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    Bodean’s returns to the expansion trail

    2013-11-27T08:06:00Z

    Bodean’s, the London-based barbecue smokehouse concept, will return to the expansion trail at the start of next year after securing its fifth site in the capital in Balham

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    PizzaExpress wins family friendly award

    2013-11-27T08:04:00Z

    PizzaExpress has been awarded GOLD at this year’s Mumsnet Family Friendly Awards, which were presented by Deputy Prime Minster, Nick Clegg, on Monday evening

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    Roosters builds pipeline

    2013-11-27T08:02:00Z

    Roosters Peri Peri, the chicken-led fast-casual and takeaway concept, is to continue its expansion in the UK after securing a further four sites for openings over the next two month

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    Carluccio’s lines up Bracknell opening

    2013-11-27T08:02:00Z

    Carluccio’s has secured a unit at the Bracknell Regeneration Partnership scheme, the joint venture between Legal & General Property and Schroder Property

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    Ri Ra eyes Ireland expansion

    2013-11-27T08:00:00Z

    Ri Ra, the chain of US-based Irish pubs led by David Kelly and Ciaran Sheehan, is planning to launch an estate of pubs in Ireland, after securing its first site in Dublin

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    Illy to open West End flagship site

    2013-11-27T08:00:00Z

    Espressamente Illy, the Italian coffee maker, has agreed to open a flagship standalone cafe in London’s West End

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    Honest Burgers secures sixth site

    2013-11-27T08:00:00Z

    Honest Burgers, the London-based concept led by ex-Cote operations director Dorian Waite, has secured its sixth site in the capital, near Oxford Circus, M&C Report understands

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    Food & Fuel to open café bar

    2013-11-27T08:00:00Z

    Food & Fuel, the operator of London-based gastropubs and bars headed by former Spirit boss Karen Jones, is to open a new café bar in Ealing at the start of next year, M&C Report understands

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    Mobile restaurant searches growing in importance

    2013-11-27T07:59:00Z

    Half of people who search for restaurants on-line via mobiles won’t use any other device for the searches, according to a new study that shows the growing importance of mobiles in restaurant research

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    City Pub Co secures Newmarket pub

    2013-11-27T07:59:00Z

    City Pub Company, the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)-funded operator, has added to its estate with the acquisition of the Three Blackbirds in Newmarket, Suffolk

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    Operators warned about “butterfly effect” of disruptive consumer

    2013-11-27T07:59:00Z

    The retail and consumer goods industry must reevaluate its approach to its supply chains and logistics to survive the “butterfly effect” of disruptive consumers

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    Shaftesbury reports 'unprecedented' demand from F&B operators

    2013-11-27T07:58:00Z

    Shaftesbury says there has been an “unprecedented demand” in its properties from for food and beverage operators, which now account for one third of its income

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    Jack issues Hold for Punch after Q1 IMS

    2013-11-27T07:41:00Z

    Leading analyst Douglas Jack has issued a Hold recommendation for Punch Taverns following its Q1 trading update this morning, saying he expects that the valuation gap to its peers should narrow on successful bond restructuring

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    Punch posts 1.4% rise in lfl core estate net income

    2013-11-27T07:08:00Z

    Punch Taverns, the tenanted and leased pub operator, has reported a 1.4% rise in like-for-like net income in its core estate in the 12 weeks to 9 November, and maintained its view that it intends to announce restructuring proposals in December

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    Fuller's bans e-cigs from pubs

    2013-11-27T07:05:00Z

    Fuller’s has banned the use of e-cigarettes inside all its pubs, because the product causes “anxiety” among customers and staff

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    Intertain completes Lincoln refurb

    2013-11-26T17:33:00Z

    Intertain has completed its latest refurbishment with a £400,000 investment at Walkabout in Lincoln

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    Collyer reiterates Buy for Greene King

    2013-11-26T17:31:03.610Z

    Leading analyst Geof Collyer has reiterated his Buy recommendation for Greene King ahead of its half-year results next Tuesday (3 December), saying that the company remains his favourite in the sector

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    Cameron vows to support ethnic restaurant sector

    2013-11-26T17:30:54.580Z

    David Cameron has vowed to support upcoming young chefs in the UK’s ethnic restaurant sector, but the Prime Minister admitted that the difficulties importing skilled chefs from the Indian subcontinent will take some time to solve

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    M&B: Expansion, Crown Carvery, promos, analysts

    2013-11-26T14:22:00Z

    M&C Report takes a closer look at the full-year results for Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) and reports from an analyst presentation featuring chief executive Alistair Darby and finance director Tim Jones

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    Roka to expand London presence

    2013-11-26T13:36:00Z

    Roka, Rainer Becker’s Japanese robatayaki restaurant format, will open two new London locations in 2014, with Roka Mayfair opening in February followed by Roka Aldwych in the summer