All MCA Insight articles in April 2016 – Page 7
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London Village Inns to move into restaurant market
London Village Inns, the six-strong pub group, is moving into the restaurant market, with a planned opening in Brixton
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Great Northern Inns up to eight
Great Northern Inns, the Nottinghamshire-based pub company, headed by Dave Wilans, is to open its eight site this week
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Operators in ‘significant’ financial distress from NLW implementation
Almost 20,000 restaurants, bars and hotels that have been forced to implement the National Living Wage (NLW) are in ‘significant’ financial distress
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Wok&Go makes London debut
Wok&Go, the Chester-based Asian Fusion restaurant chain, has made its debut in London, with an opening in Finchley Road.
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Cox & Rabbit launch Serendipity Inns
Serendipity Inns and Bars, a new company set up by Richard Cox and Kieran Rabbit, has taken on its first pub
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Momentum to continue in specialist sector investment
Total investment into the specialist sectors will increase by 10% year on year to reach £14.3bn by the end of 2016
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Botanic Inns shrinks estate
Three pubs from the failed Botanic Inns chain were sold in January leaving the Horatio Group running four venues
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Frankie & Benny’s and Rays of Sunshine win charity award
Frankie & Benny’s and Rays of Sunshine win “Charity Partnership Travel & Hospitality Award” at the Third Sector Business Charity Awards
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Rollo: M&B may need to switch to a new strategy
Leading analyst Jamie Rollo has said that if Phil Urban, the new M&B chief executive, is unable to improve performance, he thinks the board could consider some more radical options
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April Bloomfield to launch Cornish farm project
The chefs April Bloomfield and Tom Adams are two launch a new food and culinary project in Cornwall, after purchasing farmland together
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Starbucks Q2 lfls up 6%
Starbucks has reported a 6% rise in global like-for-like sales during its second quarter
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Analysis & Insight
Inside track: How leaving the EU would impact pubs
Writing for MCA’s sister title The Publican’s Morning Advertiser, Adam Bernstein takes a look at some of the key areas that would affect the pub sector if the British public votes to leave the European Union, and how a rejection of the continent could shape the landscape for pub operators in years to come
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Luke Johnson to chair Gaucho & CAU
Serial sector investor Luke Johnson has been appointed as non-executive chairman of the Equistone-backed Gaucho chain and its sister brand CAU
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MOD Pizza secures debut UK site
MOD Pizza, the fast casual artisan pizza concept backed by Sir Charles Dunstone, will make its UK debut at the start of June in Leeds
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Sky reports profit increase
Sky has reported a record group operating profit of £1,143 million (2015: £1,024 million), up 12%, for the nine month period to 31 March, 2016.
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Wasabi set for Oxford
Wasabi, the London-based sushi and bento chain, is to further strengthen its regional estate with an opening in Oxford
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Fogg steps down from Hix Restaurants
Seb Fogg has stepped down as operations director at the Mark Hix-led Hix Restaurants, after the group’s restructure
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Wood steps down from Comptoir
Diane Wood has stepped down as finance director of The Levant Restaurants Group
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Franks joins Chilango
Richard Franks, the former managing director of bakery café group Apostrophe, has joined Chilango as its new head of operations
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Analysis & Insight
Nottingham’s Late Night Levy in focus
Nottingham City Council introduced the Late Night Levy (the ‘levy’) on 1 November 2014. This followed a public consultation detailing the proposal and subsequent approval from the Full Council. Clare Eames, partner at Poppleston Allen, the UK’s largest firm of licensing solicitors, takes a look at its impact one year on