All MCA Insight articles in June 2017 – Page 15
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The Sportsman once again named UK’s best restaurant
The Sportsman in Kent has once again been named the UK’s best restaurant in the 2017 Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards
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Analysis & Insight
Restaurants and bars outperform consumer market in May
Spending in hotels, restaurants & bars rose by 3.3% in May as consumer spending fell in the wider market for the first time in four years, figures from Visa reveal.
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Fuller’s - opening up new Frontiers
Leading analyst, Douglas Jack, of Peel Hunt, looks at some of the key points emerging from Fuller’s preliminary results last week and trends supporting the company’s growth.
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Just Eat exec chairman Hughes dies
Just Eat executive chairman John Hughes has died following a short period of medical treatment.
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Analysis & Insight
Inside Track: Time to look north?
Could the north east be Britain’s best-kept secret for restaurant and pub operators? Most of the attention for new restaurant and pub openings tends to fall on London and the south east – but it is in the top right corner of England where the fastest pace of openings is to be found at the moment. CGA Peach vice president Peter Martin discusses.
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CMA rules on Punch/Heineken deal
The Competition and Markets Authority has said Heineken’s proposed acquisition of 1,900 Punch pubs would reduce competition in 33 local areas.
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Analysis & InsightInside track: Next in line
A plethora of changes at the top across some of the UK’s leading and up-and-coming eating and drinking-out groups has thrown up questions on the role of succession planning in the sector and whether private-equity groups are increasingly questioning existing growth strategies and those they have backed to implement them in the face of a challenging trading environment. Mark Wingett gets the thoughts of leading recruitment executives.
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Analysts corner: Panmure Gordon on Fuller’s
Mark Irvine-Fortescue, of Panmure Gordon, gives his view on Fuller’s results this morning, and why he still sees Young’s is still the London pubco to watch.
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Bulkin steps down from Hawthorn board
Noah Bulkin, founder of May Capital, has stepped down from the board of Hawthorn Leisure as he focuses on the Patron Capital deal to acquire half the Punch estate, MCA understands.
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UberEats up to 12 cities
UberEats has expanded its presence to 12 cities, with its first entry into Wales this week.
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Good Life Eatery plans St John’s Wood opening
The Good Life Eatery, the healthy café and deli concept, is planning to open its fourth site in the capital
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Priest swaps Brasserie Bar Co for Giggling Squid
Mark Priest has stepped down as financial controller of Brasserie Bar Co to join Giggling Squid as its new finance director
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AB InBev to open Beer Hawk shop site
Global brewer AB InBev is planning launch the first physical store for Beer Hawk, the online beer retailer it acquired last year, in central London
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Unico to open four this year
Unico, the deli, gelato and coffee shop concept, plans to open 20 sites in London over the next five years, with four sites already secured, MCA has learnt.
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NewsEmeny of the people
MCA talks to Fuller’s chief executive Simon Emeny about the group’s continued drive to promote from within; the overhaul of its tenanted estate – including new agreements; the strategy in terms of acquisitions and disposals and the roadmap for taking full control of the Stable next June.
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Brick & Liquor secures second site
Neighbourhood cocktail concept Brick & Liquor has secured a second site in Clapham South, part of a plan to build a collection across South West London, MCA has learnt.
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NewsBrains assesses funding options for Coffee#1
SA Brain is understood to have appointed advisors as it assesses future funding options to grow its Coffee#1 business.
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Polpo appoints Macdonald as MD
Polpo has appointed Scott Macdonald, formerly of Bill’s, as its new managing director
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Analysis & Insight
Poll shows sector confidence falling
A new poll of industry leaders has shown the recovery in sector optimism seen earlier this year has stalled.
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Pret A Manger to make Scandinavia debut
Pret A Manger is to make its debut in Scandinavia by opening a site at Copenhagen airport