All MCA Insight articles in June 2021 – Page 7
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Interviews
Rekom UK: ‘We’ve opened our nightclubs as nightpubs’
Rekom UK has reopened the majority of its nightclub venues as ‘nightpubs’ due to increasing nervousness that the 21 June roadmap date would be delayed, chief executive Peter Marks told MCA’s The Conversation.
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News
Fears grow over ‘smoke and mirrors’ reopening
Lockdown laws could be replaced with restrictive guidance later this month, in what has been described as a ‘smoke and mirrors’ reopening.
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News
Camile Thai in US dark kitchen partnership
Camile Food Group has partnered with US ghost kitchen operator Kitchen United MIX, in order to launch its Camile Thai brand in the United States.
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News
Drake & Morgan receives approval for CVA
Drake & Morgan has secured approval to enter a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), with 90% of creditors voting in favour of the proposals at a meeting last week.
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News
Gordon Ramsay secures O2 site for Street Burger
Gordon Ramsay has further strengthened the pipeline of his Street Burger brand, with a new site at The O2 next month.
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Interviews
M&B’s Bob Ivell: ‘I wouldn’t have wanted to do anything else’
Bob Ivell says he is often asked by friends why he hasn’t retired by now. For the Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) non-executive chairman, the answer is simple: ‘We have +1,700 of the best pubs and restaurants in the UK – why would I want to?’
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Analysis & Insight
Young lead the rush to the bar
Spending on bars and pubs saw a 1.4% growth among 16-24-year olds in May, as younger consumers returned to socialising at the earliest possible opportunity.
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Analysis & Insight
Visits down but spend up
Consumer spend in pubs and bars was up 28% on average over the 12 weeks to 16 May 2021, compared with the same period in 2019, despite visit frequency being down, according to new data from Kantar Worldpanel.
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Analysis & Insight
BII - pub operators ‘exhausted’
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has reported that 74% of its members are currently loss-making or break even at best.
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News
TRG chair to step down
The Restaurant Group has announced that chairman Debbie Hewitt MBE will be stepping down from the board from 31 December 2021.
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News
Boxpark to make regional debut
Boxpark, the dining, retail and leisure group, has confirmed its first site outside of London, with the launch of sibling concept BoxHall in Bristol, scheduled for summer 2022.
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News
St Austell cuts opening hours
St Austell is the latest operator to be affected by staff shortages, after being forced to temporarily decreased its food service hours and opening hours in some of its managed sites.
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News
Nightcap trading ‘significantly ahead’ of expectations
Nightcap has reported that all 19 of its bars are open and trading across London, Bristol and Birmingham, at 92% of turnover compared to the equivalent weeks in 2019.
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News
Itsu: ‘We have the potential to add another 150 UK sites’
Itsu is to open its first franchise UK franchise site later this year, as well as its first in Europe, as the business looks to expand its footprint in this country and internationally, chief executive Ganan Kanagathurai has told MCA.
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News
UKH: Most restrictions will be lifted on 21 June
Government ministers are privately confident they will be able to stick to their reopening roadmap, UKHospitality’s Tony Sophoclides has told MCA.
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News
Deposit Return Scheme must be workable for operators
UKHospitality has claimed the government’s proposed Deposit Return Scheme (DPS) would lead to increased business costs and bureaucracy and have said it must be made workable for hospitality operators.
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News
Wagamama launches new cook at home range
Wagamama has launched a new cook at home range, inspired by the response to its online cooking series Wok From Home.
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Opinion
Hospitality and the Infinite Game
In his book The Infinite Game, Simon Sinek champions a move away from trying to be the ‘best’ and towards a constant pursuit to be ‘better’, a shift from a finite way of thinking to an infinite-minded one.
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News
Prezzo to open first new restaurant in three years
Prezzo is to open a new restaurant within owner Cain International’s Islington Square development in North London – its first opening since 2018, with more in the pipeline.
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Analysis & Insight
Eating out frequency expected to fall for a third of consumers
Almost a third of consumers (29%) plan to eat out less frequently than they did pre-pandemic, with the intention to eat out less often the highest among 45-64 year-olds, according to a new report from Lumina Intelligence.