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Little Chef in Olympic promotion row
- Mail on Sunday, 2 September
Glasgow to get 2,400 more hotel bedrooms in the next four years The number of hotel rooms in Glasgow is expected to grow by 2,400 over the next four years in order to meet demand from the city's booming conference, events and leisure travel markets, according to the Glasgow City Marketing Bureau. Scheduled to open its doors in the city centre next year is the five-star Blythswood Square hotel and Glasgow's first six-star hotel, the 158-bedroom Argyle International situated in the heart of the international financial services district. - Sunday Herald](http://www.sundayherald.com/), 2 September
Schools in England get stricter food rules When children across England go back to school this week it will be under new rules that ban the sales of all chocolate bars, flavoured biscuits, sweets, crisps and cereal bars. Salt will no longer be provided on tables, ketchup and mayonnaise will be limited and cakes will only be allowed at lunchtime. The regulations add to those already governing the content of school lunches. - [The Observer](http://observer.guardian.co.uk/), 2 September
Up to one in five pub tenants are considering quitting Up to one in five pub tenants are considering leaving the industry through a steep drop in takings. The smoking ban, poor summer weather, rising rents and cheap beer from supermarkets have combined to cause the crisis with village and community pubs under most threat. - [Mail on Sunday](http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/), 2 September
Punch expected to report increase in food salesPunch Taverns, Scotland's biggest pub landlord, is expected to reveal a rise in food sales when it reports this week, despite facing tough market conditions including flooding in the Midlands, where it has a strong presence. [Scotland on Sunday](http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/), 2 September
Wetherspoon reveals expansion plansJD Wetherspoon will this week signal that it has ridden out the smoking ban with plans to open more pubs on the back of rising food sales. Booming sales have pushed food's share of its revenue up to 30% from 26% a year ago, compensating for any drop in beer takings. Wetherspoon spent between £7m and £10m preparing for the smoking ban. - [Scotland on Sunday](http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/), 2 September
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