All Azzurri Group articles – Page 8
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Analysis & InsightInside track: Next in line
A plethora of changes at the top across some of the UK’s leading and up-and-coming eating and drinking-out groups has thrown up questions on the role of succession planning in the sector and whether private-equity groups are increasingly questioning existing growth strategies and those they have backed to implement them in the face of a challenging trading environment. Mark Wingett gets the thoughts of leading recruitment executives.
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News
Polpo appoints Macdonald as MD
Polpo has appointed Scott Macdonald, formerly of Bill’s, as its new managing director
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NewsFounders step down at Coco di Mama
Daniel Land and Jeremy Sanders are to leave Coco di Mama, the quick-service Italian concept, which they founded in 2011
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Coco di Mama strengthens City presence
Coco di Mama has further strengthened its presence in the City with an opening adjacent to Leadenhall Market
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ASK secures prime Leeds site
ASK Italian is to further strengthen its presence in major UK cities, with an opening in Leeds
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Zizzi launches click-and-collect ordering
Zizzi has partnered with online ordering platform Orderswift to launch click-and-collect ordering across its 145-site estate
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Opinion
Bolt-ons key to next phase of M&A
Altium’s Sam Fuller explains why a slowdown in M&A was always going to be a possibility in the casual-dining market, and shows where the light at the end of the tunnel can be found
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Radio Alice to double up
Radio Alice, the fast-casual pizza concept, is to open its second restaurant after securing a site in Clapham
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Fawcett role at Azzurri expanded
Johanna Fawcett has seen her role at the Azzurri Group, the operator of ASK and Zizzi, expanded
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Dalton appointed ops director at ASK
ASK Italian, the Azzurri Group-owned chain, has promoted Jan Dalton to the role of operations director
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NewsGovernment must act quickly over rates concerns
The government must act quickly if it is to mitigate against the crippling rises facing the restaurant and pub sector, ALMR chief executive Kate Nicholls has warned.
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Azzurri completes refinancing
Azzurri Group, the operator of ASK Italian and Zizzi, has completed a refinancing that has seen a “significant upsizing of its senior debt facilities”
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Coco di Mama links up with Theo Randall
Coco di Mama is launching a new special range of seasonal pasta sauces on 1 March, created with chef Theo Randall
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Coco Di Mama secures Westminster site
Coco di Mama, the Azzurri Group-owned, quick-service Italian concept, has secured its first site in Westminster
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Eagle Eye joins Flypay’s Flyt platform
Flypay has added Eagle Eye to the growing number of partners integrating with its Flyt platform
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NewsOperator predictions for 2017
MCA talks to leading operators across the sector about their predictions for 2017, including challenges, opportunities and the concepts to watch over the next 12 months.
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Analysis & Insight
2016: A year of disruptions
MCA’s Peter Linden looks backs on a year of disruption in the eating out sector and ahead to prospects for the sector in 2017.
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News
Hickory’s to rebrand ahead of growth to 12
Hickory’s, the smokehouse and barbecue concept, is to launch a new look at its largest site to date, as it targets growth to a 12-strong estate by 2019.
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Growth Index nominations open
MCA is once again teaming up with leading advisory firm AlixPartners to identify the top 50 private firms with the fastest-growing profits in the UK eating and drinking-out sector.
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News
ASK Italian to launch click & collect
ASK Italian has partnered with online ordering specialists Orderswift to roll out a new click and collect service