All MCA Insight articles in June 2015 – Page 11
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News
Randall takes stake in Azzurri Group
High-profile chef Theo Randall has taken an unspecified minority stake in the Azzurri Group, which owns ASK Italian and Zizzi
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Domino’s Poland to raise £5.5m to open 20 new stores
Domino’s Pizza Poland is to raise £5.5m to fund the opening of 20 news stores with an eventual goal of growing to up to 300 sites
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Pilau eyes expansion
Pilau is looking to expand further across the capital, after securing its first bricks and mortar site in Soho
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Notes lowers crowdfunding valuation
Notes, which last month launched a fundraising drive on Crowdcube, has lowered its valuation by £1.5m
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Eckel sells pub to focus on Forge & Co
Cymon Eckel has told M&C Report the sale of the Herne Tavern in East Dulwich marks the final chapter for his Britannina Pub Co
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Welcome Break rolls out digital signage
Welcome Break has rolled out new digital signage and menus across its UK estate
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Charles Wells brands director quits
Phil Toms, director of brands at Charles Wells Brewing Co, is to leave the company next month, M&C Report understands.
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Urban Pubs & Bars lines up sixth site
Urban Pubs & Bars has lined up its sixth site in London, and second in Hackney
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Analysis & Insight
Premium cask ale growth outstrips wider beer market
The latest figures from Cask Matters has shown premium ales showing the strongest growth, as the sector continues to outperform the overall beer market.
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French: GK retains the ambition to make further acquisitions
Leading analyst Simon French believes that Greene King retains the ambition to make further acquisitions
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Orange Tree to expand Smokehouse
Midlands based multi-site operator Orange Tree is looking to expand its smokehouse concept
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Rudie's jerk restaurant set for Dalston
Rocksteady Restaurants is launching a Jamaican jerk restaurant called Rudie’s in Dalston, east London, in September
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French: Frankie & Benny’s could lose volume
Leading analyst Simon French has said that he remains positive on TRG given good visibility on its rollout
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Ex-Gaucho chef heads to Beefeater
Former Gaucho head chef Paul Fletcher has been appointed as brand research and development chef at Whitbread’s Beefeater
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Johnson says Eclectic could diversify via acquisitions
Luke Johnson has insisted Eclectic Bar Group will need to diversify in order to have a sustainable future and said that could come through acquisition.
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Viva Brazil eyes Nottingham and Bristol
Brazilian steakhouse restaurant concept Viva Brazil is looking at a number of sites in Nottingham and Bristol for openings in 2016
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Second job entrepreneurs on the rise
The number of people launching their own business alongside their main job has risen to 450k, up 40% from 2016
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Punch confirms new CEO shareholding
Punch Taverns has officially welcomed its new chief executive Duncan Garrood as Stephen Billingham reverts back to the role of non-executive chairman.
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Aubaine to focus on London
Aubaine, the French restaurant and patisserie concept, is focusing its growth on London villages for the next year before rolling out beyond the centre, Hani Nakkash told M&C Report
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Interviews
All-day Aussie
Australian TV chef and food writer Bill Granger has achieved fame with his intelligent yet laid-back approach to cooking and peerless breakfast dishes. But with an expanding international restaurant group he wants to be known for more than just great scrambled eggs. Joe Lutrario reports