All Deals articles – Page 28
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Chinese group secures Ram Brewery
Chinese group Greenland has made its first investment in the UK after securing the Ram Brewery in Wandsworth from Minerva for a total investment of £600m
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Former Buddha Bar site to become events space
The former Buddha Bar at London’s Victoria Embankment has been acquired by to One Embankment Ltd for £3.9m and will be operated by Hammer Holdings alongside its One Mayfair and One Marylebone locations
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Greek investor acquires Camden Barfly
A private Greek investor has acquired the freehold of iconic London music venue, the Camden Barfly, from property company Solitaire Group for £3.8m – a 5.5% yield
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NewsVarsity Bars targets growth
Varsity Bars, a new company that last month secured 18 former Bramwell Pub Company venues, is targeting an estate of 30 sites and will look to diversify the retail offer, operations/area manager Christian Kent has told M&C Report
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Molson Coors exits Tradeteam
Molson Coors has sold its stake in Tradeteam, the UK drinks logistics business, to global logistics firm DHL Supply Chain for an undisclosed sum
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New JV to develop Broadgate for mixed use
Property owner British Land has formed a joint venture with GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, to develop the leisure, retail and office space in the Broadgate complex in the Liverpool Street area of East London
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Osmond vehicle acquires Berkshire venture
SCP Hotels Limited, which is led by former Pizza Express and Punch Taverns entrepreneur Hugh Osmond, has acquired the Great House Hotel and Restaurant in Sonning-on-Thames, Berkshire, for c£5m
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WRBM acquires Allegra’s Foodservice portfolio
M&C Report’s owner William Reed Business Media (WRBM) has acquired the Allegra Foodservice business - formerly a division of Allegra Strategies
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McMullen’s secures Old Bank of England site
Hertfordshire brewer and operator McMullen’s has secured the freehold of the building occupied by the Old Bank of England Pub in London’s Fleet Street for a sum believed to be in excess of £8m
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NewsCamerons acquires Head of Steam group
Camerons Brewery, the Hartlepool-based brewer and pub operator, has acquired the seven-strong Head of Steam group, as it looks to triple its now c75-strong estate over the next three years
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NewsMarston's sells £90m portfolio for alternative uses
Marston’s, the brewer and pub operator, has announced that it has disposed of 202 pubs for £90m to NewRiver Retail Limited, a specialist REIT focused on the UK food and value retail sector, which intends to convert the portfolio to alternative uses
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NewsCarlson considers sale of TGI Friday’s
Carlson, the US-based parent company of the TGI Friday’s casual-dining chain, has announced it is undertaking a corporate review of its strategic options, which could include a possible sale of the restaurant brand
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Analysis & InsightGolden rules for a smooth deal
Selling a business is a rewarding but complex undertaking involving many variables. There are, however, five key areas that present particular challenges and must be handled with care, says Paul Dolman, lead leisure partner at Travers Smith
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Coffer: 2013 busiest for M&A in six years
Coffer Corporate Leisure, which provides M&A advice to the leisure sector, says this year has been its busiest period since 2007, having advised on over £200m of leisure investment transactions in 2013
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NewsStonegate acquires Bramwell portfolio
Stonegate Pub Company, the TDR Capital-backed group, has completed the acquisition of 78 sites from the administrators of Bramwell Pub Company, in a deal that is believed to be valued at around £35m, M&C Report understands
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Odeon cinema portfolio in £80m sale
LondonMetric Property has announced it has exchanged contracts to acquire a 10-strong portfolio of Odeon multiplex cinemas from Odeon Property Group for £80.6m
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NewsHarry Ramsden's signs Welcome Break deal
A new partnership to open branches of Harry Ramsden’s, the iconic fish & chip shop chain, on Welcome Break services has been confirmed, with Sheffield and Oxford the first locations
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Wrapchic set to sign Compass deal
Wrapchic, the Birmingham-based Indian burrito concept, is set to sign an agreement with Compass that could eventually see it introduced into up to 200 sites across the UK, M&C Report understands
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Ideal launches new build Boat House Cafe
Ideal Collection is opening its seventh site in Chichester, West Sussex next week (15 November)
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3Sixty ends sale talks
3Sixty Restaurants, the group led by James Horler and backed by Luke Johnson, has terminated sale talks because it did not believe that the figures put forward reflected its current performance