All MCA Insight articles in August 2020 – Page 7
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News
Intu Trafford Centre to enter formal sales process
Intu-owned shopping centre The Trafford Centre is being put up for sale, Sky News reports.
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Norman leaves Polpo
Polpo co-founder Russell Norman has stepped down from his role as director.
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Calls to rectify “gap between national and local government” in Westminster hospitality proposal
Westminster City Council needs to ensure al-fresco dining can take place on every night of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, the Westminster & City of London Liberal Democrats have said.
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Haidilao launches first regional site
Haidilao, China’s largest hot pot restaurant chain, is to open its first regional site in the UK.
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One in three looking to ‘support hospitality where they can’
One in three consumers are ‘looking to support the hospitality industry where they can,’ according to the latest Barclaycard report.
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Tim Martin: Scientists should publish evidence of transmission in pubs - if it exists
Government policy in the four UK parliaments, and in the Republic of Ireland, is implicitly based on the assumption that there is a high level of Covid-19 transmission in pubs.
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Domino’s hails ‘resilient’ lockdown performance
Domino’s UK & Ireland has reported UK like-for-like sales up 4.8% for the half year to 28 June 2020.
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J. W. Lees MD William Lees-Jones: Andy Burnham ‘completely wrong’ on pub transmission
Manchester mayor Andy Burnham’s singling out of the pub trade is “completely wrong, according to J W Lees managing director William Lees-Jones.
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Eat Out to Help Out used 10.5m times in first week
Diners used the Eat Out to Help Out scheme more than 10.5m times in its first week, the Treasury has said.
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McDonald’s sues former CEO over alleged sexual relationships with employees
McDonald’s has sued its former chief executive Steve Easterbook amid allegations that he fraudulently hid details of three “physical sexual relationships” with employees when he was fired last November, the Financial Times reports.
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More than 22,000 restaurant jobs lost so far this year
The number of restaurant sector job losses so far this year are nearly double those lost in the whole of 2019, according to the Centre for Retail Research.
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Landlords and operators issue joint call for government rent support
Landlords and operators have come together in a joint call for a government backed ‘property bounceback grant’ to facilitate in rent negotiations.
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Sector like-for-likes see consistent recovery in July
Managed pub, bar and restaurant operators saw a continued improvement in like-for-like sales throughout July, but were still almost 25% down on pre-coronavirus levels by the end of the month, the latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker has revealed.
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Analysis & Insight
Pubs lead the way in sector reopening
Less than two thirds (62%) of the UK’s licensed premises were trading again by the end of July, with pubs reopening at a quicker rate than restaurants, according to the new Market Recovery Monitor from CGA and Alix Partners.
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Local councils call for greater coronavirus closure measures on pubs and bars
Local councils should be given the right to close down pubs and other licensed premises who are ‘flouting’ the coronavirus safety guidelines, the Local Government Association has said.
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Pret cuts staff hours by 20%
Pret has confirmed it has asked thousands of its staff to work fewer hours, as part of its post-coronavirus restructuring.
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Farmstand surpasses crowdfunding target for ‘ten cities in ten years’ expansion
Farmstand, the plant-focused catering business, has surpassed its £750,000 crowdfunding target, as it plans to expand into ten cities in ten years.
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Manchester’s Great Northern Warehouse launches outdoor dining space
Manchester’s Great Northern Warehouse has launched a 50-cover outdoor kitchen and dining space to provide space for businesses to operate at an increased capacity.
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Hospitality Leaders Poll: Confidence falls as lockdown fears grow - and it’s a no to calorie counts
Hospitality is strongly opposed to introducing calorie counts on menus and alcohol, according to the latest Hospitality Leaders Poll carried out by Lumina Intelligence. Of the 191 questioned, all of whom are board level positions or founders of restaurants, pubs and food to go operations, 83% condemned plans to introduce calorie counts to menus, while 76% were against the proposals to add calorie counts to alcohol. “People go to pubs for a relaxed experience and know that their choices are not necessarily healthy ones,” said one multi-site operator, while another said: “It’s the wrong time to be doing this.”
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Interviews
Kerb founder Petra Barran: Food market survival a “human imperative”
Kerb founder Petra Barran is a doer. Since she first originated the Kerb concept from a single ice cream van in 2010, the business has grown exponentially. It currently works with approximately 120 partner traders – a pool of street food ideas that is constantly expanding - has five permanent street markets across London, one foodhall, and a substantial corporate catering arm. So, as a business so well adept at evolving at pace, it’s no real surprise that after five months of closure, Kerb is itching to kickstart its recovery.