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    Gyms Kitchen to double up; eyes franchise route

    2013-10-16T07:54:00Z

    Gyms Kitchen, the UK’s first protein based restaurant concept, is to open its second site in the south east as it looks to expand further across the UK through franchise agreements

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    Beds & Bars focuses on expansion after board restructure

    2013-10-16T07:54:00Z

    Restructure has seen the creation of a new role of business development director, taken by Romain Viennois, who will explore avenues for growth through different revenue channels

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    Ramsay restaurant tops service list

    2013-10-16T07:53:00Z

    Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, the high-profile chef’s Chelsea institution, has come top of the 50 Best Restaurants for Service in the UK list compiled by Toptable, the restaurant bookings website

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    Sales growth slows in September

    2013-10-16T07:52:00Z

    Britain’s pub and restaurant groups saw sales growth slow in September after a summer of solid trading, with like-for-like sales up just 0.4% compared to the same month last year, according to the latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker

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    Pistachios in the Park eyes expansion

    2013-10-16T07:50:00Z

    Pistachios in the Park, the operator of cafes in parks, is looking to grow from nine to as many as 50 sites, founder Aysin Djamil has told M&C Report

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    Le Pain starts Wi-Fi rollout

    2013-10-16T07:44:01.490Z

    Le Pain Quotidien, the all-day bakery and cafe concept, has started to roll out free Wi-Fi across its internartional estate of sites

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    O'Neill's announces Commitments tie-in

    2013-10-16T07:43:32.687Z

    O’Neill’s, the Mitchells & Butlers-owned Irish pub chain, is introducing a loyalty scheme as part of its partnership with the West End show The Commitments

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    Everyman Media Group 'to bid for Picturehouse sites'

    2013-10-16T07:43:25.620Z

    Everyman Media Group, the cinema operator, is expected to bid for the Picturehouse cinemas that Cineworld is being forced to sell, according to The Times

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    Coca-Cola Company Q3 volumes grow 2%

    2013-10-16T07:43:18.603Z

    The Coca-Cola Company, the global soft drinks firm, has reported a 2% rise in global volumes in Q3, with international volumes up 3% in both the quarter and the year to date

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    Novikov to open Rextail in Mayfair

    2013-10-16T07:43:00Z

    Russian restaurateur Arkady Novikov is set introduce new restaurant and bar, Rextail, which will focus on meat and fish, into London’s Mayfair

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    Tropeiro looks to the south

    2013-10-16T07:43:00Z

    Tropeiro Restaurants, the Chester-based Brazilian-influenced restaurant chain, is looking to make its debut in the south of England, M&C Report understands

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    Stonegate rolls out Mandarin language menus

    2013-10-16T07:43:00Z

    Stonegate Pub Company has started to roll out Mandarin language menus across its Scream pubs, to cater for the increasing numbers of Chinese students studying in UK towns and cities

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    F&B firms looking to up investment

    2013-10-16T07:43:00Z

    Driven by rising optimism globally many UK food and beverage companies are looking to increase investment across areas such as facilities, equipment,IT and product development over the next 12 months, according to a new report  from advisory firm Grant Thornton

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    C&C backs craft venture

    2013-10-16T07:43:00Z

    C&C Group, the Irish producer of Magners cider and Tennent’s lager, is to develop a new craft beer brewery in collaboration with the Williams Bros Brewing Company

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    Prezzo donates £48k to Fight for Life charity

    2013-10-16T07:43:00Z

    Italian restaurant group Prezzo has given a cheque for more than £48,000 to the Fight for Life charity

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    Natwest and RBS to add £150m to Leisure Fund

    2013-10-16T06:44:00Z

    NatWest and RBS have added a further £150m to their dedicated Leisure Fund aimed at small and medium-sized businesses after receiving “incredible” demand from across the industry

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    Free-of-tie publicans 'would invest more in pubs'

    2013-10-15T12:19:00Z

    Licensees would invest more in their pubs, employ more staff and stock a wider selection of beers if they were offered a free-of-tie deal, according to a new survey

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    Cable 'won't be intimidated by scare mongering' over pubco action

    2013-10-15T10:20:00Z

    Business Secretary Vince Cable has told Parliament that he will not “be intimidated by scare mongering” over the introduction of a statutory code and adjudicator in the tenanted pub company model

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    Handmade Burger operator eyes 2014 pipeline

    2013-10-15T07:54:00Z

    The Sargeant Partnership, the operator of the Handmade Burger Company and Chilacas brands, has already lined up five new openings for 2014

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    Belgique brought to the market

    2013-10-15T07:52:00Z

    Belgique, the continental-style bakery and delicatessen café chain, has been placed on the market, M&C Report has learnt