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 <title><![CDATA[Why pubs are winning - informality and flexibility]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:19 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The eating and drinking-out market continues to keep its head above water – just. As figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker show, the out-of-home market remains more resilient than the retail sector, but a look behind the numbers reveals that growth is coming predominantly from the pub and pub restaurant market.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:13 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The eating and drinking-out market continues to keep its head above water – just. As figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker show, the out-of-home market remains more resilient than the retail sector, but a look behind the numbers reveals that growth is coming predominantly from the pub and pub restaurant market.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The 29 best things ever said about service]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:11 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Over the two years that I’ve had the pleasure of writing this column for Peach Report, a frequent request I receive is to forward a collection of my “quotes/Sullivanisms/sayings” et cetera. So, you can now get more than 3,000 of my favourite musings about service, selling, leadership, life, marketing and training via a brand new mobile app called iFundamentals at iTunes or the Android Market. It’s free.In the meantime, here’s my personal list of The Best Things Ever Said About Service. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Peach Network announces 2012 event dates]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:53 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Peach Network's next event will be the annual Marketing & Insight Seminar to be held on 22 March at the Wellcome Foundation in London. Peach has also announced dates for its Finance Forum & Dinner in June and the Peach 2020 Conference and Hero & Icon Awards presentation in November.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[How pub chains are growing share of eating-out]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Food-focused pub chains like Marston’s, Greene King and Mitchells & Butlers are making a combined £227.5m this year in food-led capital expenditure, says the Financial Times, Increasing food sales is crucial to earnings growth and servicing an average sector debt load that stands roughly five times earnings, it adds.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Peach Network announces 2012 event dates]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Peach Network's next event will be the annual Marketing & Insight Seminar to be held on 22 March at the Wellcome Foundation in London. Peach has also announced dates for its Finance Forum & Dinner in June and the Peach 2020 Conference and Hero & Icon Awards presentation in November.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[New openings: More for Living Ventures, Byron and Benito's Hat]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Living Ventures is opening a second pub under its New World Pub Company umbrella. It joins a host of operators including Byron, Benito's Hat, SSP and Jamie's Italian in a bumper round of new openings revealed this week.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Living Ventures is opening a second pub under its New World Pub Company umbrella. It joins a host of operators including Byron, Benito's Hat, Pitt Cue and Jamie's Italian in a bumper round of new openings revealed this week.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Wahaca among sustainable winners]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:39 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Hotly-tipped Mexican chain Wahaca is among the winners of the first ever awards from the Sustainable Restaurant Association.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Pizza Express targets corporate market]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Pizza Express is making a play for the business market with the launch of a new corporate strategy. Its business incentive scheme aims to persuade companies to buy vouchers that can then be used as bonuses or incentives for good performance.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Swaine to lead Fuller’s Inns]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:36 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Fuller, Smith and Turner has promoted operations director Jonathon Swaine to managing director of its Fuller’s Inns business.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Rank bid could expand casino appeal]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Casinos could become more prominent than ever in the UK after the Rank Group launched a takeover bid for Gala Coral’s casino division. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[TripAdvisor trust claim barred ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:32 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Review website TripAdvisor can no longer call its content ‘honest, real or trusted’ following a ruling handed down by the Advertising Standards Authority.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Seniors, Greene King best for fish and chips]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:29 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Seniors in the Lancashire town of Thornton and Greene King’s Old English Inns are among the winners at this year’s National Fish and Chip Awards. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[US restaurant index fuels optimism for 2012]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:26 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The restaurant industry is in bullish mood for 2012, according to the latest research from the US National Restaurant Association, which says performance among its members is at a six-year high. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Todd to leave M&B in marketing and insight shake-up]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:13 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Long-serving Mitchells & Butlers director Kevin Todd, who took on the role of business development director in the last round of senior management changes at the company, is taking early retirement. At the same time, Ian Dunstall and Simon Cope are promoted in a shake-up of the marketing and insight functions.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[YO! Sushi pushes loyalty card, mobile site ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:45 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[YO! Sushi has revealed more details about its loyalty card and launched a new mobile-friendly website to drive traffic. The ‘Thank YO!’ card has been produced to celebrate its 15th birthday, and has been launched in 15 London restaurants.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Gaucho creates bar concept ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:44 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Upmarket steakhouse group Gaucho is planning to roll out a new luxury cocktail bar concept after launching it at its South Kensington restaurant. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Councils step in on centre schemes]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:42 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Two councils are set to take on the development of shopping centres - another sign of their growing value to local economies as well as shops and restaurant operators. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Jumeirah plots US  openings for Noodle House]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:41 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Jumeirah Group of restaurants is planning to launch its casual dining brand The Noodle House into the US this year via franchise partners. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[La Tasca’s Martin sets up consultancy]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:39 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Natalie Martin, formerly digital media manager at Spanish chain La Tasca, has left to set up her own business specializing in online customer engagement. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Vintage Inns launches gift vouchers]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Mitchells & Butlers’ Vintage Inns pub brand has launched a range of gift vouchers for customers to share. The new vouchers are available in denominations of £10 and are available from every Vintage Inns pub.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Starbucks turns to franchising to gear up UK growth]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:36 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Starbucks is to open its first franchise stores as it seeks to step up the rate of growth in the UK this year. It has also revealed plans to spend £8m on a revamp of London branches ahead of this year’s Olympics in the capital.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:17 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Catch up on the pick from other media websites, including: Yum calls in PwC to sell Pizza Hut, Pubs ‘turning the corner’, ‘Heaving’ Za Za shows appeal of buffets, Pub brands swotting up on student market and Healthy eating and value to drive Subway on.<br/><br/>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:13 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Subway is putting healthy eating and value propositions at the heart of its offer as it continues its inexorable growth in the UK, according to an interview with its marketing chief Manaaz Akhtar in Marketing magazine. ]]></description>
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