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The 200-bedroom Radisson Blu in Liverpool and the 279-bedroom Hilton Manchester Deansgate have been sold, one month after their owner, the Beetham Group, was placed in administration. Both properties have been bought by London...
Posted: 23 November 2011 | 10:36
North West pub firm Amber Taverns has raised an additional £5m in funding, with which it plans to open a further 30 pubs and create 300 new jobs. The funding comes in the form of a £4m revolving credit facility...
Posted: 21 November 2011 | 10:28
A private equity firm has invested £8m in London bar firm Be At One. Piper took a "significant" minority stake in the business, which was founded by three former TGI Fridays bartenders...
Posted: 31 October 2011 | 10:51
The Bay Restaurant Group, the owner of the La Tasca and Slug and Lettuce chains, has undergone a refinancing involving a debt-for-equity swap. The company, which was previously part of the Laurel Pub Company, has agreed terms with Icelandic bank Kaupthing and Commerzbank of Germany ...
Posted: 28 July 2009 | 18:13
The Columbus Hotel in Monaco, owned by former Formula 1 racing driver David Coulthard, has been put up for sale again for an estimated £44.7m..
Posted: 23 February 2009 | 11:36
Argentinean steak chain Gaucho is the fastest-growing private equity-backed restaurant in the UK, according to research.
Posted: 11 February 2009 | 08:00
Contract caterer Sodexo has become an equity partner in a £12b private finance initiative (PFI) to build and run the UK’s Defence Technical Academy.
Posted: 10 February 2009 | 14:18
The two largest Smollensky’s restaurants, on London’s Strand and in Canary Wharf, have been sold to an investment firm headed up by the creator of Tiger Tiger.
Posted: 22 December 2008 | 12:04
Delek Group, the Israeli conglomerate, has denied reports that it plans to sell RoadChef.
Posted: 12 December 2008 | 16:56
RoadChef, the UK’s third-largest motorway services operator, is planning to cut sick pay, holiday pay, overtime rates and pension benefits for 2,500 staff from next month.
Posted: 15 October 2008 | 11:24
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Share price fall interests CVC in Punch; Founder seeks to rescue Beanscene coffee shops from administration; Pubs and clubs lead quarterly rise in business failures
Posted: 04 August 2008 | 10:52
Dawnay Shore Hotels has played down fears that an emergency review of assets initiated by investment firm Dawnay Day will impact its 20 hotels.
Posted: 15 July 2008 | 09:57
London restaurateur Alan Yau has secured private equity investment of £21.5m to transform his Busaba Eathai restaurant into a chain.
Posted: 01 July 2008 | 07:15
The creditors of Laurel Pub Company face a potential loss of £130m after the group was put into administration in March, according to a report today.
Posted: 02 June 2008 | 12:05
Gareth Whiley, a partner at private equity firm Silverfleet Capital and non-executive director of Paramount Restaurants, insists his industry won't abandon the restaurants it is backing despite the economic downturn
Posted: 29 May 2008 | 00:00
The former chief executive of Compass Group, Mike Bailey, has returned to the world of contract catering with the acquisition of a trio of US foodservice companies.
Posted: 14 April 2008 | 17:19
There were some extreme opinions expressed at the IHIF conference in Berlin, but, as Gemma Sharkey discovered, no one considers this to be a recession
Posted: 13 March 2008 | 00:05
This week we launch a new series of opinions, kicking off with a head-to-head debate on the increasing influence of private equity firms within the hospitality sector
Posted: 21 February 2008 | 00:00
