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Today’s news in brief – 24/10/24

Hospitality groups recorded a YoY sales rise of 1.7% in September, meaning that managed venues have achieved like-for-like increases in eight of the nine months to September 2024. While this is a welcome improvement, it is a sign of the continuing challenges to real-term growth, as the sector enters the…

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New all-day restaurant Silva to open in Mayfair

New all-day restaurant Silva has announced that it is set to open in Mayfair in November. Serving breakfast/brunch, lunch and dinner, Silva boasts 91 covers across two floors and an outside terrace. The restaurant is joined on the first floor by a snug bar and a private dining room, ‘The…

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NHS-funded wellness café opens in Birmingham

Two leading mental health organisations – Living Well Consortium and Birmingham Mind – have partnered to launch the West Midlands’ first wellbeing café, Grounded. The news comes after Nightline, a dedicated helpline that has been supporting students for over five decades, recently reported a 51.4% increase in calls since 2020,…

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The Bell Foundry pub to reopen after securing £130,000 investment

The Bell Foundry pub in Loughborough is set to reopen its doors on Friday 21 July following a £130,000 investment by the Craft Union Pub Company. The pub, which shares its name with the Bell Foundry Cathedral has had a short closure to undergo works revitalising the site. The renovation…

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Rekom to open UK’s first Proud Mary Pub

Rekom, a pub and bar operator, has begun work on the former Yard Bar, St Mary’s Street in Cardiff which will see it become the UK’s first Proud Mary Pub. Operating over two floors, with a 950 capacity, Proud Mary Pub will be a “relaxed, party pub with the blended…

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Amazon’s Deliveroo deal poses ‘real risk’ to food delivery market

A proposed investment deal between Amazon and Deliveroo “raises serious competition concerns” for the UK’s online food delivery market, according to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).  Earlier this year, Amazon announced plans for a “substantial investment” in Deliveroo, which would make the retail giant minority shareholders of the delivery…

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Amazonico to open in London’s Mayfair area

Madrid restaurant Amazonico is set to open on Berkeley Square in London’s Mayfair, well-known for its popularity with celebrities. Spanish restaurateurs, Santo da Silva and Marta Santos created the UK company and submitted planning permission for the new restaurant at the Allied Irish bank building. The restaurant will be situated…

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