Smash Hit

Ritblat tipped to buy back Merchant Inns

Ex-British Land chairman tipped to regain control of Merchant Inns less than a month after its fall into administration

Change at the top of Mitchells & Butlers

The pub and restaurant operator is searching for a new non-executive director to take over in the next few months

Coffee chain may count cost of advert's claim

The Advertising Standards Authority is expected to rule that Costa Coffee's claim that most prefer their brand is misleading

Food for thought

Business big shot: Simon Turl, RoadChef

Watford Gap Services is 50 years old and, at Roadchef, they are toasting the occassion with a hot cup of coffee

How I found a fortune in dating websites

I sought love and found a fortune in dating websites

Curtain up on £100m theatre deal

The Ambassador group is staging a buyout of 17 Live Nation venues to create the country’s biggest theatre chain

Wembley warns it may default on debt

The owner of Wembley Stadium said it could default on finance agreements if wealthy patrons fail to renew their season tickets

Hollywood backs UK digital film move

Odeon & UCI Cinemas has raised more than £35m to buy new generation digital projectors for a fresh wave of 3D movies

Former Travelzest boss ready to rejoin TUI

Chris Mottershead is expected to join TUI, the owner of the Thomson and First Choice brands on January 1

Founder of Jongleurs hopes to have last laugh

Maria Kempinska, who launched the first club in Battersea, South London, in 1983, said she was already looking for sites

Globe Pub Company on brink of receivership

The Robert Tchenguiz-owned business may be sold to a new vehicle owned by Heineken, the Dutch brewer, for £180m