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Charles Wells creates new digital role
Charles Wells, the brewer and pub operator, has created a new role that focuses on improving its on-line presence
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Spirit promotes Young to facilities director
Spirit Pub Company has promoted David Young from head of investments to investments and facilities director
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Ca’puccino secures Heathrow site
Ca’puccino, the Italian coffee concept, has announced it will open a new site within Heathrow’s new Terminal 2 – The Queen’s Terminal, next June
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Pint Shop concept launches
Pint Shop, the contemporary beer house concept, founded by Benny Peverelli and Richard Holmes, formerly executive chef and head of operations respectively at Leon, has launched in Cambridge
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Cook and Indi’s plans to double
Cook and Indi’s, the Scotland-based world Buffet concept, is looking to double the size of its estate over the next year, as it closes in on its sixth restaurant and £4m turnover
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Tommy Flynn's pub brand up to four
London Metropolitan Taverns, the London-based pub operator led by Sean Flynn, has opened its fourth pub under the Tommy Flynn’s brand and its first outside the capital, in Northampton
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Council flaws hit rate relief take-up
Fewer than 20% of councils have clear and up-to-date guidance on how to apply small business rate relief, meaning that many firms miss out on the assistance, according to a study from Oxfordshire-based Chartered Surveyors Bankier Sloan
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Oakham Ales and Lancaster Brewery join Cask Marque
Two more brewers, Oakham Ales and Lancaster Brewery, have joined Cask Marque as corporate members
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Castle Rock appoints head of sales
Scott Ryder has been appointed to the newly created post of head of sales at the Nottingham-based Castle Rock Brewery
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Ideal launches new build Boat House Cafe
Ideal Collection is opening its seventh site in Chichester, West Sussex next week (15 November)
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Food sales a plus at M&S
Marks & Spencer (M&S), the bellwether for the UK high street, reported that its food sales increased 5.3%, with like-for-like sales up 2.5%, in the first half of the year
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NewsJDW raises openings target; Q1 lfls rise 3.7%
JD Wetherspoon, the managed pub operator, has increased its full-year openings target to between 40 to 50 as it reported a 3.7% rise in like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to 27 October, with a slight dip in operating margin
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NewsRestaurant chains eat into independents
Branded restaurant operators are beginning to “colonise” areas of the sector previously dominated by independents, says Horizons as it releases its latest list of “Ones to Watch” in the sector
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NewsThwaites H1 PBT grows 24.5%
Daniel Thwaites, the Lancashire brewer and pub operator, saw pre-tax profits rise 24.5% to £4.9m in the six months to 30 September and said it has witnessed an improvement in consumer confidence
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NewsBarburrito increases London presence
Barburrito has opened its 10th site in total, and its second in London, with a further site in the capital set to open before the end of the year in Holborn
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Balfour Lynn eyes London pub estate
Richard Balfour-Lynn, the founder of MWB Group Holdings, the former owner of the Hotel du Vin and Malmaison chains, is looking to build an estate of pubs in London, M&C Report understands
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Rowley’s owners plan café brand
Scarlett Guess, one the directors behind London restaurant institute Rowley’s, is planning to launch a new all-day café concept across the capital called Poppy’s
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NewsMcDonald’s restructures European team; names new UK MD
McDonald’s has announced plans to restructure its European business from the start of next year, with UK chief executive Jill McDonald appointed president of the fast-food chain’s newly‐formed North West Division and Mark Hawthorne becoming UK managing director
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NewsPubs face new red tape on drinks pricing and serving
Pubs, bars and restaurants would be forced to display the price of half pints of beer and cider, as well as 125ml servings of wine, under new Government plans seen by M&C Report
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NewsCollyer: Muted lfl growth at JDW expected
A leading analyst has said that he expects JD Wetherspoon to report muted like-for-like growth when it updates on first quarter trading tomorrow and that he continued to believe the key for the company is to deliver margin improvements and grow the FCF and dividends