Restaurants News – Page 440

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    Imbiba completes latest round of fundraising

    2014-06-24T07:51:00Z

    Imbiba has completed its latest round of fundraising, raising £6m to invest across its two concepts Darwin & Wallace and Camm & Hooper.

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    Tropeiro agrees CVA

    2014-06-24T07:49:00Z

    Camboriu Restaurants has secured the ongoing future of its Tropeiro brand, which has seen it appoint a new chairman but have to hand over its site in Aberdeen

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    Carluccio’s appoints head of IT

    2014-06-24T07:41:00Z

    Carluccio’s, the Simon Kossoff-led group, has appointed Jon Taylor, formerly of the Rank Group, as its new head of IT

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    Handmade Burger Co up to 20

    2014-06-24T07:41:00Z

    Handmade Burger Company, the Sargeant Partnership-owned group, will open its 20th site this Friday in Manchester

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    Honesty Group eyes ‘eateries with rooms’ sites

    2014-06-24T07:40:00Z

    Honesty Group, the company led by cookery writer Romilla Arber, is set to open its first site in Berkshire under its ‘eateries and rooms’ format

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    New Mexican concept secures first site

    2014-06-24T07:39:39.933Z

    Comensal, a new modern Mexican restaurant and bar concept, has secured its first unit in Abbeville Road, Clapham, on the site formerly traded as Le Coq Hardi.

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    New piri piri brand eyes rollout

    2014-06-24T07:32:00Z

    Rio’s Piri Piri is looking at expanding further across the UK under franchise agreements after openings its first site in Croydon

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    Smith & Wollensky secures first UK site

    2014-06-22T21:12:00Z

    Smith & Wollenskyis set to make its debut in the UK later this year after exchanging on a deal to open just off London’s The Strand.

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    D&M appoints new chair and FD

    2014-06-20T16:36:00Z

    Drake & Morgan has strengthened its board with the appointments of a new non-executive chairman Tony Campbell and finance director James Sherrington

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    English steps down at Ignite

    2014-06-20T16:34:00Z

    Tina English has stepped down as managing director of Bumpkin, the Ignite Group-owned four-strong restaurant chain

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    Kellner steps down at Benugo

    2014-06-20T16:32:00Z

    Guy Kellner has stepped down as managing director of Benugo, the restaurant operator and caterer

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    GBK eyes trio of further openings

    2014-06-20T16:26:00Z

    Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), the Capricorn Ventures-backed group, is lining up three further openings for its current financial year

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    Consumers pay more for "emotional" needs

    2014-06-20T16:22:22.137Z

    Consumers pay more when dining out for food and beverages that fulfil ‘emotional needs’ and are happy to have cheaper brands to meet their ‘functional needs’

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    Restaurant sector is “stuck” with vouchers

    2014-06-20T16:21:00.310Z

    Diners continue to want to use discount vouchers when eating out despite operators reducing the amount of deals being offered by 13% year-on-year in Q2 of 2014

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    Zolfo: Large number of expressions of interest in Strada

    2014-06-20T16:20:00Z

    The advisor handling the sale process for Strada has said it has had a large number of highly credible expressions of interest in the business, which is valued at £40m

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    ​King’s Cross voted best station in the world for F&B

    2014-06-20T16:14:40.440Z

    King’s Cross has been voted the best railway station in the world for food and drink, and the station’s The Parcel Yard pub the best individual food and drink outlet

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    Tragus gets landlord support for CVA

    2014-06-20T15:33:00Z

    Tragus has received support from 85-90% of landlords and creditors in regards to a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA), which will see the company shed up to 40 sites from its Café Rouge and Bella Italia estate.

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    Pizza Pilgrims doubles up

    2014-06-20T15:07:00Z

    Pizza Pilgrims, the Soho-based pizzeria, has secured its second London site to open as Pizzeria and Frigittoria in July

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    Thorndycraft steps down from D&M

    2014-06-20T07:40:00Z

    Jason Thorndycraft has stepped down from Drake & Morgan, the Bowmark Capital-backed restaurant and bar group, where he had been operations director since last summer

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    Byron secures Bristol site

    2014-06-20T07:38:00Z

    Byron, the premium burger restaurant group, has secured its first site in Bristol, with an opening set for October