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    City Pub Co FY turnover to reach £7m; reveals acquisition targets

    2013-11-14T07:53:00Z

    City Pub Company, the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)-funded pub operator, expects turnover to reach £7m in 2013 and is targeting seven acquisitions under its forthcoming £10m fundraising drive, co-founder Clive Watson has told M&C Report

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    Orange Leaf eyes UK debut

    2013-11-14T07:52:00Z

    Orange Leaf, the fast-growing, US-based frozen yoghurt operator that runs more than 300 sites in America, is looking to launch in the UK, a company spokesman has told M&C Report

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    Enterprise tells Government it will cap drink price rises

    2013-11-14T07:52:00Z

    Enterprise Inns has made a pledge to the Department of Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) that it will implement a cap on tied price rises

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    Evan Evans to set up new pub vehicles

    2013-11-14T07:38:00Z

    Evan Evans, the South Wales brewer and pub operator, is to set up three separate companies as vehicles for future pub acquisitions, M&C Report has learnt

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    GBK swings into profit

    2013-11-14T07:37:00Z

    Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) reported a pre-tax profit of £160k for the year to 24 February 2013, against a £685k loss the previous 12 months and said that this positive momentum had continued into its current financial year

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    Marston's plans to license Fastcask

    2013-11-14T07:37:00Z

    Marston’s Beer Company managing director Richard Westwood has confirmed that the company is in discussions with rival brewers to license its Fastcask technology, the Publican’s Morning Advertiser, M&C Report’s sister title, can reveal

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    Honky Tonk concept eyes rollout

    2013-11-14T07:37:00Z

    Supperclub London founder Mark Cutler is eyeing a rollout across London for his American-inspired restaurant and bar concept, Honky Tonky, after the success of the brand’s first two openings

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    Good Q3 lifts Carlsberg in UK

    2013-11-14T07:37:00Z

    Carlsberg has reported that the UK market fell c1% in the nine months top 30 September, although it was “positively impacted by favourable weather” in Q3

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    Rex Restaurants to open Marylebone restaurant

    2013-11-14T07:36:00Z

    Rex Restaurants, the Graphite Capital-backed group led by entrepreneurs Chris Corbin and Jeremy King, is to open its latest venture next spring in Marylebone

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    MASH team to open new concept

    2013-11-14T07:36:00Z

    Modern American Steak House (MASH), the Danish restaurant company, is to open a new American-themed steakhouse Japanese kitchen fusion concept called Steax and the City later this month

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    Koppaberg and Monster join VAT Club

    2013-11-14T07:36:00Z

    VAT Club Jacques Borel has recruited two further drinks brands to its campaign for a reduction on the level of VAT in the hospitality sector, Koppaberg and Monster

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    Pivovar builds pipeline

    2013-11-14T07:36:00Z

    Pivovar, the craft beer pub operator and beer importer, has revealed the next stage of its growth to M&C Report, with planned openings in Harrogate, Nottingham and Birmingham following a launch at the Trinity Centre in Leeds

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    Koba founder to launch On The Bab

    2013-11-14T07:36:00Z

    The founder of Fitzrovia restaurants Koba and Nizuni is set to open On The Bab – a new Korean concept based in East London

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    TGI’s receives ‘perfect’ hygiene rating

    2013-11-14T06:56:00Z

    TGI Friday’s, the Karen Forrester-led chain, has become the first restaurant chain in the UK to receive a ‘perfect’ rating of five in the National Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme across all of its 60 UK-based restaurants

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    Costa to launch in Morocco

    2013-11-13T10:54:00Z

    Costa Coffee has announced plans to open its first store in Morocco, in partnership with Fawaz A. Alhokair & Co

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    Harry Ramsden's signs Welcome Break deal

    2013-11-13T10:22:00Z

    A new partnership to open branches of Harry Ramsden’s, the iconic fish & chip shop chain, on Welcome Break services has been confirmed, with Sheffield and Oxford the first locations

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    Ed’s agrees new £4.5m banking facility

    2013-11-13T08:14:00Z

    Ed’s Easy Diner has secured its first ever extended bank funding in the form of a £4.5m facility with RBS, which will aid its continued rollout across the UK

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    Enterprise FY lfl net income 'to fall c3%'

    2013-11-13T08:12:00Z

    Leading analyst Douglas Jack has predicts that Enterprise Inns will report a c3% fall in like-for-like net income at its full-year results on Tuesday, and predicted its shares are “likely to have a flat year” in 2014 if like-for-like net income growth does not occur

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    Jack predicts Fuller's H1 PBT of £18m

    2013-11-13T08:10:00Z

    Leading analyst Douglas Jack has forecast that Fuller’s will report a pre-tax profit of £18m in H1, up from £17.1m in the first half of 2012

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    GBK launches new brand identity

    2013-11-13T08:08:00Z

    Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) has launch a new brand identity, which it plans to roll out across its 59-strong estate next year, as part of the first full brand development exercise since the chain was founded in 2001