All MCA Insight articles in January 2021 – Page 3
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Analysis & InsightDelivery vs collection: Maximising your footfall during lockdown
New year, same challenges. If 2020 wasn’t hard enough, starting 2021 with another lockdown highlights the uphill battle ahead, particularly with an official end date for Lockdown 3.0 yet to be announced. As a result, delivery, on-site purchases to takeaway and click & collect remain the only revenue streams for operators for at least the foreseeable future.
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InterviewsJames Horler: ‘We need public opinion to change’
The sector needs public opinion to change if it hopes to exit lockdown before Easter, MCA’s The Conversation has heard.
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NewsJoin us at the 2021 Restaurant Conference – streaming live this morning
MCA’s 2021 Restaurant Conference is being streamed live this morning (9.30am-1pm), featuring an agenda packed with senior figures from the hospitality sector.
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Analysis & InsightDeliveroo: Vegan orders up 165%
More than eight in 10 consumers (85%) will order delivery more often or the same as they did before the pandemic, a new report from Deliveroo finds.
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NewsMercato Metropolitano announces £35m expansion plan
Community food market business Mercato Metropolitano has announced plans for a £35m expansion across London, Europe and the US.
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OpinionPeter Martin: Saving private enterprise
Did health secretary Matt Hancock really suggest in cabinet the idea of a moratorium on all international travel for a month to stop new Covid variants coming into the country?
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NewsDishoom secures £8m in loans
Dishoom secured a £5m loan from the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption (CLBIL) scheme, as well as a £3m loan from shareholders, to help is get through lockdown, documents filed at Companies House reveal.
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NewsSarah Willingham on the ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’ for the bar sector
Nightcap CEO Sarah Willingham has said she hopes her newly listed late-night group will come the go-to fund for distressed but sound businesses needing to restructure.
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NewsPub veterans seek backing for revival
The former bosses of Revolution Bar Group and Liberation Group, Mark McQuater and Mark Crowther, are both seeking backing for pub deals, The Times reports.
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NewsShareholders inject £13m into Yo!
The parent company of Yo! secured £13m in shareholder funding in September 2020 to repay bank debt.
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NewsLocal lockdown powers extended
The Government has quietly extended lockdown laws to give councils the power to close pubs, restaurants, shops and public spaces until July 17 this year, The Telegraph reports.
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NewsHalfway house restrictions after Easter mooted
Britain faces a three-month lockdown “halfway house” after Easter, with a full reopening delayed until all over-50s have had their second dose of the vaccine, The Telegraph reports.
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Analysis & InsightOne in two “not confident” about returning to hospitality before vaccine roll-out
One in two UK consumers wouldn’t feel confident about returning to pubs, bars and restaurants if they were permitted to reopen imminently, CGA’s first 2021 Hospitality Consumer Forecast reveals.
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NewsDining Street goes into administration
Casual dining operator Dining Street Limited has appointed administrators, with all 147 staff made redundant.
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Analysis & InsightVast majority cannot survive without further support - poll
The vast majority of operators (79%) cannot survive a lockdown until May without further government support, Lumina Intelligence’s Hospitality Leaders Poll reveals.
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NewsPapa John’s launches flexible franchising formats
Papa John’s is to introduce new flexible franchising formats for 2021 as it looks to expand its reach into new types of location.
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InterviewsWill Beckett: New wave of quality and innovation will follow pandemic
Hawksmoor CEO Will Beckett has predicted the post-pandemic restaurant scene will be focussed on quality and innovation, which will see a new a generation of young, talented operators coming through the ranks.