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All Interview articles – Page 3
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InterviewsXP Factory ‘hopeful we’ll see confidence come back this year’
Chief executive Richard Harpham tells MCA investors remain confident in the experiential leisure group despite it recently revising down profit forecasts
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NewsMichelin 2026: JKS and Gordon Ramsay Restaurants add to star tally
JKS says it is now ‘the UK’s most Michelin-starred restaurant group’ after both Ambassadors Clubhouse in Mayfair and Legado in Shoreditch scored their first stars at this year’s ceremony
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InterviewsJonathan Recanati: ‘We’re now going through a mega growth phase’
The Farmer J founder has said his initial aim to open 50 sites under his field-tray concept ‘feels small’, adding that his ambition is now ‘far bigger’
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NewsRichard Tallboy joins Sona as chief information officer advisor
Sona says the newly created executive advisory role is designed to accelerate the company’s enterprise strategy and deepen its expertise across key areas of hospitality operations
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InterviewsKaran Gokani: ‘There isn’t a restaurant in central London that truly does regional Indian food’
The Hoppers co-founder has spent six years improving efficiency and evolving the scope of his Sri Lankan-focused group. Now he’s opening in Shoreditch, and is hungry for more restaurants
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OpinionJamie Oliver: ‘We are in the throes of a culinary brain drain’
The celebrity chef and restaurateur has warned the hospitality sector is being crushed by a combination of astronomical business rates, a rigid VAT system and a mountain of bureaucracy
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InterviewsHow The Alchemist has embedded neurodiversity training and awareness across its business
In our latest spotlight article on EDI, sponsored by Carlsberg Britvic, The Alchemist’s Hannah Plumb tells MCA how supporting neurodiversity in the workplace has improved retention, raised awareness and boosted confidence amongst staff
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InterviewsGrind expecting to deliver ‘accelerated growth’ rate this year
The omnichannel coffee business is expecting to deliver an accelerated growth rate of around +25% in its current financial year, following a year of significant growth in FY2024/25, CEO and founder David Abrahamovitch has told MCA.
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Weekend PressRobin Hutson, founder of Pig hotels: ‘There’s nothing like the feeling of earning your own money’
The hotelier advises aspiring entrepreneurs to look after the product and people, then profit will look after itself, he tells the FT
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InterviewsYard Sale Pizza: ‘A strong digital strategy could unlock a lot of opportunity for us’
CEO Stephen Hollis tells MCA the Piper-backed pizza delivery brand is looking to strengthen its marketing function as it pursues an accelerated growth strategy
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InterviewsKnoops: ‘We want to learn from the US, we don’t want to dictate to them’
CEO William Gordon-Harris gives MCA some insight into the artisanal hot chocolate specialist’s strategy for conquering the US and other international markets
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InterviewsPunch’s Rising Star has ‘limitless’ potential
With an authentic leadership style and drive to improve the pub partnerships under her stewardship, Hayley Patterson has a bright future, group people director Laura Cavendish tells MCA, in the last in our Rising Star finalist profiles, ahead of the MCA Hospitality Awards 2026.
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InterviewsSmacks Burgers & Chicken: ‘The intention from the outset was always to scale massively’
The London-born QSR chain is plotting expansion across the UK as well as internationally in the Middle East and the US after partnering with global franchise consultancy Presman & Colard
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InterviewsHow Eatphoria is aiming to cement itself as a leader in multi-brand hybrid restaurants
The newly formalised group behind fast food brands including Wraps & Wings tells MCA it is planning accelerated expansion across the UK following a recent multimillion-pound investment
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NewsJonathan Neame: ‘There’s a risk Labour is doing to us what Thatcher did to the miners’
The Shepherd Neame CEO has told The Times he believes the pub sector is now at one of the most critical points in its history
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InterviewsWatchHouse’s Rising Star ‘represents the future of our industry’
The premium coffee operator’s head of people, Euan McIntyre, is adept at bringing a commercial focus to people initiatives, MD Caroline Ottoy tells MCA in the first of a series of profiles on our Rising Star finalists ahead of the MCA Hospitality Awards 2026
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InterviewsAlex Reilley: ‘Budget highlights how brutally unfair pubs are valued’
The Loungers chairman tells MCA there is increasing evidence to suggest the Labour government doesn’t have much sympathy for the hospitality sector following last week’s fiscal statement
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InterviewsAdmiral Taverns aims for 2,000 pubs
Following the community pub operator’s acquisition of 21 sites from RedCat, CEO Chris Jowsey says roughly £35m has been invested this year in new pubs, with a similar outlay planned for next year
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InterviewsKFC: ‘I’m most proud of the opportunities we give people’
Joining KFC as an area coach and working his way through four business units to lead the brand’s UK & Ireland business has given Rob Swain an appreciation of the growth opportunities the brand can offer its employees
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Weekend PressSt John’s founders are stepping back. What comes next for the trailblazing nose-to-tail restaurant?
Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver are retiring from day-to-day operations at their legendary London restaurant St John after 31 years, the FT reports