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Lancashire-based Paragon Hotels Group has announced it is to take back direct management of The Roxburghe hotel in Edinburgh which is to be rebranded as the Crowne Plaza Edinburgh.
Spanish bar and restaurant group Camino has announced plans to add another seven restaurants to its estate by 2015 after receiving £3m of investment from the Business Growth Fund (BGF).
A number of pub and bar companies are being asked to give their support to a work placement scheme next year which will showcase the career options available across the industry to young people.
Bedford-based brewer and pubco Charles Wells has revealed its financial results for the last year; its UK pubs operation has reported an increase in profits per pub of 3.8 per cent driven by a 1.2 per cent rise in like-for-like sales.
German cooking technology manufacturer MKN has introduced an improved version of its Salamander energy-saving cooking unit to the UK.
In the second instalment of our look-back at the top stories of 2012, we digest two more of the hottest topics featured on the website this year - the rise of the dreaded restaurant no-shows and MWB Group Holdings' appointment of administrators.