All MCA Insight articles in July 2014 – Page 25
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NewsGreene King FY PBT grows 9.4%
Greene King, the brewer and pub operator, has reported a 9.4% rise in pre-tax profits to £173.1m in the 53 weeks to 4 May, with the company saying it has now delivered four years of record results
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NewRiver develops Marston’s portfolio into c-stores
NewRiver Retail, the specialist REIT focused on the UK food and value retail sector that bought 202 Marston’s pubs last November, has announced it is “progressing well” on the conversion of the pub portfolio
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Burning Nights adopts Orderella mobile ordering app
Burning Nights, the operator of bars within Bierkeller entertainment complexes in Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds, is the latest operator to introduce the Orderella, the mobile ordering app
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TripAdvisor names top UK burger restaurants
TripAdvisor has named its top 10 UK burger restaurants, with Brighton-based Burger Brothers named at the top
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NewsRHWB Leicester site 'moves the needle' for buffet sector
Red Hot World Buffet, the Risk Capital Partners backed buffet group, is targeting two or three more openings over the next few years and could open more sites in the south, with Southampton among its list of target locations, chief executive James Horler has told M&C Report
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NewsCharterhouse builds pipeline
Charterhouse Leisure, the Coal Grill & Bar operator, has secured a site in Telford, Shropshire, and is closing in on further acquisitions, M&C Report has learnt
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Kornicis 'very acquisitive'
Kornicis Group, the London-based restaurant operator, is planning to grow its Jamie’s and Smollenskys brands after agreeing a second acquisition facility with Barclays Bank
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Mitchells of Lancaster eyes more craft beer bars
Mitchells of Lancaster, the Lancashire-based pub and hotel operator, says it hopes to rollout its fledgling craft beer concept Tap House while also looking to make additional property disposals as a condition of completing a financial restructure of the business
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NewsKout Group appoints new head of UK operations
Kout Food Group, which owns Little Chef, has appointed Remco Veeren, formerly of Paul UK, as its new head of operations for the UK
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NewsSubway opens 1,800th UK & Ireland site
Subway has opened its 1,800th store in the UK and Ireland,in the EuroGarages-owned Eye Green Service Station, on the A47 in Peterborough
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Marco Pierre White to open in Glasgow
A Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill is to open in Glasgow in August at the city’s Hotel Indigo under the franchise agreement with Sanguine Hospitality
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NewsPunch stakeholders make key restructure commitment
Stakeholders of Punch Taverns have made a key commitment to ensure that the proposed restructure of the pub company’s debt is not hampered if they chose to trade their bonds
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Stratford City to get taste of NY’s meat-packing district
Union Hanover is to develop a £70m hotel at Lend Lease’s and London & Continental Railways’ International Quarter at Stratford City, E20
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EPOSability acquires multi-site technology provider Opsimize
Back office management and multisite technology provider Opsimize, has been acquired by technology provider, EPOSability
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Analysis & InsightFry Society
New wave fish and chip group Kerbisher & Malt has tweaked the standard chippy formula to bring affordable, quality fish and chips to West London – and it’s now starting to cast its net further afield
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Ivell adds new non-exec role
Mitchells & Butlers chairman Bob Ivell has become a non-executive director of AGA Rangemaster Group, the world’s leading range cooker company
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Aston Manor continues investment in facilities
Aston Manor, the Birmingham- based cider producer, has invested in a multi-million pound new warehouse and distribution facility close to its Birmingham production site to improve the efficiency of transport operations
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Paul converts Covent Garden bakery to restaurant
Paul, the London-based French bakery concept, has announced details of its all-day casual dining restaurant in London’ Covent Garden on the site of its bakery and salon de thé
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NewsCollyer: JDW FY to be in line
Leading analyst Geof Collyer says he expects JD Wetherspoon’s full-year results to be in line but he’s “cautious” on the Q4 outcome
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Poor service and snapping fingers top poll of restaurant irks
Restaurant diners are most irritated by people who snap their fingers to get a waiter’s attention with 46% of diners naming this the most annoying restaurant habit in a survey into diner’s etiquette by Bookatable