All MCA Insight articles in January 2019 – Page 4

  • pod
    News

    Pod reports lfls up 5% in 2018

    2019-01-25T09:15:00Z

    Pod, the healthy grab and go concept, has reported like for like sales up 5% for the full year in 2018.

  • Gloria Jeans
    News

    Gloria Jean's confirms Glasgow, London next

    2019-01-25T09:14:00Z

    Gloria Jean’s, the Australian coffee house concept, has confirmed its first UK site will open at St Enoch Centre in Glasgow next month, with a second to follow in London. 

  • Stephen Neudegg
    News

    Dishoom appoints FD

    2019-01-25T09:14:00Z

    Dishoom has appointed Stephen Neudegg, ex of Casual Dining Group as its finance director.

  • Black Sheep Coffee
    News

    Black Sheep Coffee lfl growth 28.7% in in Q4 2018

    2019-01-25T09:14:00Z

    Black Sheep, the speciality coffee shop group, has reported 28.78% like-for-like sales growth for Q4 2018.

  • Patisserie Valerie exterior
    News

    HMRC ‘warned Patisserie Holdings in 2016 about possible fraud’

    2019-01-25T09:14:00Z

    HM Revenue & Customs raised concerns with Patisserie Holdings that some of its invoices and cheques had been forged more than two years before the group revealed its accounting blackhole, The Times has reported.

  • Pho interior
    News

    Pho updates on pipeline

    2019-01-25T08:58:00Z

    Vietnamese restaurant brand, Pho, has updated on new openings and its refurbishment programme.

  • Fuller's
    News

    Fuller’s to sell beer business to Asahi for £250m

    2019-01-25T07:27:00Z

    Fuller’s has agreed to sell the entirety of its beer business to Asahi for £250m.

  • White Brasserie
    News

    White Brasserie planned for Highcliffe

    2019-01-24T08:44:00Z

    Brasserie Bar Co is planning to open a 17th White Brasserie, in Highcliffe, Dorset.

  • Star Pubs & Bars
    News

    Demand for leased pubs continues to rise, says Star

    2019-01-24T08:43:00Z

    Star Pubs & Bars has said that demand for its leasehold pubs is still on the rise, despite concerns about the economy.

  • Tonkotsu Anzu
    News

    Tonkotsu to close St James’ Market

    2019-01-24T08:43:00Z

    Tonkotsu, the ramen restaurant group, is to close its high-end concept Anzu at St James’ Market, MCA’s sister title Big Hospitality reports.

  • Tim Martin
    News

    JDW plans to roll out pizza offering across estate

    2019-01-24T08:43:00Z

    JD Wetherspoon is planning to expand its pizza offering out across its entire estate, MCA has learnt.

  • Marstons
    News

    Aprirose confirms £15m NewRiver deal

    2019-01-24T08:43:00Z

    Aprirose, the real estate investment company, has confirmed it was the purchaser of a 22-strong community pub portfolio from NewRiver, for £15m.

  • Employees
    News

    M&B under fire for lack of diversity on its board

    2019-01-24T08:42:00Z

    Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has come under fire from fund manager Aberdeen Standards Investment for ‘poor corporate governance and lack of boardroom diversity’, reigniting a shareholder conflict that dates back to 2010, according to Financial News.

  • News

    Fever-Tree FY revenue up 39%

    2019-01-24T08:42:00Z

    Fever-Tree, the premium mixers producer, has said revenue for the year to 31 December is expected to be up 39% to c£236m.

  • The winners of RROTY 2018
    News

    RROTY 2019 finalists announced

    2019-01-24T08:42:00Z

    The finalists for the Retailers’ Retailer of the Year Awards have been announced, including multiple nominations for Stonegate, The Restaurant Group and New World Trading Company (NWTC), among others.

  • News

    MCA and AlixPartners launch Growth Company Index 2019

    2019-01-24T08:42:00Z

    MCA is once again teaming up with leading advisory firm AlixPartners to identify the top 50 private firms with the fastest-growing profits in the UK eating and drinking-out sector.

  • Wagamama
    News

    TRG FY lfls down 2%

    2019-01-24T08:42:00Z

    The Restaurant Group has reported like-for-like sales down 2% for the 52 weeks to 30 December 2018.

  • Opinion

    Changing through the gears

    2019-01-24T08:41:00Z

    On the back of securing investment from private equity group TriSpan, Mark Wingett speaks to Thunderbird Fried Chicken founder Matt Harris, new chief executive Marcel Khan, and property director Kieran Sherlock about what that means for the business, and looks at what it means for the wider better chicken category, which could be set to take off after several false starts.

  • Analysis & Insight

    Sounding boards out

    2019-01-24T08:40:00Z

    Several high-profile corporate failures over the past few years have caused businesses to question how effectively their board operates. Flemming Hansen spoke to chairs, non-executive directors, CEOs and CFOs of businesses in the leisure, hospitality and travel sectors to get their views.

  • Thunderbird Fried Chicken (l-r) Matt Harris and Marcel Khan
    News

    TriSpan backs Thunderbird Fried Chicken rollout

    2019-01-23T18:49:00Z

    Private equity firm TriSpan has made its second UK investment, backing the rollout of street food star Thunderbird Fried Chicken, MCA has learnt.