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    Domino’s launches new motorway kiosk concept

    2013-08-05T14:39:00Z

    Domino’s Pizza Group is to launch a new dining and takeaway concept in the UK after agreeing a package deal with Extra Motorway Service Area Group to initially open six outlets on the UK motorway network

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    Waitrose acquires The Good Food Guide

    2013-08-05T14:20:00Z

    Waitrose has acquired The Good Food Guide and said it intends to continue to operate the 63-year-old publication as an independent guide to eating out in the UK

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    Wahhab joins Wrap It Up! as non-exec director

    2013-08-05T07:31:00Z

    Wrap It Up! has appointed Iqbal Wahhab, founder of Indian restaurant Cinnamon Club and Roast, the British restaurant and bar, as a non-executive director

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    Outlaw to open Port Isaac venture

    2013-08-05T06:45:00Z

    High-profile chef Nathan Outlaw is to open his latest site later this month in Port Isaac Cornwal

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    Wray collects £28m from sale of Domino’s stake

    2013-08-05T06:44:00Z

    Property entrepreneur Nigel Wray has sold his entire stake in Domino’s Pizza, collecting £28m in the process

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    Little Chef to live on after c£15m deal

    2013-08-05T06:43:00Z

    Little Chef, the iconic restaurant chain is to live on after the c80-strong business was acquired from RCapital by the Kuwaiti company Kout Food Group Restaurants UK Limited (KFGR-UK), in a deal, which valued the business at around £15m

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    Hotel Chocolat secures UK restaurant site

    2013-08-02T16:25:00Z

    Hotel Chocolat, the premium chocolate retailer and café operator, is understood have secured the Sweet Basil site in London’s Spitalifields for its first UK restaurant

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    Enterprise boost prevents M&C20 Index slide

    2013-08-02T16:16:00Z

    The M&C20 Leisure Index (up 3 points to 1,159) underperformed the FTSE All Share Index (up 14 points to 1,032) for only the fourth time in the last quarter, despite the best efforts of Enterprise Inns, whose shares rose 14.3% over the past week. Without Enterprise’s contribution, the index would ...

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    Zing Zing eyes London presence

    2013-08-02T16:08:00Z

    Zing Zing, the new Chinese devliery concept is planning to expand across London after the success of its first site in Islington

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    CAU ready to ramp up expansion plans

    2013-08-02T16:08:00Z

    CAU is set to ramp its expansion plans over the next 18 months after the success of its first two openings in Guildford and Cambridge

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    Itsu reaches 40 mark

    2013-08-02T16:08:00Z

    Itsu has secured the 40th site in London for its smaller store format, near Euston Square

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    Gold secures second London site

    2013-08-02T16:07:00Z

    David Gold, the founder of Great Lengths International, has secured a second site in central London for his fledgling Love’s Fresh Pasta concept

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    Byatt closes in on second Bistro Union site

    2013-08-02T16:07:00Z

    Adam Byatt is in the closing stages of negotiations to secure a second site in London for his Bistro Union concept

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    Operators collect employer award nominations

    2013-08-02T16:07:00Z

    YO! Sushi, Salt Yard Group, Peach Pub Company and Young’s are amongst the companies shortlisted for the Caterer.com’s Best Employers in Hospitality Awards 2013

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    Browns extends apprenticeship scheme

    2013-08-02T16:07:00Z

    Browns, in conjunction with Apprentice 1st, has launched the second phase of its apprenticeship scheme to kick start career development and drive within the industry

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    Analyst corner

    2013-08-02T16:07:00Z

    Simon French of Panmure Gordon looks ahead to the Q3 update from Enterprise Inns which is due next Thursday (8 August), expects like-for-like net income to have improved but downgrades his long-standing Buy recommendation to Hold

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    Enterprise brings c£5m package to the market

    2013-08-02T16:07:00Z

    Enterprise Inns has placed a six-strong freehold package of pubs based in and around London on the market with a combined sales price of just under £5m

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    Tossed duo eye Asian concept

    2013-08-02T16:01:00Z

    Vincent McKevitt, the founder of Tossed and its finance director Neil Sebba, are believed to be looking to launch a new Asian concept called Sama

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    Operators eyed for Silverburn extension

    2013-08-02T16:00:00Z

    Hammerson has announced that its 120,000sq ft extension at Silverburn Glasgow is to be anchored by a 14-screen Cineworld cinema and feature nine restaurant units

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    Ping Pong consolidates estate

    2013-08-02T07:51:00Z

    Ping Pong is to consolidate its eight-strong UK estate, after putting two restaurants on the market and closing in on a pair of new sites