The group is on course to open 65 of its no-frills stores this year, up from 54 openings in 2014.
Big European indies slipped as market futures data put Wall Street on course to open in the red.
He said: "Sixteen of those applications are already on course to open and more are poised to follow.
There are conflicting accounts as to what prompted Garnet Carter, who already owned a real golf course, to open a miniature one in the late 1920s.
The £175 million bridge is described as a "floating garden" connecting Temple and the South Bank, and is on course to open in 2018.
Ministers said the 35-mile (56km) line from Edinburgh to Tweedbank was still on course to open in December 2014.
In 2009 Ffos Las became the first new turf horseracing course to open in Britain for around 80 years.
When it opened in 2009 Ffos Las was the first new turf horseracing course to open in Britain for around 80 years.
Wary of the danger in exposing its markets to unchecked global capital flows, China has chosen to take a slow, deliberate course to opening them up.
The course is to open next year, and green fees of up to $125 are planned.
