All Las Iguanas articles – Page 15
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News
Las Iguanas adds Casa bar to Bath site
Las Iguanas, the Bowmark Capital-backed group, is to open a one-off cachaça and cocktail bar called Casa Iguanas tomorrow below its Monmouth Street site in Bath
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NewsHill steps down as Las Iguanas CEO
Steve Hill has stepped down as chief executive of Latin American restaurant group Las Iguanas with immediate effect just three months after taking on the role. The group has begun the process of finding a successor and, during the intervening period, founder director Eren Ali will resume chief executive responsibilities
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OpinionThe IPO trailblazer
Six months ago, Eclectic Bar Group became the first pub, bar or restaurant operator to float on the stock market since Capital Pub Company in 2007. John Harrington gets the inside track from chief executive Reuben Harley and chief financial officer John Smith
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Diary
Diary: Harry Ramsden’s, Drake & Morgan, St Austell
This week’s Diary includes Bowmark weighing up options for the Drake & Morgan chairman role, Harry Ramsden’s on the up, Caring eyeing Bam-Bou number two, and St Austell’s coffee move. Feeling more chipper It seems that the turnaround of Harry Ramsden’s, the iconic fish & chip shop group, ...
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Opinion
Keeping track of the flyers
This year’s Zolfo Cooper Profit Tracker highlights the fact that those high-quality operators that made the right calls during the downturn are perfectly placed to reap the benefits in any upturn in the general economy, writes Mark Wingett
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OpinionQuay destination
In a first of a new series of city focuses, M&C Report puts the spotlight on Bristol. It talks to local operators, some of whom have become national players, looks at others who are looking to take that step, and assesses the latest research on the area and upcoming projects
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NewsLas Iguanas lines up Edinburgh opening
Las Iguanas, the Bowmark Capital-backed chain, which is assessing its options, is set to open its third site in Scotland, and its first in Edinburgh
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Analysis & InsightAmerica’s there for the taking
Known as the ‘godfather of casual dining’, Ian Neill turned Japanese noodle chain Wagamama into a global business worth more than £200m. Here in a piece from Piper Private Equity’s ‘Going Global: 30 Years 30 Insights’, he reveals in full how a crucial lesson was learned in an unlikely location
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Grillstock begins rollout
Grillstock, the fledgling barbecue concept, has secured its second site in the South West, in Bath
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Analysis & InsightMexican food grows and evolves on UK menus
Burritos and enchiladas were the fastest rising items on menus at UK restaurants and pubs in the fourth quarter of 2014, as Mexican food evolves into barbecue-inspired and other fusion formats, new research from Technomic shows
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OpinionHill start at Las Iguanas
Steve Hill, the new chief executive at Las Iguanas, talks to Mark Wingett about how a meeting over a curry got him the only job he “would return to the sector for” and describes the challenge he faces in not “mucking up” an exceptional business
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Ex-Wagamama property director launches consultancy business
Sharon Cawthorne, the former property director at Wagamama, has launched a specialist restaurant consultancy business called Blue Lemon Property
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Analysis & InsightBranded dining sector to grow 7.6% by revenue in 2014
The UK branded dining sector will grow 7.6% by revenue in 2014, with outlet numbers increasing 5.5%, according to figures from Allegra’s Project Restaurant Report
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'Not every concept works outside London'
Not every successful casual dining concept in London will translate well to other major UK cities, Living Ventures chief executive Tim Bacon has warned
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NewsRowland: talk to young about technology
Restaurant and pub operators need to talk to young people to find out how they use technology and then incorporate it into their business, according to YO! Sushi chief executive Robin Rowland
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OpinionWho will float next?
With numerous high profile flotations on the agenda, Sam Fuller, head of UK consumer at international investment bank Altium, discusses the leisure sector’s IPO prospects
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News
Bar Hound eyes more food-driven sites
David King, the Newcastle-based entrepreneur who last year sold his leisure business Fluid Group, has told M&C Report he plans to add more “daytime and evening food-driven” sites to its new venture Bar Hound
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NewsFestive lfls up 7.4% at Las Iguanas
Las Iguanas said it experienced a third successive “bumper Christmas” with like-for-like sales up 7.4% across the festive season, taking three-year growth to over 25%
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Las Iguanas nets £20k-worth of toys for charity
Las Iguanas, the Bowmark Capital-backed chain, has netted £20k of toys for good causes through its Christmas Present Fund
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OpinionNow the fun begins…
Rewind 12 months ago and 2013 was being labelled as empty and difficult compared to the Olympic-driven 12 months previous. What rubbish. Without trying to sound too much like a BBC4 documentary presenter, sector commentators may look back in years to come and describe 2013 as one of the most important years in the evolution of the UK’s eating and drinking out sector and a launch pad for a new era of sustained growth and investment