All MCA Insight articles in March 2014 – Page 6
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Busaba Eathai seeks new MD
Alan Yau’s casual-dining Thai chain Busaba Eathai is seeking a new managing director, after Jale Erentok stepped down from the role she has held for the last two years
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NewsStonegate steps up Bramwell conversions
Stonegate expects to have converted or begun converting six of the 78 pubs that it bought from Bramwell Pub Company by the end of this month, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsH+H seeks new FD
Harris + Hoole is in the process of recruiting a new finance director, after the promotion of Eleni Savva to the role of programme director for casual dining at Tesco Family Dining
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Fine & Country targets expansion
Fine & Country Inns, the new venture headed by Gary Hunt, previously chief operating officer of nightclub group G4 Leisure (formerly Brook Leisure), hopes to expand by one or two sites per year for the foreseeable future, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsCity Pub Co buys flagship London sites, extends banking facilities
City Pub Company, the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)-funded pub operator, has secured two flagship central London sites and an extra £7m in banking facilities as it looks to exceed its 2014 rollout target
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Carmichael named Springboard’s FutureChef winner
Anna Carmichael, a 15-year-old from Bellerive FCJ Catholic College, Liverpool, yesterday held off the challenge of 11 other budding chefs to be named FutureChef 2014
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Brooke to open third Red Dog site
Tom Berk, who previously worked as a restaurant and events manager at companies, including Conran Restaurants and Carluccio’s, is to open a third site in London under his Red Dog brand
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NewsBank funding underpins Comptoir expansion
Levant Restaurants Group has expanded into Kent and Surrey with Comptoir Libanais, its Lebanese fast-casual concept, thanks to a £1.6m loan from NatWest
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Shaftesbury acquires Jaeger House for £30.75m
Shaftesbury has invested £30.75m in acquiring Jaeger House in Broadwick Street, which the company said was an increasingly important east-west pedestrian route through Soho, connecting Carnaby and Berwick streets
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Luminar praised for female safety scheme
A Luminar nightclub in Ipswich has received praise from police and its local MP for a scheme focused on ensuring female customers get home safely
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Analysis & InsightOperators widen menu price ranges
Pub and restaurant operators and other caterers have widened menu price ranges in a response to the economic downturn
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AG Barr grows FY PBT 9.6%
AG Barr, the soft drinks group whose brands include Irn-Bru and Strathmore water, has reported a 9.6% rise in profit before tax and exceptionals to £38.1m in the 12 months to 26 January, a period it described as one of “significant progress” at the company
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Analysis & Insight
Sales slow for US restaurants
The 500 largest US restaurant chains registered a 3.5% annual sales increase in 2013, a significant decline from 4.9% the prior year, according to data released by Technomic
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McDonald’s ramps up digital credentials
McDonald’s has ramped up its digital expertise by hiring former Facebook client partner Lex Bradshaw-Zanger as its first European digital chief
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ASK Italian launches menu with #RespectThePasta message
ASK Italian, the Gondola-owned chain, has launched a new marketing campaign, under the banner of #RespectThePasta, to support the introduction of the group’s Spring menu
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Camerons marks duty cut with 1p 'cash back' on pints
Camerons, the Hartlepool-based brewer and pub operator, is giving customers 1p ‘cash back’ for every pint sold to mark the penny cut in beer duty announced in the Budget
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PoundPub concept 'could expand further'
The man heading a new “no frills” pub venture PoundPub, which offers pints for £1.50 and halves for £1, plans two more openings and has not ruled out expanding further across the country
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Investor PPR Estates buys Punch pub
A Punch pub in south London has been sold to a new sector investor PPR Estates
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NewsBeer duty cut helps Marston's create 3,000 jobs
A 1p cut in beer duty has enabled Marston’s to create 3,000 new jobs over the next two years, the pub company has announced on the same day Chancellor George Osborne visited the brewery
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NewsBenner leaves CAMRA for SIBA
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has named Mike Benner, currently chief executive at the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), as its new managing director