All MCA Insight articles in August 2013 – Page 17

  • Drinking beer in a pub
    News

    100 pubs given protected status

    2013-08-12T06:48:00Z

    Community pubs minister Brandon Lewis will announce at the Great British Beer festival on Tuesday that 100 pubs in England have now been listed by as Assets of Community Value

  • Eat
    News

    Eat to launch £1m Heathrow site

    2013-08-09T16:43:00Z

    Eat, the sandwich shop chain backed by private equity firm Lyceum Capital, is set to open a new £1m concept store at Heathrow’s Terminal 2: The Queen’s Terminal, in June 2014

  • News

    Chameleon PBT falls 23.2%

    2013-08-09T16:42:00Z

    The northern England-based pub operator saw full-year pre-tax profits fall 23.2% to £84,242 and revealed that wet income now accounts for less than half of its sales

  • News

    Pack Snack plans UK expansion

    2013-08-09T16:40:00Z

    Pack Snack plans to grow an estate of up to 30 sites in the UK & Ireland over the next five years

  • Wetherspoons logo
    News

    JDW brings VAT campaign to customers

    2013-08-09T16:38:00Z

    JD Wetherspoon has continued its campaign to reduce VAT for the sector by issuing a special edition of Wetherspoon News, aimed at customers, to all its pubs focused on the campaign

  • Analysis & Insight

    Consumers demand more from food-to-go

    2013-08-09T16:30:00Z

    Almost two thirds (61%) of consumers now buy lunch on-the-go, according to new research that says people are demanding more from food-on-the-go options

  • News

    The Cuban secures Bristol site

    2013-08-09T16:20:10.867Z

    The Cuban is to make its debut in the South West after securing the former Hooters site in Bristol, M&C Report understands

  • News

    Cote secures Reigate site

    2013-08-09T16:20:00Z

    Cote, the Richard Caring-backed chain, has secured a site in Reigate, Surrey, for what will become its 45th opening

  • News

    Boston Tea Party sets out growth plans

    2013-08-09T16:20:00Z

    Boston Tea Party is looking to open two/three sites a year going forward and is looking to evolve its current format with a more US-style feel

  • News

    Awards to highlight sourcing and health credentials

    2013-08-09T16:20:00Z

    Restaurant operators, contract caterers and food manufacturers are being urged to highlight their success in healthy eating provision and sourcing

  • News

    Meyer teams up with Delta Air Lines

    2013-08-09T16:20:00Z

    Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group has struck a deal with Delta Air Lines to supply inflight meals on selected trips between New York and London

  • Coal Bar and Grill
    News

    Charterhouse EBITDA grows 50%

    2013-08-09T16:20:00Z

    Pre-tax losses narrow for the Coal Grill and Bar operators as it confirmed plans to open five more sites over the next few years

  • News

    WJ King eyes pub estate

    2013-08-09T16:19:00Z

    The new owners of WJ King, the Sussex brewer, have said that creating a pub estate is part of their long-term plans for the business

  • News

    Late Knights eyes micro-pub expansion

    2013-08-09T16:14:42.580Z

    The south east London brewer hopes to have four “micro-pubs” up and running by Christmas under the Beer Rebellion brand, M&C Reporthas learnt

  • Analysis & Insight

    Unlocking trapped value

    2013-08-09T16:12:00Z

    Deep within many businesses lies the overlooked and unexploited potential to add new revenue streams , says David Roberts, head of international law firm Olswang’s market-leading leisure practice

  • News

    Moorhouse's MD critical of 'price slashing' brewers

    2013-08-09T15:57:10.520Z

    David Grant is urging small brewers to stop selling cheap beer, warning that competing on price is damaging the trade

  • News

    Analyst corner

    2013-08-09T15:55:00Z

    Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley looks ahead to the Q4 trading update from Spirit, which is due on 5 September and says that he expects the group’s trading to have improved markedly in July and August but LfL sales to slow once capex levels normalise

  • News

    BBPA to host alcohol roundtable

    2013-08-09T15:54:52.173Z

    The British Beer and Pub Association is to host an Alcohol Strategy Roundtable with the Department of Health and Home Office in late August

  • Eren Ali, Las Iguanas
    Interviews

    Friday five-minute interview

    2013-08-09T15:54:45.420Z

    M&C Report talks to Eren Ali, co-founder and chief executive of Las Iguanas, the Latin American restaurant chain backed by Bowmark Capital, about his best investment, his best business decision and the best piece of advice he’s ever received What’s the most important action the industry can take to encourage ...

  • Sector outperforms FTSE All Share Index but grow is flat
    News

    Flat growth for M&C20

    2013-08-09T15:54:00Z

    Yet again the M&C20 has outperformed the FTSE All Share, albeit with flat growth. The FTSE All Share was down 17 points or 1.6% to 1,015 this week, and the M&C20 down just one point or 0.1% to 1,157.