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Weekend PressSelfridges to open private members’ club in battle to revive fortunes
The luxury retailer is transforming the fourth floor of its Oxford Street store into bar, dining room and terrace
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Weekend Press’We charge diners £225 for our tasting menu - here’s why it’s worth every penny’
Sky News speaks to Isaac McHale, world-renowned chef and owner of the two Michelin-starred Clove Club restaurant in Shoreditch, east London, which has just been voted the 86th best restaurant in the world
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Weekend PressThe new investment case for pubs
In the past three months five pub groups have outperformed the FTSE 250, The Financial Times reports
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Weekend Press‘There’s nothing else like it’: the Ritz is crowned best restaurant in the UK
Described by judges as ‘London’s most decadent dining room’, the 119-year-old venue topped the National Restaurant awards’ list this week, The Guardian reports
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Weekend Press‘McDonald’s? Meh’: how the fast food giant lost its grip on Britain
Rising costs, delivery drivers and a harassment scandal are putting people off their Big Macs, according to a report by The Telegraph
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Weekend PressJobs market is flashing a warning sign to Rachel Reeves
The chancellor’s growth mission is in jeopardy as increases in employment costs begin to bite British businesses, The Times reports
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Weekend PressBritain’s biggest pub company to slash jobs amid debt crunch
Stonegate looks to cut up to 150 jobs in an attempt to reduce costs, The Telegraph reports
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Weekend PressKaren’s Diner to shut its last branch in UK after being ‘forced into liquidation’
Karen’s diner on White Lion Street in London’s Islington will close at the end of June after trading for two years, The Sun reports
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Weekend PressNightlife crisis sees British ticket app snapped up by US rival
Dice FM narrowly risked administration before its sale to New York-based Fever, The Telegraph reports
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Weekend PressRestaurant wine mark-ups are out of control, but there are still bargains to be had
Why does a £30 bottle of wine suddenly cost three times more when you sit down in a restaurant? The Independent’s Hannah Twiggs writes
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Weekend PressMichelin restaurant guide racist, academics claim
Despite some variety, critics argue the prestigious guide is ‘parochial’ and say it ignores ‘huge swathes of the world’, The Telegraph reports
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Weekend PressTom Kerridge: ‘I worry about being relevant’
This year, the Hand and Flowers turns 20. It’s one of the country’s most famous restaurants, but life isn’t easy, Tom Kerridge tells The Standard
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Weekend PressMcDonald’s closes spin-off restaurants after less-than two-year test run
Five locations in the US will shutter, The Independent reports
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Weekend Press‘Recycling tax threatens to drive us out of business’, warn pubs and restaurants
Starmer urged to delay packaging levy as businesses battle to survive Reeves’s tax raid, The Telegraph reports
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Weekend PressGail’s backer plots rare move with bid for steak chain Flat Iron
McWin Capital Partners and TriSpan are in exclusive talks to acquire Flat Iron, a fast-growing and profitable chain of steakhouses, Sky News learns.
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Weekend PressJust how fancy should a plate of pasta be?
Inside the long, fraught and very cheffy quest to elevate a domestic staple, Jay Rayner writes in the FT
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Weekend PressHow Heineken tapped into China’s beer market
The country’s biggest brewer is using its Dutch partner to reach more of the growing premium segment, the FT writes
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Weekend PressParkdean eyes £250m fundraiser to cash in on staycations boom
Holiday park operator plans to invest a further £37 million in upgrading facilities and accommodation, The Times reports
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Weekend PressIs this last orders for the UK craft beer trade as breweries go bust?
Tough times for the trade as 43 breweries going insolvent in a year, highlighting the impact of rising costs and falling consumer spending, The Times reports
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Weekend PressAsahi: Alcohol sales hit more by screen time than health fears
Brewer’s chief says gaming, streaming and social media have eaten into drinking’s share of ‘entertainment and joy’, the Financial Times reports