All MCA Insight articles in May 2014 – Page 13
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News
Visit England names its top pubs and restaurants
Visit England has named The Feathered Nest Country Inn in the Cotswolds as its tourism pub of the year and the 1884 Dock Street Kitchen as part of its annual excellence awards that showcase businesses that have made a commitment to boosting tourism
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Elysium Group secures London site
Elysium Group, the Essex-based restaurant and bar operator, has acquired its first London site
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WHO shows Europeans are heaviest drinkers
European countries are the heaviest drinking nations according to a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), with the average Britain consuming an average of 11.9 litres annually
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The Burger Joint opens second site
The Burger Joint, an independently-owned luxury burger restaurant, has opened its second site in Bristol
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Chain-free service station opens on the M5
Westmorland Family, the team behind Tebay Services, a ‘foodie’ motorway service station concept on the M6 in Cumbria, has opened a second roadside station on the M5 in Gloucestershire that has no chain, franchised or fast food outlets
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Mas Q Menos to make UK debut
Mas Q Menos, the Spanish tapas chain, is to open its first London tapas bar, according to the property news website Propertymall.com
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NewsMarston's H1 PBT grows 9.4%
Marston’s, the brewer and pub operator, has reported a 9.4% rise in underlying profit before tax to £29m in what it called a “strong” half year (26 weeks to 5 April)
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Second restaurant for former Est Est Est MD
Former Est Est Est managing director Stephen Garrity has opened a second restaurant called Et Alia at The Red House in Chester, according to the North West Caterer
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BT signs up 19,000 commercial premises
BT Sport has signed up 19,000 commercial premises in the year since its launch, the “majority” of which are pubs, the broadcaster has revealed
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St Austell Brewery buys hotel
St Austell Brewery, the Cornish brewer and pub operator, has bought a seaside hotel in Cornwall off an asking price of £1.5m
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NewsYO! signs deal for 50 US openings
YO! Sushi, the Quilvest-backed group, plans to open 50 restaurants in the US over the next six years after signing a new franchise agreement for the country
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NewsSpirit opens 100th Flaming Grill
Spirit Pub Company has reached the milestone of its 100th Flaming Grill site with a £96,000 investment to transform the Nags Head in Mickleover, Derby
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Analysis & Insight
Channelling the right branded offer
Stephen Evans, development director at Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), looks at how mundane and anti-brand some of the emerging areas in London have become and says if we are not careful, gentrification will mean a “second tier of homogenisation filled with artisan coffee shops and brunch joints and very little else”
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Diary
Diary: Orchid, Enterprise Inns, Loungers, Vapiano
This week’s Diary includes more on the Orchid sales process, the initial feedback on Enterprise’s first managed site, another award for Loungers and renewed pressure for pubco reform
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La Petite Maison to launch in Istanbul
La Petite Maison, the Arjun Waney-led brand, is to open its fourth site in Istanbul later this month
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NewsM&B launches website ‘Escape to the Pub’
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is to launch a new website ‘Escape to the Pub’ to highlight the strength of the country pub sector and its relevant brands
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NewsGBK grows pipeline
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), the Capricorn Ventures-backed group, has secured two new sites and is in talks on a further four units
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NewsPunch restructuring talks to continue
Talks regarding the restructuring of Punch Taverns are to continue after the company’s remaining bondholders voted in favour of waiving covenants that would otherwise have placed the company in default
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CAU grows pipeline
CAU, the casual dining steakhouse concept, has secured a further three sites as it looks to grow to up to 17 sites over the next 18 months
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CPL and BII agree £1m partnership deal
CPL Training Group has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the BII to deliver all BIIAB qualifications across the UK for the next five years