All Deals articles – Page 26

  • Thwaites
    News

    Thwaites opens third pub under microbrewer free-of-tie deal

    2014-04-08T07:52:28Z

    Thwaites, the Lancashire brewer and pub operator, has opened its third partnership pub with a microbrewer, M&C Report has learnt

  • Amir Chen of Apostrophe
    News

    CH&Co acquires remains 50% stake in Apostrophe

    2014-04-01T10:47:00Z

    Caterer CH&Co has acquired the remaining 50% stake in Apostrophe, the London-based patisserie café concept led by Amir Chen, for an undisclosed sum

  • Ladies served pints of Greene King ale beer
    News

    Carroll lined up to operate GK package

    2014-03-27T08:04:00Z

    May Capital has lined up Gerry Carroll, former managing director at Enterprise Inns and Little Chef, to manage the c300-strong tenanted pub package it is currently in advanced talks to acquire from Greene King

  • News

    Allsop raises c£78m from commercial auction

    2014-03-27T07:46:00Z

    Allsop raised £77.9m at its second commercial auction of the year this week, which included a number of pub and freehold restaurant investments, with an average success rate of 82%

  • Wagamama restaurant
    Analysis & Insight

    PE-backed management deals

    2014-03-26T07:59:00Z

    Following the early success of concepts such as PizzaExpress, Wagamama and Café Rouge, private equity is becoming increasingly involved in the world of restaurant operators. David Roberts, the head of the leisure team at leading law firm Olswang LLP, looks at the types of incentivised deal being offered to management teams to push concepts forward

  • News

    Shaftesbury acquires Jaeger House for £30.75m

    2014-03-25T07:33:00Z

    Shaftesbury has invested £30.75m in acquiring Jaeger House in Broadwick Street, which the company said was an increasingly important east-west pedestrian route through Soho, connecting Carnaby and Berwick streets

  • Yo! Sushi dish
    News

    YO! considers its options

    2014-03-23T10:21:00Z

    YO! Sushi, the Robin Rowland-led, Quilvest-backed group, has reportedly appointed advisers to explore its options, including a possible sale

  • News

    C&C buys wholesaler Wallaces Express outright

    2014-03-18T07:34:14.750Z

    C&C Group, the Irish producer of Magner’s cider, has announced that it has acquired the outstanding 50% share of Wallaces Express, Scotland’s largest wine and spirits wholesaler, that it did not already own for an undisclosed sum

  • Harry Ramsden's CEO Joe Teixeira
    News

    Harry Ramsden’s signs franchise deal for Scotland

    2014-03-14T07:55:00Z

    Harry Ramsden’s, the iconic fish & chips brand, plans to open 50 sites in Scotland by 2019 after granting the franchise for Scotland to Sevenseas Ventures Limited

  • Richard Caring
    News

    Caring to pick up warchest for further restaurants

    2014-03-13T14:22:00Z

    Serial sector investor Richard Caring is set to gain a “warchest” for further restaurant and club acquisitions in London, after the sale of significant part of Camden Market and Wentworth golf club

  • News

    Roadchef 'up for sale'

    2014-03-13T07:56:00Z

    Roadchef, the motorway services operator, is reportedly set to be put up for sale for c£350m

  • News

    Just Eat acquires rival Meal2Go

    2014-03-05T07:48:00Z

    Just Eat has acquired rival Birmingham-based business Meal2Go to improve the electronic point of sale (EPOS) technology it can offer its thousands of partner restaurants

  • Patisserie Valerie
    News

    Patisserie Holdings acquires Philpotts chain

    2014-03-04T12:49:00Z

    Patisserie Holdings, the Risk Capital Partners-backed group and operator of the Patisserie Valerie chain, has acquired Philpotts Ltd, the independent premium sandwich and salad retailer with 23 shops in the UK, for an undisclosed sum.

  • TGI Friday's
    News

    ​Carlson in talks to sell TGI Friday’s

    2014-03-03T06:45:00Z

    Carlson, the US-based parent company of TGI Friday’s, is in advanced talks to sell the casual-dining brand to buyout firm TriArtisan Capital Partners in a deal believed to be valued at around $850m

  • News

    BT and Carlsberg UK agree sports discount deal

    2014-02-26T07:52:00Z

    Freetrade outlets that stock Carlsberg UK products and those that sign up to BT Sport will be entitled to a 50% discount on a BT Sport subscription under a new deal agreed between the companies

  • Patisserie Valerie
    News

    Patisserie Valerie eyes £150m IPO

    2014-02-23T06:55:00Z

    Patisserie Valerie, the Risk Capital Partners-backed group, is drawing up plans for a float that could value the chain at more than £150m, according to the Sunday Times

  • Mitchells & Butlers logo
    News

    M&B's Birmingham HQ sold for £51m

    2014-02-21T07:54:00Z

    The site of Mitchells & Butlers’ (M&B) Birmingham headquarters has been sold for £51m to LaSalle Investment Management

  • Prezzo logo
    News

    Prezzo signs exclusive ice cream deal

    2014-02-18T20:03:21.237Z

    Prezzo, the Jonathan Kaye-led group, has signed an exclusive deal with London gelateria Gelupo to serve its award-winning Italian ice cream

  • Churchill's
    News

    Deals 'on the table' for Churchill's overseas expansion

    2014-02-18T07:46:00Z

    Deals are “on the table” to export Churchill’s, the fish & chip brand from the UK’s largest fish & chip shop operator Fish ‘n’ Chick’n, to China, Nigeria, Russia, the Middle East and India, managing director James Lipscombe has told M&C Report

  • News

    Mayfair Capital secures F&B investment

    2014-02-14T16:02:00Z

    Mayfair Capital Investment Management has acquired £12m of assets for its Property Income Trust for Charities fund, including three F&B units at the Greenwich Peninsula