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    Byron expansion continues

    2013-10-08T07:49:00Z

    Byron, the Gondola-owned gourmet burger chain, has secured a site in Milton Keynes for an opening later this year as it moves closer to reaching its 45-site target by the end of 2013, M&C Report has learnt

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    Revere wants more independent sites

    2013-10-08T07:47:00Z

    Revere Pub Company, the Marston’s-owned premium pub and restaurant operator, plans to acquire more high street independent sites, managing director Colin Sadler has said

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    Kerridge's Hand & Flowers named UK's best restaurant

    2013-10-08T07:45:00Z

    The Hand & Flowers, Tom Kerridge’s pub-restaurant in Marlow, has been voted the UK’s best restaurant at the 2013 National Restaurant Awards, snatching top spot from The Ledbury, which held the title for three years

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    Tragus makes senior marketing appointment

    2013-10-08T07:43:00Z

    Tragus has appointed Victoria Searl to the new role of director of marketing for its Cafe Rouge, Belgo and concessions formats, M&C Report has learnt

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    Rhino Pubs looks to exit trade

    2013-10-08T07:41:00Z

    A South Yorkshire multiple operator is “stepping back” from the trade because he says he’s had enough of the Government and councils blaming alcohol-related disorder on pubs and clubs

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    McDonald's names first chief digital officer

    2013-10-08T07:39:00Z

    McDonald’s has appointed Atif Rafiq, formerly of Amazon and Yahoo, as its first chief digital officer

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    Moorhouse's sees Hallowe'en sales rise

    2013-10-08T07:38:00Z

    Lancashire brewer Moorhouse’s has seen sales surge to a record high in the run-up to Hallowe’en, which is now “busier than Christmas” for the brewer of Pendle Witches Brew

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    Cote acquires Odin's site

    2013-10-08T07:38:00Z

    Cote, the CBPE-backed chain, has completed on its acquisition of Odin’s in London and is to begin trading there on 9 December, M&C Report has learnt

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    JDW and TRG Concessions win airport F&B awards

    2013-10-08T07:37:00Z

    JD Wetherspoon and TRG Concessions/Giraffe are among the winners in an awards scheme that recognises top food and beverage operators at airports

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    Baa Bar FY lfls fall 7.8%

    2013-10-08T07:37:00Z

    Baa Bar, the 11-strong Liverpool-based bar operator, has reported a 7.8% fall in like-for-like sales in the 12 months to 30 April

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    Condou to open club with 24-hour licence

    2013-10-08T07:37:00Z

    Pierre Condou, the restaurateur and bar operator, is to open a nightclub with a 24-hour licence on the 31st floor of the Centre Point building in London’s New Oxford Street

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    Luminar reveals Kingston Pryzm details

    2013-10-08T07:30:00Z

    Luminar has given details of the next conversion to its Pryzm concept, with the £1m investment at Oceana in Kingston

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    Zonal to work with Hospitality Guild

    2013-10-07T18:07:00Z

    EPoS provider Zonal has been appointed technology partner of the Hospitality Guild’s virtual training centre Hospitality House, which is due to open this month

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    Flaming Grill introduces pic-share app

    2013-10-07T18:07:00Z

    Spirit Pub Company has introduced an app that lets customers share pictures of them completing an eating challenge in its Flaming Grill sites

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    Giraffe to open training academy

    2013-10-07T17:10:00Z

    Giraffe, the Tesco-owned family dining chain, is to open a dedicated training academy called G1 in late October on the site of its first restaurant in Hampstead, north London

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    JDW pub named world's best airport bar

    2013-10-07T16:34:00Z

    The Red Lion at Gatwick Airport’s north terminal (airside) has been named the best worldwide airport bar at the Airport Food and Beverage Awards

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    Prezzo confirms next three Cleavers

    2013-10-07T15:46:00Z

    Prezzo, the Jonathan Kaye-led restaurant group, has confirmed the location of its next three Cleaver sites

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    Robinsons to import wines

    2013-10-06T18:07:00Z

    Cheshire-based Robinsons Brewery is introducing a range of new-wave Argentinian wines following an exclusive deal with winery Casarena Bodega Y Vinedos

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    G1 buys tenanted vehicle outright

    2013-10-04T17:46:00Z

    The move is revealed in G1’s full year results that show full-year operating profit - including its tenanted subsidiary - grew 18.6% to £10.4m. Turnover increased 11.2% to £66m and EBITDA was £16.3m

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    Bill’s eyes 20 new sites in 2014

    2013-10-04T16:38:00Z

    Bill’s Restaurants is eyeing a further 20 openings next, which would include a concerted push into the North and take the group close to the 50-site mark