All Pho articles – Page 13
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Isis in Pho talks
Isis Equity Partners, the private equity group, is in talks to acquire a stake in Pho, the highly-thought of Vietnamese fast-casual concept led by Stephen and Juliette Wall.It is understood that Isis, which has previously invested in the clothes retailers Bonmarche and Fat Face, is in advanced stages of talks ...
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Be At One appoints permanent FD
Be At One, the 12-strong London-based cocktail bar chain, has appointed Toby Rolph, of the Academy Music Group, the leading owner and operator of live music and club venues in the UK, as its new finance director, M&C Report has learnt.Rolph, who will officially join the bar operator in April, ...
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Be At One appoints interim FD
Be At One, the 12-strong London-based cocktail bar chain, has appointed Simon Rowe, former group financial officer at Paramount Restaurants, as its interim finance director, M&C Report understands.Rowe, who is also currently part-time finance director at Princi - Alan Yau’s restaurant and bakery venture in London - stepped down from ...
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 3-4 December
Please see below a round up of this weekend’s newspapers:Interest rates on hold until 2014Interest rates could stay at their record low of 0.5 per cent until 2014, leading economists believe. The prediction, a consequence of sharp revisions in the outlook for the UK’s growth, comes ahead of the Monetary ...
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Piper takes stake in Be At One
Piper, the private equity group, which formerly backed Pitcher & Piano and Las Iguanas, has taken a significant minority stake in Be At One, the London-based 12-strong cocktail bar chain.Piper has invested £8m in Be At One, valuing the business at close to £20m.The investment will aid an aggressive rollout ...
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Orchid: inspired by “peasant food”
Rufus Hall, the chief executive of the 299-strong Orchid Pub Company, told the UK Pub Retail Summit that its food offer inspired by “peasant food” - pizza and Asian food - has the highest GPs in the company.Orchid has 20 or so Bar Room Bar sites focused on pizza and ...
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Pho appoints advisors after approaches
Pho, the Vietnamese fast-casual concept, is thought to have appointed Zolfo Cooper to advise on its investment options for future growth, as it looks to grow its five-strong estate to up to 25 sites over the next four years, M&C Report understands. The company, which is led by entrepreneurs Stephen ...