All MCA Insight articles in February 2015 – Page 2
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NewsPinto Mexican up to five
Pinto Mexican, the Glasgow-based fast casual Mexican concept, is gearing up to open its fifth site as it looks to reach 11 units by the end of this year
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Analysis & Insight
Worst-case scenario guidebook
When an unbranded pub-restaurant was at the centre of a food-poisoning outbreak in which 30 customers were taken ill, and one sadly died, the words “there but” and “for the grace of God” would have been front of mind for many pub and restaurant group CEOs, says Mark Stretton.
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Ex-Diageo CEO linked to CBI role
Paul Walsh, the former chief executive of Diageo, is in advanced talks to become the next president of the CBI
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Fourth collects growth award
Fourth has scooped a prestigious accolade after being named as one of the best-performing technology companies in the UK
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Analysis & Insight
‘Cakeage’ unpopular with 80% diners
Being charged a fee to bring a cake to a restaurant is unpopular with 80% of diners who said they would not be happy to pay the ‘cakeage’ charge according to a survey by Hospitality GEM
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NewsStrong performances across M&C20
The M&C20 was up 1.7% this week to 1,370 points as strong performances from big caps Domino’s and Cineworld lifted the index. The All-Share was up 0.8% to 1,089 points as utilities, oil and gas stocks held the wider market back
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Leisure apprenticeships awarded
Apprentices, mentors and employers from the hospitality, retail, passenger transport and travel industries have been recognised at the People 1st Apprenticeship Awards
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NewsGBK committed to counter service
Alasdair Murdoch, chief executive of Gourmet Burger Kitchen, has said the company’s use of counter service has allowed it to target sites its competitors could not operate in.
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NewsHome Office rules out locally-set licence fees
The Government has decided not to introduce locally-set licensing fees, one year after launching a consultation on the move
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Leisure sector attracts 8% of those who want to retrain
Around 871,000 UK adults plan to retrain over the next three years to join the leisure sector as part of the 23% of the population who plans to change career following re-training
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NewsGiggling Squid sets Surrey expansion target
Giggling Squid, the rapidly-growing Thai restaurant group, has set out plans to have four Surrey restaurants by the end of 2015 as part of plans to form a national Thai restaurant group
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Rhode Island Coffee up to seven
Rhode Island Coffee, the Manchester-based coffee shop group, has secured its seventh site in Blackburn, Lancashire
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NewsBrewDog to roll-out gluten free beer
A gluten-free beer will join BrewDog’s Headliners range following a taste test as the Scottish brewer and pub operator launches Vagabond Gluten Free Pale Ale
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NewsPS Pubco eyes funding for BBQ format rollout
Carlos Maidana, the founder of PS – the Pub Company has told M&C Report he has already had discussions with possible investors about backing the rollout of his Blue’s Smokehouse concept.
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OpinionThe unceasing journey
Fuller’s may be defined by its beers, but it is its food that is increasingly attracting customers to its pubs and spurring the company to set the pace for change in an industry that is currently shaking off the shackles of financial stagnation
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Gail’s eyes regional expansion
Gail’s Artisan Bakery has revealed plans to expand out of the capital, but has turned down opportunities to go into travel locations
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JW Lees' director of managed pubs quits
JW Lees, the Manchester-based brewer and pub operator, has announced that Kieran Rabbitt, director of managed house operations, is to leave the company.
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Intu: Significant increase in catering and leisure development pipeline
Intu, the shopping centre operator, has reported occupancy rates of 95% for the 2014 financial year – the same as the year before- with like-for-like retail sales within its centres up 2.5%.
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PICAS ‘is working’, Luff insists
Pub industry self-regulation is not dead — far from it. That is the message from Pub Governing Body (PGB) chairman Sir Peter Luff MP following the publication of the PICA-Service (PICAS) annual report.
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Food & Fuel grows turnover 5.1% in 2014
London-based gastropub operator Food & Fuel saw turnover rise 5.1% to £11.4m for the year to 1 June.