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  • Patisserie Valerie
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    Patisserie Valerie rolls out gift card offer

    2013-09-12T07:52:00Z

    Patisserie Valerie, the Risk Capital Partners-backed chain, has made its first move into the gift card market

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    JRC to open one of the UK’s largest restaurants

    2013-09-12T07:51:00Z

    JRC Global, the operator of the JRC World Buffet chain, has secured a 26,000sq ft site in Watford for what will become its largest site to date

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    Clevely joins Rok Stars

    2013-09-12T07:51:00Z

    Geronimo Inns co-founder Rupert Clevely has been appointed as a strategic consultant for Rok Stars, the consumer and environmental products development company that owns a number of drinks brands

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    Doubts cast over VAT campaign

    2013-09-12T07:51:00Z

    With just weeks to go until Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement, fresh doubts have been cast over the effectiveness of the VAT Club and its prospects of securing a tax reduction for the hospitality sector in next year’s Budget

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    Gilchrist takes interim Browns role

    2013-09-12T07:51:00Z

    Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has promoted Phil Gilchrist to the role of holding retail director for its Browns brand, as it looks for a successor for Simon King, who stepped down last week

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    More franchisees sign up to Tiger Bills

    2013-09-12T07:51:00Z

    Four franchisees have now signed up to open sites with Tiger Bills, the neighbourhood dining concept from Lifestyle Hospitality Group (LHG), and six outlets are expected to have opened by the end of the year, M&C Report has learnt.

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    Apostrophe launches first pop-up

    2013-09-12T07:51:00Z

    Apostrophe, the London-based patisserie café concept, has opened its first pop-up site in Clerkenwell

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    PizzaExpress adds to retail range

    2013-09-12T07:51:00Z

    PizzaExpress has announced that it is adding a new selection of restaurant-quality breads to its retail offer from next month

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    Glendola takes City site for new concept

    2013-09-12T07:50:00Z

    Glendola Leisure, the London-based bar and restaurant group, is to open a new concept at the current Door Oyster Bar & Grill on Cornhill in the City

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    Heap named Truman's Brewery chair

    2013-09-12T07:50:00Z

    Malcolm Heap, the founder of the Greene King-owned Realpubs, has been named chairman of the new £1m Truman’s Brewery in East London, The Times reports

  • Wild Lime Bar & Kitchen
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    Bramwell to serve Xmas and dessert pizzas

    2013-09-12T07:50:00Z

    Bramwell Pub Company, the managed operator, has announced new additions to its pizza menu, including Christmas-themed and dessert pizzas, along with a Christmas drinks range

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    Cannons steps down at Star Pubs & Bars

    2013-09-12T07:50:00Z

    Andrew Cannons has stepped down as head of property at Star Pubs & Bars, after over nine years with the company, M&C Report understands

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    Benugo wins £20m Regent’s Park contract

    2013-09-12T07:50:00Z

    Benugo, the contract caterer and restaurant operator, has won a five-year contract to deliver multiple food and drinks offers at Regent’s Park in a deal worth around £20m

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    Intu submits £100m Lakeside plans

    2013-09-12T07:50:00Z

    Intu has submitted an outline planning application to create a £100m leisure development at intu Lakeside in Thurrock

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    Kopparberg reports 'extraordinary' summer sales

    2013-09-12T07:49:00Z

    The Swedish cider maker says its sales in the on-trade grew 79% in July against the same month last year, with year-on-year sales in August up 55%

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    Meantime EBITDA grows 29%

    2013-09-12T07:49:00Z

    Meantime Brewing Company, the London-based brewer, saw EBITDA rise 29% in 2012 following a £4m investment in early 2012 at its Greenwich-based brewery

  • Bunnychow
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    Bunnychow closes in on Soho site

    2013-09-12T07:40:00Z

    Bunnychow, the South African street food concept, which will open its first permanent site later this month in London’s Shoreditch, is believed to be close to securing a site in Soho

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    Iconic Berkshire restaurant on the market

    2013-09-12T07:30:00Z

    Tummies, the long-established and popular Berkshire restaurant, is up for sale after its owners, Claude and Tammy Mariaux, appointed Davis Coffer Lyons to find a buyer

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    Albert’s to open third site

    2013-09-12T07:30:00Z

    Albert’s, the family-owned, Manchester-based restaurant and bar group, is to open a third site this autumn in Worsley

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    Anderson’s to double up

    2013-09-12T07:08:00Z

    Anderson’s Bar and Grill, the Birmingham-based group, will open its second restaurant early next month near Henley-in-Arden