All MCA Insight articles in December 2022 – Page 4
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Interviews
Hopes and reflections: Views from the top (part 2)
As the hospitality sector comes to the end of another year filled with challenges, we ask sector leaders to share their highs and lows of 2022 and hopes for the New Year in a special series of articles this week, which today features Azzurri Group, Mitchells & Butlers and Caffè Nero UK
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News
In pictures: Gaucho’s new Liverpool restaurant
The Argentinian-inspired steak restaurant has opened its largest venue outside London in the former Bank of Liverpool building
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News
Economy contracts by 0.3%
GDP is estimated to have contracted by 0.3% in the three months to October 2022, according to the Office for National Statistics
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News
Gail’s turnover driven by new openings
The premium bakery chain reported turnover of £62m for the five months ended February 2022 and £100m for the entire year, a 76% rise on the prior year
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Analysis & Insight
Holiday season drives footfall back to city centres
While most of Britain’s biggest cities experienced sales growth, gains remain well behind 2021 and 2019 levels when accounting for inflation
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News
Strikes could be ‘end of the road’ for businesses, warns Clive Watson
The City Pub Co chairman has slammed the barrage of rail strikes due this week as ‘mean-spirited’, This is Money reports
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News
Gail’s runs out of eggs
The upmarket chain is the latest chain to be hit by fallout from avian flu, according to The Telegraph
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News
Greggs introduces pronoun badges for staff
The food to go retailer is the latest business to offer the option following a wave of demand from workers, The Telegraph reports
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News
250,000 hospitality jobs at risk without more energy bills support
Warning thousands of businesses will ‘have no option but to hand back the keys’, The Independent reports
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News
Strike action to shut most of UK rail network next week
Four-day walkout signals start of month of disruption as dispute drags on, the FT reports
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News
Winter World Cup warms up pubs and bars
Sales may have been boosted but the industry loses out on estimated £197 million sales had the tournament been in the summer, The Times reports
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Interviews
Hopes and reflections: Views from the top (part 1)
As the hospitality sector comes to the end of another year filled with unprecedented challenges, we ask sector leaders to share their highs and lows of 2022 and hopes for the New Year, in a special series of articles this week, which today features Fuller’s, St Austell Brewery and Brasserie Bar Co
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News
PizzaExpress: ‘We’ve added channels to give us both resilience and growth opportunities’
At MCA’s Omnichannel Conference last week, MD Zoe Bowley discussed the brand’s evolution to a truly omnichannel business
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Article
December 2022/January 2023
MCA’s December/January edition features in-depth analysis and commentary on the eating and drinking out sector, including special features on the value of implementing dog-friendly policies and the bounce back of the US breakfast market. There are big interviews with Fuller’s chief executive Simon Emeny, Young’s CEO Simon Dodd, and Nightcap’s CEO Sarah Willingham, among others. While Loungers chairman Alex Reilley speaks to MCA about the roll-out potential of its new roadside concept Brightside. There is also insight from Lumina Intelligence and opinion from MCA’s regular industry commentators: Peter Martin, Dominic Walsh and David Read. Guest commentator Flint Global discusses the government’s energy support package and FinnCap Cavendish assesses the investment landscape. To view the December/January edition, please click here.
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News
Coffee#1 launches click and collect
The move from The Caffè Nero Group-owned coffee shop business follows the successful rollout of delivery, with the Coffee#1 also planning to accelerate its openings programme.
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News
Rails strikes could last ‘indefinitely’
RMT boss Mick Lynch has warned that industrial action will continue unless ministers drop calls to remove guards from trains. Meanwhile the hospitality sector is forecast to lose £1.5bn in sales as a report of the rail strikes this Christmas.
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Interviews
M&B: ‘We want to expand Browns in suburbia’
The pub and restaurant group opened its second suburban Browns last week and is looking to build a pipeline of future locations, chief executive Phil Urban told MCA.
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News
Non-exec steps down from The Restaurant Group
Alison Digges will step down from the board, and as a member of TRG’s audit, nomination and remuneration committees, in January.
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News
Inn Collection secures further hotel
The pubs with rooms group has acquired Morecambe’s Midland Hotel as it continues its expansion on the Lancastrian coast.
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News
San Carlo partners with Sunset Hospitality Group (SHG)
The Italian restaurant operator is partnering with the Dubai operator to open a 312-cover Signor Sassi site in St. Regis Dubai Hotel