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Giraffe wins design award
Giraffe, the Tesco-owned family dining chain, has won a design award for its Burgers & Cocktails by Giraffe restaurant at Xscape Yorkshire in Castleford
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NewsJamie’s to make Brazil debut
Jamie’s Italian has signed an agreement to make its debut in Brazil next year, in Sao Paulo, M&C Report understands
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Pubs may face fresh licensing burdens
Pub and bar operators could face a fresh licensing burdens under new Government proposals to scrap personal licences, according to leading licensing lawyers
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Chaophraya to start Thai Pad roll out
Chaophraya, the Thai restaurant group, is to start the rollout of its new street food concept, Thai Pad, early next year in Manchester
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NewsDissenters join Punch restructuring talks
Punch Taverns has announced that a committee of its senior bondholders, under the auspices of the Association of British Insurers (ABI), which earlier this year described the pub company’s restructuring proposals as being “some distance away from being acceptable to us”, has now joined the process of engagement regarding its debt restructuring
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NewsHotel group buys Shepherd's Bush Walkabout
Intertain, the high street bar operator, has sold its Walkabout site in London’s Shepherd’s Bush to Dorsett Hospitality International, the Hong Kong-based international hotel operator, M&C Report understands
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NewsStarbucks exits 46 UK leases so far
Starbucks has announced that it has so far exited 46 costly leases in the UK so far and plans to exit a further 30 this year, but is seeing ‘green shoots’ of recovery here
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Britain's best pubs revealed
The Red Lion Inn, in Cricklade, Wiltshire has been crowned the BT Sport Great British Pub of the Year 2013
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Jack: Sector acquisitions at six-year high
The current period is the most active for acquisitions in the licensed retail sector since 2007, a leading analyst has argued following the £100m sale of Cote and the expected imminent sale of 300 Greene King pubs
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Venetian concept to open in Covent Garden
Augustus Harris, a new concept inspired by the bacari of Venice, is to open in Covent Garden later this month
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Rita’s to open permanent site
Rita’s Bar and Dining, the highly-regarded pop-up venture, is to open its first permanent site in London Fields, Hackney, M&C Report understands
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Operators sign up for Silverburn
Zizzi and PizzaExpress, have been named by property developer Hammerson as the first of nine restaurants to take up residence in the £20m extension to the Silverburn shopping centre in Pollok, Glasgow
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NewsMcDonald's US trials pre-payment app
McDonald’s is reportedly trialling an app in the US that will let customers order and pay on their mobile phones before picking up their food
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NewsJDW FY lfls rise 5.8%
JD Wetherspoon, the managed pub operator, has reported a 5.8% rise in like-for-like sales in the year to 28 July, with profits before tax and exceptionals up 6.3% to £76.9m, in what it called a “year of progress”
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Stonegate appoints head of purchasing
Stonegate Pub Company, the managed operator, has announced the appointment of Dave Just as head of purchasing
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K10 eyes ramen concept and permanent units
Japanese restaurant K10 is to trial a ramen concept at its Appold Street branch with a view to opening permanent units under a separate brand next year, according M&C Report’s sister title Big Hospitality
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Personal licences could be scrapped
The pub and restaurant trade could see the end of personal licences as the Government launches a consultation into the idea of scrapping them
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NewsDunkin’ Donuts to re-enter UK
Dunkin’ Donuts, one of the world’s leading coffee and baked goods chains, has announced its re-entry into the UK with the signing of its first franchise agreements, which will initially see the development of 50 Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants in Greater London
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NewsPho secures Birmingham site
Pho, the Isis Equity Partners-backed Vietnamese fast-casual concept founded and led by Stephen and Juliette Wall, has secured its third site outside London, in Birmingham, M&C Report understands
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Marston's extends south east reach
Marston’s, the brewer and pub operator, has told M&C Report it has secured planning consent for three more newbuild sites in the south east as it revealed details of its latest newbuild in the region