All MCA Insight articles in March 2017 – Page 8
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News
Dining Innovation Group to launch second UK Kintan
Dining Innovation Group is to launch its second site in London under its Kintan brand
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Savills reports on slowdown in UK commercial market
Savills has reported on a slowdown in UK commercial transactions in 2016.
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Giraffe launches first new menu since re-brand
Giraffe World Kitchen has launched its first menu refresh since its re-branding.
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House of Vapes in UK and European expansion
House of Vapes, the vape and coffee shop group, is preparing to launch a flagship store in Kings Cross under a new standardised format as it prepares to expand via franchise model.
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Nando’s picks Beckton for delivery trial
Nando’s has picked its site in Beckton, East London, as the first from which to trial its own delivery service
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NRB names Top 50 food & drink players
Living Ventures received a special award as part of the Northern Restaurant & Bar show’s Top Fifty power list 2017.
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Chapel Bar founder launches salt beef concept
The founder of Islington’s Chapel Bar is to launch a new “salt beef bar & canteen” – Mercer & Co.
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Analysts corner: Irvine-Fortescue on Brighton Pier Group
Mark Fortescue at Panmure Gordon has said that yesterday’s first-half update from the Brighton Pier Group demonstrated positive progress in both the company’s divisions
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Opinion
Inside Track: The Year of Acrylamide
Chris Snowdon, lifestyle economist at the Institute of Economic Affairs, revisits one of this year’s headline grabbing health scares – the concerns over acrylamide.
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Tesco cuts big beer brands in favour of craft
Tesco has cut the number of Heineken brands on its shelves in half as it continues to capitalise on the boom in craft beer.
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Opening of the day: M&B’s Son of Steak
M&B has opened the first site under its new fast-casual concept Son of Steak in Trinity Square, Nottingham
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Turtle Bay tops Growth Company Index
Turtle Bay, the Piper-backed Caribbean chain, has topped the list of the fastest growing companies in the UK’s eating and drinking-out sector.
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Ziferblat aiming for 300 UK sites
The per pay minute café concept founded in Russia, is looking to reach 50 UK sites by 2020 and 300 by 2025.
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Analysis & Insight
We’ve had our fill Phil
Celebrating the Great British pub, via its evolution, generational shifts, The Publican Awards, the possibility of a food-led tipping point, on-going legislation, some pubs located in Surrey, the Chancellor Phillip Hammond, and the cost of a new car park…
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Analysis & Insight
“Who will serve us our coffee in Pret?”
Earlier this month, Pret A Manger’s HR director Andrea Wareham’s appeared at the House of Lords and spoke to the Economic Affairs Committee about the recruitment challenges facing the UK’s hospitality industry. Here she tries to answer that question on employment trends
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Mad Squirrel seeks £1.5m to expand tap rooms
Mad Squirrel is looking to raise £1.5m to fund the expansion of its taproom and bottle shop concept.
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The Real Greek builds pipeline
The Real Greek has lined up two further openings this year, including its first in a Debenhams
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Smith: Novus continues to make significant progress
Toby Smith, chief executive of Novus Leisure, has told MCA that the company has continued to make significant progress
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Revere secures second Foundry site
Revere Pub Company – Marston’s premium bar arm – is to open the second iteration of its Foundry concept, MCA understands.
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Flaum to head up Bourne Leisure
Paul Flaum, former managing director of Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants, is to become the new CEO of Bourne Leisure.