z

    McDonald’s, the fast food behemoth, has reported a 0.5% increase in global comparable sales in November, aided by a 1.9% rise in sales across its European operations

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    McDonald grows estate

    2013-12-10T07:55:00Z

    Former Caprice Holdings chief executive Des McDonald is to open two further sites under his Q-Grill  and Fish & Chip Shop formats in the City next year

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    Prezzo eyes further Cleaver openings

    2013-12-10T07:55:00Z

    Prezzo, the Jonathan Kaye-led group, will look at further openings under its fledgling Cleaver brand next year after the success of the initial three sites under the new brand.

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    Batchelor: We need more migrant workers

    2013-12-10T07:55:00Z

    Lance Batchelor, the outgoing chief executive of Domino’s Pizza Group, has called for more immigrants to be allowed into the UK because too many British people do not want the work that is on offer

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    ASK Italian launches interactive recruitment site

    2013-12-10T07:55:00Z

    ASK Italian has won the ‘Best Candidate Experience’ at the In-house Recruitment Awards

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    Accolade Wines appoints Ratcliffe as CEO

    2013-12-10T07:55:00Z

    Accolade Wines has appointed experienced wine industry executive John Ratcliffe as its new chief executive