Piper has sold its stake in Be At One, the nationwide cocktail bar chain to Stonegate Pub Company. Since its £8m investment in 2011, Piper has supported Be At One in expanding the business beyond its original London base, taking the chain from 11 to 33 bars, of which 17 are outside London, with a number of new sites in the pipeline. Over
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