All MCA Insight articles in February 2015
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NewsDarby hints at M&B pizza format
M&B chief executive Alistair Darby has hinted that the company is working on a new format within its existing brand portfolio that will feature a pizza offer
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NewsTGI Friday's named UK's Best Big Company to Work For
TGI Friday’s has been named the UK’s Best Big Company to Work For by the Sunday Times.
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Spur UK to trial new format
Spur Steak & Grill is to trial a new smaller format in the UK, to combat falling revenue, which was impacted by “high levels of competition”
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NewsLaine Pub Co to open seafront cave-style bar
Laine Pub Co has completed the conversion of former nightclub Life on Brighton seafront, which is due to re-open mid-March as the Tempest Inn following an investment in excess of half a million pounds
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NewsMas Q Menos to open third City restaurant
Mas Q Menos, the Spanish tapas restaurant group, is opening its third London restaurant at 70 Mark Lane opposite Fenchurch Street Station at the beginning of April, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsFriska eyes 50-strong estate
Friska, the Bristol-based healthy fast food concept, believes there is potential to grow to up to 50 sites across the UK over the next 10 years
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InterviewsFive minutes with.... Peter Borg-Neal, Oakman Inns
M&C Report takes five minutes to talk to Oakman Inns chief executive Peter Borg-Neal about his views on Ed Balls, the concept of Oakmanology and what makes him shed a tear.
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Yummy seeking partners for growth
Tim Foster, co-founder of Yummy Pub Group, has said the company is repairing a strained relationship with Shepherd Neame and is keen to work with more landlords that want to invest.
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M&B closes in on M&C Glasgow
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) will open its second site under its Miller & Carter steakhouse brand in Scotland, in Glasgow, this September
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Fuller’s celebrates trio of awards for Cornish Orchards
Fuller’s has celebrated success for its Cornish Orchards brand in three different awards categories in February.
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Guy Heald joins Adnams board
Suffolk-based brewer and pub operator Adnams has appointed Guy Heald as non-executive director.
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Aspirational Pub Co eyes estate of 10
Aspirational Pub co, the Hertfordshire multiple operator, is preparing to open its fifth pub as part of plans to grow an estate of 10 by 2020, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsTRG: Trading, expansion, management team
On the back of this morning’s full-year update, M&C Report talks to The Restaurant Group’s chief executive Danny Breithaupt
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NewsStarbucks profit per store still lags Costa
Despite Starbucks UK moving into profit last year, its profit per store is still 15% below rival Costa although its unit sales are 60% higher
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Hospitality sector dominant user of zero-hour contracts
There are more people working on zero hour contracts in the hospitality sector than any other industry with 53% of companies making use of transitional and seasonal staff working on no guaranteed hour contracts
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Cambscuisine looks to roll out Smokeworks
Oliver Thain, the founder of Cambridge-based pub and restaurant group Cambscuisine, has said he expects to roll out his Smokeworks concept and hopes to secure a second site this year.
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Ten site target for First Aid Box
The duo behind Brixton cocktail bar Shrub and Shutter are to open a new concept in South London, which they hope to grow to ten sites in London over the next five years.
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NewsGiraffe gives Stansted site details
Giraffe will open its latest restaurant, its 59th, at London Stansted Airport, as part of the airport’s transformation of its retail and F&B offering
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Birley’s to launch wine bar format
Birley’s, the sandwich and deli chain founded by Robin Birley, is to launch a new wine bar format later this spring in central London
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Analyst: Brumby on overcapacity
Leading analyst Mark Brumby at Langton Capital looks at the issue of overcapacity