Hot on the heels of the £1bn Ivy sale, the Financial Times has reported that the Hawksmoor steakhouse group is considering the possibility of a £100m sale to fund its international expansion. Founded in 2006 by Will Beckett and Huw Gott with a single site in Spitalfields, Hawksmoor opened a branch last week in Chicago, […]
Richard Caring is reportedly looking to cash in his stake in the 50-strong Ivy group of restaurants for a fee in the region of a billion pounds – while also planning to revive the iconic Le Caprice brand. According to the Sunday Times, HSBC began circulating marketing documents in the City last week to sound out […]
One of Brighton’s – and the country’s – oldest fish and seafood restaurants, English’s, is being marketed for sale at £1.75 million, having been owned by the Leigh-Jones family since 1945. Praised in the 2022 Harden’s guide as a “usually buzzing venue serving great fish dishes, including lovely lobster Thermidor”, it has been a fixture of […]
