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NewsPret promotes Clough to UK MD
Pret A Manger has promoted Clare Clough to UK managing director and chief food and coffee officer.
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NewsStar Pubs offers free training to boost chef retention
Star Pubs & Bars has launched a series of free chef training courses in order to try and help licensees with recruitment and retention issues.
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NewsBermondsey Pubs teams up with student jobs app
Bermondsey Pubs is using the Stint app to make sure it has enough staff to handle busy periods. The Stint app pairs students looking for work with hospitality shifts on an on-demand basis, using its algorithm to ping shifts to the best suited student after taking into account factors like their location and their ‘Stint rating’, which is based on a number of skills and competencies.
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NewsIppudo takes Kua ’Aina site on Goodge St
International ramen concept Ippudo has secured its fourth London site, on the former Kua ’Aina site on 40 Goodge Street.
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NewsSlim Chickens adds to London estate with fifth site
Boparan Restaurant Group is to add a fifth site to its estate of Slim Chickens outlets, with a new opening in the capital this autumn.
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NewsIncipio takes former Mahiki site in Kensington
Incipio Group is set to open a new venue at the former Mahiki site on Kensington High Street.
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NewsChopstix open to multi-site or corporate acquisitions
Chopstix’s new £5m debt facility will give the Asian QSR brand a bit of “long-term visibility” and set them up for the next two to three years, managing director Jon Lake has told MCA.
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NewsRestaurant Group writes off £125m amid ‘structurally unattractive’ leisure estate review
The Restaurant Group has written off £125m - nearly £100m related to its leisure restaurant business - as it faces continued retail decline and saturated local markets.
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NewsCrosstown Doughnuts picks up new contract with Harrods
Artisan doughnut and coffee concept Crosstown Doughnuts has boosted the wholesale arm of its business, with a new deal to supply Harrods with its products.
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NewsAlchemist pushes forward with plans for international expansion
The Alchemist is well underway with its plans to expand overseas and anticipates having its first international site open by 2021, managing director Simon Potts has told MCA.
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NewsGove admits likelihood of food price rises
Michael Gove has admitted that there is the potential for food price rises in the event of a no deal Brexit, The Times has reported.
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NewsCosta Coffee launches commuter-concept store
Costa Coffee has opened a ‘commuter-focused’ concept store in Lewisham. Located in what used to be the station managers office, the scaled down outlet is one eight mini-Costa’s that the coffee operator plans to open within the next six months.
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NewsMuffin Break adds to estate
Muffin Break has added two new sites to its estate, opening in Lion Walk, Colchester and Priory Meadow Centre in Hastings yesterday (29 August).
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NewsInception Group launches new Cahoots bar
The Inception Group is opening a second Cahoots bar opposite its original Cahoots site, growing the size of the overall group to 11 venues. Themed along the lines of a 1940s train station and named Cahoots: The Ticket Hall & Control Room, the new venue will open on Kingly Street in Soho in November. It will add to Inception’s other venues which include five Mr Fogg’s venues, which all have a Phileas Fogg theme, two Bunga Bunga supper clubs, a Bart’s speakeasy and 80’s themed club Maggie’s.
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NewsChopstix secures £5m debt facility from Metro Bank
Asian QSR chain Chopstix has secured a new £5m debt facility from Metro Bank, to aid its expansion in shopping centres, high streets and travel hubs.
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NewsLewis Hamilton to launch plant-based Neat Burger chain
Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton will launch Neat Burger, a new plant-based burger chain, on 2 September. The first outlet will open in London just off Regent Street and Neat is targeting 14 franchises around the world inside two years.
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NewsEgo Restaurants lines up two further sites
Ego Restaurants, the joint venture between 3Sixty Restaurants and Mitchells & Butlers, has lined up two further openings, taking it to 20 sites in total.
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NewsPizza Express to focus on upgrading sites as EBITDA falls 7.7%
Pizza Express is to focus its capital investment on upgrading its existing estate in the UK & Ireland, rather than adding new sites, as sales remained flat in the first half of the year.
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NewsFormer Domino’s NED joins board at Intu
Steve Barber, a former non-executive director (NED) at Domino’s Pizza Group has joined the board at Intu in the same role.