All Brasserie Blanc articles – Page 2
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Analysis & InsightHappy hour for pub groups
Despite the noise surrounding the consumer sector, the pub M&A market is buoyant, with varied and competing investors alive to the attractions of the sector, according to AlixPartners’ Graeme Smith.
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co promotes Ferrier to CCO
Brasserie Bar Co, the Mark Derry-led operator of Brasserie Blanc and White Brasserie Co., has promoted Richard Ferrier to the role of chief commercial officer, MCA understands.
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OpinionInside track: I’ll get my Cote
A buried paragraph at the end of a story on GBK facing a CVA, suggested that Cote was exploring a possible merger and had held early talks about a tie-up with a listed company. Mark Wingett looks at what listed company would be a good fit for the French restaurant chain. He also explores what went wrong at GBK and why Gaucho’s new owners have swapped Meakin for Martin (Williams)
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Analysis & InsightSomething to stake your reputation on
A number of runners and riders are jostling for position to invest in the struggling Gaucho business, even though some kind of restructuring seems inevitable. How will the business shape up after new investment is secured? At the same time will Brains be the perfect business for Alistair Darby to remind the pub sector of his talents? And as Leon announces plans to enter another country and roll out further Tuk Shops, could it have a another game-changing deal up its sleeve? Mark Wingett looks to provide some answers.
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NewsMorrison steps down from Giggling Squid
Peter Morrison has stepped down as operations director at Giggling Squid, the BGF-backed Thai casual dining group
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NewsDerry takes on chairman role at Brasserie Bar Co
Brasserie Bar Co CEO Mark Derry is to take over the executive chairman role from Ian Edward
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NewsCDG to build hotel-based estate
Casual Dining Group (CDG), the operator of nearly 300 mid-market brands including Café Rouge, Bella Italia and Las Iguanas, to become the latest sector operator to eye expansion in the hotel F&B market, after signing UK franchise agreements to operate restaurants at two UK hotels.
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Marthinusen becomes Giggling Squid COO
Rory Marthinusen has stepped down as managing director of River Cottage Canteen, to join Giggling Squid
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co makes two senior appointments
Brasserie Bar Co has appointed Chris Guy as its new finance director, while he predecessor Helen Melvin moves to the role of director of people – a newly created position.
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OpinionAre hotels the new high streets?
With several branded restaurants recently announcing additional openings within hotels, as they look to become less reliant on the high street, Helen Gilbert looks at how the benefits can work both ways
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co eyeing 10 hotel-based restaurants by 2020
Brasserie Bar Co intends to open up seven more hotel-based Brasserie Blanc restaurants by 2020 bringing the total number in the UK to ten, MCA has learned.
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OakNorth could back Inception for next 10 years
OakNorth director of debt finance Deepesh Thakrar has told MCA he believes the bank will provide a revolving facility to the Inception Group for as long as 10 years, after backing the rollout of the next three Mr Fogg’s sites.
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M&B plans hotel opening for Miller & Carter
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is set to further test its Miller & Carter brand in new locations, with an opening planned within a hotel
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co achieves £8m+ sales in December
Brasserie Bar Co turned over more than £8.6m during December, with Christmas “a big success”, MCA has learnt.
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NewsWhite Brasseries to make Oxfordshire debut
White Brasseries, the 15-strong pub group owned by Brasserie Bar Co, is to make its debut in Oxfordshire
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White Brasseries to make Cambridgeshire debut
White Brasseries is to make its debut in Cambridgeshire
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Analysis & Insight
Operators falling short on seafood sustainability
High street restaurants and pubs need to do more to prevent seafood being overfished
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co secures new £20m funding facility
Brasserie Bar Co, the operator of the White Brasseries and Brasserie Blanc chains, has secured a new £20m funding facility from bank OakNorth, writes The Times.
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Brasserie Blanc confirms Marriott Bournemouth opening
Brasserie Blanc, the French restaurant group fronted by Raymond Blanc, has confirmed it will open its 20th site and first in a hotel venue at the Marriott in Bournemouth, as flagged up by MCA in March.
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Priest swaps Brasserie Bar Co for Giggling Squid
Mark Priest has stepped down as financial controller of Brasserie Bar Co to join Giggling Squid as its new finance director