All Loungers articles – Page 17

  • Pho interior
    Analysis & Insight

    Corn Exchange leads Manchester rental levels

    2015-04-28T08:46:00Z

    The Corn Exchange Manchester is the premier location for restauranteurs in the city, according to new research from Colliers International

  • Be At One
    News

    FY lfls up 10% at Be At One

    2015-04-04T21:25:00Z

    Be At One is set to establish a national presence over the next 12 months, after seeing like-for-like sales increase 10% in the year to 29 March 2015

  • Loungers exterior
    News

    ​Loungers tweaks growth targets

    2015-04-02T16:20:00Z

    Nick Collins has said that the company believes there is potential to open up to 400 sites under its Lounge format and 75 Cosy Clubs across the UK

  • Weekend Press

    Weekend press round-up, 28-29 March

    2015-03-30T11:19:00Z

    Restaurants, fast food and takeaways Domino’s tech-loving boss likes humble pie with his pizzas Patrick Doyle did not pull any punches. “It sickens me,” he told the hundreds of thousands of viewers who watched his online apology. It was just after Easter 2009 and as the boss of Domino’s in ...

  • John Harrington enjoys a drink with Rob Willock
    Analysis & Insight

    Last orders at the bar (for me)

    2015-03-23T08:33:00Z

    M&C Report’s departing group editor Rob Willock reflects on the seismic changes he has witnessed in the pub sector during his time at the title - including the pubs code, the extension of the pub business into previously uninhabited day parts and ever encroaching red tape.

  • Listed company growth performance
    Opinion

    The bigger tracker picture

    2015-03-20T08:18:01.543Z

    As with previous years’ lists, the 2015 AlixPartners Profit Tracker has thrown up some interesting nuances, showing continued, concerted growth for the more established brands and a further strong showing from traditional brewers and pub operators

  • BrewDog This. Is. Lager
    News

    BrewDog tops 2015 AlixPartners Profit Tracker

    2015-03-19T08:15:00Z

    Scottish brewer and pub operator BrewDog came out on top in this year’s AlixPartners Profit Tracker in association with leading industry title M&C Report.

  • Loungers Expo Lounge
    News

    Loungers strengthens pipeline

    2015-03-11T08:15:00Z

    Loungers has broken through the 50-site mark with its Lounge concept, after opening new sites in Southampton and Bishop’s Stortford

  • Tim Bacon
    News

    Bacon named Retailers’ Retailer 2015

    2015-03-05T08:25:07.813Z

    Tim Bacon has been singled out by his peers as the stand-out individual in the eating-out and drinking-out market

  • Interviews

    Five-minute interview: Peter Marks, Luminar

    2015-02-06T16:30:00Z

    M&C Report talks to Peter Marks, chief executive of Luminar, about his top priority, the best advice he’s been given and what keeps him up at night

  • TGI Friday's
    Analysis & Insight

    Feeding a casual-dining demand

    2015-01-21T08:24:00Z

    A year of rapid change in the casual-dining sector in 2014 is likely to be followed by even more activity in the year ahead, as group transactions continue unabated and consolidations fuel a pent-up demand. Cenkos Securities’ Simon French reports

  • Rugby watching
    Analysis & Insight

    Caught in the maul

    2015-01-19T08:45:00Z

    It is not a technical term, but the word that many operators have used to some up their thoughts on the next 12 months is mental. Competition will continue to be fierce with all the on-going challenges that brings with it

  • Cosy Club Leicester
    News

    Loungers sets out H1 openings

    2015-01-08T08:23:00Z

    Loungers has set out its openings programme for the first half of this year, as it secures its first Cosy Club site in Birmingham

  • News

    Festive like-for-like sales up across the sector

    2015-01-06T08:01:00Z

    Operators have told M&C Report that Christmas and New Year trading was strong for 2014 while early figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker showed collective like-for-like sales up 3.3% on last year.

  • Loungers Expo Lounge
    News

    Collins becomes Loungers MD

    2015-01-04T20:48:00Z

    Loungers, the Bristol-based all-day café/bar operator, has appointed chief operating officer Nick Collins as its new managing director

  • Stonegate chairman Ian Payne at Missoula York
    Analysis & Insight

    Operators' view: The year ahead

    2015-01-02T15:03:00Z

    M&C Report hears from a number of leading operators, including Simon Townsend, Tim Bacon, Ian Payne and Robin Rowland, about what they believe will be the main challenges and opportunities facing their businesses and the industry as a whole in 2015

  • News

    Dodd to join Fuller’s

    2014-12-11T07:26:00Z

    Simon Dodd, the former chief operating officer of Orchid Pub Company, is to join Fuller’s as operations director for its Premium City division

  • News

    Brakspear opens urban bar

    2014-12-05T16:26:00Z

    A multiple operator trialling Brakspear’s first concept specifically targeting an urban demographic says he would like to work with the company to roll it out.

  • Cosy Club Leicester
    News

    Loungers H1 lfls up 3.9%

    2014-11-18T07:54:00Z

    Loungers saw its like-for-like sales increase by 3.9% in the 26 weeks to 26 October

  • News

    Pubs are adapting for Generation Y

    2014-11-14T16:25:00Z

    Pubs are turning into casual dining venues in a bid to appeal to Generation Y, according to Geronimo Inns.