All MCA Insight articles in March 2016 – Page 17
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News
Hawksmoor chef takes Pitt Cue site for “posh dog” concept
Richard Sandiford, currently head chef of The Hawksmoor in Knightsbridge, is to launch his hot dog pop-up concept Rockadollar Dogs as a permanent unit
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Opinion
When Hawksmoor met Harrison
Last year, neighbourhood restaurants Sam’s and Harrison’s were snapped up by the Hawksmoor Group. But it wasn’t the typically hostile takeover many have to come to expect in the industry. Restaurant talks to Hawksmoor co-founder Will Beckett and Sam Harrison about what happened
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News
Greggs looking to phase out original bakery-style store format
Greggs is looking to phase out its original bakery-style stores as the company moves its 1,698-strong portfolio towards its Series 2 ‘bakery food-on-the-go’ concept.
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News
Market Town Taverns appoints ops director
Market Town Taverns, the Heron & Brearley-owned group, has appointed Louise Middlemass as its new operations director
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News
Barburrito adds to regional pipeline
Barburrito has added to its regional pipeline with the addition of sites in Edinburgh and Derby
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News
Walker steps down from CDG
Andrew Walker has stepped down from the Casual Dining Group (CDG) as its managing director of business development
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News
Revolution Bars eyeing faster growth next year
Revolution Bars chief executive Mark McQuater has told M&C the group is considering upping its growth target next year and is eyeing opportunities to optimise its existing estate by adding rooftop bars.
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News
Soho House to bring Mandolin restaurant to the UK
Soho House Group is set to bring Aegean bistro-concept Mandolin to the UK later this year
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News
LT Management creates ops director role for NewRiver estate
LT Management has created an operations director role specifically to work on NewRiver’s portfolio of pubs, M&C understands.
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News
Itsu launches delivery arm
Itsu, the Cameron Roberts-led brand, has launched its new delivery arm, Itsu [to you] across parts of south London
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News
AB InBev to sell SAB share in Snow Lager for $1.6bn
AB InBev has announced it has entered into an agreement to sell SABMiller’s 49% stake in Snow Lager for $1.6bn.
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News
Sector suffering from lack of non-exec candidates
The hospitality sector is suffering from a shortage of senior non-executive candidates
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News
Union vote clears way for Night Tube
Plans to create a 24-hour weekend tube service for London could be back on track after the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) union voted in favour of a new deal.
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News
Shepherd Neame managed lfls up 6.5% in H1
Shepherd Neame has announced like-for-like sales in its managed estate up 6.5% for the half year to 26 December with tenanted like-for-like EBITDAR up 2.7%.
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News
Watson sets out City Pub Co IPO timetable
City Pub Company has set out its timetable for a listing on AIM, with a plan to grow to 35 sites by late 2017 and go on to build an estate of at least 50 independent pubs as a listed group, M&C has learnt.
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News
Gordon Ramsay Group appoints new FD
The Gordon Ramsay Group (GRG) has appointed David Kerr, formerly of Home House, as its new finance director
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News
London Cocktail Club launches £750k crowd fund
London Cocktail Club has launched a £750,000 crowdfunding campaign aimed at trebling the size of the currently five-strong estate over the next three years.
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News
Byron lines up Reading opening
Byron, the Hutton Collins-owned better burger concept, has further strengthened its regional openings pipeline by securing a site in Reading
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News
NewRiver to strengthen pub team
NewRiver Retail is to strengthen its pubs’ team following the appointment of Jackie Moody-McNamara’s role as pub portfolio director, M&C understands.
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News
Growth in Zones Two & Three is set to outstrip Zone One
Economic growth in zones two and three in London is set to overtake that in central London over the next 20 years as London’s economy rebalances,