All MCA Insight articles in August 2015 – Page 11
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Nespresso to open café in Bluewater
Land Securities has announced that Nespresso, the coffee and espresso brand, is to open a boutique at Bluewater shopping centre in Kent.
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Government rules out smoking ban extension
There is “no plan” to extend the public smoking ban to pub gardens, the Department of Health has told M&C’s sister title the Publican’s Morning Advertiser.
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Analysis & InsightCrunch period for taco kings
Wahaca has entered its most significant year since its launch in 2007, Co-founder Mark Selby has his eye on the company becoming the mid-market equivalent to lifestyle brand Soho House. Mark Wingett reports
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Brakspear close to capacity at microbrewery
Tom Davies, the chief executive of Brakspear, has told M&C the company is close to capacity at its Henley microbrewery after unexpected demand for the company’s first beer in over a decade.
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NewsTOBC invests £750k in Crawley refurb
The Original Bowling Company has completed its sixth refurbishment of the year with a £750,000 project at the Hollywood Bowl in Crawley, West Sussex.
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NewsPoll shows 70% of operators fear living wage rollout
The planned introduction of a new national living wage (NLW) for the over-25s continues to generate a mixed response across the sector, with more than 70% of operators in the UK’s eating and drinking-out market believing it will have a negative impact on their businesses, despite more than 60% believing it may improve staff retention and recruitment.
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Analyst corner: Rollo on JDW
Leading analyst Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley says he expects sales growth at JD Wetherspoon to continue to slow over the coming years. JDW will announce its FY results next month and Rollo is predicting revenue up 7.6% and like-for-like sales growth of c3.4%.
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Analysis & Insight
Five minutes with…. Chris Hill, New World Trading Company
M&C takes five minutes with Chris Hill, managing director of New World Trading Company, to talk about future growth, the twin challenges of soaring property prices and wage pressures and who is doing something special in the sector.
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Marston’s to open fourth Generous George
Marston’s has lined up its next pub for conversion to its all-day mass market Generous George concept, M&C understands.
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Enterprise reveals Christmas support package
Enterprise Inns has revealed its publican support package for Christmas.
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NewsBreeden eyes international push for multiple concepts
Adam Breeden has described to M&C his strategy for rolling out his ping pong concept Bounce and darts focussed Flight Club across the US and into Asia over the next two years.
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NewsInglenook to launch separate brand
James Waddington, the founder of Inglenook Inns & Taverns, has told M&C he is planning to launch a brand later this year which would focus on converting retail sites.
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NewsTurtle Bay secures Newcastle site
Turtle Bay, the fast-growing, Piper-backed brand, has secured a site in Newcastle, M&C understands.
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D&D to unveil Threadneedle Bar next month
D&D London will launch the Threadneedle Bar next month as part of the refurbishment of its dining space in the Royal Exchange building in Bank.
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TRG invests £1m in Basildon Coast to Coast
Coast to Coast, the Restaurant Group-owned concept, is to invest more than £1m developing in its new site in Festival Leisure Park.
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NewsPret mulls trial of vegetarian-only store
Pret A Manger chief executive Clive Schlee has said he is considering ‘testing the waters’ of operating a vegetarian-only restaurant by trialling the concept at one of its stores next summer.
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NewsBall: Clubbing must go back to its roots
Steve Ball, of the Columbo Group, says club operators must rediscover the community roots of the sector and stop paying sky-high fees for superstar DJs.
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B&P secures former Whitbread site
Brunning & Price has further strengthened its pipeline of openings with the acquisition of a former Brewers Fayre in Oxfordshire
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G1 Group bolsters operations team
G1 Group has bolstered its operational team with three new appointments
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NewsTiny Rebel eyes expansion after GBBF win
Welsh brewer Tiny Rebel is set to open its second pub and move to a bigger production site on the back of its success at the Great British Beer Festival.