All Finance articles – Page 63
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NewsWage increase planned by 60% of sector firms
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.
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Downing confirms £3.8m profit from sale of Antic pubs
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.
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Minimum wage to increase by 3% to £6.70
The national minimum wage will increase by 20p an hour to £6.70 from October, the Government has announced.
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NewsPrezzo plans sale & leaseback
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
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NewsM&C20 storming ahead of All Share index
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%
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Cap on card charges could lead to £500m saving
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
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Eagle Eye looks to raise £4m
Eagle Eye, the digital loyalty company for the retail and hospitality sectors, is raising £4m through a share placing
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Camden Town Brewery breaks through crowdfunding target
Camden Town Brewery has broken through its crowdfunding target of £1.5m with 31 days of its funding round still to go.
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Signature Brew passes crowdfunding target
Signature Brew, the London-based music-themed brewery, has passed its crowdfunding target as it looks to raise funds to expand its brewing capacity
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Change in legislation reduces business rate refund claim period
Businesses have only three weeks to claim business rates refunds for commercial properties backdated to April 2010 due to recent legislative changes
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Pull'd prepares for growth
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
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NewsMRO uncertainty holds back pubcos in M&C20
The M&C20 was up 1.1% to 1,386 points this week while the All-Share seemed reluctant to push its new highs, rising just 0.2% to 1,091 points.
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Hospitality sector driving business growth, research says
Government research has shown licensed hospitality businesses in the UK are driving growth and are more optimistic about future prospects than the wider business community.
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Crowdfunding needs to be sustainable
Equity crowdfunding can be a beautiful thing, but it has to be sustainable, otherwise the sector will be dead in three years’ time
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NewsMcDonald’s accused of avoiding €1bn in taxes
Trade unions and a campaign group have accused McDonald’s of deliberately avoided paying about €1bn (£727m) in European tax
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NewsTLG eyes further expansion
The Thai Leisure Group has lined up four further openings for Thaikhun, its street food-inspired concept, after securing a new funding package
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M&C20 at all-time high
The All-Share Index is close to its all-time highs this week and it’s worth noting that the last time the index recorded a new all-time high was in 1999. That said, the wider market is currently being held back by geopolitical events with the All-Share recording an increase of just 0.3% (to 1,080 points) this week. The M&C20 by comparison was up 0.5% to 1,347 points, most likely outperforming due to its domestic bias
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Britain is becoming a nation of (younger and female) angels
Angel investors are making more investments than ever before and their numbers are swelling
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Center Parcs appoints banks to work on IPO
Blackstone has hired investment banks to oversee the potential £2.5bn stock marketing listing of Center Parcs
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NewsM&C20 continues to climb
The M&C20 was up 2.7% to 1,341 points this week, outperforming the wider market which ended up 0.7% at 1,077 points. The wider market will have been influenced by geopolitics and oil price speculation this week, leading the M&C20 to outperformance as investors retreat to what is a broadly domestic sector