All MCA Insight articles in July 2014 – Page 19
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Booker lfls up 3.8% for Q1
Booker Group, the food wholesaler, reported like-for-like sales growth of 3.8% for the 12 weeks to 20 June 2014 and said it is “on course” to meet full-year expectations
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NewsMartin: Jamie Oliver is causing rents to rise
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has told M&C Report that the willingness of Jamie’s Italian, the restaurant group founded by high-profile chef Jamie Oliver, to accept high rent costs is causing rents for other operators to rise
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NewsGreene King to open first station pub
Greene King is to invest a seven-figure sum launching its first station pub at London’s Euston station
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BII launches online pre-entry awareness training course
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has unveiled details of its new mandatory pre-entry awareness training (PEAT) course, which is an on-line e—learning package for people considering becoming pub tenants and lessees to equip them with the knowledge and skills for the job
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Gladwin brothers to launch second site
The team behind the Notting Hill-based restaurant The Shed is to launch a new venture in the heart of Chelsea this autumn called Rabbit
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Zizzi signs on Beverley scheme
Zizzi has become the first restaurant operator to sign up to open at the Wykeland Group’s Flemingate mixed-use regeneration scheme in Beverley
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Bird and Beast opens in Leeds
Michelin Bib Gourmand-awarded chef Simon Shaw has opened a chicken restaurant concept called Bird and Beast in Leeds city centre
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Busan BBQ pops up at Old Bengal Bar
Busan BBQ, the American-Korean street food van, has secured a pop-up site at Old Bengal Bar for a series of summer BBQ evenings throughout August
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Manchester ‘co-operative’ takes fifth pub
Jonny Booth, the pub entrepreneur who runs venues as part of a co-operative in Manchester, is opening his fifth pub, the Baker’s Vault, on lease from Robinsons Brewery in the Stockport area of Manchester
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New hybrid concept to open in Brighton
A hybridised restaurant with coffee shop and bakery attached is opening in Brighton in September by chef Douglas McMaster this September
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JDW adds to expanding hotel brand
JD Wetherspoon has acquired Brown’s Hotel in Tavistock, Devon for part of its growing hotel group
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Chelmsford operators criticise 'farcical' late-night levy claims
Chelmsford operators have hit out at the “underhand” and “farcical” use of figures by the local council and police during its late-night levy consultation
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Marcus Bennett opens third restaurant
Chef Marcus Bennett has opened a third restaurant, in Yarm, near Stockton-on-Tees, the local Evening Gazette newspaper reports
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Losses widen at BCI but trade finally recovers
British Country Inns (BCI), the freehold pub operator, saw losses widen across its four Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) companies in the year to 1 February 2014 mainly due to “heavy impairment and depreciation charges” after an estate review
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Gov't supports relaxing live music regulations in pubs
Cutting the “red tape”associated with playing live and recorded music at pubs and community events could encourage more tourism and hospitality businesses to offer live music, creating important new revenue streams
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OpinionLife of Reilley
Loungers co-founder Alex Reilley gave a rundown of the company’s history at the Arena lunch last week, and spoke of the challenges ahead for the cafe/bar group. We present Reilley’s speech in full
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Heineken places pub package on the market
Heineken has placed a package of 111 sites from its leased pub business Star Pubs & Bars vehicle on the market
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NewsTortilla on track to break 20-site mark
Tortilla, the fast-casual burrito chain, is set to open a further seven restaurants this year, as it looks to break through the 20-site mark
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NewsRocket secures ex-Wabi site
3Sixty Restaurants has secured the former Wabi restaurant in London’s Kingsway, for an opening this September
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NewsFitch upgrades outlook for Marston's
The revised outlook reflects “the on-going strong performance of the managed pub division” and ”gradual improvement in both tenanted estate quality and operating performance”, in addition to ”prepayment-led deleveraging”