All news articles – Page 1645

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    Wear Inns eyes larger sites

    2013-09-05T07:44:00Z

    Wear Inns, the 26-strong northern pub operator, is “back on the acquisitions trail” and is looking to buy larger premises, managing director John Weir has told M&C Report

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    High street report urges business levy

    2013-09-05T07:44:00Z

    A new report into the future of high streets has called for a one-off levy for businesses, and for the Government to reintroduce the 2015 business rates revaluation

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    MasterChef finalist to aid Young’s pub relaunch

    2013-09-05T07:44:00Z

    MasterChef finalist Tom Whitaker is to become head chef at Young’s White Hart pub in Barnes as part of an extensive refurbishment of the business

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    Osmond eyes 'triple-A' investment opportunities

    2013-09-05T07:43:00Z

    Hugh Osmond, the high-profile investor, has told M&C Report he’d invest “as much as it takes” to grow a small number of “triple-A” leisure operators into national brands

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    Newcastle introduces minimum price condition

    2013-09-05T07:43:00Z

    Newcastle City Council has introduced a minimum unit price condition for all new licences and applications for licence variation across the on and off-trade

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    Sector VAT cut 'would cost up to £12bn'

    2013-09-05T07:43:00Z

    Cutting VAT to 5% for the sector would cost the Exchequer between £11bn and £12bn per year in lost revenue, according to Government estimates

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    Spirit introduces new Fayre & Square menu

    2013-09-05T07:42:00Z

    Spirit Pub Company has launched a new autumn menu across its 157-strong Fayre & Square brand, which features new deals across its food and drink range

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    Real China and GK lined up for Cramlington

    2013-09-05T07:42:00Z

    Greene King and The Real China, the Chinese buffet chain, are lined up to open sites in Cramlington, Northumberland

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    Fund launched to help SMEs become more energy efficient

    2013-09-05T07:42:00Z

    ReEnergise Finance has launched a commercial finance vehicle aimed solely at providing funding solutions for SME businesses in regards to helping them become more energy efficient

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    Snowflake to launch in Soho

    2013-09-05T07:34:00Z

    Snowflake, the luxury gelato brand, is to make its debut in London’s West End with an opening in Soho later this month

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    Japan Centre to open new flagship site

    2013-09-05T07:34:00Z

    Japan Centre, the London-based restaurant operator and retailer, is to relocate its flagship site from Regent Street to Piccadilly

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    Services sector growth continues

    2013-09-05T07:28:00Z

    Business activity in the services sector grew in August at the sharpest pace since December 2006, according to the latest Services Index from Markit/CIPS

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    An alternative vision of the high street

    2013-09-04T14:56:00Z

    Recomendations from the Grimsey Review

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    Loungers reports 7.9% rise in sales

    2013-09-04T08:52:00Z

    Loungers, the Piper-backed group led by Alex Reilley, has reported a 7.9% increase in like-for-like sales for the first four months of its new financial year (1 May – 31 August), with total net sales for the same period up 62.5% to £10.15m

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    TCR London reports turnover of £7.2m

    2013-09-04T07:59:00Z

    TCR London, the company set up to acquire the former assets of Town Centre Restaurants for £3.7m, last June, has reported turnover of £7.2m for its first seven months of trading to 3 February 2013, with EBITDA of £500k

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    Burns: TRG has new 137 sites under consideration

    2013-09-04T07:58:00Z

    A leading analyst has said that The Restaurant Group (TRG) management has never been more confident on its new site pipeline and has 137 sites under consideration for 2014-15E

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    BurgerFuel eyes UK launch

    2013-09-04T07:46:00Z

    BurgerFuel, the New Zealand-based gourmet burger concept, is among the latest overseas better burger operator to examine plans to launch in the UK, M&C Report has learnt

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    Carluccio’s to make Abu Dhabi debut

    2013-09-04T07:46:00Z

    Carluccio’s, the all-day Italian café chain led by Simon Kossoff, is set to make its debut in Abu Dhabi before the end of the year

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    Jack and French reiterate Hold for Greene King

    2013-09-04T07:45:00Z

    Leading analysts Douglas Jack and Simon French have reiterated their Hold recommendations for Greene King following its Q1 interim management statement yesterday

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    Pernod Ricard to focus on UK on-trade

    2013-09-04T07:45:00Z

    The boss of Pernod Ricard UK (PRUK) has said the company will be concentrating its efforts on the UK on-trade over the next 18-months to two years