All MCA Insight articles in August 2013 – Page 3
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NewsManagement initiatives to aid Spirit trading
A leading analyst is forecasting a pick-up in managed LFL sales in Q4 to c.4% for Spirit Pub Company, which he said will be due to a combination of more favourable weather and management initiatives
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Pubs reduce meal prices
A typical two-course meal at a pub costs 9% less than it did last year, according to research included in the Good Pub Guide, which is released today
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Locale opens craft beer BBQ concept
Locale, the Italian neighbourhood restaurant group set up by the Henry J Beans founders, has converted a site into a craft beer and barbecue pub concept, M&C Report has learnt
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Veterans eye growth for pub management/operating firm
Two industry veterans have set up the venture with plans to operate 14 sites on long-term leases by end of 2014, M&C Report has learnt
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Original Spud site on the market
Spud, the fledgling gourmet baked potato concept, has placed its original site in Covent Garden on the market, M&C Report understands
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MGG secures fourth site
MGG Developments, the privately-owned, North East-based group, has secured its fourth site in the region, the Masons Arms in Bishop Monkton
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YO! secures Fareham site
YO! Sushi, the Quilvest-backed, Robin Rowland-led chain, is set to open in Fareham before the year end, after securing a site at the Whiteley development in Hampshire
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Former Punch CEO joins IHG board
Ian Dyson, the former chief executive of Punch Taverns has joined Jill McDonald, the chief executive of McDonald’s UK, on the board of InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)
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NewsBrewDog eyes India for next overseas bar
BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, is set to open its second bar overseas in New Delhi, India, before the end of this year, M&C Report has learnt
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Star looks to raise AWP income
Star Pubs & Bars, the Heineken-owned leased pub operator, is to roll out new technology across its estate that will help increase revenue for Amusement with Prizes machines
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Pernod Ricard reports "quasi-stability" in UK
Pernod Ricard, the global wine and spirit producer, says there was “quasi-stability” in the UK in the year to 30 June despite a 3% fall in sales across Western Europe (excluding France)
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OpinionRevival instinct
He’s a hands-on, bum-on, full-on operator, as Phil Mellows discovered when he met Colin Sadler, managing director of Pitcher & Piano and the Revere Pub Company
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Greene King results will be 'more than robust'
Leading sector analyst Geof Collyer expects Greene King to report “more than robust” results for its retail arm for the first quarter of its current financial year
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Rum Kitchen eyes second site
Icarus Leisure is understood to be close to securing a second site for Rum Kitchen, its Caribbean restaurant and bar concept, in London’s Soho
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Parlour has 'scope for expansion'
Jesse Dunford Wood, former partner and chef at London-based multiple pub operator Perritt & Perritt, has told M&C Report that there’s “plenty of scope for expansion” for his Parlour pub/bar/cafe concept
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Norman steps down at Novus
Kevin Norman has stepped down as head of acquisitions at Novus, the LGV Capital and Hutton Collins-backed operator of premium bars and restaurants
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Pipsdish to take Covent Garden site
Pipsdish, the pop-up concept from TV producer and cook book author Philip Dundas, is set to open a site in Covent Garden later this year
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NewsPubs will close as they're 'stuck in the 1980s'
Thousands of pubs will rightly go out of business over the next year because they are “stuck in the 1980s”, according to the Good Pub Guide 2014, which is out today
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NewsFY EBITDA up at Hawksmoor
Hawksmoor, the operator of four high-end steak restaurants in London, in which Graphite Capital recently acquired a stake, saw turnover for the year to 31 December 2012 pass the £18m mark, up from £10.6m the previous year
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News'Next level' kebab firm eyes 200 UK outlets
Doner Kebab, the kebab concept from Germany that incorporates a cafe, plans a major expansion drive in the UK with 200 outlets targeted over seven years, M&C Report has learnt