All MCA Insight articles in January 2017 – Page 5
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Balans lfls up 18.3% in 2016
Balans, the London-based restaurant and café group, has reported like-for-like sales up 18.3% for the year ending 31 December.
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SSP to bring Jamie Oliver restaurants to Vienna Airport
SSP Group, the travel concessions operator, is to open three Jamie Oliver restaurants at Vienna Airport
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BAO team to launch Xu in Soho
BAO is set to open an upmarket concept called Xu in London’s Soho
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M&S plans to ramp up Lunch to You
M&S is planning a rapid expansion of its little known Lunch to You van sales operation
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Hammond joins Neighbourhood team as FD
John Hammond, the former finance director at Individual Restaurant Company (IRC), has joined East Coast Concept
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Tovee swaps Whitbread for Patisserie Holdings
Martin Tovee has stepped down as a regional operations director at Whitbread to join Patisserie Holdings
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Hollywood Bowl completes first major refurb since IPO
Listed-leisure operator, the Hollywood Bowl Group, has completed its first major refurb since its IPO.
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JW Lees introduces new roles to aid expansion
JW Lees is strengthening its senior team with the aim of bolstering its property and refurbishments teams, MCA has learnt.
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Fentimans aims to grab further share of mixer market
Fentimans managing director Eldon Robson has told MCA he expects the mixers side of the business to make up around 40% of turnover under its five-year plan.
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Carlsberg and Heineken report 2017 price increases
Carlsberg and Heineken are the latest brewers to unveil beer price increases for 2017.
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NewsNWTC staff raise £43k for Barnardo’s
The Botanist bar group has raised £43,594 for Barnardo’s as the children’s charity celebrates its 150th anniversary. The Botanist, part of New World Trading Company, also pledged 1,500 hours of staff time towards Barnardo’s projects and initiatives to celebrate the milestone. Charity challenges included the National Three Peaks Challenge and ...
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Time Out Market FY revenue up 110%
Time Out Group has said trading remained “positive” in the second half of the year to 31 December with full-year revenue anticipated to be ahead of expectations.
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Honest Coffees eyes move into retail stores
Honest Coffees, the Devon based wholesaler and coffee machine supplier, is planning to move into retail stores with the opening of one or two shops and roastery.
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Kained to open "Victorian style boozer" in Glasgow
Kained Holdings, the Scotland based bar and restaurant operator, is opening a new Victorian style pub in a site is has been chasing for 10 years, MCA has learnt.
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NewsTRG Q4 lfls down 5.9%, H1 17 to “remain difficult”
The Restaurant Group saw like-for-like sales fall 5.9% in Q4 and has warned that the first half of 2017 is likely to “remain difficult”.
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2017 be a year of cannibalisation & significant pressures
The next 12 months will lead to some cannibalisation within the sector, a greater focus on total sales levels
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NewsD&M to strengthen London estate
Drake & Morgan has acquired two further London sites in the City, both scheduled to open this autumn
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Demand for pub investments has strengthened considerably
Demand for pub investments in London has strengthened considerably over the past 12 months
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NewsBAO to double up in Soho
BAO, the award-winning Taiwanese street food concept, has lined up a further opening in London’s Soho
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OpinionM&A activity – 2016 a year in review
2016 was another eventful year in the restaurant and bars sector. Despite some strong headwinds, a steady flow of deal activity has continued over the last 12 months. BDO M&A specialists Tom Barnard and Eleanor Moulsdale take a look at the deals that shaped 2016 and who will be the movers and shakers over the next 12 months.