All MCA Insight articles in August 2017 – Page 8
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News
Aprirose secured £22m facility for M&B deal
Aprirose, the real estate investment company, secured a £22m facility from Metro Bank to facilitate its acquisition of 73 Mitchells & Butlers pubs last month.
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Brakspear grows FY turnover 14%
Brakspear saw turnover grow 14% in 2016, to £25.5m, with growth once again boosted by its managed division.
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Sector lfls up 0.6% for second month running
Like-for-like sales across the eating and drinking out sector rose by 0.6% for the second month running in July.
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CPL launches right to work validation tool
CPL Training Group has launched a new tool which enables businesses to validate documents to prove a person’s identity and right to work status.
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Former Supperclub head chef to open pub
Former Supperclub head chef, Dom Robinson, is to open a gastropub in the Berkshire hamlet of Bangor, near Newbury, in October.
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Southern Salads collapses after feeling Brexit effect
Supermarket salad supplier Southern Salads has collapsed, with the loss of 260 jobs, after being squeezed by the weak pound and higher import prices for its produce sourced from Europe.
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Rowland predicts failures as profits are squeezed
YO! Sushi chief executive Robin Rowland has predicted failures in the restaurant sector as operators struggle to cope with a raft of cost pressures.
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Analysis & Insight
Customers scoring pubs higher
The latest data from MCA’s Pub Brand Monitor has shown customers are more likely to recommend leading pub brands than they were a year ago.
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Carluccio’s to launch second hotel site
Carluccio’s is to open its second hotel site in the autumn, MCA understands.
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YO! Sushi re-signs at Heathrow and Sheffield
YO! Sushi has re-signed leases at Heathrow Terminal 3 and Sheffield Meadowhall and a third site, which will be a rebuild at an as yet undisclosed location, MCA has learnt.
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Outlaw robs Rogan of Good Food Guide top spot
Nathan Outlaw’s eponymous restaurant in Cornwall has been awarded the top spot in the 2018 Good Food Guide.
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Carlsberg UK volumes down 7% in H1
Carlsberg has reported UK volumes down 7% in H1 2017, which blamed on tough comparatives with Euro 2016.
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Dum Dum to reach 10 UK sites
Dum Dum Donutterie, the artisan baked doughnut concept, is due to reach 10 UK stores by early next year, MCA has learnt.
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Shoryu Ramen to open in Shoreditch
Shoryu Ramen, the Toridoll Holdings-backed concept, is to further strengthen its London presence with an opening in Shoreditch.
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Novus to have three Tank & Paddles by October
Novus Leisure expects to have three iterations of the group’s Tank & Paddle concept open by the autumn.
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Pure secures ex-Apostrophe site
Pure, the healthy, food-to-go concept, in which Whitbread acquired a 49% stake last year, is to further strengthen its presence in the City.
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Dishoom confirms Kensington plans
Dishoom has confirmed it will open a further site in London this year, just off High Street Kensington.
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German Doner Kebab eyes 700 sites in UK & Ireland
United Brands has said it aims to have 700 German Doner Kebab franchise stores open across the UK & Ireland over the next 10 years.
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Oakman secures 20th site
Oakman Inns has secured its 20th site with the acquisition of the Anchor in Hullbridge, Essex.
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Shake Shack confirms Cambridge Circus opening
Shake Shack, the US better burger brand, has confirmed it will open in London’s Cambridge Circus.