All Wagamama articles – Page 30
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Wagamama on track with upgrade programme
Wagamama is set to complete the majority of refurbishments across its c120-strong estate by the end of its current financial year
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Durrant steps down from Whitbread
Michelle Durrant has stepped down as trading director of Whitbread’s c400-strong restaurants division
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Opinion
Plural roles in the boardroom
The profile of executives is changing according to PSD Group’s Flemming Hansen. Here he explains how this affects the make-up of non-executive positions in the powerhouses of businesses across the country and how anyone wanting such a post can make the most of the opportunities that await
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Yau lines up second Babaji Pide site
Alan Yau has lined up a second site for his Turkish pizza concept Babaji Pide, in London’s Bayswater
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Lento steps down from Whitbread Restaurants
Ron Lento has stepped down as director of food & beverages for Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants
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Fourth & HospitalityGEM unite to deliver insight ‘holy grail’
Fourth and HospitalityGEM have announced a new business intelligence partnership
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Byron further strengthens pipeline
Byron has further strengthened its openings pipeline, with sites lined up in Richmond, Windsor and Birmingham
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Café Pistou eyes growth
Café Pistou, the fledgling concept from Charlie McLean, the former managing director of CAU Restaurants, hopes to have a second site secured before the end of the year
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OpinionWho is going to stick their neck out?
The endgame in Tesco’s often uneasy ownership of Giraffe has begun and speculation over who will take the restaurant chain off the retailer’s hands – for a sum far from the £48.5m it paid - is gathering pace. However, is there still a business or brand left that is worth acquiring or as we are seeing with La Tasca and Strada, is it the pull of a guaranteed pipeline that is the real draw?
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Wagamama hires people director
Wagamama has further strengthened its management team with the appointment of Julia Rosamond, currently director of human resources at Travelodge, as its new people director
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Analysis & Insight
Time to raise a ‘half-full’ glass
There’s no denying a growing numbers of voices are raising concerns about the spectre of financial instability threatening to stall the UK’s hospitality sector. But MCA’s Steve Gotham says too much credence is being given to the doom mongers and argues that there’s plenty to be optimistic about as well:
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Tesco eyes sales of non-core assets
Tesco is understood to have appointed advisors to oversee the sale of its non-core assets, including garden centre chain Dobbies, Giraffe and Harris + Hoole
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Cotton swaps Ed’s for Busaba
Chris Cotton has stepped down as property and development manager at Ed’s Easy Diner to join Busaba Eathai as its new head of projects
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Wagamama confirmed for Bankside & Dean St
Wagamama, the David Campbell-led chain, has completed the acquisition of two further flagship sites in central London
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NewsLess than half of companies budgeting for NLW
Less than half of companies in the retail and leisure sector are budgeting in preparation for increases in the National Living Wage
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NewsYau plans SSP link up
Alan Yau is to launch his fledgling Turkish pizza concept Babaji Pide into airports
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Sherwood swaps Shake Shack for Byron
Byron has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Nigel Sherwood as operations director
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Wagamama lines up Bankside site
Wagamama, the David Campbell-led chain, has lined up a further flagship opening in central London
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Analysis & InsightTraining day for a new golden generation
Many of the leading lights of today’s eating and drinking out sector consider themselves the products of a golden age of training, in which the future development of the individual was considered as important as short-term gains to the business. But, has that culture of personal development filtered through to the current generation?
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NewsCDG’s Richards named Retailers’ Retailer
Steve Richards, the driving force behind development and growth of the Casual Dining Group, has been singled out by his peers as the stand-out individual in the eating-out and drinking-out market