All MCA Insight articles in January 2015
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Downing secures funding for Antic
Downing has announced it has secured a new funding package to secure five core sites within the Downing/Antic London estate.
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Geronimo sets out 2015 pipeline
Geronimo Inns, the Young’s-owned pub group, has secured two new sites to open in the autumn following three openings over the next few months, M&C Report has learnt
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Judy Joo opens first restaurant, in Soho
Celebrity chef Judy Joo has opened her first restaurant, Jinjuu, in London’s Soho.
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Brasserie Bar Co expansion fuelled by pubs code
Brasserie Bar Co chief executive Mark Derry said he thinks the pubs code will lead to greater transparency, longer leases and higher rents.
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InterviewsFriday five-minute interview: Christian Townsley, North Bar
M&C Report talks to Christian Townsley, director of North Bar pubco, about his top priority, the best advice he’s been given and what keeps him up at night
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Analysis & Insight
Discount hungry customers are biggest challenge for operators
Discount driven customers are the top challenge for the eating and drinking our sector, according to a new survey.
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Kaffeine takes second site
Kaffeine, a London-based Australian-style coffee shop, has expanded to a second site due to open in the first week of March
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NewsJDW, Green King and Marston's outperform M&B
The M&C20 was broadly unchanged this week, rising 0.2% to 1,304 points while the All-Share had a worse week, falling 0.7% to 1,058 points
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Analysis & Insight
Food provenance main concern for London diners
Local sourcing and provenance are more important to Londoners than the reputation of a restaurant’s head chef, according to new research from Camden eatery Gilgamesh
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Hot Chip founders seek partner for bar and takeaway concepts
The co-founder of fast-food concept Hot Chip has told M&C Report he is seeking “an industry expert” to help him expand nationally.
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Analysis & Insight
Beer sales up but off-trade overtakes on-trade for first time
Overall beer sales are up for the first time in 10 years off the back of two successive duty cuts - but sales in pubs are still in decline, according to the latest Beer Barometer figures.
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OpinionFord’s ‘back to basics’ drive
Experienced hospitality sector boss Graham Ford has found the fun once again in his worklife. Mel Flaherty finds out about his past, from his first job at a Tex Mex in Paris to his time at Tragus, and how Jackson & Rye, Grillshack and Limeyard are helping to reinvigorate his passion.
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NewsThree more openings for Giraffe by April
Giraffe, the Tesco-owned restaurant concept, is to open three new sites this Spring.
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NewsFuller’s festive lfls up 15% over two years
Fuller’s chief executive Simon Emeny has told M&C Report that the company has enjoyed two bumper Christmases, which saw like-for-like sales rise 15% over the period.
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Meredith Group launches PizzaBuzz restaurant
A new concept from the Meredith Group, which operates the Only Running Footman in Mayfair and The Portman in Marylebone, called PizzaBuzz is opening at the Alphabeta building in east London
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Bone Daddies owner takes Soho site
Ross Shonhan, the former head chef of Zuma who has established Soho’s Bone Daddies and Flesh & Buns is understood to have taken a site in Soho for a new restaurant concept
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Brumby on Fuller’s and M&B: London trading buoyant
Mark Brumby, of Langton Capital, has given his verdict on trading updates this week from Fuller’s and Mitchells & Butlers.
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NT Beer Club launches crowdfunding campaign
The brewery behind the National Trust Beer Club, Delavals Ltd, is seeking to rise £400k through crowdfunding site investingzone.com to establish the UK’s biggest craft beer network
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French: MRO could create pubco giants
Leading leisure analyst Simon French of Cenkos has predicted that the pubs code will result in the formation of one or two large property companies with 10,000-plus pubs each.
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NewsMeantime CEO rules out move into pubs
Nick Miller, chief executive of Greenwich-based craft brewer Meantime has told M&C Report the company has decided against investing in a pub portfolio.