All MCA Insight articles in January 2015 – Page 6
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News
Yates’ refurbishment continues
Yates’s, the Stonegate-owned bar brand, is continuing its rebranding trial with the refurbishment of its Southampton bar following £380k investment
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News
Zomato UK expansion continues
Zomato, the restaurant review and bookings site, will continue to expand its coverage of cities in the UK by adding a further one or two this year out of six that it is currently developing databases for
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News
Award-winning manager of the Ship in Wandsworth to exit pub
Oisin Rogers, the award-winning manager of the Young’s-owned Ship in Wandsworth, south-west London, is leaving the pub after nine years in order to pursue “another project” with the pub company.
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News
British Land footfall grows 1.3%
British Land saw footfall in its shopping areas grow by 1.3% in the quarter ending 31 December.
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Analysis & Insight
Hallsworth’s new venture “more scalable”
Chef Scott Hallsworth sees greater roll-out potential for his newest venture Joe’s Oriental Diner than Kurobuta, he told M&C Report
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Analysis & Insight
Spirits and liqueurs market “set for growth”
The spirits and liqueurs market is set for a period of healthy growth driven by the trend towards premiumisation and growth in demand for cocktails, according to a new market report.
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News
Pubs Code amendments to make MRO “legally robust”
The Government has tabled a number of clauses to the section of the pubs code that deals with the market rent only option (MRO) to ensure it is “legally robust”.
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News
Morrisons joins top ten foodservice operators with 400th UK café
Supermarket chain Morrisons has opened its 400th UK café in Milton Keynes bringing it into the top 10 largest foodservice operators in the country
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News
Thatchers reports sales up 16%
Cider maker Thatchers has increased sales by 16% to £60.3m as it announced it had won a major three-year contract to supply its flagship Gold brand to every bar at Glastonbury Festival.
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News
Marston’s festive sales up 4.8%
Marston’s has announced it saw sales grow 4.8% over the festive fortnight with a 12.5% hike on Christmas Day, as it holds its Annual General Meeting today.
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News
MPs vote against bid to tighten pub planning laws
The Parliamentary vote to stop pubs being converted or demolished without planning permission has been narrowly defeated.
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News
Top 50 Gastro Pubs revealed
The Sportsman in Seasalter, Kent, has been announced as the winner of the Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastropub Awards 2015.
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Government set to strengthen planning legislation for pubs
The Government has said it intends to introduce legislation meaning planning permission would be required to change the use of or demolish a pub listed as an asset of community value (ACV).
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News
Pizarro lines up Broadgate Circus opening
Chef and restaurateur Jose Pizarro is set to join the line-up of operators at British Land’s redevelopment of Broadgate Circus, M&C Report understands.
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Opinion
Winners and losers of M&C20 in 2014
Analyst Will Brumby, of Langton Capital, looks back over the past year of the M&C20 index and highlights Domino’s and Patisserie Valerie among the big winners and Punch and Enterprise among the losers
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News
Maxxium UK MD to step down
The managing director of spirits company Maxxium UK, Huw Pennell, has announced he is leaving the company after 16 years,
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News
Chestnut Inns acquires third site
Chestnut Inns, the pub group set up by former banker Philip Turner, has secured is third site.
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Analysis & Insight
Italian food most popular for children eating out
A new poll has found that Italian food is the top choice for children when eating out.
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News
New Moon Pubco to make Liverpool debut
The New Moon Pub Company, the venture led by Paul Newman and David Mooney, has secured its first site in Liverpool
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News
Pizza Rossa exceeds crowdfunding target
Pizza Rossa, the artisanal pizza-by-the-square-slice concept with two City branches, has reached and exceeded its fundraising target