All Finance articles – Page 64
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NewsLa Tasca reviews its options
La Tasca has appointed advisors to review its investment options as it seeks to accelerate its growth plans
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Camden Town launches crowdfunding campaign
Camden Town Brewery has launched a crowdfunding campaign through Crowdcube to raise £1.5m in exchange for 2% of equity
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NewsPubcos up in M&C20
The All-Share outperformed the M&C20 this week, rising 1.1% to 1,069 points, as a rally in the oil price pushed oil stocks higher. The M&C20 was up a more reasonable 0.1% to 1,305 points
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Analysis & Insight‘Grandad’ of the burger sector
Paul Campbell has been involved in the creation, development and sale of leisure businesses including trailblazing restaurant chains and health and fitness clubs. Mel Flaherty finds out more about the man who has gone on to establish private investment company Hill Capital Partners
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Final bids in for Ramsay stake
Final round bid were submitted this week to acquire a stake in Gordon Ramsay Group, with three private equity groups left in the process
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NewsIntertain receives approval for restructuring
Intertain, the operator of the Walkabout brand, has announced that its creditors have approved restructuring plans that will ensure the long-term future of the business
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Motorway service areas owner completes £220m bond
Extra MSA Group, which owns 18 motorway service areas (MSAs), has completed a £220m private bond issue on one of its portfolios
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NewsJohnson eyes stake in The Diner
Risk Capital Partners, the Luke Johnson-led investment vehicle, is in talks to acquire a stake in The Diner
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NewsJDW, Green King and Marston's outperform M&B
The M&C20 was broadly unchanged this week, rising 0.2% to 1,304 points while the All-Share had a worse week, falling 0.7% to 1,058 points
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Consumer confidence indices up for January
Consumer confidence rose by five points in January with all five measures used to calculate the score rising on the GfK UK Consumer Confidence Index
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OpinionWinners and losers of M&C20 in 2014
Analyst Will Brumby, of Langton Capital, looks back over the past year of the M&C20 index and highlights Domino’s and Patisserie Valerie among the big winners and Punch and Enterprise among the losers
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Pizza Rossa exceeds crowdfunding target
Pizza Rossa, the artisanal pizza-by-the-square-slice concept with two City branches, has reached and exceeded its fundraising target
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NewsGiggling Squid to begin new investment search
Giggling Squid is set to begin a beauty parade of advisors as it look to secure new investment to fund its next stage of growth with the sale of a minority stake
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NewsStrong trading across M&C20
The markets performed very strongly this week with the All-Share Index seeing a 4.9% gain to 1,065 points, outperforming what was a robust showing from the M&C20 which was up 3.3% to an all-time high of 1,301 points
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Analysis & InsightFeeding a casual-dining demand
A year of rapid change in the casual-dining sector in 2014 is likely to be followed by even more activity in the year ahead, as group transactions continue unabated and consolidations fuel a pent-up demand. Cenkos Securities’ Simon French reports
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NewsShake Shack to be valued at $568m
Shake Shack has said it expects its initial public offering to be priced at $14-$16 per share, valuing the company at up to $568m (£374.5m)
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Taylor St raises £1.8m
Taylor St Baristas, the coffee chain, has raised £1.86m through the UK’s first crowd-sourced “Coffee Bond”
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Honest Burgers: Active has a long-term vision for the brand
Dorian Waite, co-founder of Honest Burgers, has told M&C Report that new backer Active Private Equity has a long-term vision for the brand, including targeting five to eight openings a year
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NewsM&C20 levels out
M&C20 was virtually unchanged this week, down 0.2% to 1,259 points with the All-Share ending the week down 1.2% in total to 1,015 points. Much of the All-Share’s movement this week was related to oil and commodities stocks, with the leisure sector largely unaffected, says Will Brumby of Langton Capital
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Campbell: Valuations are becoming unrealistic
Leading sector investor Paul Campbell has said that valuations of businesses are becoming unrealistic