All MCA Insight articles in August 2014 – Page 8
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News
£5.5m allocated for Scottish entrepreneurial fund
The Royal Bank of Scotland has allocated £2.5m to boost Scottish small businesses as part of a competition for entrepreneurs called Scot Edge
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News
Star introduces mystery shoppers to inspect pints
Star Pub & Bars, the Heineken-owned leased pub group, is training 80 mystery shoppers to be able to recognise the perfect pint across the pub company’s estate
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Opinion
Pubs are key - I plan to protect them
Community Pubs Minister Kris Hopkins says he’s excited by his new role, and promises to be the pub industry’s champion ”across Whitehall and beyond”
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News
Magic Rock expansion on hold
Magic Rock, the Huddersfield-based brewer, has been forced to halt its plan to increase brewing capacity after the landlord of site it was preparing to move into raised objections to the plans at the last moment
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News
Head of Steam Durham voted best pub in city by train passengers
The Head of Steam in Durham, which is owned by Hartlepool-based Camerons Brewery, has been voted the best pub in Durham by customers of East Coast Trains
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News
Government approves new chef apprenticeship standards
New chef apprenticeship standards developed by the hospitality industry’s Trailblazer Group have been approved by Government
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News
PBT surges for Sir John Fitzgerald
But the pub and restaurant group says it “may be some time before the north east, our trading area, feels more affluent”
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News
Hawthorn runs rule over Nectar
Hawthorn Leisure is believed to be one of a handful of potential suitors that has made it through to the second round of bidding for Nectar Taverns
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News
Fuller's gives coffee shop details
Fullers’ first standalone coffee shop will open under the name The Fields and operate under standard coffee shop hours next to one of the company’s pubs, M&C Report has learnt
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Analysis & Insight
Britons have three meals out over bank holiday
British people have at least three meals at a bar or restaurant over a bank holiday weekend, three times as many as in a normal weekend, according to new research
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News
McDonald’s to launch retail coffee offer next year
McDonald’s has announced plans to market a variety of coffee products under its McCafe brand across the retail sector next year
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News
Branson launches hunt for Britain’s best food start-ups
Sir Richard Branson has launched a search through his Virgin Startup initiative to find best Britain’s up-and-coming food entrepreneurs
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News
Carlsberg sees 'particularly strong' UK Q2 growth
Carlsberg saw its UK business grow 4% in the first half of 2014, with “particularly strong growth” in Q2 due to favourable weather conditions compared to last year in addition to its World Cup activities
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News
Cerberus acquires c£200m pub portfolio
Cerberus, the US private equity owner of Admiral Taverns, has acquired 63 pubs in a deal valued at just under £200m
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News
Strong UK helps drive Heineken volume growth
Heineken has reported double-digit volume growth in Western Europe in the first half of 2014, driven by “strong underlying brand performances” in the UK as well as France, Spain, Ireland and Portugal.
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News
Josper eyes UK launch for restaurant concept
Josper, the manufacturer of the eponymous grills, is eyeing a launch in the UK for its restaurant brand Pura Brasa
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News
Kitchenette to launch food entrepreneur programme
Kitchenette, the food business incubator, is launching a new programme for low income entrepreneurs who want to start a food business
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News
Hub Box targets expansion
Hub Box, the pop-up version of Cornish burger and craft beer restaurant The Hub, is targeting expansion with plans to open at least another five sites over the coming years, M&C Report has learnt
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News
BLINK signs Wembley Stadium deal
BLINK has signed a new three-year deal to provide additional specialist food partners, to complement the core offer within Wembley stadium
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News
Rollo: Consolidation opportunities for SSP
A leading analyst has said that the fragmented nature of the travel concessions industry provides consolidation opportunities for the newly listed SSP