All MCA Insight articles in June 2014 – Page 6
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Tropeiro agrees CVA
Camboriu Restaurants has secured the ongoing future of its Tropeiro brand, which has seen it appoint a new chairman but have to hand over its site in Aberdeen
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NewsMaple Moose to withdraw crepe brand from UK
Maple Moose, the dessert bar concept that launched in Ireland in 2008, is looking to withdraw its sister crepe business Crepes de France from the UK and concentrate on its core brand, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsInventive invests £500k in double refurb
The New Inventive Bar Company, formerly Inventive Leisure, has spent £500k refurbishing two bars in Clapham, south London, as part of its £10m investment programme for the Revolution bar estate
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Australian tea concept launches in Shoreditch
T2, Australia’s leading tea retailer, has chosen Shoreditch in east London for its first site outside Australasia
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NewsCarluccio’s appoints head of IT
Carluccio’s, the Simon Kossoff-led group, has appointed Jon Taylor, formerly of the Rank Group, as its new head of IT
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Handmade Burger Co up to 20
Handmade Burger Company, the Sargeant Partnership-owned group, will open its 20th site this Friday in Manchester
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Forum Cafe Bars acquires ex-Varsity site
Forum Café Bars, the Sheffield-based pub company owned by Kane Yeardley, has bought the freehold of the ex-Varsity site in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
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Reymark Inns takes fourth pub
Reymark Inns, a Sheffield-based pub operator, is acquiring the lease of its fourth pub in West Yorkshire while also refurbishing a pub in Barnsley to include accommodation, M&C Report has learnt
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Honesty Group eyes ‘eateries with rooms’ sites
Honesty Group, the company led by cookery writer Romilla Arber, is set to open its first site in Berkshire under its ‘eateries and rooms’ format
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New Mexican concept secures first site
Comensal, a new modern Mexican restaurant and bar concept, has secured its first unit in Abbeville Road, Clapham, on the site formerly traded as Le Coq Hardi.
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Coffee Republic secures flagship site
Coffee Republic has completed a deal for a new flagship store at Bluewater shopping centre, Kent
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World’s first app controlled cafe opens
Scanomat, the Danish company behind the smartphone/tablet controlled coffee machine - TopBrewer, has taken its concept one step further by opening the world’s first app controlled café
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News“2,000 wet-led pubs to change hands”
A leading sector advisor has stated that he believes up to 2,000 wet-led pubs will change hands over the next couple of years, with the majority remaining as pubs
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PBR creditors likely to lose more than £7m
Four sites formerly operated by PBR Leisure, which was placed in administration last November, have been sold for a total of £4.2m, although creditors of the company are likely to lose more than £7m from PBR’s collapse
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New piri piri brand eyes rollout
Rio’s Piri Piri is looking at expanding further across the UK under franchise agreements after openings its first site in Croydon
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Oracle confirms $5.3bn Micros deal
Oracle has confirmed it has agreed to acquire hospitality and retail technology vendor Micros Systems for $5.3bn
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Notts late-night levy a step closer
Pubs, bars and clubs in Nottingham are one step closer to being forced to pay a late-night levy, after the council’s licensing committee voted in favour of the fee
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Analysis & InsightReilley’s road map
Just over two years after Piper took a stake in Loungers, its managing director Alex Reilley is popular again with investors, as rival private equity groups and pub companies have started to jostle for his time and a seat next to him at numerous sector events
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Smith & Wollensky secures first UK site
Smith & Wollenskyis set to make its debut in the UK later this year after exchanging on a deal to open just off London’s The Strand.
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NewsSecond Cup secures first UK site
Second Cup, the Canadian coffee shop-meets-casual-dining chain that operates more than 600 sites globally, is to make its UK debut next month in Manchester