Personal licence renewals ‘scrapped’: The Home Office has confirmed the abolition of personal licence renewals from 1 April 2015. Solicitor John Gaunt said: “This news, just confirmed by the Home Office, is what operators have been waiting for, for some time and will now avoid the need for personal licence renewals going forward, something which was becoming an increasing headache.
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READ MOREMichelin tweets new star awards early after bookshop leak: The Michelin guide announced its new set of stars on Twitter yesterday ahead of its scheduled announcement at 7.30am this morning (17 September). It tweeted: “Let down once again by a bookshop – here are the new#MichelinStars2016” at 2.07pm and then proceeded to announce its new stars.
READ MOREBrasserie Blanc secures pipeline of five sites for pub concept, praises tenanted pub company landlords, warns on high street unsustainbility: Brasserie Bar Co pub arm White Brasserie Co’s five pubs are now averaging more than £30,000 per week in sales – and there are now five sites in the pipeline, chief executive Mark Derry has told the Propel Multi Club Conference.
READ MORECasual Dining Group reports rapid progress in plan to double profits – and eyes expansion to 500 sites: The Casual Dining Group (CDG), formerly the Tragus Group, has revealed rapid progress on its plan to double profits from its current platform of 200 “great leases in great locations”. CDG’s three-year ‘platform for growth’ plan focuses on Bella Italia and Café Rouge after the sale of Strada and a “benign” CVA restructuring that meant debt reduced from £354m to £91m, chief executive Steve Richards told the Propel Multi Club Conference.
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