All articles by Finn Scott-Delany – Page 47
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InterviewsOakman Inns COO Dermot King: 'We’re desperate for people to come out and enjoy themselves.’
Like many other operators, the fourth of July has become a focal point in the calendar for Oakman Inns, as it prepares to reopen its estate.
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InterviewsCharlie McVeigh: ‘The cure is becoming worse than the disease’
Draft House founder Charlie McVeigh has called on the hospitality industry to help the country turn a page and combat public FOGO – the fear of going out. McVeigh, who is chairman and an investor in The Breakfast Club and Butchies Fried Chicken, told MCA it was time to get ...
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NewsCosta opens next tranche of stores
Costa Coffee is opening an additional 31 drive-through and 15 takeaway sites today, after receiving “great feedback” from our store team members and customers.
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NewsGreene King Pub Partners signed up to BII
Greene King Pub Partners is paying for 800 tied tenants to become members of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII).
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NewsAmazon/Deliveroo platform will ‘substantially decimate margins’
Deliveroo have been a major part of the destruction of the restaurant industry and demise of the high street, All Our Bars CEO Paul Wigham has said.
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NewsStonegate announces support for Ei Pub Partners
Stonegate Pub Company has revealed details of a multimillion-pound support package for publicans within the recently acquired Ei Publican Partnerships leased and tenanted business.
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Analysis & InsightConsumers pledge to support local restaurants when lockdown is over
Consumers are planning to spend more in cafés and restaurants when restrictions are lifted, data from Barclaycard shows.
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NewsTen Entertainment well positioned for ‘new normal’
Ten Entertainment Group is reconfiguring its bowling alley sites to make them “covid secure”.
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NewsYoung’s has £285m of liquidity to handle ‘prolonged closure’
Young’s Pubs has secured £30m under the Bank of England’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility.
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Analysis & InsightNavigating the double edged sword of delivery
Delivery and takeaway are one of the only tangible ways left for operators to serve customers during the coronavirus outbreak. With consumers no longer able to eat out, common sense logic assumed they would simply transfer spending to delivery. Yet for various reasons, this has not played out as expected, ...
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NewsCafes with outside space could reopen over summer
Cafes with outside spaces could be allowed to reopen over the summer, health secretary Matt Hancock has said.
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NewsBusiness rates revaluation postponed
A revaluation of business rates will no longer take place in 2021 to help reduce uncertainty for businesses affected by the impacts of coronavirus, the government has announced.
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NewsBrewdog finds lifeline in retail while plotting return to bars
Brewdog’s revenue from brewing and retail has provided a lifeline during lockdown – but the company remains committed to reopening its bars in the future, COO David McDowall has told MCA.
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NewsPCA promises to champion rights of tied pub tenants
It is now “more important than ever” that pub tenants have the benefit of their statutory rights and protections, new Pubs Code Adjudicator Fiona Dickie has said.
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NewsTory MPs back Raise the Bar campaign
A group of 86 Conservative MPs have written to the chancellor calling for hospitality businesses with a rateable value above £51,000 to be included in a grant scheme.
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NewsNo ‘cliff edge’ in furlough scheme
There will be no “cliff-edge” for businesses to face when the coronavirus job retention scheme is brought to end, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said.
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InterviewsTurtle Bay: Social distancing 'doesn’t work' in restaurants and bars
Turtle Bay “probably won’t be a viable business” under social distancing restrictions, founder and CEO Ajith Jayawickrema has told MCA.
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InterviewsD&D’s Gunewardena: 'We will try and do anything to make it work’
How the government defines physical distancing will have a huge impact on the viability of hospitality operations emerging from lockdown, MCA’s The Conversation has heard.
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NewsRural hospitality faces ‘toxic recipe’ of challenges
The rural economy faces devastation and rural hospitality collapse without longer term support, an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned.
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InterviewsWhat it’s like to operate in lockdown part five: Franco Manca
Franco Manca opened five stores for delivery and collection on Friday after a two week in trial in Chiswick. David Page, chairman of parent company Fulham Shore, talks to MCA about the benefits of flat sharing pizzaiolas and why pre-coronavirus rents are not going to happen again.