Leading Sheffield restaurant Smoke Barbecue is bringing its first-class smoked-meat menu to Leeds with a brand new site at the Arena Quarter after completing an agreement worth more than £1million over 15 years with Merrion Centre owners, Town Centre Securities PLC (TCS) on 4,462 sq ft unit on Merrion Way. Investing £500k into the refurbishment, owners Duka Nagy and Sean … [Read more...]
Spending growth slows in August as Brits escape summer washout
Consumer spending growth slowed to 3.0 per cent year-on-year in August as the poor summer weather led to more Britons heading abroad, impacting spending at home, according to the latest data from Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of all credit and debit card transactions in the UK. Spending growth fell below the 4 per cent mark for only the second time this … [Read more...]
East Kilbride’s New Leisure Quarter signs 8 restaurants
Orion Capital Managers, advised by Savills, has secured nine leisure lettings at its East Kilbride Shopping Centre’s new leisure quarter in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. These new lettings mean the leisure quarter is now 80% let. Restaurant chains Frankie & Benny’s, Chiquito, Bella Italia, Homemade Burger, Filling Station, Nando’s, Cook&Indi and Pizza Express have all … [Read more...]
Ivan Schofield appointed CEO of Ed’s Easy Diner
Ed’s Easy Diner, the fast-growing, market leading operator of close to 50 themed 1950s American diners throughout the UK, has announced the appointment of Ivan Schofield as CEO. He will join the Company later this month and will succeed Andrew Guy who will retire from the business at the end of the year. It is intended that Andrew will retain a relationship with the Company in … [Read more...]
Strong €20M first year for Gather & Gather in Ireland
Twelve months on from launching its dedicated Ireland operation, Gather & Gather can boast €12m worth of business across a dozen contracts with a further €8m to be mobilised in what continues to be an exciting and growing market place for the company. In September 2014 the Gather & Gather team formally introduced its business to the Irish facilities and food service … [Read more...]