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Private equity group Apollo agreed a deal to take the casual-dining operator private earlier this month
Chains are giving kitchen workers a larger portion of service charges on bills as they struggle to fill roles since reopening
Chain signals it is profitable after refinancing with summer sales ahead of the market
Long-established leading figures in UK jazz sound remarkably fresh at London’s PizzaExpress Jazz Club
Move reflects wider staff shortages across hospitality sector following high level of job losses during lockdown
Dining chain warns on ‘significant impact’ of further lockdowns
Hedge funds handed ownership after paying down more than £400m of debt in restructuring
Landlords approve restructuring that will close 73 restaurants
Operators say clauses that make them responsible if subsequent tenants go bust are favouring landlords
Italian chain to close 67 restaurants as it takes action to tackle debt
Hugh Osmond warns groups acquiring struggling chains ‘fail to understand the business’
Restructuring deal likely to split Chinese operations and hand UK business to bondholders
Chain’s private equity owners consider survival options including restaurant closures and debt-for-equity swap
John Zhao’s Hony Capital has hit trouble with two bets on western companies
Successful food lines help bolster likes of PizzaExpress against high street woes
Hony Capital plans to buy more debt in struggling chain, giving it a bigger say in any restructuring
Investors urge Chinese owners Hony to work with them to secure restaurant group’s future
Hony Capital plans to purchase £80m of bonds in struggling high-street group
The restaurant business has always been a tricky balance between food and finance
Talks could involve debt-for-equity swap or splitting off UK arm from international operations
Materials supplier SIG shows impact of political and economic uncertainty
UK restaurant chain to scale back expansion plans as sector feels the heat
Casual-dining chain faces challenges in UK and overseas
Casual dining chain reports flat UK sales while profit drops 15 per cent
PizzaExpress founder who transformed casual dining in Britain
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