All MCA Insight articles in July 2013 – Page 15
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 13-14 July
Restaurants Where does all the cash come from? “It’s been horrendous, but we’re a different company now,” says Stuart Gillies, who runs Ramsay’s restaurant firm. He does the numbers, while Ramsay does the nosh. “Everything we do is new.” They are moving home. “This office costs £500,000 a year,” says ...
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News
Orchid achieves Investors In People status
Chief executive Rufus Hall says Orchid is among the first UK pub companies to achieve the accolade
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NewsSky holds prices for third consecutive year
Sky is freezing subscription prices of its Sky Ultimate TV sports package for pubs and clubs “until at least June 2014”
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Supermarket discounts hit St Peter's
St Peter’s Brewery saw a pre-tax profit turn into a pre-tax loss in the year to 28 February, with the firm saying supermarket special offers made it “extremely difficult” to maintain margins
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McMullen’s adds Punch freeholds
Hertfordshire brewer and operator McMullen’s has acquired three further pubs, including two central London-based freehold sites from Punch Taverns, for an undisclosed sum
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Coal eyes further expansion
Coal Grill and Bar, the Charterhouse Leisure-owned brand, is close to securing three new sites as it returns to the expansion trail
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Pizza Hut sees raising service standards as first step to success
Pizza Hut UK believes raising service standards through staff training and performance reviews is the first step towards the future success of the business
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Davy's eyes growth options
Davy’s, the historic London wine bar operator, expects to add about 10 sites over the next five years
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Soho House plans Dirty Burger rollout
Soho House Group is planning to open three new sites under its fledgling Dirty Burger brand in London over the coming months
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Boost Juice expansion continues
Boost Juice Bars UK has secured two further sites as it looks to grow a 40-strong estate
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Interviews
Friday five-minute interview
M&C Report talks to Chris Welham, managing director of Spirit Leased, about his best investment, his best business decision and the best piece of advice he’s ever received
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Analysis & Insight
F&B managers fear technology progression
A new report has found that 85% of managers in the F&B/hospitality industry fear technology progression
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News
Hop Stuff Brewery surpasses fundraising target
Hop Stuff Brewery has become the third brewer to raise funds on crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube, raising £58.3k, which is 117% of its original target
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Jack: M&B is operationally geared into better trading
A leading analyst has said that he expects M&B’s like-for-like sales to have picked up, aided by favourable weather and easy comparatives
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Bespoke takes Guildford Beefeater
Bespoke Hotels has taken over the management of the former Beefeater pub/restaurant and Premier Inn known as Worplesdon Place, near Guildford
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Lynx updates pub margins tracker app
Buying specialist Lynx Purchasing has updated its GP Calculator App to help pub operators keep track of margins
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Analyst corner
Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley looks ahead to next month’s trading update from Enterprise Inns
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NewsM&C20 Index leaps to a new high
The M&C20 Leisure Index once again outperformed the market to end the week up 3.2% at a record 1,121
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OpinionWall to Wall
M&C Report talks to husband and wife team Stephen and Juliette Wall about their Vietnamese fast casual dining chain Pho. They tell M&C Report about getting the concept off the ground and their future plans
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News
Enterprise found in breach of the spirit of its code
Enterprise Inns has been found in breach of the spirit of its Code of Practice in the fifth case to go through the Pubs Independent Conciliation & Arbitration Service (PICA-Service)