Ed’s Easy Diner has announced plans to franchise its brand. Founded in 1987 by Barry Margolis, who opened Ed’s in Soho, the company now has sites in Bluewater, Trocadero and Covent Garden. Despite the fact that Ed’s has always ...
Bowmark Capital, backed by the Royal Bank of Scotland, has bought the Las Iguanas Latin American restaurants for £27m. William Baxter, Corporate Finance Director at BDO Stoy Hayward, which advised Bowmark on the sale said, “The private ...
Greene King pub giant has snapped up south-east England based chain Loch Fyne Restaurants for £68m. This was funded by Greene King’s existing debt facilities. The company announed plans to double the number of Loch Fyne sites, of which ...
Gourmet Holdings has installed two ex- Ask directors in its management team in a bid to transform losses into profits. Salvatore Diliberto is the new Chief Executive while Neil Martin Blows and James Rhodes are Chairman and Non Executive Director ...
Tragus mid-market chain operator is launching a new restaurant concept in BAA’s £4.3bn Heathrow Terminal 5 in March 2008. Huxley’s Bar & Kitchen will serve British food such as Kedgeree, Steak and Kidney Pudding, Spotted Dick ...
Last month it was reported that in Manhattan, Pearl Oyster Bar Owner Rebecca Charles is suing her former Sous Chef, now her business rival, alleging that he has copied “each and every element” of her restaurant – from the grey paint .
Mean Fiddler founder Vince Power has bought three gastro bars as sites for his bar and club group, according to property agents Christie & Co, who handled the sale. Power bought three out of five Camel Bars in London: in Victoria, ...
UK winemakers have worked hard to attain a standard worthy of inclusion on restaurant wine lists. So, in a business that's gone potty for locally sourced produce, why is English wine still the exception rather than the norm? We live in a world ...
Bank Restaurant Group has announced a 21 per cent increase in profits for the six months ended April 30. Bank, which bought the Zinc Bar and Grill chain for £1.5m in December 2005, saw profit before interest, taxation, depreciation and ...
Regent Inns has bought 31 Old Orleans restaurants from Punch Taverns for £26million. Of the estate, 27 are short leasehold. The cash proceeds from the sale will be used to reduce debt. Chief Executive of Punch Taverns, Giles Thorley, said, ...
Measuring customer satisfaction. One thing restaurants cannot do, no matter how hard they try, is force people to come in and eat. The competition between restaurants, particularly in busy cities, is fierce, and often, restaurants are a luxury that ...
It may be the worst part of any waiter's job, but everyone profits from a properly celebrated birthday. Emptying bins, polishing glasses and cleaning ashtrays; of all the worst waiting tasks, there's one that knocks them all into a cocked ...
