Carluccio’s bounces back from CVA with £10m ‘brand reboot’

The newly renovated Carluccio’s store in Dublin.Undoubtedly 2018 has been a tough year for the casual dining sector. Chains from Gourmet Burger Kitchen and Byron to Prezzo and Jamie’s Italian all took substantial hits to their portfolios, with restaurants disappearing from UK high streets in alarming numbers.
Among them was Carluccio’s, which announced in May it would use a company voluntary agreement (CVA) to close 34 of its 103 restaurants across the UK, affecting 500 jobs, u