All MCA Insight articles in June 2016 – Page 10
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News
Las Iguanas appoints Lock as COO
Las Iguanas has appointed Gareth Lock, formerly of Spirit Pub Company, as its new chief operating officer
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News
CDG launches apprenticeship scheme
The Casual Dining Group (CDG), the operator of Café Rouge, Las Iguanas and Bella Italia, has launched a pilot apprenticeship scheme as it bids to recruit and retain high-quality staff for its brands. The company, which currently operates 300 restaurants, and employees 8,000 people, is working with training provider Remit ...
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BNP Paribas launches dedicated leisure team
BNP Paribas Real Estate has launched a new team dedicated to the leisure sector
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News
Yumchaa gears up for growth
Yumchaa is gearing up for further expansion across the capital after strengthening its management team
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News
Wasabi sees FY EBITDA fall 44%
Sushi and bento chain wasabi has recorded a 44% fall in EBITDA in the year to 2 January, despite revenue rising 14.3% to £72.7m.
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Opinion
Giraffe ventures out again
After three years in the ownership of retailer Tesco, Giraffe is now under the wing of Harry Ramsden’s backer Boparan Ventures, which finds itself looking to revive another brand
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News
Marston’s rolling out Pub of the Future elements
Marston’s chief executive Ralph Findlay has said the company is now beginning to implement some of the suggestions from its Pub of the Future programme.
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News
Vital confirms double City opening
Vital Ingredient, the LDC-backed, healthy food-to-go concept, has confirmed it has secured two further sites in the City
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News
Anand: Customers are now ‘professional purchasers’
Greene King chief executive Rooney Anand told MCA’s The Pub Conference that pub operators must adapt to treating customers as ‘professional purchasers’.
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Analysis & Insight
Welsh out-drink English in Euros clash
The home nations clash in Euro 2016 boosted the coffers of Welsh pubs by 31% compared to an average Thursday, with English takings up 22%.
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News
Better Capital ‘remains committed to Intertain’
Intertain chief executive John Leslie has told MCA reports that owner Better Capital is to wind down its investments are inaccurate.
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News
Banwell House secures two sites
Banwell House, the South West-based pub operator, is to open its fifth site, under a joint venture with Wadworth, MCA understands.
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News
Analyst corner: Rollo on GK and M&B
Morgan Stanley leisure analyst Jamie Rollo looks at the divergent share performance of Greene King and M&B
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News
Punch has 200 sites lined up for Mighty Local
Punch chief executive Duncan Garrood has said a further 200 sites have been identified for the company’s value community pub model Mighty Local.
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News
NWTC strengthens head office team
New World Trading Company has strengthened its head office team following its £50m buyout by Graphite, MCA understands.
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News
Carve eyes nationwide rollout
Carve, the new concept from the founder and former finance director of Euphorium Bakery, is already close to securing its second sites and has plans to be a nationwide brand, MCA has learnt.
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News
Clove Club secures second site
Clove Club, which was recently placed 26 out of the 100 Best Restaurants in the World by the World’s 50 Best, is to open a further site in London, in Farringdon
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News
Chick ‘n’ Sours eyes steady expansion
Chick ‘n’ Sours is to take a “step-by-step” approach to expansion and securing investment
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News
Hard Rock Hotel to open in London
The UK’s first Hard Rock Hotel is set to open in 2018 after an investment that could reach £50m
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News
Epic Pubs moves into accommodation
Epic Pubs has confirmed its third pub and its first move into accommodation.