All MCA Insight articles in April 2014 – Page 18
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NewsStonegate hosts training conference
Stonegate Pub Company has hosted its first conference for its award-winning deputy manager training programme, Accelerator
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NewsPunch noteholder committee favours covenant waive
A group representing senior Punch Taverns noteholders has signalled its acceptance of the pub company’s request to waive its covenant and avoid default on its debt securitisations
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NewsCo-op stores to be built at 54 Marston's pubs
Co-op convenience stores are to be built on 54 Marston’s pub sites
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OpinionUnited we stand?
Now the dust has settled on the Budget, it’s worth taking stock of where the pub and drinks industry has got to as a lobbying force, and what it can expect as the General Election draws near
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Punch asks creditors to vote to waive covenant
Punch Taverns has asked to meet its noteholders on 29 April to vote on requests to waive its covenant and avoid default on its debt securitisations
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Shaftesbury markets Cambridge Circus restaurant site
Shaftesbury is marketing a restaurant location at Cambridge Circus, by Seven Dials in London’s Covent Garden
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NewsNew generation Costa Express is launched
An evolved version of Costa Express that owner Whitbread says will “revolutionise the self-serve experience” has been launched
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Barber to raise EIS fund for Hush expansion
Jamie Barber has launched a new round of fundraising through the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) as he looks to grow his Hush brasserie concept
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New healthy fast food concept secures City site
Suchef, a new healthy fast food concept from the Aroma Food Group (UK), has secured its for first site in London
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NewsCoffee shops 'lukewarm' on failed retail sites
Major coffee shop operators have been “lukewarm” on the prospect of taking sites previously occupied by large retailers that have folded during the downturn, while fast food groups have been “similarly reticent”, according to a new Deloitte report
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NewsLarge caps push M&C20 higher
There were increases for the M&C20 Leisure Index and the broader stock market this week – both up by just under 1%
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Moody’s assigns first time rating to Stonegate
Moody’s, the credit ratings agency, has assigned a first-time rating to Stonegate Pub Company on the back of the group’s £400m bond offer
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NewsStonegate completes pricing of £400m senior notes
Stonegate Pub Company, the TDR Capital-backed group, has completed the successful pricing of £400m senior secured notes due 2019, after announcing the bond offer earlier this week
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Ex-Bramwell marketer Avington heads up Stonegate division
Derek Avington, former head of sales and marketing at Bramwell Pub Company, has been made head of Stonegate Pub Company’s Traditional Pubs division
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Pizza1889 makes pop-up debut
Pizza1889 has opened its debut pop up store, the first of its kind in an out of town location, at the 136,206sq ft Nugent shopping park in Orpington, south east London
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NewsAnalyst corner
Simon French at Panmure Gordon moves his recommendation for Prezzo from Hold to Buy and raises his Target Price for the group from 112p to 197p ahead of its preliminary results next Wednesday
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Gaucho appoints new marketing director
Gaucho, the Argentinean steakhouse concept led by Zeev Godik, has appointed Jenna Bromage, formerly of the Birley Group, as its new group PR and marketing director
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Faucet Inn makes operational team change
Faucet Inn, the London-based company led by Steve Cox, has made a change to its operations team, after the departure of operations director Richard Stringer
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NewsBrakspear to open Mexican restaurant
Brakspear, the Oxfordshire-based pub operator, has leased a pub in its home town of Henley to be operated as a Mexican restaurant
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JW Bassett expansion continues
JW Bassett Pubs, the Cardiff-based pub operator, has taken its estate to seven sites with the acquisition of the Pen & Wig in Newport, M&C Report has learnt