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New Moon eyes expansion
New Moon Pub Company, the Cheshire-based business co-founded by Paul Newman, is planning to expand its estate to eight sites in the next 12-15 months
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More councils eye late-night levy
Liverpool, Gloucester and Chelmsford among the local authorities looking to consulat on the proposal
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Publicans 'must have confidence in conciliation service'
Publicans need to have confidence that outcomes of the Pubs Independent Conciliation and Arbitration Service (PICAS) will be enforced, MPs have been told
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Cattle Grid owners secure first Poulet Rouge site
Shaun Gray and Steve Novak have secured a first site for their chicken-led concept called Poulet Rouge in south London, M&C Report has learnt
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Britvic cools talk of AG Barr merger
Britvic chairman Gerald Corbett said: “Our company is in a different place to last summer when the terms of the merger were agreed”
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BII chair: publicans should decide if they want to be tied
Bernard Brindley has said publicans should be able to decide whether or not they want to be tied when he spoke to MPs
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Punch bondholders call for independent restructure process
Senior bondholders have called for an independent restructuring process after rejecting the latest proposal from the company, The Times reports
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Simmonds defends pubco self regulation to MPs
British Beer and Pub Association chief executive Brigid Simmonds has defended industry efforts to self-regulate after coming under fire from a committee of influential MPs today
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YO! names Novus' Campbell as new FD
YO! Sushi, the Quilvest-backed chain, has announced the appointment of former Novus Leisure finance director Andrew Campbell as its new FD
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NewsShift of focus for Pitcher & Piano; pianos to return
Pitcher & Piano is being shifted away from the late-night sector to refocus on the after-work market, with pianos reappearing at some sites, M&C Report has learnt
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Vianet would challenge pubco code; FY leisure revenue falls
Vianet says it would challenge proposals for a statutory pubco code “as forcibly as necessary” and warned of the “detrimental” effect of the plan on its business
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UK lifts McDonald's
Positive trading in the UK helped McDonalds report a 2% rise in comparable sales across Europe in May
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Britvic/Barr merger given provisional clearance
The Competition Commission has given provisional clearance for the merger of Britvic and AG Barr, saying it provisionally believes this would not result in a substantial lessening of competition
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New Vue owners eye acquisitions
Further consolidation in the UK cinema industry could be imminent with the new Canadian owners of the Vue chain saying they will push for organic and acquisitive growth
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Rosa's up to four
Rosa’s, the London-based Thai café concept, has acquired its second site in quick succession and its fourth overall
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YO! makes burger move
YO! Sushi looks to ‘reinvent the burger’ with the launch of the £8 YO! Burger
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Crowdcube used for brewery launch
A City banker and home-brew enthusiast is aiming to launch his own brewery backed by crowd-sourced funding
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BHA urges Government help for sector
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has outlined four key areas on which the Government should act to help the hospitality and tourism industry
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Sector pledges 30k more jobs for young people
A number of companies in the hospitality and tourism sector including Whitbread and SSP have between them pledges to create a further 30,000 new jobs for young people by 2015
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Tuppen challenges CAMRA on tenant earnings
Enterprise Inns CEO has refuted CAMRA’s assertion that 84% of licensees tied to the big pubcos earn less than £15,000 a year