All MCA Insight articles in January 2014 – Page 12
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Fernandez & Wells to open Mayfair café
Fernandez & Wells, the London-based bar and coffee shop operator, is set to open its fifth site in the capital in Mayfair
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Bar Hound eyes more food-driven sites
David King, the Newcastle-based entrepreneur who last year sold his leisure business Fluid Group, has told M&C Report he plans to add more “daytime and evening food-driven” sites to its new venture Bar Hound
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NewsCouncils call for restrictive covenant ban on pub sales
The use of restrictive covenants, a “legal loophole” used by pub companies to force hundreds of community pubs to close each year, must be plugged, according to the Local Government Association (LGA)
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London boroughs urged to 'maintain, manage and enhance' pubs
The “important role” of London’s pubs has been recognised for the first time in Mayor Boris Johnson’s “London Plan”, the latest planning guidelines for the capital
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D&D reports highest ever Christmas revenues
D&D London, the international restaurant group formerly known as Conran Restaurants, said that like-for-like revenues across its London-based restaurants climbed 5% over the festive season compared with the year before
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NewsFestive lfls up 7.4% at Las Iguanas
Las Iguanas said it experienced a third successive “bumper Christmas” with like-for-like sales up 7.4% across the festive season, taking three-year growth to over 25%
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NewsPage to step down as TRG CEO
The Restaurant Group (TRG) has announced that Andrew Page has notified the Board that he wishes to retire as chief executive of the Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito operator in August 2014.
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NewsMPs to debate pubcos today
Labour is holding an opposition debate today calling for legislation to introduce a statutory code on the relationship between pubcos and tenants
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AB InBev agrees £3.5bn Oriental Brewery acquisition
AB InBev has agreed to buy South Korean brewer Oriental Brewery for $5.8bn (£3.5bn)
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Candy Bar to relocate
Candy Bar, the popular central London lesbian bar, is to relocate to another site in Soho after its existing premises was sold for conversion to a strip club
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NewsSpirit wins recognition for work experience
Its “Teen Spirit” scheme has achieved the Gold Standard by Fair Train, an organisation that sets UK quality standards in work experience provision
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Analysis & InsightHybridisation breeding new competition
The increased hybridisation between the pub and restaurant sectors is set to breed new definitions for operators and consumers alike, as each sector continues to encroach on their respective key trading touch points
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Amber festive lfls grow 6%; eyes century of pubs
Amber Taverns, the fast growing operator of community wet-led pubs, saw like-for-like sales grow 6% over the 12-day festive period and said it planned to reach 100 sites by the end of 2014
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NewsFluid Group owner starts new bar venture
David King, the Newcastle-based entrepreneur who last year sold his leisure business Fluid Group, has secured a first venue under a new venture called Bar Hound
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OpinionCosta grows presence in the north
Costa has agreed tenancy agreements for six properties in prominent out of town locations across the North of England
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Cubitt House arrives into King's Cross
Upmarket pub operator Cubitt House will open a new venue on Granary Square within the Kings Cross redevelopment in London in mid-2015.
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December lfls up 1.8% at Chameleon
Chameleon Bar & Dining, the Yorkshire and Lancashire-based multiple operator, has reported a positive end to 2013 with like-for-like sales up by 1.8% in December
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Analysis & InsightVenturing forward
If I had to put forward one man who could dominate the UK’s eating and drinking-out scene over the coming 12 months, I would be hard pressed to look past Tim Bacon, the chief executive of Living Ventures
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NewsLynch to become group CEO at Nando’s
Andrew Lynch, the former chief executive of SSP, is to become group chief executive of Nando’s, the Capricorn Ventures-backed international chain of peri peri chicken restaurants
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The Noodle House secures first UK site
The Noodle House, the Jumeirah Restaurants-owned, South East Asian casual dining restaurant brand, has secured its first site in the UK, in Shaftesbury Avenue, M&C Report has learnt