All TGI Friday’s UK articles – Page 13

  • La Tasca
    News

    La Tasca secures new funding

    2013-12-17T07:39:00Z

    La Tasca is understood to have completed a restructure that will see its existing backers invest additional funds to aid further investment in its current c50-strong estate and back an accelerated acquisition programme

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    Odeon to anchor Bournemouth scheme

    2013-12-13T16:40:00Z

    A number of leading operators are set to open in Bournemouth after cinema group Odeon agreed to anchor the £50m West Central scheme in the town

  • TGI Friday
    News

    TGI Friday’s closes in on transport hub debut site

    2013-12-04T07:56:00Z

    TGI Friday’s UK, the Karen Forrester-led company, is in talks to open its first transport hub site at Manchester’s Piccadilly Station, M&C Report understands

  • TGI Friday
    News

    TGI’s eyes 40 non-traditional sites

    2013-11-29T08:03:00Z

    TGI Friday’s UK believes it can operate up to 40 sites under non-traditional formats, including a transport hub concept, which would eventually see its total estate grow to 120 units

  • News

    Forrester: Business as usual at TGI UK

    2013-11-29T07:54:00Z

    Karen Forrester, managing director of TGI Friday’s UK, has said that it is business as usual for the group, as parent company Carlson explores its options for the brand, which could include a sale of the business

  • TGI Friday
    News

    Carlson considers sale of TGI Friday’s

    2013-11-25T06:52:00Z

    Carlson, the US-based parent company of the TGI Friday’s casual-dining chain, has announced it is undertaking a corporate review of its strategic options, which could include a possible sale of the restaurant brand

  • News

    TGI’s receives ‘perfect’ hygiene rating

    2013-11-14T06:56:00Z

    TGI Friday’s, the Karen Forrester-led chain, has become the first restaurant chain in the UK to receive a ‘perfect’ rating of five in the National Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme across all of its 60 UK-based restaurants

  • News

    Sector firms make job pledge

    2013-10-08T18:30:00Z

    Restaurant and hospitality businesses from across London and the South East are to take a pledge to create new jobs for 16 to 24-year-olds

  • News

    TGI’s and Wagamama confirmed for Cabot Circus

    2013-09-11T07:30:00Z

    TGI Friday’s and Wagamama have been confirmed as taking new units at Cabot Circus in Bristol

  • News

    TGI site closes after fire

    2013-08-15T07:44:00Z

    A fire has forced a TGI Friday’s site in Edinburgh’s Castle Streetto close

  • News

    TGI recognised for sustainable approach

    2013-08-06T07:49:00Z

    TGI Friday’s UK has been recognised for its commitment to sustainability and the environment by achieving a One Star Rating from the Sustainable Restaurant Association

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    Analysis & Insight

    Out-of-town take up

    2013-07-25T07:54:00Z

    Casual dining is becoming an essential part of the retail experience in the UK. It is now widely acknowledged that an attractive leisure mix leads to increased dwell time, as well as an improved consumer experience, says Andrew McGregor, head of leisure at Knight Frank

  • Peter Blake
    News

    Tragus confirms Blake at Cafe Rouge MD

    2013-07-23T10:32:00Z

    Tragus has confirmed the appointment of Peter Blake as managing director of its Café Rouge and Belgo chains with immediate effect

  • News

    TGI Friday’s owner plans new concept

    2013-07-17T07:50:00Z

    Carlson Restaurants, the owner of TGI Friday’s, has submitted plans to launch a new concept with the title Ticket Hall, in Fulham Broadway

  • News

    Forrester collects most people focused CEO award

    2013-07-04T07:45:00Z

    Karen Forrester, managing director of TGI Friday’s, has won Britain’s Most People Focused Chief Executive Award

  • News

    TGI Friday’s lines up next four openings

    2013-07-03T08:20:00Z

    TGI Friday’s, the Karen Forrester-led business, has lined up its next four openings which will take the brand to the 60-site mark in the UK

  • Opinion

    TGI turnaround continues

    2013-04-23T18:02:00Z

    Inside Track by John HarringtonKaren Forrester has a novel way of letting staff know that a poor attitude would not be accepted at TGI Friday’s UK. “I was in San Francisco a few months ago and I took a photo of Alcatraz. I sent it out to our business and ...

  • News

    TGI's eyes smaller format, transport hubs

    2013-04-22T21:45:00Z

    TGI Friday’s UK is to develop a “next generation” version of the brand, which is smaller in size and aimed at different markets, and it also plans to open in transport hubs, managing director Karen Forrester told M&C Report.