Financing
Cooper’s Hawk to be sold to Ares Management
Sources have confirmed a Mergermarket report of the deal to the private equity firm.
Workforce
Cooper’s Hawk tries a new workforce development strategy: BMWs
General managers and executive kitchen managers can get free BMW leases for three years based on their ability to develop employees.
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