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Miniso takes HMV’s Oxford Street site for first UK Miniso Land
19/10/2026Miniso is preparing to open its first UK Miniso Land, a 19,000 sq ft flagship at 363 Oxford Street, London, in the building HMV occupies today. The retailer, which operates more than 8,300 stores worldwide, has taken the site as…
Black Sheep Coffee posts first positive EBITDA after 12 years
19/10/2026Black Sheep Coffee has reported its first positive EBITDA, around $1 million for its last financial year, after 12 years of annual losses, according to MCA Insight. Co-founder Gabriel Shohet said the figure is forecast to rise in FY26, while…
Auntie Anne’s opens third UK container site in Ashford
19/10/2026Auntie Anne's, the soft pretzel and food-to-go brand, has opened its third UK container unit at Designer Outlet Ashford. The compact format needs less capital than a traditional shop, and the company says it will sit alongside shops and kiosks…
Nolte Küchen targets up to 100 UK franchise showrooms
19/10/2026Nolte Küchen UK, the UK distributor of the German kitchen maker, is adding franchise showrooms to its mix of independent dealers and company-owned sites, joining the construction and renovation franchises in the UK. Managing director Chris Rushby says nine franchise…
Black Sheep Coffee signs franchise deals for 39 new UK shops
15/10/2026Black Sheep Coffee has signed three franchise development agreements for at least 39 new UK shops, across Greater London, East and West Sussex, and the South West. The coffee chain says the deals, announced on 15 October 2026, will increase…
US chicken chain Raising Cane’s eyes Dalston before Piccadilly opens
15/10/2026Raising Cane's appears to be preparing a restaurant in Dalston, east London. The US chicken chain posted management job adverts for 3-5 Kingsland High Street on 14 October 2026, the first public trace of a site there, while its Piccadilly…
Marie Blachère seeks UK franchise partners for its bakery concept
15/10/2026Marie Blachère, the bakery and restaurant chain owned by Groupe Blachère, is seeking to enter the UK through franchising, Propel reported on 15 October 2026. The plan follows the group's appearance at the National Franchise Exhibition in Birmingham on 2…
Co-op Franchise opens three university stores, including Glasgow
15/10/2026Co-op Franchise has opened three campus convenience stores this term, at Queen Mary University of London, the University of Leicester and the University of Glasgow. The Queen Mary shop is the first Co-op franchise store at a campus-based London university,…
Boom Battle Bar targets 50 venues as it recruits franchisees
15/10/2026Boom Battle Bar plans to grow from 29 sites to at least 50 venues by 2030, with franchising at the centre of its strategy. Its new owner, the Frasers Group-backed operator We Do Play, is recruiting UK franchise partners for…
Picard enters more than 150 Sainsbury’s stores from 26 October
15/10/2026French frozen-food brand Picard will sell five bakery and pastry products in more than 150 Sainsbury's stores across the UK from 26 October 2026. The listing puts the brand into the frozen aisles of a major supermarket group, and follows…
