British alternative lender Cheyne Capital is owed €45m by companies within the wider Press Up hospitality group. It has now installed accountants from KPMG as receivers over three of the group’s restaurant chains.
Family-owned Moran Hospitality is best-known for the Red Cow Moran Hotel and the Red Cow Inn. But now they've taken over a popular gastropub near the Aviva stadium.
Cheyne Capital has sent in senior experts to turn Press Up around. A forensic investigation of the hospitality group's financial structures examines if there is still time.
The serial food entrepreneur behind Itsa Bagel and The Commons café explains how being pragmatic and flexible has allowed her business to thrive.
Dublin-based Store Computer Technology, which provides tech services and support to the retail sector, has been bought in a deal of “strategic importance”.
The private equity firm’s purchase of the health food chain is just the first salvo in a bigger plan to scoop up several more hospitality businesses.
Peter Burke is asking voters to choose between tax breaks for restaurants or middle income earners. As a Fine Gael TD, this makes sense, but as enterprise minister, this is leaving hospitality entrepreneurs puzzled.
In the second of a two-part series, Stuart Fitzgerald says analysis of data from typical Irish pharmacy, grocery, restaurant and pub businesses shows that SMEs’ viability is under increasing strain — and is set to get worse.
The hotel industry is a microcosm of the wider economy. At first glance, it seems to be thriving. However, the more you peel it back, the more vulnerabilities emerge.
McSorley’s is known as a place to watch rugby games, and now a group of former players is buying it. They outbid a private equity firm to secure it.
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