All Finance articles – Page 54

  • News

    Press secures growth fund

    2015-11-13T16:16:16.963Z

    Press has received private equity funding to open further sites in London and to ramp up the retail side of its business

  • News

    Conviviality buys Peppermint events company

    2015-11-13T08:16:21.780Z

    Conviviality, the Bargain Booze operator, has agreed heads of terms to acquire the majority stake in bars and events company Peppermint

  • News

    Crowdfunder to raise £1m to expand

    2015-11-12T09:17:52.763Z

    Crowdfunder, the fundraising platform for social enterprises, charities and businesses, has launched a £1m equity raise on Crowdcube to expand the business

  • News

    BrewDog launches Nordic crowdfund campaign

    2015-11-11T08:09:00Z

    BrewDog has launched a crowdfunding campaign forSweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark for the continued expansion of BrewDog bars around the world

  • News

    Nuno Mendos to re-launch Viajante with crowdfunded campaign

    2015-11-11T08:07:00Z

    Nuno Mendes, head chef at the Chiltern Firehouse, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £1.75m to re-open his first Viajante restaurant in Wapping. Viajante is offering 33.3% equity for the investment for the business that is valued at £3.5m. Mendes has secured a new site in Wapping’s ...

  • News

    Downing invests c£4m in Upham

    2015-11-06T16:25:43.167Z

    Upham Brewery has secured more than £4m in new funding from investment group Downing toward its continued growth

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    News

    Beany Green to open at Nova Victoria

    2015-11-05T08:09:00Z

    Beany Green, the Australian-inspired restaurant and coffee shop, will open at the Nova development in Victoria as one of two sites for 2016 after hitting its funding target on Crowdcube in under 24 hours

  • Chilango interior
    News

    Chilango hits £1m in first week

    2015-11-03T08:04:00Z

    Mexican restaurant Chilango has surpassed its £1m fundraising target in its first week on CrowdCube

  • Graph by Morgan Stanley illustrating market cap of UK pub and restaurants
    News

    GK overtakes M&B on market cap

    2015-10-30T15:59:00Z

    Greene King has replaced Mitchells & Butlers as the UK pub and restaurant company with the largest market cap after its acquisition of Spirit Pub Company.

  • London Union's Jonathan Downey and Henry Dimbleby
    News

    London Union launches £3.5m crowdfunding campaign

    2015-10-30T08:06:00Z

    London Union, the parent company of Street Feast, has launched a crowdfunding bid to raise £3.5m to build a world class street food market in London by 2017

  • Ponti's interior
    News

    Ponti's trims estate to reduce losses

    2015-10-29T07:48:00Z

    The Ponti Group, operator of Ponti’s Italian Kitchen and Caffe Italia, has confirmed it has reduced its operating losses following estate consolidation and refurbishing its sites

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    News

    Leon secures £11.5m funding for growth

    2015-10-28T11:15:00Z

    Healthy fast-food concept Leon has secured a funding package worth £11.5m from new banking partner, HSBC.

  • News

    BK and Tim Horton parent co returns to profit

    2015-10-28T08:30:59.513Z

    Burger King and Tim Horton’s parent company, Restaurant Brands International, has reported net income of $182.9m in the third quarter, after a loss of $23.5m for the same period last year

  • News

    Draco Pub Co secures £4m funding

    2015-10-23T16:16:00Z

    Rob Greacen, managing director of Draco Pub Co, has told M&C the company’s £4m refinancing deal will allow it to ramp up its expansion plans – with a deal close on its fourth site.

  • Dabbous
    News

    Dabbous raises expansion fund

    2015-10-21T08:19:00Z

    Ollie Dabbous has secured over £3m of funding as he looks to open further sites in London

  • Las Iguanas exterior
    Analysis & Insight

    The ingredients for success

    2015-10-19T07:23:00Z

    What is the secret of a successful restaurant roll-out? Private equity firm Bowmark Capital recently achieved nearly four times cost with its sale of Las Iguanas. Bowmark partner Ron Pearson explains the background to the deal and looks at what made that investment so lucrative

  • News

    AMT returns to profit

    2015-10-14T08:01:00Z

    AMT, the travel hub coffee concession stand, has returned to profit despite reporting a fall in turnover for the 12 months to 28 December 2014

  • Square Pie
    News

    Square Pie closes fundraising at £681k

    2015-10-13T07:52:00Z

    Square Pie, the pie & mash restaurant operator, has completed its fundraising round after raising £681,500 through online crowdfunding platform Crowdcube

  • Itsu interior
    News

    Itsu secures new £40m funding package

    2015-10-10T00:26:00Z

    Itsu has secured a refinancing package from HSBC worth £40m to fund its “ambitious international expansion plans”

  • News

    Sector snapshot: AB InBev/SABMiller deal no small beer

    2015-10-09T16:24:31.497Z

    When the news surfaced of a possible merger between beer giants AB InBev and SABMiller, markets soared seeing the potential for a great deal. But with SABMiller’s board split and this morning’s efforts to drive up the asking price, nothing is certain. Finance expert Nuno Fernandes of IMD give his view on the challenges and opportunities of the deal and his five golden rules for M&A.