Investment
Our coverage tracks financial activity shaping the UK foodservice and hospitality sector, from venture capital and private equity backing to corporate acquisitions, refinancing deals, and growth funding. Our reporting is focused on the operators, brands, and concepts attracting capital, and what that means for the wider industry. Whether you’re a restaurant group seeking funding, a pub chain monitoring market valuations, or a catering contractor analysing competitor growth, our investment coverage delivers intelligence that helps business leaders understand where money is flowing, and why. Expect deep dives, expert commentary, and deal-by-deal context, all tailored to the foodservice trade.
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Sep- 2024 -10 SeptemberBusiness
UKHospitality calls for permanent, lower multiplier to avoid high business rates
UKHospitality is calling for a permanent, lower hospitality multiplier to avoid sky-rocketing business rates bills for thousands of hospitality businesses in April 2025. With current business rates relief set to end on 31 March next year, the chancellor must act to ensure already cash-strapped hospitality businesses arenโt left facing the…
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5 SeptemberNews
Boxpark to relaunch Camden Buck Street Market in September
Boxpark has confirmed it has begun refurbishment of its newest venture Camdenโs Buck Street Market which will open in late September. In anticipation of the reopening, Boxpark has also announced it has secured a licence to operate the three-floor market that will include 60 independent food and retail traders alongside…
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Aug- 2024 -30 AugustNews
Todayโs news in brief – 30/08/24
Revolution Bars Group has completed its fundraising and restructuring plan, which is set to go ahead as planned next week (3 September). The plan, which was launched on 31 May, will enable the company to restructure certain of its liabilities. The board expects the plan to deliver a significant annualised…
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30 AugustRestaurants
Caulders Garden Centre to open new 300-seat restaurant
Caulders Garden Centre Kirkintilloch, Glasgow, is set to build a new 300-seat restaurant following a ยฃ1.5m investment. The new restaurant will be more than double the size of the existing restaurant overlooking Campsie Hills and will create at least an additional 30 jobs for the area. As part of Caulders…
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28 AugustPubs and Bars
Dronfield Woodhouse pub The Miners Arms closes for ยฃ310k refurb
Dronfield Woodhouse pub The Miners Arms has shut its doors in order to undergo a ยฃ310,000 refurbishment.ย The refurbishment is being carried out by Heineken-owned Star Pubs and new licensee Jon Church, who comes from Meadowhead and has worked in pubs around Derbyshire and South Yorkshire for the past 20…
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27 AugustPubs and Bars
Hydes achieves โrecordโ FY turnover of ยฃ39.3m
Brewer and pub chain, Hydes, has reported that its turnover rose ยฃ5m to ยฃ39.3m for the year ended 31 March.ย Hydes also saw its overall pre-tax profits rise from ยฃ2.3m to ยฃ2.6m during the period. The family-owned business has attributed its โrecordโ results to its investment in refurbishments, the opening…
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22 AugustPubs and Bars
Punch Pubs and Co appoints Andy Spencer as CEO
UK pub group Punch Pubs and Co has announced the appointment of current chief operating officer Andy Spencer to the role of chief executive officer. Spencer will assume the role of CEO on 27 September, succeeding current CEO Clive Chesser who is stepping down after six successful years to become…
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21 AugustNews
Todayโs news in brief – 21/08/24
Top hospitality group achieved YoY growth of 1.5% in July, spelling a downturn since last monthโs reported rate of 2.9%. As July started with the peak of the 2024 Euros, including the quarter, semi-final and final games, Britainโs pubs experienced like-for-like growth of 4.9%. However, this positive LFL growth in…
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21 AugustFood and Drink
McDonaldโs to open 200 UK&I restaurants amid ยฃ1bn investment
McDonaldโs has announced plans to open over 200 new restaurants across the UK in the next four years, as the fast food group along with its franchisees will invest ยฃ1bn in celebration of 50 years in the country.ย The new openings will create more than 24,000 jobs across the UK…
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12 AugustNews
Todayโs news in brief – 12/08/24
Revolution Bars Group will go ahead with its restructuring plan, which was first launched on 31 May. The news comes after the groupโs subsidiary, Revolution Bars Limited, which proposed the restructuring plan, was sanctioned by the Court last week (8 August). The board expects this plan to deliver a โsignificantโ…
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