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Investors circle Yalla Yalla
A number of private equity groups are currently engaged in talks to invest in Yalla Yalla, the Lebanese restaurant concept
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NewsLe Bistrot Pierre secures expansion fund
Le Bistrot Pierre, the highly-rated French restaurant chain, has secured a new multi-million pound financing deal that will see the 10-strong group double the number of its outlets over the next four years
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NatWest eyes extension to £150m leisure fund
NatWest would like to extend its £150m fund for small and medium leisure firms, around half of which has already been allocated 18 weeks after its launch
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Luke Johnson makes Plymouth investment
Serial sector investor Luke Johnson is hoping to attract more businesses from the professional, financial or creative sectors to Plymouth after acquiring the Poseidon House office building in the city
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OpinionThe investment case
At four o’clock last Wednesday morning the deal for Cote, which had been nearly a year in the making, finally got over the line. Many had questioned whether it would actually happen, with rumours of a parked process and complications over finding a chairman, but there was always a sense that this was one deal that would go through. So what next for the brand and for the leisure sector as a whole and what further opportunities are on the horizon?
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Amber secures new funding
Amber Taverns, the fast-growing operator of wet-led community pubs, is set to acquire another 30 sites after it increased its debt facility with Lloyds Banking Group by £5m to £27.5m
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NewsFY EBITDA up 47% at Be At One; agrees new bank funding
Be At One, the Piper-backed cocktail bar chain, has reported a 47% rise in EBITDA to £1.6m for the year 31 March 2013, against record sales of £11.6m, up 23% on the previous year
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BGF eyes Comptoir Libanais investment
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) is understood to be in talks to invest in Comptoir Libanais, the London-based Lebanese fast-casual concept, M&C Report has learnt.
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NewsEnterprise announces £100m bond offering
Enterprise Inns has announced an offering of approximately £100m of senior, unsecured Guaranteed Convertible Bonds due 2020, which it said would provide it with low cost, unsecured long-term funding, reduce its overall cost of borrowing, provide it with increased flexibility and enhance prospects for growth
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Osmond eyes 'triple-A' investment opportunities
Hugh Osmond, the high-profile investor, has told M&C Report he’d invest “as much as it takes” to grow a small number of “triple-A” leisure operators into national brands
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Fund launched to help SMEs become more energy efficient
ReEnergise Finance has launched a commercial finance vehicle aimed solely at providing funding solutions for SME businesses in regards to helping them become more energy efficient
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Services sector growth continues
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
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NewsBrewDog raises £3m via share issue
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
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NewsUpham Pub Co raises £11m for expansion
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
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FLS lending up, but SMEs still miss out
Lending under a flagship state scheme increased between April and June, but lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) continued to fall
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Osmond eyes return to sector
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
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Aqua secures new funding
Aqua Italia, the premium Italian restaurant chain, has opened its fifth site in Portishead after securing new bank funding
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Elysium Group eyes rollout
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
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NewsJimmy’s World Grill explores options
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
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Fulham Shore confident in the year ahead
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