All MCA Insight articles in February 2014 – Page 15
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C2 looks to consolidate
C2, the north-west pub operator and brewer, has released two sites as it looks to consolidate its assets, M&C Report has learnt
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Orange Tree to open 'semi-permanent' pop-up
Orange Tree Group, the East Midlands-based pub and bar operator, is to open a ‘semi-permanent’ pop-up restaurant at its Obar site in Leicester following a successful trial at the end of last year
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Roka set for Aldwych House
Roka, Rainer Becker’s contemporary Japanese robatayaki restaurant brand, has secured a site in Aldwych House for its second opening in London this year
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Rawduck finds new home
Rawduck, the sister site to Soho’s Ducksoup, has secured a new home in Hackney
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Pernod Ricard H1 Europe sales grow 4%
Strong growth in Europe for Pernod Ricard helped mitigate the impact of sharply falling sales in China in the first half of its financial year, as overall performance for the wine and spirits business improved in Q2
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OpinionMaking Admiral admirable again
Admiral Taverns was in far from great shape when Jonathan Paveley stepped in as executive chairman to help lead a turnaround. Here he reveals the steps he took with his team to get business back on track
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NewsJohnson to act as adviser to new funding platform
Sector investor and chairman of Risk Capital Partners Luke Johnson is to act as “special adviser” to a new crowd-funding initiative being launched by Sir Richard Branson’s entrepreneur’s network
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NewsBondholders: Alternative restructuring plan for Punch 'well advanced'
A group representing senior bondholders of Punch Taverns has urged creditors to support its alternative restructure proposal, which it says is “well advanced amongst creditor groups
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NewsCarluccio’s eyes entry into US
Carluccio’s, the all-day Italian café chain led by Simon Kossoff, is believed to be exploring opportunities to launch in the US
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NewsGrand Union gears up for next stage of growth
London-based bar operator Grand Union has unveiled plans to triple the size of its estate and eventually expand outside of the capital, having recently rolled out new food and drink menus across its existing eight sites
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Rollout planned for Japanese fast-casual concept
US-based Japanese food producer Peace Dining Corporation will launch Japanese fast-casual restaurant brand Hai Street Kitchen & Co in London next month with plans to open up to 20 sites in the UK by the end of 2020
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Analysis & Insight
Sector lfls grow 7.2% in January
Like-for-like sales across 27 leading pub, restaurant and bar groups grew 7.2% in January, as the trade benefited from favourable comparatives against the snow-hit first month of 2013
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NewsPembroke takes stake in Chilango
Pembroke, the venture capital trust, whose investors include Sir Charles Dunstone, the Carphone Warehouse founder, and the Next chief Lord Wolfson, has taken a stake in Chilango
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NewsHeineken UK FY beer volumes dip
Heineken saw UK beer volumes decline by a “low-single digit” figure in 2013, with the market “impacted by a fragile economic environment”
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Analysis & Insight
Consumers want permission to receive mobile marketing
New research on social-local-mobile (SoLoMo) marketing has revealed that 70% of UK consumers are only happy to receive location-based commercial messages via their mobile phone if they have given prior permission
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Shoryu to launch Go format
Shoryu, the Hakata ramen concept owned by the Japan Centre group, will open its third site in London, named Shoryu Go, next month
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Operators sought for NIA extension
Restaurant and bar operators are being sought for a new extension to the National Indoor Arena (NIA) in Birmingham
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Rhubarb creates new restaurants role
Experienced restaurant manager Romain Pottier has joined event contract caterer and restaurant operator Rhubarb in the newly created role of director of restaurants
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New polenta concept could rollout
A new restaurant and take-away specialising in polenta dishes that opened in London’s Soho in December may become the first of a few
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NewsBeds and Bars names first retail training manager
Beds and Bars, the bars-meets-hostels operator, has appointed Luke Knowles, son of chief executive Keith Knowles who has previously worked for companies including Novus, to the new role of retail training manager