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Bird appoints marketing director
Bird, the free-range fried chicken concept, has appointed Nikki Paul, formerly of Honest Burgers, as its new marketing director
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Cotton swaps Ed’s for Busaba
Chris Cotton has stepped down as property and development manager at Ed’s Easy Diner to join Busaba Eathai as its new head of projects
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Wagamama confirmed for Bankside & Dean St
Wagamama, the David Campbell-led chain, has completed the acquisition of two further flagship sites in central London
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The Diner confirmed for Southampton
The Good Life Group will open its first regional The Diner early next year year in Southampton.
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NewsDerkach to chair Le Bistrot Pierre
Le Bistrot Pierre, the Livingbridge-backed group, has appointed ex-Costa Coffee managing director and Tragus chief executive John Derkach as its new chairman
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NewsAndrew Page becomes Cote chairman
Former The Restaurant Group (TRG) chief executive Andrew Page has become chairman of the 75-strong Cote, the BC Partners-backed group
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Turkish restaurant Yosma to open in Marylebone
Yosma, a new Turkish-style restaurant in London’s Marylebone, overseen by a former chef at Jamie Oliver’s Barbecoa, is to open in June this year
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KFC launches new city centre format
KFC UK & Ireland has introduced a new smaller footprint concept for its city centre restaurants, with the intention of opening up to 200 sites under the format
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NewsTOBC capturing more diners as food revamp rolls out
Steve Burns, chief executive of The Original Bowling Company, has told MCA that customers are increasingly choosing to eat at its centres rather than at nearby casual dining chains.
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Nestle’s Norris named Arena chairman
Steve Norris, sales director at Nestlé Professional, has been made the new chairman of Arena – the hospitality industry networking association
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Analysis & InsightHawksmoor: how not to build a ‘London’ steakhouse in Manchester
When Will Beckett told people that he was considering entering Manchester with his Hawksmoor steakhouse group he wasn’t short of friendly advice telling him not to bother.
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Wahhab: NLW will lead to restaurant closures
Iqbal Wahhab, founder of the Cinnamon Club and Roast restaurants, has said the National Living Wage will lead to the closure of “thousands of restaurants”
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Harry Ramsden’s set to open in South Africa
Harry Ramsden’s, the iconic fish and chips chain, is set to launch in South Africa
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Tombo to open Soho-based poké-focused cafe
Japanese food specialists Tombo is to open “a contemporary Japanese café” in the heart of Soho next month
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Cote deal to represent high water mark for valuations
CBPE’s secondary sale of the Côte business to BC Partners for c£250m last summer will probably represent the high water mark for valuations in the casual-dining space
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Al-Fayed to open plant-based restaurant Farmacy
The daughter of former Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, Camilla Al-Fayed is to open a ‘one-of-a-kind’ plant-based restaurant in London. Farmacy, which will open at the end of this month on the former Ping Pong site in Westbourne Grove, will serve ‘healthy comfort food’ with a twist, including vegan burgers and ...
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Pepper steps down from La Tasca
Following the full integration of La Tasca into the Casual Dining Group, David Pepper will leave the business this week after five years as its people director
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CAU lines up Edinburgh opening
CAU, the sister concept to Gaucho, has lined up its second opening in Scotland, in Edinburgh
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Pomroy swaps McDonald’s for Whitbread
Nathalie Pomroy has stepped down as retail marketing director at McDonald’s to become the new commercial director of Whitbread’s Restaurant division
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OpinionCentury maker
As Bella Italia, the Casual Dining Group (CDG)-owned brand gears up to open its one hundredth restaurant this week, Mark Wingett takes a closer look at the turnaround of the fast-growing concept. At the same time, are the Kaye family set to provide another success story with Wildwood-operator, Tasty?