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Articles and latest deals news about companies operating in the UK hospitality sector including sector including: Hotels & Resorts, Restaurants & Catering, Night Clubs & Bars.

Entrepreneurs

Livebookings: The VC-backed business shaking up the restaurant industry

With a pool of experienced investors including Balderton Capital and Wellington Partners, GrowthBusiness meets new Livebookings CEO Joe Steele to find out how the business is revolutionising the way we book a table.

News

Restaurant booking app Ruffl gets its teeth into £1 million seed found

Toptable founder Karen Hanton and former OpenTable CEO for Europe David Pritchard are contributing to a £1 million seed round for Ruffl.

News

Giraffe and GAIL’s investor backs Red Hot World Buffet

Private equity firm Risk Capital Partners has made a new commitment in the food and drink sector by backing Red Hot World Buffet.

News

Wagamama and Rex Restaurants investor adds Hawksmoor chain to its portfolio

Popular London restaurant chain Hawksmoor has decided to fund itself using private equity capital, and has signed up Graphite Capital as a backer.

Entrepreneurs

Yianni Papoutsis Q&A: Meat Liquor empire makes first foray out of London

Having set up his food business out of a wagon in 2009, entrepreneur Yianni Papoutsis now has three London locations and a Brighton site on the way. GrowthBusiness finds out how the industry has changed.

News

Forest Holidays uses fresh LDC investment to open new cabin site in Hampshire

LDC portfolio company Forest Holidays has netted follow-on funding from its private equity backer to aid its roll-out.

News

City-based bar-restaurant group Drake & Morgan closes £30 million MBO

A second restaurant-based management buy-out of the week has seen Drake & Morgan complete a £30 million deal with help from Bowmark Capital.

News

LDC backs £50 million MBO of Bluebird and Coq d’Argent owner D&D London

Mid-market private equity house LDC has upped its interest in the retail and consumer sector by backing the management buy-out of restaurant group D&D London.

News

Spanish restaurant chain served up BGF funding

Tapas chain Camino has secured £3 million of investment through the Business Growth Fund.

News

Wear Inns uses NVM and Business Growth Fund cash to continue pub acquisition drive

A pub chain backed by the Business Growth Fund and NVM Private Equity has added to its portfolio of sites by acquiring a further two premises.

News

Fourth Hospitality closes overseas deal

ECI Partners-backed Fourth Hospitality has made its first acquisition since its management team led a buy-out of the business in March 2011.

News

Wear Inns begins acquisition drive aided by BGF and NVM

A pub group owned by NVM Private Equity and the Business Growth Fund (BGF) has begun its acquisitive growth strategy by purchasing nine venues from TCG Bars.

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Accounting and Finance Software

Desktop vs cloud accounting: What to consider 

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Opinion

Boosting confidence in outsourcing your customer service function to call centres in Africa

CCI Kenya discusses why outsourcing key of your business processes to call centres in Africa may be beneficial