All MCA Insight articles in February 2022 – Page 6
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News
Inn Collection builds its presence in Yorkshire
The Inn Collection Group has secured the Hotel St George in Harrogate, with several more acquisitions due to complete before the end of the month
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News
JW Lees to open first new-build in 10 years
The Greater Manchester-based family pub operator and brewer is opening three pubs in the coming months
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Analysis & Insight
Beer sales worth £5.7bn lost in 2021
The new data from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) reveals the dramatic impact of the pandemic on licensed premises in 2021
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Analysis & Insight
Operators reluctant to pass cost pressure on to consumers
Despite the increasing cost of energy, labour and raw materials, hospitality operators have told MCA they are hesitant to dampen consumer demand by upping their prices
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News
Oakman completes £29m refinance of freehold estate
The pub group also said it had secured is its “strongest ever pipeline” of new sites, which will increase the size of the estate by some 25%
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Book your tickets for MCA’s Retailers’ Retailer Awards
Celebrate the best of the hospitality sector at MCA’s prestigious annual awards night on 23 March, at the Guildhall in London
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Hospitality Rising wins government-backing
The endorsement makes the grass-roots camaign led by Mark McCulloch the official industry response to the recruitment crisis
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Jollibee ramps up global expansion
The Philippines foodservice group will look to open 500 sites worldwide in 2022, as it recovers from the pandemic
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Interviews
Star Pubs MD optimistic on consumer confidence
Confidence is growing week by week as the pub sector emerges from the pandemic, according to Lawson Mountstevens
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KFC parent co toasts strongest growth in history
The UK estate, which accounts for 7% of overall KFC system sales, saw a 38% rise in sales for the full year in 2021
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News
Young’s to acquire Lucky Onion pubs
The London-based pub company is reported to be buying six of the seven properties within the Cotswold-based Lucky Onion, which was owned by Superdy co-founder Julian Dunkerton
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Restaurant market to recover to near 2019 levels
The restaurant sector is expected to recover to 94% of its 2019 value in 2022, according to the upcoming UK Restaurant Market Report from Lumina Intelligence. It is set to reach a value of £17.8bn in 2022, up 59% on last year
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Food To Conference 2022: Four weeks to go
Several new speakers and sessions have been added to the line-up for MCA’s Food to Go Conference 2022, including a property panel featuring Pret A Manger, GAIL’s and Ole & Steen
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Brasserie Bar Co: ‘The business has never been in better shape’
Brasserie Bar Co now has the firepower to accelerate its expansion and is keen to use new owner Alchemy’s experience as backer of The Inn Collection to open up new opportunities, exec chairman Mark Derry tells MCA.
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Late night operators see costs rise by a quarter
Consumers may pay “considerably more” for a night out in future, as operators will have no choice but to pass some of the burden of extra costs, says the NTIA
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News
Greggs to open concept cafe at Primark
Described as the “world’s most Instagrammable Greggs”, the 130-seater cafe will open in Primark’s Birmingham store at the weekend
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Analysis & Insight
Leeds ‘most vibrant’ city for hospitality
The city was most vibrant out of 10 key UK cites, with a -0.2% drop in sales compared with the same period in 2019, according to new research from CGA and Wireless Social
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News
Big Table appoints HR director
Debbie Moore has served as HR director at Spirit Pub Company, The Restaurant Group, GLH Hotels, Prezzo and most recently, Boparan Restaurant Group
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News
Wells & Co reports £8m revenue drop
The fifth-generation brewer and pub operator has continued to grow its managed estate and is targeting 50 sites by the end of 2022
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News
VAT freeze will 'help curb inflation'
More than 250 leaders from hospitality and leisure have urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak to keep VAT at 12.5% beyond March 2022