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Tesco lifts profit guidance as half-year sales reach £33.8 billion
09/10/2026Tesco has raised the floor of its full-year profit guidance after half-year sales rose 2 per cent to £33.8 billion, but its Booker wholesale arm, which supplies symbol groups such as Premier, Londis and Budgens, saw like-for-like sales fall 2.6…
Wok & Go franchisor boss gets suspended sentence and 10-year ban
09/10/2026The man who ran the franchising company behind the Wok & Go noodle takeaway chain has received a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, for managing a business while banned as a director. Chester Crown Court also gave Desmond…
Boots agrees £6.7 billion sale to the Weston family
08/10/2026Boots is changing hands for the second time in just over a year. Wittington Investments, the holding company of Canada's Weston family, has agreed to buy the chain's UK and Irish business, Boots Opticians, No7 and its franchised operations for…
Subway sets a new restaurant blueprint for UK franchisees from 2027
08/10/2026Subway has unveiled Blueprint, a new restaurant design and menu model that every new and remodelled site in Europe, the Middle East and Africa will follow from 1 January 2027. The UK is one of the first two markets with…
Aldi names first 10 new UK stores for 2027
08/10/2026Aldi UK has named the first 10 towns and districts where it plans to open new stores in 2027, from Halifax to the Isle of Wight. They are the first sites confirmed out of the 40 openings in its £900…
Admiral Taverns acquires the ten-pub Mountain Pub Company
07/10/2026Admiral Taverns has acquired Mountain Pub Company, a ten-pub community pub business, from investment manager Downing. The pubs join Admiral's Proper Pubs division, which the announcement describes as running 245 community pubs across England, Scotland and Wales. The price has…
Common Table Group buys 57 former Whitbread restaurants
07/10/2026Common Table Group, a new hospitality business, is buying 57 former Beefeater, Brewers Fayre and Cookhouse restaurants from Whitbread, together with one Premier Inn hotel. The deal was reported on 7 October 2026, with the first reopenings planned from mid-November…
Vida Del Padel plans five more clubs by year end
07/10/2026Vida Del Padel, which opened its first club in Lincoln less than two years ago, is growing through franchising, joining the sports and leisure brands recruiting UK operators. The operator says six sites are trading, three are under construction and…
Freddy’s signs five-unit Philippines deal, its first in Southeast Asia
07/10/2026Freddy's has signed its first development agreement in Southeast Asia, a five-unit deal for the Philippines announced on 5 October 2026. The steakburger and frozen custard chain, based in Wichita, Kansas, names OMG Holdings OPC as the developer and expects…
Pubs and restaurants brought to market rise 22%, says Christie & Co
07/10/2026Christie & Co brought 22% more pubs and restaurants to market between January and August 2026 than in the same months of 2025, according to the property adviser. It was instructed to sell more than 360 properties and agreed more…
