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NewsGreggs lfls up 4.5% in 2014
High-street bakery chain Greggs has seen like for like sales growth of 4.5% - in its own shops – in 2014 and total sales up by 5.5% for the year ending 3 January 2015
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NewsM&C20 up following positive festive trading
Positive Christmas trading has helped M&B and The Restaurant Group’s share price while a weak Euro, fears of Ebola and terrorism in France may have affected travel concession operator SSP, says Will Brumby of Langton Capital as the M&C20 outperforms the All-Share Index
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Pint Shop seeks £2m investment to fund growth plans
Pint Shop, the fledgling meat and beer concept, is seeking to raise £2m of new investment to fund a flagship London site
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Lang predicts alternative funding boom in 2015
Luke Lang, co-founder of crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has warned that the UK risks a “lost generation” of young entrepreneurs who “are growing up thinking banks don’t lend”.
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NewsUS hedge fund further strengthens Prezzo position
Aggressive US hedge fund Elliott International has further increased its stake in Prezzo, ahead of the vote this Friday on the restaurant chain’s proposed takeover
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Crowdcube hits £50m fundraising milestone
Crowdcube helped 100 businesses secure funding in 2014, nudging the total amount raised through the site since 2011 to £50m.
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Shake Shack files for IPO
Shake Shack has filed for an initial public offering that could be worth as much as $1bn (£643m)
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Pizza Rossa half way to funding target
Pizza Rossa has raised more than half its £150k funding target via CrowdCube with more than a month remaining
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Nicholls to chair London night-time economy board
Kate Nicholls, chief executive of the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR), will chair a new Night-Time Economy Board for the Mayor of London and Metropolitan Police Commissioner.
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Pay to Punch directors falls 24%
Remuneration for Punch Taverns directors fell from £1.2m in 2013 to £944,000 in 2014.
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NewsPre-Christmas lull for M&C20
The usual December rally in the stock markets has yet to materialise this year as the All-Share Index fell 5% to 995 points while the M&C20 was down 2.8% to 1,208 points
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Analysis & InsightHow to exit: Preparing for sale
In BDO’s latest Restaurant and Bars Report, Paul Viner, ex-finance director of Giraffe, gives his insight into how to prepare your business for sale, what to look out for and how to maximise the opportunity as painlessly as possible
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Scottish start-ups receive £1m
Scottish start-up companies will receive more than £1m of investment in loans and grants from the ScotEdge awards in Edinburgh
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NewsMEATliquor eyes £7m fundraising
MEATliquor has launched a fundraising round with the aim of securing £7m of new funds to grow from six to 12 sites by the end of 2017
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NewsRuth & Robinson fund nears capacity
The current round of fundraising by the Imbiba Partnership for new Brooklyn-inspired concept – Ruth & Robinson – is close to capacity
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NewsWest Berkshire Brewery confirms new EIS launch
West Berkshire Brewery has confirmed it is to launch a new Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fundraising drive to raise £4m to relocate to a bigger production site
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NewsRecovery begins for M&C20
In what was a fairly busy week for leisure company reports, the M&C20 was up 30 points to 1,217 outperforming the All Share Index which saw a 0.1% decline to 1,039 points, says Will Brumby of Langton Capital
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Appear Here secures growth fund
Appear Here has raised $7.5m (£4.75m) of new funding, as it explores further expansion in the UK and internationally
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NewsCity Pub Co team to launch new £100m fund
The team behind Capital Pub Company and City Pub Company is launching a new EIS fund, The City Pub EIS Fund, with the aim of investing £100m over the next three years in managed pubs