All MCA Insight articles in January 2021
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News
Mark Davies: ‘Pubs are safer than shops’
Hawthorn CEO Mark Davies is the latest pubco boss to call on the Prime Minister to offer strong support for the sector in his upcoming reopening announcement.
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News
Hostech returns for 2021
Hosetch returns this month as a month-long virtual event and editorial series, bringing you the latest developments in digital technology in the hospitality industry.
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Interviews
Kate Nicholls: ‘All eyes are on Israel’
The Government is adopting a ‘watch and wait’ approach to its business exit strategy, and any clarity on reopening is unlikely until the end of this month, MCA’s The Conversation has heard.
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News
Marston’s piques private equity interest
Marston’s has confirmed reports that Platinum Equity has made an initial approach to take the company private.
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Analysis & Insight
Data shows ‘no correlation’ between Eat Out to Help Out and rising infection rates
The Chancellor’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme has been defended by the Treasury, with new data disputing claims that the initiative led to a rise in coronavirus cases.
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News
MCA’s digital January edition - available to read now
In our first issue of the year, MCA brings you all the highlights from our virtual Restaurant Conference, featuring exclusive interviews with Azzurri Group CEO Steve Holmes, Zoe Bowley, MD, Pizza Express and Nick Collins, CEO, Loungers, and many more leading operators in the hospitality sector.
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News
JANUARY 2021
In our first issue of the year, MCA brings you all the highlights from our virtual Restaurant Conference, featuring exclusive interviews with Azzurri Group CEO Steve Holme, Zoe Bowley, MD, Pizza Express and Nick Collins, CEO, Loungers, and many more leading lights in the hospitality sector…
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News
McDonald’s UK sees uplift in like-for-like sales
McDonald’s UK has seen an uplift in like-for-like (lfl) sales, which were positive throughout Q4, reversing the trend seen in the previous quarter.
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News
Pheby Food Concepts Group lines up nationwide roll-out
Wok & Go parent company Pheby Food Concepts Group plans to open 170 new sites over the next five years, founder Des Pheby has told MCA.
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News
Various Eateries obtains £2.5m BII payout
Various Eateries has received an interim payment of £2.5m under its Business Interruption Insurance (BII) policy and is in negotiations regarding additional claims.
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Analysis & Insight
Three-quarters of operators would prefer delayed reopening to restrictions – poll
Three-quarters (76%) of operators asked would rather delay reopening their businesses in order to operate with no restrictions rather than open early with high or very high-tiered restrictions, the latest Lumina Intelligence’s Hospitality Leaders Poll has revealed.
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Analysis & Insight
Pent up consumer demand to boost sector
Pent up consumer demand for the dine-in experience is expected to boost the restaurant sector in the coming year, but market forces mean growth will still be well down on pre-Covid times, according to the latest research from Lumina Intelligence.
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Interviews
David Page: ‘It’s a frustrating experience, not being in charge’
Franco Manca chairman David Page has spoken of the frustration, but inevitability, of working with delivery partners during the pandemic.
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News
Retailer’s Retailer finalists revealed
We are delighted to announce the finalists for MCA’s Retailer’s Retailer of the Year Awards 2021, with voting now underway.
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Opinion
Shelley Sandzer: The phoenixes are rising
Our sector is full of creative people, innovators and entrepreneurs. We already knew that pre-pandemic, but the successive lockdowns have brought out the best in a sector hit the hardest of all in the UK.
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News
Diageo pivots to UK retail
Diageo grew net sales by 2% in Britain, with growth in retail more than offsetting declines due to restrictions and closures of pubs and bars, in Q2 2020.
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News
Britvic drives at-home sales
Britvic has reported adjusted revenues were down 5.8% to £328.1m in the three months to December 2020.
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News
Fever-Tree grows global trade amid home decline
UK revenues at Fever-Tree declined by 22% to £103m in 2020, though this mostly was offset by growth in Europe and the US, leading to a more modest global decline of 3%, and total revenues of £252m.
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News
Deliveroo appoints ex-Amazon VP to exec team
Deliveroo has further strengthened its executive team with the appointment of Eric French, formerly of Amazon, as chief marketplace officer.
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Analysis & Insight
Hospitality sales down 54% in 2020
Hospitality lost out on over half of its expected sales in 2020, with back-to-back lockdowns and ever-increasing restrictions costing the sector approximately £200m a day.