All MCA Insight articles in March 2015 – Page 22
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Analysis & Insight
Consumers want restaurants to ‘go the extra mile’
Restaurants and hotels that go the extra mile with a warm welcome, service with a smile and providing complimentary mints are likely to attract return custom from 87% of guests
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Pan Chai opens pop-up
Pan Chai, the luxury pan-Asian restaurant concept, has launched a pop up format called Pan Chai petite in Bicester in Oxfordshire
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El Gato Negro secures Manchester site
El Gato Negro, the original restaurant from Bird and Beast founder Simon Shaw, is set to open in Manchester after securing a site on King Street this summer
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NewsCarluccio's set for Bankside development
Italian restaurant group Carluccio’s is opening at London’s Bankside adjacent to new Neo Bankside residential development by the Tate Modern
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NewsBacon named Retailers’ Retailer 2015
Tim Bacon has been singled out by his peers as the stand-out individual in the eating-out and drinking-out market
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Pita Pit secures further UK sites
Pita Pit, the North American-based healthy fast food concept, which launched in the UK last year, has secured a further two sites
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Pub sector set to grow turnover by £2.4bn by 2018
The pub sector will reach £24.2bn in value by the end of 2018 – up from £21.8bn this year – during which time 2,180 pubs will close, according to figures from Allegra Foodservice.
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Analysis & Insight
UK businesses miss out on £1.8bn a month from disabled people
Three quarters of disabled people and their families have walked away from a UK business due to poor service
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NewsCote secures Canterbury site
Cote has secured a site in Canterbury, as it further strengthens its openings pipeline for this year
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Peerless Brewing Company doubles capacity
Wirral-based Peerless Brewing Company has made a major investment to double production capacity as the five year old brewery eyes further business growth.
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EatDrinkSleep sees turnover rise 33.3%
EatDrinkSleep, the coaching inn operator, has said turnover for the start of the year at its Cornish sites underlines the dramatic impact of last year’s winter storms and the resulting disruption to train services across the south west.
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Mr Pretzels eyes further expansion
Mr Pretzels UK has set its eyes on up to 10 more sites by the end of the year, with ambitions to open up in train stations
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NewsNeame: Managed growth, accommodation and pubs code
Jonathan Neame, chief executive of Kent-based brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame talks to M&C Report about why the company is in good shape to grow its managed estate, how accommodation has become an increasingly important part of its revenue stream and what effect the pubs code could have on the company’s investment strategy.
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NewsNine out of 10 Brakspear tenants want to renew
More than nine out of 10 Brakspear tenants (92%) would renew their agreement with the company, according to the pub operator’s survey of its tenants.
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NewsFriska sets out expansion plans
Friska, the fast growing Bristol-based healthy eating concept, is preparing to open its first site in Birmingham later this year as part of plans to open a cluster of restaurants in the city before expanding nationwide, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsMinister congratulates drinks industry on responsibility pledge
Public Health Minister Jane Ellison has congratulated the drinks industry on its success in removing 1.3bn units of alcohol from the UK market.
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Business park dedicated to food and drink seeks operators
Scotland’s first business park dedicated to food and drink has opened for occupation.
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T4 to roll-out five shops
Taiwanese tea brand T4 has plans to roll out five of its bubble tea shops in the next three years focusing on London initially, M&C Report has learnt
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Analysis & Insight
Hospitality sector biggest loser in cold snaps
Cold weather costs the UK economy an average of £2.5bn a quarter when temperatures are one degree celsius lower than average with accommodation and food sectors found to be most vulnerable