All MCA Insight articles in July 2021 – Page 6
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Listen to The Conversation today
Join The Conversation today with Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UKHospitality, Robin Rowland, partner at TriSpan and the former YO! Sushi CEO alongside Richard Morris, managing director at Tortilla.
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PM to urge ‘caution is vital’
The prime minster is expected to confirm today that social distancing requirements will end next week - but will urge people not to return to normal unless they want to risk restrictions being reimposed.
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Caring CFO steps down
Richard Caring’s chief financial officer of his restaurant businesses has stepped down to pursue a new project.
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Jane Holbrook: ‘Cote had lost its way’
Cote executive chair Jane Holbrook has told MCA the new management team and owners are looking to “do a Wagamama” on the French brassiere brand.
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Young’s sells tenanted pubs to Punch
Young’s has announced an agreement to sell most of its tenanted estate to Punch Pubs & Co.
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Inn Collection appoints head of people
The Inn Collection Group has appointed a head of people team to attract and invest in talent.
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Pesto appoints MD
Former Mission Mars director of operations Menesh Modhwadia has joined Pesto as managing director.
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Sprout appoints ex-Leon MD
Irish healthy fast casual food brand Sprout is eyeing its London debut following the appointment of Shereen Ritchie as chief operating officer.
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Bok Shop lines up two new sites
Brighton-based The Bok Shop will open two new South East locations this summer.
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Chancellor to urge workers back to office
The chancellor is urging workers to return to the office as soon as the government’s work from home guidance lifts.
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Covid app alerts under review
Health secretary Sajid Javid is considering an “appropriate, balanced and proportionate” approach for self-isolation when people are pinged by the NHS app, Rishi Sunak has said.
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PizzaExpress concludes refinancing
PizzaExpress has concluded its long-term refinancing as CEO David Campbell hailed a “transformational year” for the business.
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Analysis & Insight
The growing appeal of the drive-thru
The drive-thru format is attracting attention from a diverse set of operators in the UK. What are some of the key factors for success and how might the format be evolving?
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Fuller’s evolves its customer journey
Fuller’s is taking key learnings from the coronavirus pandemic and is using them to improve both the customer journey and the alfresco dining experience it offers to customers.
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Interviews
Fuller’s: ‘British pubs handle evolution brilliantly’
Like the majority of the country, Simon Emeny is enjoying the afterglow of England’s football heroics when we speak on Thursday morning.
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KFC makes sustainability commitment
KFC UK & Ireland has upped its environmental credentials with a new net-zero greenhouse gas emission commitment.
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National Hospitality Day a ‘shot in the arm’ for sector
Hospitality Action is partnering with a taskforce of the industry’s main trade associations, professional bodies and charities to call on the nation to support the sector by visiting their favourite venue on 18 September, on National Hospitality Day.
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‘Like watching football in a restaurant’
Pub operators are looking forward to a boost in sales once customers are allowed to order drinks at the bar again.
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Food inflation continues
The upward trend in food inflation continues apace as hospitality businesses get to grips with challenges in the industry, the latest data reveals.
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Freedom Day a ‘complete fallacy’
The end of Covid restrictions on 19 July has been dismissed as “a complete fallacy” unless test and trace rules are changed before mid-August.