All news articles – Page 729

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    Whitbread: Cookhouse - revolutionary concept

    2017-11-06T08:16:28.510Z

    Whitbread has described its new Cookhouse and Pub format as a “new, bold and revolutionary concept”

  • Clive Watson
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    City Pub Co confirms IPO, targets £30m raise

    2017-11-06T08:16:00Z

    City Pub Company plans to double its currently 34-strong estate over the next three to four years, following its planned stock market listing this month.

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    Pho appoints Marrinan as FD

    2017-11-03T16:44:25.160Z

    Patrick Marrinan is leaving leading business advisory firm AlixPartners to join Pho, the Vietnamese restaurant group founded by Stephen and Juliette Wall, as its new finance director, MCA has learnt.

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    DoCaSA launches members club in Manchester

    2017-11-03T16:44:21.447Z

    The Department of Coffee and Social Affairs (DoCaSA) has launched a members only club at its new Manchester site.

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    Turtle Bay grows FY sales 36%

    2017-11-03T16:38:37.740Z

    Caribbean restaurant chain Turtle Bay grew sales by 36% in the year to 25 February.

  • News

    Councils ‘must protect pubs and clubs’ in policies

    2017-11-03T16:38:25.463Z

    Developers have been urged to protect pubs and late-night venues in all planning policies and decisions.

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    Wimpy expansion will be 'marathon not sprint'

    2017-11-03T16:38:21.257Z

    Wimpy UK general manager Chris Woolfenden has said the brand’s plans to return to the expansion trail will be a “marathon, not a sprint”.

  • News

    Las Casita heading to Leeds

    2017-11-03T16:38:16.943Z

    La Casita, the Ilkley based tapas restaurant, is opening a fourth site, in Leeds’ Granary Wharf – part of a plan for UK-wide expansion.

  • News

    Lane7 founder to launch gastropub

    2017-11-03T16:38:13.120Z

    The founder of three-strong boutique bowling Lane7, Tim Wilks, is to launch a gastropub.

  • News

    Over Under Coffee opens second site

    2017-11-03T16:38:07.910Z

    Over Under, the independent specialty coffee shop based in Earl’s Court, has opened a second site in Soho’s Ham Yard Village.

  • News

    Waleema launches in Swiss Cottage

    2017-11-03T16:38:00Z

    Waleema, a new Lebanese mezze concept, has opened at Deliveroo Edition’s Swiss Cottage site.

  • News

    Analysts corner: Rollo on SSP

    2017-11-03T16:38:00.910Z

    Leading analyst Jamie Rollo, of Morgan Stanley, gives his view on SSP’s upcoming results and whether the wider slowdown in rail volumes is likely to hit the operator.

  • News

    Bonnie Gull launches £220k crowdfund

    2017-11-03T16:37:56.060Z

    Seafood restaurant business Bonnie Gull has launched a £200,000 crowdfund to open further sites and to fund the launch of the first Salt ‘n’ Sauce site in Oxford.

  • News

    Prime Burger acquired by Delaware North

    2017-11-03T16:32:00Z

    Concessions operator, Delaware North, has acquired Prime Burger operator Magicgoal Ltd.

  • News

    Kingston rejects late night levy

    2017-11-03T08:20:11.150Z

    Sector trade bodies have welcomed the decision by the licensing committee at Kingston Council to reject launching a consultation on the introduction of a Late Night Levy in the borough.

  • Late Night London website
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    Novus opens up website to other operators

    2017-11-03T08:20:00Z

    Novus has opened up its Late Night London website for the first time in a decade to all bars, restaurants, pubs and clubs in the capital.

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    Gardner joins Hush Heath

    2017-11-03T08:20:00Z

    Ed Gardner, the former managing director of Corney & Barrow has joined Hush Heath Estates as commercial director, MCA has learnt.

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    Vanellus Inns grows to five

    2017-11-03T08:20:00Z

    Vanellus Inns, the Norwich-based group run by award-winning licensee Victoria MacDonald, has taken on two new sites, to grow the company to five, MCA has learnt.

  • Emma Woods
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    CEOs 'haven't seen the light' on tech

    2017-11-03T08:20:00Z

    Many chief executives in the restaurant sector have “not seen the light” when it comes to technology, despite the huge potential for improving efficiency, according to Wagamama customer director Emma Woods.

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    Twisted Delivery sets out aggressive expansion

    2017-11-03T08:20:00Z

    Jungle Creations, the media company behind Facebook ‘food porn’ channel Twisted, is planning to rapidly scale up its delivery only kitchen concept, MCA has learnt.