All Polpo articles
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NewsPolpo’s Richard Beaty buys back remaining sites
Polpo co-founder Richard Beatty has bought the restaurant group’s last two remaining sites, including its debut venue, out of administration.
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NewsPolpo files for administration
Venetian-style small plates concept Polpo has filed for notice of administration, according to the Times.
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NewsCampaign to pedestrianise Soho launched
Soho-based hospitality operators are backing a campaign launched by commercial landlords Soho Estates and Shaftesbury to temporarily pedestrianise the area.
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Polpo to close Bristol Spuntino
The Polpo group is to close its Spuntino restaurant in Bristol’s Cargo 2 development after just a year
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Polpo: Core business remains strong
Scott Macdonald, managing director of Polpo, has told MCA that the core business of the Venetian-style concept remains strong
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BrewDog confirms Ape & Bird move
BrewDog has confirmed it is to take on Ape & Bird, the Cambridge Circus-based site, which Polpo closed earlier this week.
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BrewDog mooted for Ape & Bird site
BrewDog has emerged as the possible buyer of Ape & Bird, which Polpo closed earlier this week
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NewsPolpo closes two sites
Polpo, the Venetian-style concept, founded by Russell Norman and Richard Beatty, has closed two of its sites
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Polpo appoints Macdonald as MD
Polpo has appointed Scott Macdonald, formerly of Bill’s, as its new managing director
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Polpo to replace Grillstock in Exeter
Polpo is to open in Exeter, taking a site in the city’s Guildhall development, which was set to house Grillstock
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Polpo & Pizza Pilgrims to make shopping scheme debuts
Cinnamon Kitchen, Polpo and Pizza Pilgrims will all make their debuts in a shopping scheme next October
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Polpo appoints new FD
Polpo, the Luke Bishop-led group, Stephanie Trigwell, formerly of Cath Kidson and Mothercare, as its new finance director
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Polpo secures Bristol site
Polpo has secured its first site in the South West, after acquiring a unit in the city’s Whiteladies Road
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NewsPolpo to open Harvey Nichols sites
Polpo to open two new sites next February in the Harvey Nichols department stores in London’s Knightsbridge and Leeds
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Analysis & Insight
Five minutes with…Luke Bishop, Polpo
M&C takes five minutes with Luke Bishop, managing director of Polpo, and talks about cliff-top dining, enthusiastic staff and delivering hospitality excellence at 35,000ft
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NewsPolpo set for next stage of growth
Polpo is set for its next stage of growth after securing new bank funding and its first regional site in Brighton
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Polpo founders to back meatball concept
Russell Norman and Richard Beatty, the founders of Polpo, are backing the launch of a new gourmet meatball concept
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Analysis & Insight
The bacaro boys
Polpo co-founders Russell Norman and Richard Beatty have left a trail of bare-bricked copycats and no-reservation restaurants in their wake. Now recently publicans, is there anything this driven duo won’t try their hand at?
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Opinion
The restaurant producer
The Polpo restaurant business may be small and relatively new but, as Mel Flaherty finds out when she interviews Richard Beatty (one of its founders), it is also extremely influential and, irritatingly, much copied
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Interviews
Interview with Russell Norman, Polpo
M&C Report talks to Russell Norman, co-founder of the Polpo format..