All news articles – Page 179
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NewsStarbucks UK achieves double-digit growth
The UK contributed to Starbucks’ strong international sales performance, with double-digit comparable sales growth in the 13 weeks to 1 January 2023.
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NewsRomantic restaurants in London that are ideal for Valentine’s Day
A romantic restaurant is somewhere to cherish forever. Here is the Evening Standard’s list of 30 London restaurants to fall in love with
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NewsBosses cross their fingers for a consumer spending boom
The red-hot jobs market has seen the Bank of England becoming more optimistic about the British economy, the Sunday Times reports
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NewsLondon ranked among top cities globally for leisure operators
New York, Seoul, and London are ranked as top cities globally for leisure operators, according to Savills, the Evening Standard reports
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NewsJoe & The Juice continues to expand
The Denmark-founded healthy juice bar brand opened eight stores last year, and now has a UK estate of 62
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NewsBurger King, Côte, and Fridays deploy carbon analytics platform
The operators have invested in Zero Carbon Services, a carbon analytics platform from nonprofit Zero Carbon Forum to deliver carbon and cost reductions
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NewsInterest rates hit 4% in 14-year high
The Bank of England also upgraded its growth forecast, saying inflation is likely to have peaked and predicting a shallower recession than feared
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, featuring new venues from Mowgli, Island Poké, Whelan’s and more
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NewsHero Brands appoints franchise director
Nil Naik will work on developing and implementing Hero Brands’ growth strategy across its portfolio, particularly salad concept Choppaluna
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NewsBII calls for further support ahead of Spring Statement
The British Institute of Innkeeping has written to the Chancellor following a survey showing 60% of pubs have reduced opening hours amid soaring costs
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NewsHospitality Rising hits 55,000 job applications
The sector recruitment initiative has seen more than 4,000 applications per week for the 37,000 roles that have been posted to its job page to date
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NewsLittle Door & Co announces record-breaking Christmas
The late night bar and restaurant group has reported revenue of over £1.3m across its four-strong estate in London
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NewsETM appoints sales director
Simon Gaske was previously sales director at Stonegate and marketing director at Novus Leisure
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NewsOne week to go until Hostech 2023
The tech and digital conference features contributions from Itsu, BrewDog, Burger King, Gail’s Bakery, Crosstown Doughnuts, Chopstix, Boparan and BAO
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NewsRevolution Bars Group appoints interim people director
Former Loungers people director Caryn Savazzi will look after people development and become part of the group executive team
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NewsSimon Townsend joins Adnams as NED
The former Ei Group chief exectuive is also a non-executive director at Côte Restaurants
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NewsStonegate looking to sell 1,000 pubs to pay off debt
The TDR Capital-owned group is looking to raise an estimated £800m from the sale of the pubs, with real estate investment bank Eastdil Secured appointed to advise on the planned sale, according to a report.
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NewsHickory’s saw like-for-likes up 30% last year
The barbecue and smokehouse restaurant group, acquired by Greene King in October, said it had repaired the damage to its balance sheet done by the lockdowns.
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NewsHospitality anticipates 82% rise in energy bills
The sector is expecting to see their energy bills almost double once current government support is lifted in April, according to a new survey.
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NewsMcDonald’s Raise the Arches campaign hits the right note
Recently launched in the UK, the marketing campaign – which never mentions the brand name – has been driving customer engagement