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    Gaming machine maximum prize limits to rise

    2013-10-10T12:12:00Z

    The prize limit for Category C gaming machines has increased from £70 to £100, after the British Beer & Pub Association and Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers lobbied for the rise

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    VAT Club fined for late VAT payment

    2013-10-10T08:13:00Z

    Jacques Borel’s VAT Club has been fined £9,201 for late payment of VAT

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    RHWB begins to strengthen management team

    2013-10-10T08:11:00Z

    Red Hot World Buffet has appointed Ed Passey, group operations director at bar and hostel operator Beds & Bars, to its board as it starts to grow its pipeline of new sites

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    Joule's completes £4m funding deal; names new chairman

    2013-10-10T08:09:00Z

    Joules, the Shropshire brewer and pub operator, has completed a £4m funding deal with NatWest and has named Mark Heappey, formerly a partner at 3i, as its new chairman, M&C Report has learnt

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    Rent on new pub leases averages c£25k

    2013-10-10T08:07:00Z

    The average annual pub rent for new leases in England and Wales was £25,187 per annum during the first quarter of 2013, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ Pub Benchmarking Survey

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    Greggs sets capex target

    2013-10-10T08:05:00Z

    Greggs is looking to have a capex spend of between £40m and £45m each year for the next few years across its c1,700-strong estate as it looks to restore like-for-like sales growth

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    Nando's to open five in Scotland, eyes more

    2013-10-10T08:03:00Z

    Nando’s is to open five restaurants across Scotland and is looking at “a number of other sites” north of the border

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    Caprice Holdings FY EBITDA static

    2013-10-10T08:01:00Z

    Caprice Holdings, the restaurant group led by Richard Caring, has reported a static EBITDA of £8.6m in the year to 30 December 2012 although like-for-like sales fell 1.2%, with the company citing the “negative impact” of the Jubilee and Olympics on its West End and Mayfair sites

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    Sports Bar & Grill acquires Soho site

    2013-10-10T08:01:00Z

    Sports Bar & Grill, the sports-focused bar and restaurant group led by Dave Evans, has secured the site of the former Little Sicily restaurant in London’s Soho for its latest opening, M&C Reportunderstands

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    Geronimo launches season of events

    2013-10-10T07:57:00Z

    eronimo Inns, the Young’s-owned pub operator, has launched a season of events, special menus and collaborations under the banner Pubstival

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    Pub companies urged to review e-cig policies

    2013-10-10T07:57:00Z

    Anti-smoking campaigners are urging pub operators to keep their policies on electronic cigarettes under review as controversy grows around the devices, which deliver nicotine without burning tobacco and produce vapour rather than smoke

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    High-profile female chefs to launch Heathrow restaurant

    2013-10-10T07:57:00Z

    Four high-profile female chefs are to launch a restaurant at Heathrow’s Terminal 2. The Gorgeous Kitchen is headed by Gee Charman, Sophie Michell, Jo Pratt and Caroline Mi Li Artiss

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    Hotel Chocolat to launch first two restaurants

    2013-10-10T07:56:00Z

    Hotel Chocolat, the premium chocolate retailer and cafe operator, will open its first two restaurants in the UK next month in London and Leeds, M&C Reportunderstands

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    JDW launches game app for children's menu

    2013-10-10T07:56:00Z

    JD Wetherspoon, the managed operator, has launched an exclusive children’s game app to tie in with the launch of its new children’s menu

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    Collyer downgrades forecast for Marston's

    2013-10-10T07:03:00Z

    Leading analyst Geof Collyer has downgraded his forecast for Marston’s after its update yesterday, saying the company has a “dull medium term outlook relative to most peers”

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    Parliament to debate pubcos

    2013-10-09T17:30:00Z

    A debate in Parliament on the leased pub company business model is to take place on Monday (14 October)

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    Marston's to sell 400 pubs over two years

    2013-10-09T11:29:00Z

    Marston’s, the brewer and pub operator, hopes to sell up to 400 pubs over the next two years and is seeing increased interest in its sites recently due to an apparent upturn in the property market, chief executive Ralph Findlay has told M&C Report

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    Tenants sought for 20 Punch pubs in Scotland

    2013-10-09T11:29:00Z

    Property consultants Colliers International and Ryden have been jointly instructed to find tenants for the sites

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    Yum! Q3 UK sales rise 1%; cuts growth estimates

    2013-10-09T08:08:00Z

    Yum! Brands has reported a 1% rise in UK system sales in the three months to 7 September, although “weak results” in Pizza Hut UK and across Japan were cited as the reason for a 1% decline in same-store sales in international developed markets

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    Greggs lfl decline narrows

    2013-10-09T08:06:00Z

    Greggs, the bakery chain, has reported a narrowing of its like-for-like sales decline in the 13 weeks to 28 September and said the “re-shaping” of its estate is ahead of plan so it expects no increase in net shop numbers