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Leka Systems director incorporates a new franchise-named company
25/09/2026Leka Systems, the Cardiff based conservatory roof manufacturer, has had a new company, Leka Systems FRCSE Limited, incorporated on 21 September 2026 by the same director who runs the existing business. The brand's own site currently describes a trade supplier…
Cotti Coffee heads to Birmingham as it takes UK growth beyond London
24/09/2026Cotti Coffee, China's second-largest coffee brand, is taking its UK expansion beyond London with a site in the former Moss Bros unit on New Street, Birmingham. The franchised chain has opened seven London sites since its UK launch in February…
Camile Thai returns to UK growth three years after liquidation
24/09/2026Camile Thai has opened in Southsea, Portsmouth, its seventh UK restaurant, and plans to open in Southampton in late 2026 or early 2027. The Irish franchised Thai chain, whose two UK companies went into liquidation in 2023, now says it…
McDonald’s franchisee Kylu Group grows to 15 London restaurants
24/09/2026Kylu Group, the McDonald's franchise business Reema Mavani founded in 2017, has taken over the Paddington and Kilburn restaurants in London. The two additions take it to 15 McDonald's restaurants across six London boroughs, with more than 1,200 staff, while…
All-day brunch brand Limes files a franchise company
24/09/2026Limes, the all-day brunch brand based in Hadley Wood, north London, has incorporated Limes Brasserie Franchise Ltd on 14 September 2026. The filing shares the registered address of the brand's existing restaurant and follows a franchise page that appeared on…
Indian Tiffin Room’s owner incorporates a dedicated franchise company
24/09/2026The company behind Indian Tiffin Room has incorporated a dedicated franchise vehicle, Five Foxes ITR Franchise Limited, on 14 September 2026. The filing follows four separate city-named companies registered on 27 August and sits alongside a central kitchen entity, pointing…
Monkey Town lines up three branded UK openings in October
24/09/2026Monkey Town, the Dutch indoor play brand, will open three branded UK venues in October 2026: Kirkby on 18 October, Liverpool on 21 October and Romford on 25 October. They will be its first sites trading under the Monkey Town…
Chaiiwala opens Leicester flagship as template for its next expansion phase
24/09/2026Chaiiwala has opened a new flagship café on Granby Street in Leicester, the city where the brand started in 2015. The 2,000 sq ft, 60-cover site introduces self-service ordering kiosks and a new layout, which the franchised chai café chain…
Greene King reports record interest in leased, tenanted and franchise pubs
24/09/2026Greene King is seeing record interest in its leased, tenanted and franchise pubs, chief executive Nick Mackenzie told Propel on 23 September 2026. He linked further growth to what he called "bold reform of VAT, business rates and duty", as…
Mitchells & Butlers returns to growth as like-for-like sales rise 2.1%
24/09/2026Mitchells & Butlers, the managed pub and restaurant group behind Harvester, Toby Carvery, All Bar One and Miller & Carter, has returned to like-for-like sales growth. Its pre-close trading update, published on 24 September 2026, puts year-to-date like-for-like sales up…
