All Finance articles – Page 47
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Oakman seeks £2.5m investment
Oakman Inns is seeking to raise £2.5m through crowdfunding platform Downing Crowd to fund the total renovation of its newly acquired Royal Foresters pub site in Berkshire.
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Santo Remedio plans to re-open as it launches crowdfund bid
Santo Remedio is to re-open pending the success of its new crowdfunding campaign and guest chef series
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Escape Hunt begins trading on AIM
Escape Hunt has become the first “escape room” company to list on the London Stock Exchange
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Soho House agrees refinancing
Soho House has signed an agreement with Permira Debt Managers to refinance its existing debt and support its future growth
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Investment acquisition of Jamie’s Italian, Bristol
A private investor has completed the acquisition of 87-89 Park Street, Bristol for £2.95m in an off-market transaction
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NewsCirrus secures c£22m funding package
Cirrus Inns has secured c£22m of new funding to aid its further growth
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Hammerson signs £360m revolving credit facility
Shopping centre landlord Hammerson has signed a £360m revolving credit facility.
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Crowdcube sees 108% increase in investors for Q1
Crowdcube has reported a 108% year-on-year increase in the number of new investors on its platform for Q1 2017.
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Starbucks blames profit drop on Brexit
Starbucks UK has reported a 74% drop in profits from £25.7m to £6.6m which it blamed on “significant economic and geopolitical headwinds” such as Brexit affecting sales.
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Tenpin announces IPO
Tenpin, the UK’s second-largest bowling group, formerly known as Essenden, has announced the successful pricing of its IPO, giving it a market capitalisation of £107m.
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Consumer spending up 4.3% in Q1
Consumer spending rose 4.3% year-on-year in the first three months of 2017, with entertainment spend up 10.4%, the latest data from Barclaycard has shown.
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Analysis & Insight
BrewDog- more than just lucky punks
BrewDog’s announcement of a £231m investment form a US private equity firm at the weekend prompted praise and dismay in equal order. It is the latest in a series of moves by the Scottish brewer and pub operator which has seen them accused of relinquishing their ‘punk’ status and becoming part of the establishment. James Wallin asks whether the self-proclaimed rebels really have sold out and what the latest chapter in the BrewDog story can tell us about crowdfunding and the craft beer movement.
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EAT confirms debt for equity swap
EAT, the Lyceum Capital-backed chain, has confirmed that at the start of this year it restructured its balance sheet, reducing its debt and increasing equity by £94.5m
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Over half of CEOs replaced within two years of investment
More than half of chief executives (58%) are replaced within two years of a business securing private equity investment
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Pembroke takes stake in Bel Air
Pembroke, the venture capital trust, has taken a stake in Bel Air, the fledgling LA-inspired healthy eating concept
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March food inflation sharpest since 2014
The latest figures have shown food inflation in March rose at its sharpest rate since February 2014.
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OYPT eyes growth to 15 by 2019
Shopping centre champagne and cocktail bar concept Oh You Pretty Things has raised £300,000 of a target £750,000 to fund growth to 15 sites over the next two years.
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NewsRed’s enters refinancing talks
Red’s True Barbecue has entered refinancing talks after breaching its banking facility
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Foodservice price inflation rises to 3.7%
Foodservice price inflation rose again in February – to 3.7% - with further rises likely in the next few months, the latest data has shown.
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Analysis & Insight
Following the crowd
Over the past few years crowdfunding has gone from a curiosity to a major source of finance for businesses looking to scale up. Analyst Geof Collyer examines the statistics behind this phenomenon and how it is impacting on the eating and drinking out sector.