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Today’s news in brief – 07/10/24

TGI Fridays is close to a rescue deal with D&D London owners Breal Capital and Calveton, as they could acquire the majority of the business as early as 7 October. Sky News has learnt that the rescue deal will salvage more than 2,000 jobs and an announcement is likely to…

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Punch Pubs adds three new pubs to portfolio

Punch Pubs and Co has added The Bull in Bedford, the Grey Horses Inn in Carlton-in-Lindrick and The Salmon Leap in Totton to its portfolio. The Bull, which is close to Bedford’s town centre, will sit within Punch’s leased and tenanted estate with publicans Dean and Sarah Harris at the…

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Trio of F&B brands to open at Festival Place

Boswells, Heavenly Desserts and Wagamama are set to open new locations at the shopping destination in Basingstoke.  Opening in Bedford Square, Boswells is a family-run cafe business established in 1972, operating throughout the South, South West and Wales. The cafe will offer a menu of made to order food, including…

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Liverpool One welcomes three new F&B concepts

Liverpool One is set to add three new food and beverage concepts to its line-up of hospitality operators.  Making its Liverpool debut, Bagel Factory is bringing its bagel-based grab-and-go concept, joining two motorised food and drink pop-ups, The Bus Yard and Big Kahuna.  Bagel Factory is set to bring its…

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Today’s news in brief – 05/03/24

Greggs reported pre-tax profits of £188.3m for 2023, as sales increased 19.6% to £1.8bn. The group opened a “record” 220 new shops in 2023 and 75 closures (145 net openings), growing the estate to 2,473 shops as at 30 December 2023. Looking ahead, Greggs expects no change to management’s expectations…

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Thirty7 restaurant to open in Covent Garden

New all-day dining concept thirty7 will open its debut location in Covent Garden, London.    Conceived by Hampton Lovell and Co, the founders of seafood and oyster restaurant The Oystermen, the launch of thirty7 marks their third hospitality venue within the Covent Garden neighbourhood, further reemphasising the destination’s commitment to…

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ESS secures Bedfordshire Police catering contract

The Energy, Government and Infrastructure sector of ESS, part of Compass Group UK and Ireland, has secured the Bedfordshire Police as its latest catering contract. ESS said that key to the award was the company’s “commitment to welfare through a variety of food offerings and environments that enable officers and…

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Young’s Q1 revenues increase 39.7%

Young & Co.’s Brewery (Young’s) has announced that in the first thirteen weeks of 2022 (Q1), revenues increased by 39.7% in total and by 34.9% on a like-for-like basis against last year, building on the “strong” trading momentum achieved in the final quarter of 2021. Young’s said that this year…

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Blacklock to open fourth site in Covent Garden 2022

Blacklock has announced it is set to open its fourth restaurant in February 2022 in the heart of Covent Garden’s theatreland. It revealed it has been over three years since the group last launched a new restaurant, with its flagship on Soho’s Great Windmill Street in 2015, followed by their…

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Brewdog and Loungers offer venues as vaccine centres

Brewdog and Loungers have offered their closed venues to the government to help with the roll out of the Covid-19 vaccinations. It comes after Brewdog CEO James Watt tweeted to health secretary Matt Hancock and Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon that the company wanted to “help with a quick roll…

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