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NewsClive Chesser: Outdoors opening a ‘baby step’
Punch Pubs chief executive Clive Chesser has described outdoors reopening as more “psychologically important than economically important”.
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Hospitality reopens, but warning from PM
Hospitality venues are able open their doors for outside trading from today (12 April), but while the Prime Minister has said people should enjoy their new freedoms, he warned that the public remain wary of the risks.
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Strong public support for Covid passports
More than 60% of the general public would support the use of vaccine passports if it meant that venues were allowed to life social distancing restrictions, a poll from The Times has found.
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Larger pub chains better placed for recovery
Larger pub chains have better recovery prospects from the pandemic than smaller operators and independents, and could even gain market share, according to global credit ratings agency S&P Global Ratings.
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Adventure Bar Group looking outside London for future pipeline
Adventure Bar Group expects “a large part” of its future pipeline to be outside London, co-founder Tobias Jackson has told MCA.
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Soho House submits confidential filing for US IPO
Private members club group Soho House has submitted a confidential filing for an IPO in New York, which could see it valued at more than $3bn (£2.1bn), according to Sky News.
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WatchHouse Coffee to ‘redefine multisite model’
Upscale coffee brand WatchHouse is to open five new sites in the capital as well as its first site outside of London, in Bath, taking its total number of sites to 12 this year.
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Pub staff required to check Test and Trace registrations
Pub staff will be asked to check drinkers’ phones to prove that they registered with the NHS Test and Trace app, when hospitality venues reopen on Monday (12 April), the Telegraph has reported.
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Loungers set to ‘explode out of the blocks’, says analyst
Analyst Liberum has said it expects Loungers to “explode out of the blocks” once sites reopen, following the announcement by the operator this morning that it intends to resume its fast-pasted opening rate once restrictions are lifted.
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Loungers agrees extension to £15m bank facility; updates on openings
Loungers has announced that its lending banks have approved a 12-month extension to the incremental £15m revolving credit facility (RCF) that was place in place in April 2020.
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Flight Club to launch in Dublin
Red Engine, the group behind Flight Club Darts and Electric Shuffle, has partnered with Loyola Group to bring Flight Club to Ireland, with the first venue planned to launch in Dublin in 2022.
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Pret to reopen tranche of shops
Pret a Manger has updated on its reopening plan, with a further 47 shops to open by 12 April.
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Camile Thai to expand dark kitchens through new partnership
Camile Thai Kitchen has partnered with Reef Technologies to open a new dark kitchen in London, as it looks to grow its presence in the delivery-only space.
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Orange Buffalo spreads its wings
Chicken wing brand The Orange Buffalo, which is being advised on expansion by the team behind Eggslut and The Halal Guys, has secured its fourth location in London, on Argyll Street in Soho.
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Ceru relocates over landlord impasse
Levantine restaurant Ceru has exited its Soho site and is relocating to Queensway, MCA understands.
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Big firms commit to London
British Land has hailed the letting of a large chunk of office space at 1 Broadgate as a “vote of confidence in London”.
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Call for evidence over commercial leases
Operators have been urged to provide evidence about their experience as commercial tenants during lockdown, as the government seeks a “carefully managed exit” from business protections.
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‘Daft’ pub regulations amended
Regulations which threaten to prevent pubs from taking card payments inside have been amended at the eleventh hour, MCA understands.
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Deliveroo’s share bounce back despite strike action
Deliveroo’s share value bounced back four percent this morning after all of its issued shares were admitted for trading on the London Stock Exchange, despite planned strike action by riders today.
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In pictures: Jollibee new-look revealed
Jollibee has unveiled the new-look design that will be debuted in its next store opening in Leeds and flagship store in Leicester Square.
