Archives for December 19, 2011

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Pub and restaurant sales rise for sixth consecutive month

By Emma Eversham

Sales at pubs and restaurants run by the biggest operators, such as Whitbread, Mitchells & Butlers and Tragus, continued to rise for the sixth consecutive month in November as consumers refused to give up an 'affordable treat'.

Soho power cut: Pubs, bars and restaurants lose out on Mad Friday

By Luke Nicholls & Peter Ruddick

As businesses braced themselves for ‘Mad Friday’, one of the busiest trading days of the year, a power cut left parts of London’s Soho without electricity for the majority of the day, forcing pubs, bars and restaurants to close.