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Big Table Group halves FY losses following job cuts

The Big Table Group, owner of Cafe Rouge and Bella Italia, has seen losses before tax narrow by 68%, from £13.8m to £4.4m in its full-year results, following a decision to cut 700 jobs and streamline operations.   In the year ended 27 October 2024, Big Table Group’s brands saw full…

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Over 30 restaurants urge govt to include delivery drivers in new Crime and Policing Bill

Over 30 leading UK restaurants and supermarkets with more than 3000 sites across the UK have written to the Home Secretary calling for greater protections for delivery drivers in the upcoming Crime and Policing Bill.  The joint letter forms part of Deliveroo’s Right to Ride Safely campaign, which launched in…

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TRG confirms takeover counterbid from Pizza Express owner

The Restaurant Group has confirmed this morning (26 October) that it has received a request from Wheel Topco, the owner of Pizza Express, to evaluate a possible takeover offer for the company.  However, TRG said that no written or verbal indicative proposal relating to a possible offer – including as…

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Wagamama owner to go private in £506m deal

The Restaurant Group, the operator that owns Wagamama, has agreed to be taken private by Apollo Global for £506m after a year of financial struggles and investor pressure.  The owner of about 400 restaurants and pubs across the UK has struggled with falling margins, which it attributed to soaring costs…

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Big Table Group names new HR director

The Big Table Group, operator of Las Iguanas, Bella Italia and Cafe Rouge, has appointed Debbie Moore as the company’s new HR director. Moore, who will start on February 15, has more than 25 years’ experience in senior HR positions in retail and hospitality, having worked as head of HR…

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Big Table Group to open 50 new sites adding 1,250 jobs

The Big Table Group has announced its intention to open 50 new restaurants over the next three years, investing in excess of £50m and creating 1,250 new jobs in the process. The group, which owns Bella Italia, Las Iguanas and Cafe Rouge, claimed its new ambitions will take the estate…

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Prezzo chair to join Deliveroo’s board

Deliveroo has appointed Prezzo executive chair Karen Jones and former Coca-Cola Europe chief executive Dominique Reiniche to its board as non-executive directors. Jones will join the delivery apps board as the chair of the remuneration committee and as a member of the audit committee. Alongside her executive role at Italian…

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James Spragg appointed Casual Dining Group CEO

Casual Dining Group (CDG), the operator of c.280 mid-market restaurant brands including Bella Italia, Las Iguanas and Cafe Rouge, has announced the appointment of James Spragg, currently chief operating officer, to the position of chief executive officer, effective from 29 April. Spragg has extensive experience in the restaurant and leisure…

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Casual Dining Group CEO steps down

Steve Richards, the CEO of Casual Dining Group (CDG), will be leaving the restaurant group at the end of May 2019 to join holiday resort company Parkdean Holidays as its CEO. CDG operates around 290 restaurants across a number of brands including Las Iguanas, Bella Italia and Cafe Rouge. Appointed…

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Mustard restaurant to relaunch as Le Petit Citron

Brook Green restaurant, Mustard, is to relaunch as Le Petit Citron on 9 November, the former British brasserie will become a French bistro. The restaurant will serve a classic French menu alongside drinks such as Lillet martinis, Cassis and Lavender gin and tonics as well as Kir Framboises. Dishes served…

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