Private equity

Cooks Coffee appoints new UK-based board members

Cooks Coffee Company, the international coffee-focused café chain, that operates Esquires, the Organic Coffee Company in UK and Ireland has…

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Slug and Lettuce posts pre-tax loss of £3.1m

Slug and Lettuce has reported a pre-tax loss of £3.1m for the 12-month period to September 2023 after the bar…

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Hawksmoor explores sale to aid international expansion

Hawksmoor has reportedly begun exploring a sales process that could value the restaurant group at roughly £100m in a bid…

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Food and Beverage M&A activity reaches highest deal volume since 2016

M&A in the UK food and beverage sector reached its highest deal volume since T1 2016 according to the new…

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Portobello Pub Company acquires Darwin and Wallace

The Portobello Pub Company has acquired London-based bar-restaurant business, Darwin and Wallace for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will add…

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Today’s news in brief – 22/02/24

Sticks’n’Sushi has secured a £22m loan from Oak North Bank to support further growth. The business was acquired by private…

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Sticks n Sushi secures £22m loan

Sticks n Sushi has revealed that it has secured a £22m loan from Oak North Bank to support further growth.…

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More than 4,500 Stonegate pubs at risk amid £2.6bn debt

More than 4,500 Stonegate pubs could be at risk as parent company TDR capital seeks to refinance £2.5bn of debt,…

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Corporate buyers return to pub market in 2023

Tenanted pub companies made up 23% of freehold buyers in 2023, compared with 12% in 2022, according to data from…

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TDR secures majority stake in Popeyes UK

Private equity firm TDR Capital has secured a majority stake in Popeyes UK following a subsequent investment. The news comes…

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