All MCA Insight articles in June 2016 – Page 9
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News
Cote strengthens Jackson & Rye pipeline
Cote has secured two sites for its fledgling Jackson & Rye concept, including the first outside London
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Howe joins ex-Camden Town director’s new brewery
Stuart Howe, former head brewer at Sharp’s, has joined forces with former Camden Town director, Alex Troncoso to launch a new brewery in Bristol, MCA has learnt.
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Boopshi’s founders to open first pub
Ben & Ed Robson are to launch what they hope will be the first of a chain of pubs, with the re-opening of the Clifton Arms in St John’s Wood
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News
Heidi Bakery eyes expansion
Windsor-based Heidi Bakery has targeted 11 new sites throughout the western Home Counties for new stores
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Analysis & Insight
Poll finds 41% of wet-led pubs don’t have wine lists
A new report has found that 41% of pubs still don’t offer a wine list and that customers opinion of the wine offer in pubs lags behind that of operators.
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Wasabi to offer brown rice sushi
Wasabi Sushi & Bento has claimed that it has become the UK’s first major operator to offer its sushi made with brown rice.
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Hospitality industry ignored and ‘undermined’ by Government
The leaders of some of the UK’s largest hospitality firms have criticised the Government for continually ‘undermining’ and undervaluing the industry
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Martin: JDW isn’t a brand
Tim Martin has insisted that JD Wetherspoon is not a brand and stressed that its position on the high street continues to evolve.
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Charles Wells launches licensed café concept
Charles Wells has launched a new licensed café concept in Stratford-upon-Avon with plans to roll it out.
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M&B signs Armed Forces Covenant
To mark Armed Forces Day on Saturday 25 June 2016, M&B has signed the Armed Forces Covenant
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Wroe to step down as Just Eat CFO
Just Eat has announced that Mike Wroe is to stand down as its chief financial officer in September
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Comptoir begins trading on AIM
Comptoir Group has this morning announced its admission to trading on AIM, with a market capitalisation of £48m
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News
Whitbread Q1 lfls up 1.8%
Costa Coffee grew UK retail sales by 11.4% to £226.5m in the 13 weeks to 2 June as like-for-like sales in company stores grew 2.6%.
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Analysis & Insight
Hospitality leaders back Remain vote
Almost three quarters of industry chief executives surveyed for the BHA’s Leaders’ Report said that they would be voting to stay in the EU
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News
Hammerson completes £93m Thurrock scheme sale
Hammerson has exchanged contracts and completed the sale of Thurrock Shopping Park, Essex, to TH Real Estate for £93m
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Electra board members step down
Electra Private Equity, the backer of TGI Friday’s, has announced the resignations of two directors from the board.
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Majestic reports first positive FY lfls in four years
Majestic Wines has reported its first positive like-for-like sales performance in four years.
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Opinion
The dead hand of government regulation
Sapient’s Peter Hansen suggest that when governments introduce legislation – they rarely achieve their announced goals and create a number of unintended negative consequences.
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News
GK to bring seven freeholds to market
Greene King is to dispose of seven freehold sites across Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire
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G1 lines up ‘iconic’ sites
G1 Group has announced it is in the process of acquiring two “iconic units” to complement its existing 55-strong estate