Kate Hayden and Paul Warriner are taking their second site with Star Pubs & Bars – The Hare at West Hendred in Oxfordshire – for a joint £500,000 investment, which will reopen the pub in March after a four-year closure. The Hare is the only pub in West Hendred, and…
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Business confidence among leaders of Britain’s eating and drinking-out market remains strained, the latest edition of the CGA Business Confidence Survey, produced in partnership with Fourth has revealed. While 63% – slightly down from the last poll in July – are optimistic about their own businesses’ prospects for next 12…
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Hancock’s American Kitchen and Bar, the family owned, Rochester-based restaurant group has opened three new outlets and reveals it has also signed a deal for a seventh unit. The chain, which started 2018 with one outlet, is currently trading ahead of expectations at The Quays in Chatham, The Atrium in…
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The number of British people going to a restaurant or pub for their Christmas Day dinner is due to increase significantly this year, according to an AA survey. According to the AA Populus poll of over 20,000 members, while only 3% usually eat in restaurants for their Christmas dinner, an…
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British pubs and restaurants have seen like-for-like sales rise by 1.5% in November on the same period last year, according to figures by business consultancy group CGA. Both pub and restaurant operators saw positive sales during the month – with collective like-for-likes ahead 2.1% and 0.6% respectively. London outpaced the…
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Padrino Pizza in Dundee is up for sale despite only opening in September, the restaurant is on the market at a price of £35,000. The restaurants owners said they were selling up in order to pursue “other business opportunities”. The business is being marketed by Cornerstone Business Agents, which says…
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Independent drinks company Global Brands has seen sales of its premium tonics, mixers and soft drinks range Franklin & Sons more than double on the back of the gin boom as it says customers “demand natural ingredients”. Total value sales of the range increased by more than double in the…
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Japanese coffee chain, Omotesando Koffee has announced it is to open its first UK outlet in in London’s Fitzrovia this Friday (14 October). The chain, which has been in operation across Asia since 2011, will open in Rathbone Square, fulfilling the company’s wish to serve coffee to every country in…
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Italian restaurant chain, Franco Manca has announced it is to increase its expansion plans after its owner, Fulham Shore posted a 35% pre-tax profit rise for the six months up to 23 September 2018. Franco Manca also experienced a 20% increase in year-on-year revenue up to £33m, whilst earnings before…
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Starbucks’ first UK franchised business partner, 23.5 Degrees, has announced it will open its 60th store in six years, on 14 December in Sheffield. The business has plans to open six further Starbucks stores in the next three months, and has 23 new stores planned for 2019. 23.5 Degrees says…
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