All Restaurants articles – Page 197
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Film producer Thykier is director of Soho House restaurants
Film producer Kris Thykier and Enrique Banon, founder of private equity group White and Blue Capital, have both become directors of Quentin Restaurants, the holding company set up to oversee Soho House’s restaurant concepts, M&C understands. Earlier this year, Soho House sold a 50% stake in its restaurant operation, which ...
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NewsIberica founder developing paella restaurant concept
Founder of Spanish restaurant group Iberica, Marco Fernandez Pardo, is developing a paella restaurant concept with yet another Michelin starred chef, M&C understands.
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NewsInception Group to open new Bunga Bunga in Covent Garden
Charlie Gilkes, co-founder of Inception Group, has told M&C the company has secured a site for its second Bunga Bunga pizzeria.
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NewsChicken Shop set for St John’s Wood
Soho House has lined up a further site for its Chicken Shop concept in St John’s Wood
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InterviewsSector snapshot: Shaking up the UK burger market
M&C talks to Randy Garutti, chief executive of Shake Shack, as the company launches its fourth UK site and its first outside London, in Cardiff today. He discusses how operating in the UK has made Shake Shack “up our game” back home, his plans for UK expansion, how the company is coping with wage increases on both sides of the pond and what trends he sees developing in 2016.
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NewsLeon to begin overseas expansion
Leon is to make its overseas debut next year with a launch in Holland, at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport
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FY lfls up 6.9% Gusto
Gusto has reported a 6.9% rise in like-for-like sales for the year to 31 March 2015, with overall sales up 22% to £18.2m.
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NewsLivingbridge acquires stake in Le Bistrot Pierre
Livingbridge has acquired a significant minority stake in Le Bistrot Pierre, in a deal that is thought to value the 14-strong chain at c£22m
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Analysis & Insight
The end of the tronc administration charge?
Andy Hamman, employment tax director at BDO, explores the history of the tronc admin charge, the fallout over the late summer and whether in fact this arrangement has much of a shelf life left
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Breddos Tacos closes in on permanent site
Breddos Tacos, the Mexican street food concept, is closing in on its first permanent site in central London
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Influx of operators to Birmingham ‘creating skills shortage’
Matt Scriven, managing director of Bitters & Twisted, has told M&C the influx of casual dining and food-led pubs into Birmingham has made recruitment of chefs and general managers even more difficult.
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Five minutes with Iqbal Wahhab
This week M&C takes five minutes with Iqbal Wahhab, founder of the Cinnamon Club and Roast.
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Mildreds up to three
Mildreds, the vegetarian restaurant concept, is set to open a third site in London after securing a site in King’s Cross
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Chozen Noodle eyes five sites in 2016
Noodle bar operator Chozen Noodle is planning to open at least five new sites in 2016, its founder Matthew Kirby has told M&C.
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Mac & Wild appoints new head chef, eyes expansion
Mac & Wild has appointed a new head chef as the Scottish game restaurant continues to look for new sites to expand with.
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Analysis & InsightHospitality workers enjoy a slight rise in wages
Hospitality workers in the UK enjoyed a slight rise in wages in October, according to the latest information from the Office for National Statistics
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Earl of Sandwich eyes further UK openings
After confirming the re-entry of the Earl of Sandwich brand to the UK market earlier this week, the company is eyeing more London sites for 2016
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SSP doubles up with Boston Grill
Travel food concession operator SSP has opened a second Boston Grill in Stockholm, at the Swedish capital’s Central Station
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Sugarman swaps PizzaExpress for CDG
Juliet Sugarman has stepped down as head of international marketing at PizzaExpress to join the Casual Dining Group
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Acciuga closes doors, eyes new location
Fine dining Italian restaurant Acciuga is closing its High Street Kensington site on Christmas Eve ahead of a move to a new London site to be revealed in the New Year.