All Finance articles – Page 78

  • News

    Services sector growth continues

    2013-09-05T07:28:00Z

    Business activity in the services sector grew in August at the sharpest pace since December 2006, according to the latest Services Index from Markit/CIPS

  • BrewDog Camden
    News

    BrewDog raises £3m via share issue

    2013-09-03T08:02:00Z

    BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, has raised £3m of its fund raising £4m target under its latest crowdfunding scheme in about 10 weeks

  • Upham Brewery
    News

    Upham Pub Co raises £11m for expansion

    2013-09-03T07:50:00Z

    Hampshire-based Upham Pub Company has raised about £11m for expansion under the Enterprise Investment Scheme and hopes to increase this to £15m by the end of the year, co-founder David Butcher has told M&C Report

  • News

    FLS lending up, but SMEs still miss out

    2013-09-03T07:47:00Z

    Lending under a flagship state scheme increased between April and June, but lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) continued to fall

  • News

    Osmond eyes return to sector

    2013-08-23T08:03:00Z

    Hugh Osmond, the high-profile sector investor who previously backed PizzaExpress and Punch Taverns, is reportedly eyeing a return to the leisure sector after resigning from the board of insurance company Phoenix

  • News

    Aqua secures new funding

    2013-08-21T07:40:00Z

    Aqua Italia, the premium Italian restaurant chain, has opened its fifth site in Portishead after securing new bank funding

  • News

    Elysium Group eyes rollout

    2013-08-21T07:39:00Z

    Elysium Group, the Essex-based restaurant and bar operator, is looking at opportunities in London, after securing new funding from Natwest and securing its sixth site

  • Jimmys World
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    Jimmy’s World Grill explores options

    2013-08-20T12:01:00Z

    East and West Restaurants is in talks with advisers as it explores options for its expanding Jimmy’s World Grill & Bar chain, after receiving private equity approaches, M&C Report understands

  • News

    Fulham Shore confident in the year ahead

    2013-08-15T08:01:00Z

    Fulham Shore, the new restaurant venture from ex-Clapham House Group chairman David Page, has reported a loss of £125.2k for the year to March 2013

  • News

    Living Ventures in Gusto funding talks

    2013-08-12T06:52:00Z

    Living Ventures, the north west-based restaurant and bar group, is in talks to secure new funding to roll out Gusto, its high street Italian restaurant brand

  • News

    Cabana secures fourth site; new funding

    2013-08-08T07:43:00Z

    Cabana has secured its fourth site in London at the Designer Outlet, Wembley, and raised £3.5m of new funding

  • News

    Arran Brewery eyes £4m share issue

    2013-08-06T08:02:00Z

    The Scottish company plans to raise £4m via a public share sale beginning in October to raise £4m for expanding its pub and brewery business

  • News

    Saltaire Brewery secures grant

    2013-08-02T07:31:00Z

    West Yorkshire brewer Saltaire has secured a £12,000 grant from a local business growth fund to expand its brewing operations

  • News

    Tasty extends bank facility

    2013-08-01T10:12:00Z

    Tasty, the AIM-listed restaurant operator of the Dim T and Wildwood brands, has renewed and extended its existing debt facility by £1.5m as it looks to further expansion

  • News

    Polpo receives backing for next launch

    2013-07-31T07:42:50.347Z

    Polpo Ltd has worked with NatWest to fund the opening of its next venture Ape & Bird in Shatfesbury Avenue

  • News

    Square Pie eyes national expansion

    2013-07-30T08:05:00Z

    Square Pie, the chain of gourmet pie shops, plans to operate 20 sites within the next four years after securing new funding

  • News

    Interest swaps appeal begins

    2013-07-30T07:52:00Z

    A legal appeal by two businessmen against alleged mis-selling of controversial interest rate swaps, which could have ramifications across the leisure sector and in other industries, has begun

  • News

    Best Placed to re-start private equity talks

    2013-07-25T07:54:00Z

    The London-based operator hopes to re-start conversations with private equity in one month as it looks to rollout its new burger concept further, MD Ben Stackhouse tells M&C Report

  • News

    Banana Tree secures expansion fund

    2013-07-24T07:37:00Z

    Banana Tree, the pan-Oriental restaurant operator, plans to open a further five to six sites over the next two years after securing a new £2m bank facility

  • La Tasca
    News

    La Tasca closes in on new funding

    2013-07-17T07:49:00Z

    A financial restructure of La Tasca is set to be announced in the coming weeks, which will enable the business to undergo a period of investment in the current estate and in acquisitions