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 <title><![CDATA[Draft House adds sixth, hires ops director, promotes the US]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:16 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Draft House, the growing group of craft beer and food pubs, has acquired a sixth site in London, as it launches a US-themed promotion in the run up to Independence Day. It has also appointed ex-Wetherspoons man Richard Peachmentn as operations director.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Loungers opens 33rd site, with more in pipeline]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Loungers, the café/bar operator, has opened its 33rd site in the Reading suburb of Woodley. It opens in Dorchester next week followed by Gloucester Quays in early July. Work also starts soon on Expo Lounge in Didsbury, Manchester.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Marston's in £70m sale and leaseback deal on new-build pubs]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:10 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Legal & General Property has completed a sale and leaseback purchase of a portfolio of 27 of Marston’s new-build pubs in a deal worth just under £70m.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Walkabout set for growth after ownership change]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 06:08 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Intertain, owner of the Walkabout bar chain, is preparing for growth after private equity specialist Barclays Ventures took a stake in the business. The move will enable Walkabout to complete the refurbishment programme of its existing estate and to actively look for new venues.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Living Ventures ready for Manchester restaurant battle on BBC2]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 14:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Living Ventures’ new high-end Manchester House opening is to be the subject of a new ‘Restaurant Wars’ series for BBC2. Another, The Restaurateur, will feature Russell Norman of concepts including Polpo, advising six aspiring businesses on their restaurant concepts.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Sammies spreads 2013 awards]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:46 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Pret a Manger, Greggs and Upper Crust are among the winners of this year’s ‘Sammies’—the annual awards from the British Sandwich Association. <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Renaissance pushes gin for June]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:45 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Renaissance pub group is staging a host of events around its own gin brand as part of its tenth anniversary celebrations. It will use the gin in a new cocktail range and a special gin and tonic offer of four glasses for £10 from 5pm to 7pm every day.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[SSP takes training to next level]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:44 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Travel food and drink operator SSP has ramped up its training programme to provide managers with a foundation degree qualification. <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Bumpkin turns four in Chelsea]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:43 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Ignite Group’s British seasonal concept Bumpkin is readying its fourth site—on Sydney Street in Chelsea. The restaurant will open next month with 187 covers across three floors.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Brown gets top Dollar site]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:42 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Anthony Brown, the man behind the Pasta Brown family Italian concept, has taken on the lease of the Dollar Grill Martini site in Exmouth Market for an as yet undisclosed new concept. <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[TCG revamps Newquay, Nottingham]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:41 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Pub and bar group TCG has put £400,000 into an overhaul of its bar-club locations in Newquay and Nottingham. <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Thickett takes Slider Decider]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:40 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A burger created by Jamie Thickett from Covent Garden’s Opera Tavern has scooped the title of the first ever Slider Decider Champion. <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Restaurants appeal as Quilvest chases Byron]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:39 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A valuation of £100m for the Byron chain is proof of the appeal of restaurant operators to private equity, according to a piece in the Financial Times. Quilvest, the private equity group that backs YO! Sushi, is meanwhile reported by the Independent to be in the running for the company. <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Soho Coffee Co chases leisure]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:38 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Coffee and food concept the Soho Coffee Co is opening its first outlet in the leisure space. It is taking a spot within the refurbished Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre in south Gloucestershire.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Contactless runs into problems]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:36 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The image of contactless payment has taken a hit after the BBC’s Moneybox programme reported problems with the system at Marks & Spencer and Pret a Manger.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[‘Small changes’ add up to big shift at M&B]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Mitchells & Butlers is back on track after prolonged upheaval, says the Sunday Times in a profile. Analysts expect M&B’s latest sales to hit £1bn, with a 12% rise in pre-tax profits to £76m when it announces interim results later this week.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Olive oil row bottling up]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:33 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A row is growing over European Union measures that will soon require restaurants to serve olive oil in strictly regulated ways, according to reports, including the banning of dipping bowls and refillable jugs.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Tossed secures £1.5m from Santander]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:22 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Tossed, the London-based healthier eating chain, has secured a £1.5m funding line from Santander. It plans to open at least another eight shops in the coming 12-18 months.<br/> <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Culture the key advantage, Jim Sullivan tells London audience]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:39 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Iconic restaurant guru Jim Sullivan brought his trademark energy, enthusiasm and insight to London this week to inspire the 270 industry professionals who attended his Fundamentals Masterclass, at the IMAX theatre Waterloo.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Marston's continues with new builds as like-for-likes rise 6%]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 06:27 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Marston's, the pub retailer and brewer, saw like-for-likes sales grow 6% in its Premium & Destination managed pub division over the six weeks to 11 May. It said it expected to open at least 20 new build pubs in the current year.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Carveries boost for Orchid]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 06:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Orchid Group has seen a major uplift in its pub carveries business. It says like-for-like sales grew 3.5% last year, with covers ahead 10% and three million carvery meals sold.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[New openings: Jamie opens diner, Shake Shack sets date]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:22 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Jamie Oliver’s new diner has opened on Shaftesbury Avenue in London. There's openings news too this week from Shake Shack, Living Ventures, Aux Pains de Papy, Vapiano and Carluccio's.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[New openings: Jamie opens diner, Shake Shack sets date]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:14 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Jamie Oliver’s new diner has opened on Shaftesbury Avenue in London. There's openings news too this week from Shake Shack, Living Ventures, Aux Pains de Papy, Vapiano and Carluccio's.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Forrester, McDonald up for top HR award]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:17 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[TGI Friday’s UK managing director Karen Forrester and McDonald’s UK CEO Jill McDonald are both in the running for the title of Most People Focused CEO at this year’s HR Excellence Awards. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Wetherspoon clicks up £7m for charity]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 08:27 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[JD Wetherspoon has reached the milestone of £7m raised for children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargeant. The pub chain has been a long-term supporter of CLIC Sargeant, having first struck up a partnership in 2002.<br/>]]></description>
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