All MCA Insight articles in July 2015 – Page 6
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News
Funding platform for SMEs launched
The hospitality sector is one of the biggest users of alternative fundraising for operators looking to grow their businesses, according to the founders of newly launched online finance platform Fundbird
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Revere confirmed for Cardiff
The Marston-owned premium bar and pub brand Revere has confirmed it will open its fourth site in Cardiff in September
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Operators confirmed for Watford Intu extension
Las Iguanas, Cabana and Byron have all been confirmed to open in intu Watford’s £100m Charter Place redevelopment scheme
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Domino’s H1 lfls up 10.3%
Domino’s Pizza Group has this morning reported a 14% increase in system sales to £426.7m for the 26 weeks ended 28 June 2015
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Pizza Hut owner set to consider options
Rutland Partners, the private equity owner of Pizza Hut UK, will begin the process of considering its options for the chain later this year
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Square Pie hits 33% mark in crowdfunding push
Square Pie, the gourmet pie shop chain, has raised a third of its crowdfunding target in the first two weeks of its Crowdcube campaign.
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Opinion
Building a pub by hand
Ever thought about building a pub by hand? I’m sure Marston’s think about it a lot due to their new build program, but what about a new entrant to the market. Up in Manchester there is a group planning to build a pub using traditional construction crafts and crowd sourced labour. n a month, when newsflow surrounding the pub sector has been mixed, it is good to see that faith in the British pub remains
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News
Robinsons to invest £23m in estate over five years
Robinsons is to spend £23m over the next five years refurbishing 179 pubs and a similar amount in maintenance.
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Fever-Tree FY sales up 62%
Fever-Tree, the tonics and mixers group, has reported UK sales growth of 62% for the year to 30 June.
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Cabana completes latest fundraising round
Cabana has completed a £5m equity raise to help fund its expansion
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FY turnover at Wahaca up to £35m
Wahaca saw turnover in its most recent financial year to the end of June 2015, climb from £28.2m to c£35m
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Analysis & Insight
Research shows consumers ordering fewer courses
Consumers are ordering fewer courses when eating out for dinner, with starters hardest hit, the latest Menu and Food Trends report from M&C Allegra Foodservice has shown.
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Analysis & Insight
The best and wurst of times
The fast-casual sector is expanding fast but Dog Haus appears to have found a niche segment in this dining area and is making the most of it. Kerstin Kühn finds out more about the hot dog specialist.
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News
Batram: Focus shifted to costs at M&B
Leading analyst Nick Batram at Peel Hunt expects Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) to report solid top-line progress
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Analysis & Insight
Food trends: Adventurous, artisanal and authentic
The trends shaping the food service landscape can be broken down into adventurous, artisanal and authentic, according to M&C Allegra’s Menu and Food Trends report.
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News
Bobo Social celebrates with £1 burger
Bobo Social, the high-end burger restaurant, is celebrating its first anniversary by selling burgers for £1 at its site in London’s Fitzrovia
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Trust Inns reports FY turnover down but profits up
Tenanted pub operator Trust Inns has reported turnover for the year to 31 March at £47.4m, down from £49.4m the year before.
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News
L'Eto Caffe plans to double London estate
High-end café-bakery group L’Eto Caffe is targeting affluent London neighbourhoods to expand with a further six sites over the next two to three years
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News
Poppleston Allen secures M&B contract
Poppleston Allen, largest firm of licensing solicitors in the UK, has been awarded a national contract by Mitchells & Butlers (M&B).
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Worthing pub operator doubles up
Licensee Nathan Wright of The Wandering Goose pub in Worthing, West Sussex is opening a second venue in the same south coast town