All MCA Insight articles in February 2019 – Page 12
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Opinion
A welcome success story for the coffee and cake market
Last week, Caffé Nero acquired a significant stake in Coffee#1, the premium coffee shop operator , from SA Brain. Fraser Anderson, of Sapient Corporate Finance – the sole financial adviser to SA Brain on the transaction – discusses the background to the deal and what it means for the wider market.
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News
Oakman acquires Buckingham pub
Oakman Inns has acquired a Grade II listed Buckingham pub for an undisclosed sum.
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News
Gordon Ramsay to open Lucky Cat in Mayfair
Gordon Ramsay Restaurants is to open an Asian-inspired restaurant called Lucky Cat – a new venture for the group – in Mayfair, this summer.
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News
KFC to introduce Netflix-style recommendations function
KFC is set to roll out new Netflix-style recommendations technology trialled in its drive-thru estate across it UK operations, MCA’s Hostech conference heard this week.
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News
Comptoir Group trading in line with ‘market expectation’
Comptoir Group has said its trading for the 52 weeks to 31 December 2018 was line with market expectation, with a strong finish to the second half of the year.
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News
Old Spot Pub Company lines up two new sites
Old Spot Pub Company, an Ei Managed Investments venture, has lined up two further openings for 2019, which will take its portfolio to seven.
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News
Brewers in ‘squeezed middle’ urge rates reform
The Coalition of Small Brewers has accused SIBA of seeking to block meaningful reform of Small Breweries’ Relief.
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News
London’s late-night approach ‘should be example to rest of UK’
Proposals to help save the high street by making the most of London’s underused spaces with exhibitions, live performances and temporary bars have been applauded by leading industry figures.
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News
Bayou Bar builds London pipeline
Bayou Bar, the New Orleans street food concept based in Tooting Broadway Market intends to open a further two sites across London by the end of the year, MCA has learnt.
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News
Burger & Lobster announces Singapore restaurant
Burger & Lobster is to open its first restaurant in Singapore, later this year.
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News
M Restaurants event raises £1m for charity
A total of £1m was pledged to charity at an event to mark the launch of a month-long anti-trafficking pop up at M Restaurants, last night.