All MCA Insight articles in June 2015 – Page 2
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Square Pie opens largest site to date
Square Pie has opened its biggest restaurant to date at The O2 Arena, Greenwich and revealed it plans to open five new sites next year
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Bill’s lines up Birmingham opening
Bill’s the Richard Caring-backed restaurant chain, is lining up its first opening in Birmingham
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Meantime to offer free beer in social media drive
Meantime Brewing Company is launching a social media marketing campaign, which will see London businesses compete to win free beer for their offices.
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Breakfast Club Camden opening in doubt
The proposed opening of a The Breakfast Club on the site of what was the Black Cap in Camden has been thrown into doubt
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Fred’s ends Tesco link up
Fred’s Food Construction has ended its association with Tesco, as it looks to eventually grow as a standalone venture
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PE and trade suitors circle La Tasca
Up to six parties are still believed to be in the running to acquire La Tasca, which was placed on the market earlier this year
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SA Brain to trial alcohol sales at new Coffee#1 store
SA Brain is to sell alcohol for the first time at its new Bristol Coffee#1 store, M&C has learnt.
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Hi-Spirits sees FY turnover grow to £15.1m
Spirits company Hi-Spirits has reported sales up to £15.1m for the year to 31 March, compared to £14.1m for 2013.
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Notes exceeds crowdfunding target
Notes, the London-based coffee shop and wine bar concept, has exceeded its crowdfunding target.
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Analysis & Insight
The hopes and fears facing our industry
As we stand at the midpoint of 2015, it now seems timely to reflect on the ‘Hopes and Fears’ facing our industry and what we might expect to see in the latter half of the year, writes Stephen Evans, development director at Gourmet Burger Kitchen
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Vianet reports trading up year-on-year
Beer flow monitoring company Vianet says trading in the first two months of the current financial year has been “broadly in line with expectations” and noticeably ahead year-on-year.
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Analysis & Insight
Drinks sales growth outstrips food again in May
For the second time in three months spend on drinking out grew faster than eating out in May, the latest Greene King tracker shows.
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Prezzo begins search for CEO Kaye’s successor
Prezzo, which was taken private by TPG Capital earlier this year, has started the search for a new chief executive
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Analysis & Insight
Five minutes with... David Abrahamovitch: Grind & Co
M&C takes five minutes to talk to David Abrahamovitch, co-founder of Grind & Co., which recently launched a crowdfunding campaign to expand across London and establish its own roastery, about growing Grind to meet the demand for high-quality coffee
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Essenden agrees to £40m takeover by Harwood
Ten-pin bowling operator Essenden is to be taken over by Harwood Capital in a £40.1m.
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Guy plans to stay with Ed's
Chief executive Andrew Guy has said he will remain involved in the running of Ed’s Easy Diner in some capacity in the event of the mooted sale of the business going through
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Lockhart team confirms Shotgun launch
The team behind the Lockhart has confirmed it will open a new barbecue concept in London’s Soho
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Ales ‘could be next battle zone in supermarket wars’
There have been warnings that ale could be the next front in the supermarket wars after Lidl unveiled a new beer line-up focused on regional breweries.
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Bulldog launches training programme
Bulldog Hotel Group has launched a training programme aimed at finding and fast-tracking future leaders of the hospitality industry.
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Arc Inspirations launches new concept
Arc Inspirations, the Yorkshire-based bar operator is introducing a new concept to its estate, and is targeting suburbs of Manchester after securing its first site in the city.