All Finance articles – Page 60

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    News

    Fulham Shore agrees to acquire Franco Manca

    2015-03-30T07:21:00Z

    Fulham Shore has conditionally agreed to acquire the 10-strong Franco Manca chain for c£27.5m

  • Moto
    News

    Moto completes refinancing

    2015-03-27T16:32:00Z

    Moto Hospitality, the motorway service area operator, has completed a refinancing deal.

  • 27.03.2015
    News

    Eclectic plummets as M&C20 declines

    2015-03-27T16:25:00Z

    The M&C20 was down 2.6% last week underperforming the All-Share which was down 1.3% as domestic sectors once again underperformed the wider market. The All-Share was held up by gains in oil and mining stocks on the back of rises in the oil price, though this didn’t prove enough to offset what has been a week of decline for most major stock markets

  • Pizza Rossa
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    Pizza Rossa eyeing smaller format stores

    2015-03-27T08:02:00Z

    Pizza Rossa, the artisanal pizza by the slice concept from Corrado Accardi, is close to securing a site in a retail complex in east London as part of plans to introduce the concept to smaller sites, M&C Report has learnt.

  • News

    Pull'd breaks through funding target

    2015-03-25T08:28:00Z

    Australian-inspired slow cooked meat concept Pull’d has exceeded its fundraising target through crowdfunding platform Crowdcube after launching its bid three weeks ago

  • News

    Wrap it Up! to launch crowdfunding campaign

    2015-03-24T08:20:00Z

    Wrap it Up! the gourmet wrap concept is launching a crowdfunding campaign via Crowdcube to raise £400,000 to enable its expansion plans including the centralised production kitchen that will have the capacity to serve up to 100 stores

  • News

    Crowdcube launches Sprint for start-up businesses

    2015-03-24T08:14:00Z

    Crowd funding platform Crowdcube has launched a vehicle specifically for start-up businesses to raise finance

  • 20 March
    News

    Wider market outperforming leisure sector

    2015-03-20T16:10:19.677Z

    The M&C20 (+0.5%) underperformed a surging All-Share last week. The latter was up by 2.8% driven, in large part, by a rebound in oil stocks, global mining company shares listed in London and a number of international mega-caps such as Standard Chartered bank.

  • Parliament
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    Osborne cuts duty on beer, cider and spirits

    2015-03-18T14:17:00Z

    In a widely anticipated move in the last budget of the Parliament, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne cut beer duty for a record third time.

  • Walkabout waitress
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    Wage increase planned by 60% of sector firms

    2015-03-18T08:09:00Z

    A new poll has revealed 60% of businesses in the hospitality and leisure sector are planning to increase wages and 49% intend to boost staff levels.

  • News

    Downing confirms £3.8m profit from sale of Antic pubs

    2015-03-18T07:45:00Z

    Downing has confirmed its generated a profit of £3.8m for its Venture Capital Trusts through the sale of investments in four Antic London properties.

  • News

    Minimum wage to increase by 3% to £6.70

    2015-03-17T10:40:00Z

    The national minimum wage will increase by 20p an hour to £6.70 from October, the Government has announced.

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    News

    Prezzo plans sale & leaseback

    2015-03-13T16:15:00Z

    Prezzo, the TPG Capital-owned restaurant group, is set bring a package of freehold sites on to the market as part of sale and leaseback proces

  • 12 March
    News

    M&C20 storming ahead of All Share index

    2015-03-13T16:08:00Z

    The M&C20 outperformed a falling market this week, losing 1.4% versus the All-Share which was down 2.4%. Since the M&C20’s inception in May 2013 the index has outperformed the wider market by around 30%

  • News

    Cap on card charges could lead to £500m saving

    2015-03-12T08:16:22.590Z

    New payments legislation announced by the EU this week, will cut credit and debit card charges for operators, resulting in a boom for the sector

  • News

    Eagle Eye looks to raise £4m

    2015-03-12T07:33:00Z

    Eagle Eye, the digital loyalty company for the retail and hospitality sectors, is raising £4m through a share placing

  • News

    Camden Town Brewery breaks through crowdfunding target

    2015-03-08T21:07:00Z

    Camden Town Brewery has broken through its crowdfunding target of £1.5m with 31 days of its funding round still to go.

  • News

    Signature Brew passes crowdfunding target

    2015-03-08T21:03:00Z

    Signature Brew, the London-based music-themed brewery, has passed its crowdfunding target as it looks to raise funds to expand its brewing capacity

  • News

    Change in legislation reduces business rate refund claim period

    2015-03-06T16:24:35.460Z

    Businesses have only three weeks to claim business rates refunds for commercial properties backdated to April 2010 due to recent legislative changes

  • News

    Pull'd prepares for growth

    2015-03-06T16:18:14.890Z

    Australian-inspired slow cooked meat concept Pull’d has raised £12k of its funding target through Crowdcube to invest in marketing to raise its profile ahead of rolling the concept out across London