All MCA Insight articles in March 2021 – Page 6
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News
Number of licensed premises falls by 7,500
The number of licensed premises in Britain has declined by 7,592 (6.6%) in the past year, according to the latest Market Recovery Monitor to be published this week by CGA and AlixPartners.
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Whitbread HR director to step down
Whitbread has announced group HR director Louise Smalley will step down from the Board on 31 August 2021.
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Roger Whiteside joins line-up for Food to Go Conference
Greggs’ chief executive Roger Whiteside will join a host of other industry leaders at MCA’s 2021 Food to Go Conference next week (23 March).
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Brian Trollip: ‘We are going to work really hard on our delivery business’
The development of Dishoom’s delivery business enabled it to avoid redundancies and keep up with its Meal for a Meal initiative last year, and it will “work really hard” on bettering the service this year, said managing director Brian Trollip.
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Second CBILS for JDW
JD Wetherspoon secured a second CBILS loan in March 2021 of £51.7m, bringing its total facilities to £1.04bn.
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Hawthorn announces new pub partner support
Hawthorn, the community pub company, has announced a new package of support for pub partners and operators ahead of the reopening of pubs.
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Wetherspoon reports £46m HY loss as restrictions bite
J D Wetherspoon has reported a loss before tax of £46.2m for the 26 to weeks to 24 January, as the “ever changing government guidelines” took their toll.
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Scottish government extends rent moratorium
The Scottish government has extended the moratorium on lease irritation for a further six months, going even further than the extensions in England and Wales which run until 30 June.
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KFC expands Deliveroo partnership
KFC has expanded its partnership with Deliveroo to a further 200 restaurants across the UK, on top of the 130 launched in 2020.
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William Lees-Jones: ‘A shortage of talent concerns me’
The prospect that staff currently on furlough may not want to return to the business is a big concern for William Lees-Jones, managing director at brewer and pub operator JW Lees.
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Sacha Lord legal bid heading to High Court
Sacha Lord plans to take his legal action to the High Court for a Judicial Review, after he said the government had failed to provide evidence for why indoor hospitality cannot open at the same time as non-essential retail.
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Punch invests £1m in beer gardens
Punch Pubs has announced a £1m outdoor investment scheme in preparation for outdoor reopening in April.
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Pret MD Clare Clough to speak at Food to Go Conference
Pret’s UK managing director Clare Clough will join a number of leading operators at MCA’s annual Food to Go Conference next Tuesday (23 March).
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Interviews
Pret to launch consumer app
Pret CEO Pano Christou has revealed the launch of a consumer app is one the things he is looking forward to most at the business in 2021.
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‘Significant increase in debt’ at Stonegate
Stonegate Pub Company made a loss before tax of £746m in the full year to 27 September 2020, following the purchase of Ei Group, and as a result of the pandemic.
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Opinion
Dominic Walsh: Time at the bar
When Ralph Findlay announced he would be stepping down as chief executive of Marston’s at the end of September, after 20 years in the role, I experienced a number of emotions.
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Young’s forecasts positive cash flow by May
Young’s has announced plans to reopen 140 of its managed pubs with outdoor spaces on or around 12 April, as well as an update to its finances which it gives it available borrowing facilities of £225m.
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Crosstown goes regional
Artisan doughnut concept Crosstown has launched its first location outside of London, with a delivery and collection hub in Cambridge.
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Consumers keen to escalate tech use in hospitality
More than half (56%) of 18 to 24-year-olds would prefer to order food and drink online, even after they have been vaccinated, according to the latest Go Technology report from Zonal and CGA.
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McDonald’s Jason Clark to speak at Food to Go Conference
Jason Clark, senior vice president, and chief operations officer at McDonald’s UK and Ireland is to speak about innovation at the fast-food operator at MCA’s 2021 Food to Go Conference next week (23 March).