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NewsPub operators amp up delivery and retention efforts
Leading pub operators discussed their views on the current trading landscape during a round table discussion at MCA’s Pub Conference
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Interviews
Brasserie Bar Co: ‘We needed an investor with firepower’
The ability for Alchemy to enable faster growth of the business was a key factor in its decision to work with them, executive chairman Mark Derry told MCA’s Pub Conference
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Brasserie Bar Co names new ops directors
Brasserie Bar Co has promoted both Tom Palfreeman and Sam Wood from his roles as regional directors at the pub and restaurant group
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MCA’s Pub Conference takes place on Wednesday
There are only two days to go, so book your place to hear from the likes of Stonegate, Fuller’s, Shepherd Neame, Admiral Taverns, Liberation Group, Brasserie Bar Co and Oakman Group on 6 July
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Pub Conference 2022: full agenda revealed
Stonegate’s chairman and founder Ian Payne, Fuller’s chief executive Simon Emeny and Shepherd Neame’s chief executive Jonathan Neame are among the highlights on the programme
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Brasserie Bar Co ready to exploit opportunities
The White Brasserie and Brasserie Blanc operator is now “exceptionally well capitalised” following its sale to Alchemy
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Brasserie Bar Co’s Mark Derry: ‘I’ve never known a more difficult time to be a restaurant operator’
The group’s executive chairman said the increase of VAT to 20% would result in ”a big bucket of cash coming out of our business”
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Analysis & Insight
Operators reluctant to pass cost pressure on to consumers
Despite the increasing cost of energy, labour and raw materials, hospitality operators have told MCA they are hesitant to dampen consumer demand by upping their prices
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Brasserie Bar Co: ‘The business has never been in better shape’
Brasserie Bar Co now has the firepower to accelerate its expansion and is keen to use new owner Alchemy’s experience as backer of The Inn Collection to open up new opportunities, exec chairman Mark Derry tells MCA.
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Brasserie Bar Co acquired by Alchemy for £40m
The deal will support plans to grow the group’s pubs business from 18 sites to 70 over the next five years
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Brasserie Bar Co’s Mark Derry: ‘The sector is being strangled by tax’
The potential for the hospitality sector to grow and contribute more positively to the coffers of the treasury is being held back by businesses’ ever-increasing cost base, according to Mark Derry, executive chairman at Brasserie Bar Co.
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UKHospitality pushes for official changes to self-isolation policy
There is no imminent change to the guidance on self-isolation for hospitality staff despite the huge staff shortages being caused by the ‘pingdemic’, according to UKHospitality’s director of strategic affairs Tony Sophoclides.
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Analysis & Insight
Proceed with caution
The long-awaited announcement that the government was moving England to step four on its unlocking plan was met with mixed reaction this week, with operators concerned about the impact on consumer confidence.
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Interviews
Brasserie Bar Co. MD Richard Ferrier: ‘Government rent intervention will do more damage than good’
With sites across the home counties, along the Thames, up to Leeds and down to Bournemouth, Brasserie Bar Company’s rent bill doesn’t come cheap. In the capital, some of the group’s prime locations include Southbank, the Tower of London and Threadneedle street. With this in mind, it may come as a surprise that managing director Richard Ferrier not only sees government intervention in the rent stalemate as unnecessary, but is actively against it.
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Everyone’s welcome at Our Place
MCA talks to Brasserie Bar Co. chairman Mark Derry and CCO Richard Ferrier about their cautious, consistent and community-led business model.
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Brasserie Bar Co to seek investment for pub estate expansion
Brasserie Bar Co. is hoping to encourage increased funding as it looks to selectively strengthen its pub estate.
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Brasserie Bar co considering Knutsford disposal
Brasserie Bar Co is considering disposing of its Brasserie Blanc site in Knutsford, after profits dipped below expected levels, MCA understands.
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Tough times as spending shifts to the weekend
I was struck by a couple of recent comments from Mark Derry, the chief executive and chairman of Brasserie Bar Co., when he said that while spend was holding up, the business had noticed a definite shift in visits towards the weekend, as the early week visits are the first to go when times are tough. This prompted me to have a look at MCA’s Eating Out Panel (EOP) data on daily spending behaviour trends and see what insights were apparent.
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Brasserie Bar Co sees growth coming from pubs
Brasserie Bar Co is to open its 20th White Brasserie, in Prestbury, Gloucestershire, before the end of the year, as it looks to capitalise on the growth seen in its pub arm.
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Brasserie Bar Co confirms Highcliffe pub opening
Brasserie Bar Co has confirmed it will be opening a further White Brasserie pub in Highcliffe, near Christchurch.
