All MCA Insight articles in August 2014 – Page 15
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Analysis & Insight
Tourism campaign generated £416m
VisitEngland’s Growing Tourism Locally campaign has generated £416m and created more than 7,400 jobs for the tourism sector in its second year
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News
Pint Please app shows customers beer preferences
Oakham Ales, the Peterborough brewer and pub operator, is the first in the UK to sign up to Pint Please beer app that lets users share recommendations for pubs and beer
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Bubbleology to make regional debut
Bubbleology, the bubble tea concept, which launched in the UK in 2011, is to make its regional debut in Bluewater
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Foundation to launch Craft & Grill offer
Foundation Inns is to launch a new craft beer and BBQ offer at its Noble Vine site in Surrey
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LBC eyeing third brewpub
London Brewing Company (LBC), the fledgling pub operator, is eyeing sites in London for a third acquisition before the end of the year, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsGreene King appeals tax avoidance case
Greene King, the brewer and pub operator, is appealing the ruling against the legality of an alleged tax avoidance scheme following defeat in two tax lower courts and criticism by MPs including a Treasury minister, The Guardian reports
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New company secretary at Fuller’s
Fuller’s has appointed Severine Garnham as its new company secretary with Marie Gracie stepping down from the role after 16 years
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Eclectic brings Lola Lo to Sheffield
Eclectic, the bar group led by Reuben Harley, has acquired a two-story site in Sheffield to which will operate under the group’s Lola Lo format
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Mascalzone to make US debut
Mascalzone, the UK-based Italian restaurant concept, is to make its debut in the US next week, in Houston, Texas
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Albert Roux joins The Clink Charity
High profile chef Albert Roux OBE has joined prison training and rehabilitation charity, The Clink Charity, as group chef ambassador to support the charity across its restaurant kitchens
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NewsNew figures show 31 pubs closing every week across UK
The pub closure rate has risen to 31 per week, prompting the Campaign for Real Ale to demand changes to the planning system
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NewsPunch restructuring delayed
Punch Taverns has announced that the launch of its £2.3bn restructuring has been delayed, as some “additional time is required to conclude discussions between certain stakeholders”
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Analysis & InsightLowdown on the low-key CEOs
Some chief executives are happy to shout about their success while others do pretty much everything to stay out of the limelight. Dominic Walsh investigates
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News
Rough Trade plans UK expansion
Rough Trade, the music retailer, will open its first UK store outside of London this autumn in Nottingham
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NewsChilango extends burrito bond
Chilango, the Mexican restaurant group, has extended its burrito bond fundraising initiative to midnight 26 August after it raised over £250k last week
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NewsHundreds of Enterprise pubs use on-line ordering
Several hundred Enterprise Inns publicans have signed up to the company’s new on-line ordering system, with “many hundreds” expected to do so over the next few months, according to chief executive Simon Townsend
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NewsEd’s expands Dinerette concept
Ed’s Easy Diner, the Rankvale Hospitality-backed, Andrew Guy-led group, is opening a further two sites under its Dinerette format, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsCharles Wells announces operational division changes
Charles Wells, the Bedford-based brewer and pub operator, has announced that it is to bring its major operating divisions back under its main parent company identity, which will see an updated look and operating processes for the firm
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NewsAnalyst corner: Jamie Rollo on Whitbread
Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley looks ahead to Whitbread’s Q2 interim management statement on 9 September, predicting “solid” like-for-like sales growth of 6% for the leisure group, with a slowdown in the Hotels and Restaurants division but an acceleration at Costa
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Graysons targets growth for restaurants arm
Fulton’s Restaurants, the high street restaurant concept from catering firm Graysons Hospitality, has secured its second site and is keen to expand by the rate of around one or two sites per year, M&C Report has learnt