BAR and restaurant pub entrepreneurs Ben Rafferty and Paul Newman are targeting expansion, in spite of the crisis engulfing the sector.

The pair launched Residence, an upmarket restaurant and bar in Nantwich, Cheshire, 13 months ago, and it has been a major success.

Buoyed by this the pair hope to open a second site early in the new year, and will roll out the Residence concept, and a pub brand as the economic conditions improve.

Mr Rafferty, 38, a former champion barman and later pub acquisitions manager for ......for the full story register now for free or login below...