All MCA Insight articles in July 2017 – Page 13
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News
Foresight confirms investment in Mowgli
Mowgli Street Food has confirmed it has secured £3.45m of new funding from private equity group Foresight Group
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Chickano's to open two new sites
Chickano’s, the fried chicken and peri peri concept, has two new sites opening soon, MCA has learnt.
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Hillary & Scott buys first freehold pub
Hillary & Scott, the independent pub company led by Daryl Cockerill, has purchased its first freehold, The Four Alls Inn near Market Drayton.
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Williams joins Whyte & Brown
Liz Williams has joined Whyte & Brown, the Soho-based chicken concept, as its new chief executive
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Jones joins Vapiano board
Helen Jones has joined the board of Vapiano, the recently listed, German-owned restaurant chain
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Camile Thai Kitchen to open in Belfast
Camile Thai Kitchen, the Dublin-based takeaway and delivery concept, is to make its second UK site in Belfast, MCA has learnt.
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NYC Bar & Grill to double in size
NYC Bar & Grill, the North East based restaurant concept, has a pipeline of four new sites opening later this year and early 2018, MCA has learnt.
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Customers ‘will reject global takeover of craft’
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has insisted that customers will turn their backs on craft breweries acquired by global beer companies.
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Analysis & Insight
Consumer spending growth slows for second consecutive month
Consumer spending growth slowed to a 15-month low of 2.5% in June
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News
Wasabi gears up to launch Soboro concept
Soboro, the new Asian-inspired bakery concept developed by Wasabi, will launch in Cambridge on 14 July
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Salt Bae set for Knightsbridge
Nusret Gokce, aka Salt Bae, the Turkish chef, is set to open his first UK restaurant in London’s Knightsbridge
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Imbiba seeking investment for American Bingo
Imbiba Partnership is understood to be seeking investment for a new concept based around bingo for the millennial market.
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McDonald's UK to manage Irish business
McDonald’s has restructured its operations, scaling back its Ireland head office, with the country’s c92 restaurants to be managed from the UK.
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Taylor insists review won’t burden business
Matthew Taylor, who will today unveil his long-awaited review into the gig economy has insisted that his recommendations will not add to the burdens on businesses.
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JDW brings more pubs to market
JD Wetherspoon has appointed CBRE and Savills to sell The Alexander Graham Bell on Edinburgh’s George Street.
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Turtle Bay confirms Northampton site
Caribbean restaurant chain Turtle Bay has confirmed it has secured a 10,000 sq ft site in Northampton.
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Young’s managed lfls up 8.6%
Young’s has reported like-for-like sales in its managed houses up 8.6% in the first 13 weeks of the year, with revenues for the division up 10.8%.
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Operating costs equal 40% of turnover at high-end tied pubs
Operating costs for tied pubs accounted for between 33% and 40% of total turnover last year, according to a new report.
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Analysis & Insight
Hospitality spend up 4.9% in Q2
Household spending on hotels, restaurants and bars grew 4.9% in the second quarter of 2017, despite overall consumer spending falling 0.3%, according to new figures.
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Opinion
Inside Track: Bun fight
Too many burger chains? Too many food and drink outlets? Too many bad location decisions? Or just too many headwinds to cope with? You could probably make an argument for one, two or all of the aforementioned reasons for the sad demise of Handmade Burger Co. What is for sure is that it will have sent a further shiver down the collective spine of a sector already facing up to 12-18 months of fighting in the trenches ahead of it. Mark Wingett reports