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OpinionCrisp Pizza on relocating pubs
Carl McCluskey points the finger at the landlord of his family Hammersmith pub; and a flamboyant former pub tycoon joins forces with a former PM for a private members’ club wheeze
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NewsLeon to appoint administrators and exit loss-making sites
After acquiring the healthy fast food brand last month, co-founder John Vincent said his immediate priority is to reduce the number of loss-making restaurants, with 20 out of its 70-strong estate believed to be at risk
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Analysis & InsightBusiness rates: ‘Stealth tax increases will push many hotels to breaking point’
As businesses continue to assess the impact of the budget on their balance sheets, hotels are learning they are some of the worst affected by changes to business rates, with a double whammy of tax hikes which will see bills rising 115% for the average hotel
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OpinionSimon Emeny: ‘There’s no plan for economic growth and, without it, nowhere left to go’
The executive chair of Fuller’s says the budget was worse than he feared and leaves pubs and hotels ‘being wrung dry by tax shocks’
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Weekend PressHow Britain’s latest foodie destination emerged from Pizza Hut and retail parks
The town of Stockport has been transformed into a confident dining hub with real culinary ambition, writes The Telegraph
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NewsBrighton Pier Group looks to offload mini-golf business
The Luke Johnson-chaired leisure business is looking to divest the seven-strong Paradise Island Adventure Golf business, as part of a strategic review of its assets
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NewsShaftesbury Capital reports ‘continued momentum’ across portfolio
The West End landlord says its estates are ‘busy and vibrant’ with high occupancy, footfall and sales volumes
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Analysis & InsightStonegate’s Platinum portfolio: real estate investors on ‘high alert’
With the UK’s biggest pub company looking at options for a 1,000-strong collection of pubs to pay down debts of over £3bn, Simon Brooke explores the potential outcomes and profiles of buyers
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NewsUpham achieves like-for-like growth of 7.5%
The south of England pub operator says all but one of its sites was in positive sales growth in its latest financial results, which saw revenue rise to £19.8m
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InterviewsKaspa’s Desserts: ‘We feel we turned a corner’
The dessert franchise says its overall turnover volumes are over £100m as it targets greater expansion in the Midlands, Ireland and Scotland.
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NewsSector anger as business rates reform ‘not delivered in full’
The government’s decision to give hospitality only a quarter of the rates discount it originally proposed has been derided with warnings it’s not enough to offset the loss of reliefs
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NewsThe Coconut Tree acquired for about £305,000 in pre-pack sale
The Sri Lankan restaurant group was acquired last week by a connected company led by two of its founders having fallen into administration after previously defaulting on its CVA payments
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InterviewsDes Gunewardena: ‘There’s definitely space for a 300-cover restaurant in London’
The D3 Collective founder says his new Olympia venture will combine elements of London’s German Gymnasium and Guastavino’s in New York
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NewsDes Gunewardena unveils plans for triple opening at Olympia
The renowned restaurateur will launch a 300-cover restaurant led by an all-female team alongside a speakeasy bar and events space at the landmark £1.3bn London redevelopment next spring
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NewsYolk’s London estate reduced as CVA approved - updated
The food to go brand has closed three sites across London having undergone a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), which founder Nick Philpot called a ’tough but necessary reset’
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NewsThwaites toasts ‘strong performance’ in half-year results
The family brewer and regional pub operator says it has delivered ‘an excellent set of results given the circumstances’ with turnover and profit both up
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InterviewsYard Sale Pizza ‘open to exploring franchising’
Co-founder Johnnie Tate tells MCA the Piper-backed pizza delivery brand is having conversations about franchising and expanding outside of London having recently appointed Stephen Hollis as CEO
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NewsFuller’s sees ‘continuing momentum’ as revenue rises
The pub company says it has ‘outperformed the market’ in its half-year results with like for like sales growth of 4.6%, and a 28% increase in adjusted profit before tax
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NewsBrighton Pier up for sale as revenue drops
Brighton Pier Group said it is ’actively exploring opportunities for the potential sale of some or all of its remaining assets’ as a result of the the impact of last year’s budget
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Analysis & InsightBattersea Power Station tries to defy London luxury slump with £2bn sale
Offloading the landmark site would serve as a litmus test for the capital’s dwindling property market, reports The Telegraph