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NewsProduct watch: England’s home-grown prosecco?
English sparkling wine has forged a proud reputation as a premium product made in the Champagne style. But a new producer is looking to defy convention with a Prosecco-style wine made in England. Finn Scott-Delany visits Divergent Drinks in Sussex.
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NewsThai Leisure Group to open new concept in Liverpool One
Thai Leisure Group is to open a new concept called Thaikhun Street Bar at the Liverpool One shopping and leisure complex in October.
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NewsCrazy Bear Group to return in Covent Garden
Crazy Bear Group, the bar, restaurant and hotel operator, is to re-open its Covent Garden site four years after pulling down the shutters, MCA understands.
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NewsBloomsbury acquires three new sites
Bloomsbury Leisure has added to its pipeline with three new sites set to open in the next six months, including its first venue in Ireland, MCA understands.
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NewsNWTC secures £5.6m funding from NatWest
New World Trading Company (NWTC), the Graphite-backed national pub group, has secured a further £5.6m investment from NatWest, to fund further growth.
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NewsM Restaurants acquires Newfoundland site in Canary Wharf
M Restaurants is to open its fourth site, in Canary Wharf, after acquiring a unit in new development Newfoundland.
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NewsDeliveroo integrates with Google Maps
Deliveroo has partnered with Google to integrate its restaurant network into Google Maps’ search results across 10 countries in Europe and the Asia Pacific regions.
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NewsElectra ends formal sales process but talks continue
TGI Fridays UK backer Electra Private Equity has ended its formal sales process but said discussions continue on possible individual portfolio or group sales.
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NewsErpingham House takes on Big Fernand site
Erpingham House, the Norwich-based vegan café and restaurant concept, has taken on the former Big Fernand site in Percy Street, Fitzrovia, for its debut in London, MCA understands.
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NewsDarwin & Wallace announces seventh site
Independent neighbourhood bar group Darwin & Wallace has secured its seventh site, in the Dicken’s Yard development in Ealing, and has hinted of more to come in 2019.
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NewsGreene King launches compostable straw across estate
Greene King is to introduce compostable PLA straws across it estate of 1,750 pubs as part of its pledge to send zero waste to landfill by 2020.
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NewsBrewDog reports revenues up +50%; lines up Brixton site
Scottish craft beer brewer and bar operator BrewDog achieved total revenue of £78m for the first half of 2018 – up 55% on the same time last year.
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NewsAmateur hour in alcohol research
Christopher Snowdon, head of lifestyle economics at the IEA, offers a scathing critique of the Sheffield University’s latest alcohol research.
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NewsPopworld to open in Manchester
Stonegate Pub Company is to open its first Popworld site in Manchester, following a £430k refurbishment of its existing late-night venue Ark.
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NewsPepe’s Piri Piri lines up two more
Pepe’s Piri Piri, the 75-strong chicken franchise, has lined two new sites, in Cardiff and Rosyth, MCA understands.
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News'Fatal mismatch' in T-Level expectations
Three-quarters of UK employers are unable to offer minimum T-Level work experience, according to a report from HR body the CIPD.
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NewsVaulkhard Group exits Sheffield sites to focus on north east
Vaulkhard Group has divested its two Sheffield sites, as it looks to focus on growing the business within its north east homeland, MCA has learnt.
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NewsBanarse swaps Gaucho for Wahaca
Suresh Banarse, the global HR director for the Gaucho group, is leaving to join Wahaca as people director, MCA understands.
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NewsCoffee prices fall amid oversupply
The price of coffee on commodities markets has reached its lowest levels in decades, partly as a result of oversupply - though the weak pound means this will make little difference to consumers.
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NewsGiraffe to launch in Spain
Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) has entered a new franchise partnership with Lagardère Travel Retail to open its Giraffe Restaurant concept in Spanish airports.