Lauren Houghton

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    Banh Mi Bay eyes expansion

    2014-12-10T08:16:00

    Vietnamese café and restaurant concept Banh Mi Bay has opened its third London site in St Paul’s, with plans to roll out the concept further

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    Kitchenette opens London restaurant

    2014-11-05T08:00:00

    Food business ’incubator’ Kitchenette has launched a restaurant in Ladbroke Grove which will act as a host for a series of pop-ups.

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    Soupe du Joure to open second London site

    2014-10-30T07:05:00

    Takeaway and restaurant concept Soupe du Jour will open its second London site in the City on 4 November.

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    Middletons sets out expansion plans

    2014-10-14T07:48:00

    Middletons Steakhouse & Grill, the East Anglia-based group, hopes to open 40 to 50 restaurants in the next five to seven years

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    HotBox pop-up to open permanent site in London

    2014-10-03T07:38:00

    Barbecue restaurant HotBox will open its first permanent site in Spitalfields this November, having tested the concept out as a series of pop-ups across the capital

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    Friends-themed Central Perk eyes 300 UK sites

    2014-09-16T08:19:00

    The Central Perk franchise, based on the coffee shop featured on popular US sitcom Friends, has just opened its third site in the UK in Liverpool and has ambitious expansion plans, aiming to have 300 UK franchises in the next decade

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    Rock and Sole Plaice set to expand

    2014-08-15T07:48:00

    Covent Garden’s Rock and Sole Plaice fish and chip shop is set to expand after securing new investment

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    Indian Platform plans UK expansion

    2014-08-14T07:44:00

    Indian Platform plans to roll out its concepts across the UK, after opening its second site in under four months

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    Kipferl raises £125k for expansion

    2014-07-25T16:01:00

    London’s Austrian coffee house and restaurant concept Kipferl raised £125K through crowdfunding platform CrowdBnk in less than three hours, leaving it set to open its second site in the capital