All MCA Insight articles in January 2018 – Page 3
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News
Chopstix appoints Lake as first MD
Chopstix Group, the noodle bar chain, has appointed Jon Lake to the newly created role of managing director.
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News
Admiral commercial director Simon Eyles passes away
Admiral Taverns has announced that commercial director, Simon Eyles, passed away last Wednesday at the age of 50 after a brief illness.
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Analysis & Insight
Casual dining – we salute you
Coverage of the casual-dining market in recent months has tended to focus on its various travails, but are we in danger of neglecting it successes? Sector investor and non-executive director Ian Edward writes in defence of the sector and says the country owes it a debt of gratitude.
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News
Comptoir confirms Grand Central opening
The Comptoir, the listed operator of Comptoir Libanais and Shawa, has confirmed it is to open its first site in the West Midlands, at Birmingham’s Grand Central.
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News
Market Taverns acquires sixth London site
Family-run pub business Market Taverns has acquired its sixth London site – The Lady Ottoline, in Clerkenwell.
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Opinion
Tate’s modern pizza parlours
Yard Sale Pizza is confounding expectations with its low-rent sites and in-house delivery. In the latest edition in our Founders Forum series, Finn Scott-Delany hears about the all-in-one buzzy pizza shop
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News
East Coast Concepts like-for-likes up 10% over Christmas
East Coast Concepts, the operator of Neighbourhood and Victor’s, has recorded a record Christmas trading period with sales up across its restaurant and bar group.
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News
Soho House JV closes Brixton restaurants and bar
Quentin Restaurants, the Soho House joint venture, has closed its Chicken Shop, Dirty Burger and Fox Bar concepts in Brixton, MCA understands. Fox Bar, which has just one other site in Chicago, was being tested at Piano House, Brighton Terrace, and it is not thought to be a focus for ...
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News
Harbottle-chaired Starbucks franchisee launches £1.1m crowdfund
Elite Coffee, the Paul Harbottle-chained Starbucks franchisee, is targeting growth to 21 sites by 2021, to be funded by a £1.1m crowdfunding raise.
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Analysis & Insight
A perfect storm? Restaurant management skills in the spotlight
Bob Cotton, former chief executive of the British Hospitality Association, gives his view on why some restaurants may be facing closure and how to avoid such perils.
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News
Inception secures third Fogg’s; two more lined up
The Inception Group has secured a site for the third iteration of its Mr Fogg’s concept and is close to securing two others, MCA has learnt.
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News
Technology helping to fuel engagement at Fuller’s
Fuller’s chief executive Simon Emeny has told MCA that technology is playing a huge role in helping the company develop its relationship with its staff.
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News
Time Out Market Spitalfields concerns 'not justified'
Time Out Markets it is appealing the rejection of its planning application to open in Spitalfields, describing public concerns as “simply not justified”.
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Opinion
Neil Rankin: ‘Nothing is completely original, but you don't have to copy others'
Temper founder Neil Rankin has set out to create a handful of exciting eateries, unique in their own right but with the common goal of using the whole animal. He talks to MCA’s new sister title, Food Spark, about the UK’s insatiable appetite for barbecue, why restaurateurs should not be pushing sustainability and how “trends are for supermarkets”
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News
McCue: Changes to core brands starting to yield results
Andy McCue, chief executive of The Restaurant Group, has told MCA that the underlying impact of the group’s investments in its Frankie & Benny’s brand will not be fully apparent until the second quarter of this year.
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News
White Rabbit behind Hutch delivery vehicle
White Rabbit Fund, the Kofler & Kompanie-backed investment vehicle for fledgling restaurants, is moving into delivery-only kitchens with the launch of operating company Hutch, set to include new concepts from Kricket and A Wong, MCA understands.
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News
Food hall potential 'massive' with 16 more in London proposed
The potential for food halls in the UK is massive, with 16 proposed food halls expected to open London alone over the next five years, Cushman & Wakefield partner Thomas Rose has told MCA.
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News
VAT campaigners hail “excellent meeting” with Brexit MP
The organisers of the campaign to reduce VAT in the hospitality sector have met with the Minister of State at the Brexit Department, Steve Baker MP and a number of other senior Conservative MPs.
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News
Starbucks reports record $6bn revenue in Q1
Starbucks has reported net revenue up 6% to a record $6bn for the 13 weeks to 31 December.
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News
JDW drops Russell Hume, secures new steak supplier
JD Wetherspoon is to reintroduce steak in its 900 pubs across the UK and Republic of Ireland on Tuesday.