All MCA Insight articles in February 2016 – Page 7
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News
Bel & The Dragon to open four sites every year
Longshot is close to securing three new sites for its Bel & The Dragon vehicle and is planning one opening every quarter for the next three years for the brand, M&C has learnt.
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MoBa focusing on pop-ups to avoid high rents
One of London’s newest South East Asian operators has told M&C they are focussing on pop-ups and markets to avoid high commercial rents.
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Opinion
No middle ground for Myers
When Busaba Eathai came knocking on Jason Myers’ Dubai door, it had to be pretty special to convince him to up sticks and move back to the UK. Mark Wingett discovers why he did just that
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Craft Beer Co gears up for Craft 100 festival
The Craft Beer Co. is bringing the UK’s ”biggest pub beer festival” ‘Craft 100’ back to Clapham, London this Easter
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Young’s to roll out Qkr! app
Young’s is to roll out MasterCard’s smartphone payment app Qkr! across its 168 pubs.
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BrewDog turnover up 52% in 2015
BrewDog grew UK sales by 130% in 2015 with total turnover up 52% year on year to £45m.
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Schofield steps down as Ed’s CEO
Ivan Schofield is to step down as chief executive as Ed’s Easy Diner, just days after the group announced it had aborted its sales process
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CG Restaurants FY turnover tops £20m
CG Restaurants, operator of the Dirty Martini brand, saw turnover climb from £16.8m in 2014 to £20.5m in the year to the end of 2015
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Analysis & Insight
It’s the people, stupid
Research has consistently shown that attracting and keeping high-quality staff is essential to a business’s wellbeing. Steve Gotham reveals what’s on sector leaders’ minds going into 2016
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News
Star to roll out chef consultancy scheme
Star Pubs & Bars is investing £75,000 in rolling out its chef consultancy support programme to a further 100 pubs this year.
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Brew lines up Kew opening
Australian all-day dining concept Brew is set to open a sixth site in London, after lining up an opening in Kew
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Samba Brands plans Raw & BBQ for Mayfair
The new concept from Samba Brands, owners of the Sushisamba brand, which is set to open in London’s Mayfair later this year, will be called Raw & BBQ
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News
Timothy Taylor back on acquisition trail
Tim Dewey, the chief executive of West Yorkshire brewer and pub operator Timothy Taylor has said the company has money set aside to buy more pubs.
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New health food concept aiming for 20 sites by 2020
Update 1’s former head of franchising Roman Bhatia has branched out on his own to set up healthy food concept, The Good Food Co, M&C has learned.
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Analysis & Insight
Domino’s tops Youth 100 List 2016
Domino’s Pizza has again topped the fast food and restaurant category in this year’s Youth 100 List: which highlights the UK’s top brands according to 18-24 year olds
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News
Pernod Ricard reports strong UK sales in H1
Pernod Ricard has reported sales growth of 3% to €4.9bn in the first half of its financial year with a strong performance in the UK.
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Romulo to make UK debut
Romulo Café, a Philippine-inspired restaurant concept, is to make its debut in the UK, after securing a site in Kensington High Street
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News
Veeno confirms expansion plans
Veeno has confirmed that it will open three new sites over the coming months as part of plans to open up to 10 venues within the next 12 months
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News
The Ivy Café set for St John’s Wood
The Ivy Collection has further strengthened its pipeline in the capital, with an acquisition in north west London
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News
FY restaurant EBITDA up 9% at Brasserie Bar Co
Brasserie Bar Co saw turnover increase 14% to £37.2m in the year to 30 June 2015, with restaurant EBITDA up 9% from £5.2m to £5.7m