All MCA Insight articles in April 2014 – Page 20
-
Analysis & InsightAmerica’s there for the taking
Known as the ‘godfather of casual dining’, Ian Neill turned Japanese noodle chain Wagamama into a global business worth more than £200m. Here in a piece from Piper Private Equity’s ‘Going Global: 30 Years 30 Insights’, he reveals in full how a crucial lesson was learned in an unlikely location
-
News
Intu receives consent for Lakeside leisure development
Intu has received outline planning consent to create a multi-million leisure development at intu Lakeside, its market leading centre in Thurrock
-
NewsGreene King not in talks with May Capital
Greene King, the brewer and pub operator, is not in talks with May Capital, the private equity group led by Noah Bulkin, regarding the sale of a c300-strong tenanted pub package
-
News
Ricker to launch juice bar concept
Will Ricker, founder of Ricker Restaurants, has teamed up with author and filmmaker Joe Cross, to launch a new juice bar concept in London called The Juice Well
-
News
Meantime reopens Greenwich Union
Meantime Brewing Company, the London brewer, has re-opened its Greenwich Union pub following a refurbishment
-
News
JM Pubs up to three
JM Pubs, the pub operator based in north east England, has taken its third leased site with Star Pubs & Bars and is seeking more
-
News
Booker lfls rise 1.9%
Booker, the food and drink wholesaler, has reported a 1.9% rise in like-for-like sales (excluding the Makro business) in the 12 weeks to 28 March
-
News
Belhaven secures site next to station
Belhaven, the Greene King-owned Scottish brewer and pub operator, has secured a pub opposite Edinburgh’s Haymarket Station, according to broadcaster STV
-
News
Minister urges more alcohol partnerships
A Home Office minister has called for more local partnerships to tackle alcohol harms in the areas most in need
-
NewsJust Eat shares grow 8.8% on first day of trading
Shares in Just Eat, the on-line takeaway platform, grew 8.8% to 283p on its first day of trading, leaving it with a market capitalisation of almost £1.6bn
-
News
SSP UK pledges to raise £250k for Cancer Research
The UK division of SSP, the travel concessions operator, has committed to raising £250,000 in support of Cancer Research UK in 2014
-
News
Downing eyes £100m fundraising
Downing LLP is aiming to raise another £100m this year to add to its existing £430m pub industry fund, M&C Report has learnt
-
NewsStrada launches breakfast offer
Strada, the Tragus-owned group, has followed sister brand Bella Italia, in launching a breakfast offer, which sees the brand’s c65 sites start to serve breakfast from 8am
-
NewsBabaji Pide set up for Yau’s Shaftesbury Avenue venture
A new company called Babaji Pide Ltd has applied for a license to operate the former Scotch Steakhouse site in London’s Shaftesbury Avenue, which Alan Yau is currently fitting out
-
News
Voodoo Rays eyes expansion
Voodoo Rays, late-night New York pizza slice concept, is looking to further expand across London and securing further investment
-
NewsJust Eat shares debut at 260p
Just Eat, the on-line takeaway platform, has announced that shares will trade at 260p each, the top end of the price range, as it makes its debut on the London Stock Exchange today
-
NewsPatisserie Valerie opens first standalone out-of-town site
Patisserie Valerie, the Risk Capital Partners-backed chain, has opened its first standalone out-of-town site at Fort Kinnaird Shopping Park in Edinburgh
-
Analysis & InsightCaution: Cafe-bakeries are hot
Coffee shop and cafe brands are encroaching into restaurant and pub territory in a bid to steal market share. Are they the new face of all-day dining?
-
NewsWhitbread appoints new FD for pub restaurants
Whitbread, the leisure group, has appointed Richard Willan as the new finance director for its restaurants division
-
News
Market Town Taverns plans PubCraft expansion
Market Town Taverns,Yorkshire-based pub and bar operator, plans to open further sites under its new PubCraft format, which it recently launched at the Coopers in Guiseley