All MCA Insight articles in July 2013 – Page 2
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News
Ed’s set for the O2
Ed’s Easy Diner is understood to have secured a site at the O2 Arena as it looks to reach 25 sites by the end of this year
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Analysis & Insight
Sector insolvencies fall
The pub, restaurant and wider leisure industry experienced the fastest decline in its insolvency rate among major business sectors in May compared to May 2012
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News
British pubs raise over £100m for charity
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), in association with PubAid, has today launched ‘Pubs & Charity’ month
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News
Mandalay doubles up
Mandalay Restaurant, the Burmese concept, has secured its second site in London
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News
Punch: debt talks are making progress
Punch says it’s continuing to engage with its stakeholders as the self-imposed deadline for completing the process in the first half of 2013 passes
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News
Whitbread eyes 40 'compact' Premier Inns by 2018
Whitbread plans to have 40 of its new “compact” version of Premier Inn, called “hub by Premier Inn”, in place or in the pipeline by 2018
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News
Ex-Sarumdale directors return to pub sector
Mike Lloyd and Rodney Hall secure tenancies on two pubs under new ventures R&M Inns and J&A Taverns, M&C Report learns
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News
Star Pubs and Bars markets two
Star Pubs and Bars, the Heineken-owned leased pub operator, has placed two sites in Scotland on the market with CDLH
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NewsJack: JDW’s margins of greatest interest
A leading analyst has said that margins are the area of greatest interest when JD Wetherspoon gives its Q4 update on 17 July
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News
Abokado expansion ahead of schedule
Abokado is on track to operate a 24-strong estate by the end of the year and is beginning to tentatively explore markets outside of London
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News
C&C experiences difficult Q1
The Magners producer says trading conditions in its core Irish and UK markets were difficult in Q1 and are expected to remain so for the remainder of the year
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News
Analysts mixed on Premier Inn offshoot
Leading analysts have given a mixed reaction to news that Whitbread plans to rollout a smaller, cheaper version of Premier Inn aimed at major cities
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News
Broaster makes UK debut
Broaster, the chicken-led fast food chain, which operates more than 300 sites in the US, has made its debut in the UK, in Liverpool
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News
Cineworld H1 trading in line
Cineworld has said that its trading was in line with expectations for the 26 weeks to 27 June and reported a 10.4% increase in Box Office revenue
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News
BrewDog FY turnover almost doubles to £10.7m
BrewDog saw turnover almost double from £5.9m to £10.7m in 2012 and says it plans to “drastically increase capacity” at its brewery over the course of 2013.
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News
Star Pubs & Bars identifies 750 investments
Star Pubs and Bars has identified c750 pubs that will receive investments over a period of about five years, trading director Chris Jowsey has told M&C Report
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News
Eat seeks new FD
Eat, the sandwich shop chain, backed by private equity firm Lyceum Capital, is seeking a new finance director
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Opinion
More rooms at the inn?
The scramble to occupy the pub accommodation space continues apace, argues Simon Chaplin, director at Christie + Co
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News
Wagamama secures La Tasca site
Wagamama will open its third site in Bristol after securing the La Tasca unit in the city’s Cabot Circus shopping centre
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News
Luminar signs £25m supply deal with Matthew Clark
Luminar, the country’s biggest nightclub operator, has a signed a supply deal with Matthew Clark worth £25m a year, according to The Times