All Living Ventures articles – Page 6
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News
Heathcote places Longridge on the market
Paul Heathcote, the North West-based chef and restaurateur, has placed the Longridge Restaurant in Preston, which was his first site, on the market.Heathcote, who still operates Heathcotes Brasserie and the Olive Press, said he had some “exciting projects” in the pipeline, but that in terms of the Longridge site, which ...
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News
Gusto launches home delivery
Living Ventures, the group led by Tim Bacon and Jeremy Roberts, has launched a home delivery service at Gusto, its chain of Italian restaurants.“Gusto at Home” is being trialled at four sites - Alderley Edge, Cookridge, Didsbury and Knutsford - and will be rolled out to Living Venture’s other four ...
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Opinion
The art of staying in touch
By Peter MartinI was sitting at my kitchen table contemplating how to lose a couple of stones in weight after the excesses of the summer, when I opened a letter from my old mate Tim Bacon.As they say, timing is everything. The correspondence from the boss of Living Ventures was ...
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News
Living Room boss defends eating out
Bar and restaurant entrepreneur Tim Bacon has told how he thinks the sector can weather any economic downturn and that he does not believe people will stop eating out.He says that upmarket niches will have a better prospect of doing well in the current economic climate - because they differ ...