All MCA Insight articles in April 2017 – Page 9
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News
D&D launches co-working scheme at Bluebird
D&D London is launching a new co-working scheme at its Bluebird site in Chelsea.
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News
Donostia founder to launch Tapas Room in Tooting
The founder of the Pop Brixton restaurant and Donostia Social Club street food concept is to launch of The Tapas Room in Tooting next month.
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Tenpin announces IPO
Tenpin, the UK’s second-largest bowling group, formerly known as Essenden, has announced the successful pricing of its IPO, giving it a market capitalisation of £107m.
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Analysis & Insight
Food and soft drinks push up CPI
Increases in the cost of food and non-alcoholic beverages were the largest contributor in pushing UK inflation to its highest level since September 2013, ONS figures reveal.
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News
Mercer & Co aims to grow to eight
Mercer & Co founder Alex Foley wants to open eight branches of his salt beef bagel and cocktail concept, before exploring investment opportunities for further growth, MCA has learnt.
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Analysis & Insight
Sector lfls down 0.5% in March
Like-for-like sales across the Coffer Peach Business Tracker cohort fell 0.5% in March, with the late Easter holiday impacting on performance.
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News
Black Lodge to open permanent Oktopus site
Liverpool-based Black Lodge Brewery has secured a permanent site for its seafood and craft beer concept, Oktopus.
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Bermondsey Pub Co passes 40-strong milestone
Bermondsey Pub Company, Ei Group’s managed arm, has grown beyond 40 sites with its latest flurry of openings.
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Ivy Collection to open Harrogate site in November
The Ivy Collection, the fast-growing, Richard Caring-backed group, has submitted plans for an opening in Harrogate.
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News
Windmill Taverns to open in Southwark
Windmill Taverns, the family-run London-based pub group, is set to grow to five sites, MCA has learnt.
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Analysis & Insight
One in five UK drinkers buy alcohol online
A new report has shown that British drinkers buy more alcohol online than anyone else in Europe.
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News
Khan: Business rates killing London nightlife
Research commissioned by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has found 21 music venues at risk of closure due to business rates increases.
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News
Coffee shops sales up 10.4% in 2016
New research has found that 65% of UK consumers have visited a coffee shop in the past three months.
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D&D to open new concept in New York
D&D London has announced it is launching a new “chef driven restaurant concept” in Hudson Yards in Manhattan.
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Opinion
The man behind the cask
Marston’s managing director Richard Westwood discusses recent controversy around the quality and price of cask ale with the Morning Advertiser’s Nicholas Robinson.
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News
Comptoir reduces openings pipeline for 2018
Comptoir Group, the AIM-listed operator of the Comptoir Libanais, Shawa and Yalla Yalla brands, has announced it is reducing its opening schedule for 2018, to four restaurants as it eyes a “cautious approach”.
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News
Pesto secures 10th site
Pesto, the Italian pub and restaurant group led by Neil Gatt and Sara Edwards, has secured it tenth site.
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Consumer spending up 4.3% in Q1
Consumer spending rose 4.3% year-on-year in the first three months of 2017, with entertainment spend up 10.4%, the latest data from Barclaycard has shown.
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News
Weston Castle files CVA
Weston Castle, the once 40-strong north west-based pub group, has filed a Company Voluntary Arrangement, MCA has learnt.