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  • BrewDog Camden
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    BrewDog eyes India for next overseas bar

    2013-08-29T07:30:00Z

    BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, is set to open its second bar overseas in New Delhi, India, before the end of this year, M&C Report has learnt

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    Star looks to raise AWP income

    2013-08-29T07:30:00Z

    Star Pubs & Bars, the Heineken-owned leased pub operator, is to roll out new technology across its estate that will help increase revenue for Amusement with Prizes machines

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    Pernod Ricard reports "quasi-stability" in UK

    2013-08-29T07:29:00Z

    Pernod Ricard, the global wine and spirit producer, says there was “quasi-stability” in the UK in the year to 30 June despite a 3% fall in sales across Western Europe (excluding France)

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    Greene King results will be 'more than robust'

    2013-08-29T07:29:00Z

    Leading sector analyst Geof Collyer expects Greene King to report “more than robust” results for its retail arm for the first quarter of its current financial year

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    Rum Kitchen eyes second site

    2013-08-29T07:29:00Z

    Icarus Leisure is understood to be close to securing a second site for Rum Kitchen, its Caribbean restaurant and bar concept, in London’s Soho

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    Parlour has 'scope for expansion'

    2013-08-29T07:29:00Z

    Jesse Dunford Wood, former partner and chef at London-based multiple pub operator Perritt & Perritt, has told M&C Report that there’s “plenty of scope for expansion” for his Parlour pub/bar/cafe concept

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    Norman steps down at Novus

    2013-08-29T07:29:00Z

    Kevin Norman has stepped down as head of acquisitions at Novus, the LGV Capital and Hutton Collins-backed operator of premium bars and restaurants

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    Pipsdish to take Covent Garden site

    2013-08-29T07:29:00Z

    Pipsdish, the pop-up concept from TV producer and cook book author Philip Dundas, is set to open a site in Covent Garden later this year

  • Good Pub Guide
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    Pubs will close as they're 'stuck in the 1980s'

    2013-08-29T06:41:00Z

    Thousands of pubs will rightly go out of business over the next year because they are “stuck in the 1980s”, according to the Good Pub Guide 2014, which is out today

  • Hawksmoor founders
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    FY EBITDA up at Hawksmoor

    2013-08-28T14:43:00Z

    Hawksmoor, the operator of four high-end steak restaurants in London, in which Graphite Capital recently acquired a stake, saw turnover for the year to 31 December 2012 pass the £18m mark, up from £10.6m the previous year

  • Doner Kebab
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    'Next level' kebab firm eyes 200 UK outlets

    2013-08-28T07:46:00Z

    Doner Kebab, the kebab concept from Germany that incorporates a cafe, plans a major expansion drive in the UK with 200 outlets targeted over seven years, M&C Report has learnt

  • Alan Yau
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    Yau eyes Duck & Rice for Endurance site

    2013-08-28T07:44:00Z

    Alan Yau, one of the UK’s most revered and influential restaurateurs, is believed to have picked Duck & Rice as the name for the his new Chinese gastro pub in London’s Soho

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    TRG C2C rollout may outstrip expectations

    2013-08-28T07:42:00Z

    Growing confidence behind The Restaurant Group’s Coast to Coast brand has led to a leading analyst suggesting that it may surpass his initial expectation of 50 sites operating under the brand by 2016/17

  • Pizza Hut
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    Brand focus: Pizza Hut

    2013-08-28T07:41:00Z

    M&C Report speaks to Mike Spencer, operations director of Pizza Hut about life under new owners Rutland Partners, its demerger with its delivery business, the evolution of its design, service standards, investments and expansion

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    Banana Tree secures largest site

    2013-08-28T07:40:00Z

    Banana Tree, the pan-Oriental restaurant operator, has secured its largest restaurant site to date in Milton Keynes

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    Livebait owner in liquidation

    2013-08-28T07:38:00Z

    SBG Restaurant, the company led by Richard Muir, owner of Café Fish in Edinburgh and ex-Paramount Restaurants chairman William Rollason, has been placed into liquidation

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    Comptoir Libanais to make airport debut

    2013-08-28T07:36:00Z

    Comptoir Libanais will open its first airport site in Gatwick’s North Terminal this October, in partnership with TRG Concessions

  • Jamie Oliver
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    Jamie: British workers are lazy

    2013-08-28T07:34:00Z

    Jamie Oliver says his restaurants would close if they were forced to rely on British staff rather than European immigrants, who are “stronger” and “tougher”

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    Glendola to rollout remote ordering

    2013-08-28T07:32:00Z

    Glendola, the London-based bar and restaurant group, is the latest operator to let customers place orders via their mobile phones rather than at the bar

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    Samba Swirl appoints first ops director

    2013-08-28T07:31:06.823Z

    Samba Swirl, the fledgling frozen yoghurt concept, has appointed its first operations director, as it looks to embark on its next stage of growth