All Operators articles – Page 155
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Starbucks and Costa Coffee top in social media benchmark
Starbucks and Costa Coffee are leading the pack in engaging with UK social media users, according to the latest Food and Beverage Social Media Benchmark from eDigitalResearch.
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Spirit appoints Skelton to head up Chef & Brewer
Spirit Pub Company has told M&C Report that Kenny Skelton, currently its head of digital and insight, will also take on the responsibility for overseeing its Chef & Brewer brand.
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NewsAward-winning publicans buy two new sites in Scotland
The owners of an award-winning Edinburgh pub have become multiple operators with the acquisition of two pubs in Fife.
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NewsGreene King gets Spirit bid extension
Spirit Pub Company has announced that it remains in talks with Greene King regarding the terms of a possible offer for the company, but has agreed an extension for these discussions to continue to 4 November.
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Thatchers enters managed pub market
Somerset-based cider maker Thatchers is to make its first foray into the managed pub sector by directly running the Railway Inn, adjacent to its farm in Sandford, north Somerset.
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Tadcaster Pub Company MD rules out further managed expansion
Tadcaster Pub Company managing director, James Crawford-Parker, says the company has no plans to convert more of its pubs from tenanted to managed.
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Seafood Pub Company eyes seventh site and prepares to enter wedding market
The Seafood Pub Company is close to securing its seventh site and is planning a major refurbishment of one of its existing sites to allow it to cater for weddings.
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NewsWasabi to ramp up regional expansion
Wasabi, the London-based sushi and bento chain led by Dong Hyun Kim, is to ramp up its regional expansion plans, including the launch of its first airport site, M&C Report understands.
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La Tasca launches Tapas tour
Spanish tapas bar and restaurant, La Tasca, is taking tapas on tour across the UK, as part of its fresh produce pledge.
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Joint venture for former Ottolenghi and Morito team to open next month
Former Ottolenghi head chef Louis Solley and ex Morito general manager Hugo Thurston will open their restaurant Jago in mid-November in London’s Brick Lane.
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Soupe du Joure to open second London site
Takeaway and restaurant concept Soupe du Jour will open its second London site in the City on 4 November.
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NewsJDW fails in bid to cut hours at Newcastle pubs ahead of late-night levy
Newcastle City Council has refused JD Wetherspoon’s attempt to dodge the city’s late-night levy by cutting back its hours at three pubs.
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OpinionThe Renaissance Man
Tim Hulme has had a big task on his hands turning around the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), but he’s adamant that progress has been made as he targets further reform and growth for the organisation. Hulme also has bold ambitions for the pub sector as a whole.
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Pubs and restaurants ‘at perfect point’ to take advantage of EIS funding
Gastro pubs and fast casual dining are perfectly poised to capitalise from investments under the Enterprise Investment Scheme, a specialist has said.
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Former Luminar chairman Geffert to leave business
Nightclub operator Luminar has announced former chairman Alex Geffert has stepped as a non-executive director of the board.
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NewsNew Moon in talks over second Beef & Pudding in Chester
New Moon Pub Company is close to agreeing a deal for its second Beef & Pudding site in Chester, M&C Report understands.
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Lovely Pubs to open a hotel
Lovely Pubs, the venture headed by gastropub entrepreneur Paul Salisbury, is to add an 18-room hotel and retail space to one of its sites.
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Animal Inns plans refurbs before focussing on growth
Animal Inns director Jeremy ‘Jez’ King has told M&C Report the company is to undertake a major refurbishment within its estate before focussing on its growth plans.
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Kua ‘Aina on hunt for third site and ‘semi-permanent’ residence
Kua ‘Aina, the Hawaiian burger and grilled sandwich concept, is searching for its third site and plans to find a “semi-permanent” space for its food truck.
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NewsLucky Voice launches commercial karaoke system
Lucky Voice has launched a commercial system which it claims simplifies the process of offering karaoke in a venue.