All MCA Insight articles in May 2015 – Page 5
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Analysis & Insight
Open letter to new pubs minister
The editor of M&C Report’s sister title, the Publican’s Morning Advertiser, has urged the new pubs minister to be more visible than his predecessor.
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News
Shepherd Neame rolls out e-learning package
Shepherd Neame, the Kent-based family brewer and pub operator, is rolling out a new custom-built e-learning induction programme for staff across its 52 managed houses.
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News
SSP to open Manchester Beer House
SSP UK, the travel concessions operator, is set to open a further site under its The Beer House format in Manchester
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Analysis & Insight
A view from the next generation
In the first of a new series, Ruth Williams talks to the winners of the Rising Stars awards for an insight into what the next generation of industry leaders think about this crucial sector.
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Analysis & Insight
Poll shows 40% of diners would never complain
Research by Subway has shown that 40% of diners would never complain, even if their order was wrong or they disliked their food.
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News
United Craft Brewers plans first meeting
United Craft Brewers is to hold its first meeting in early September to “talk about what we can do together, for the benefit of all members”
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Taco Bell and Pizza Hut to ditch artificial ingredients
Taco Bell and Pizza Hut have announced they are to remove artificial colours and flavours from their food
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Analysis & Insight
Consumers’ appetite for coupons continues to grow
UK consumers’ appetite for coupons has continued to grow with shoppers redeeming 688 million coupons last year
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News
Joe’s Kitchen confirmed for Nottingham
The Restaurant Group has confirmed it will open a site under its Joe’s Kitchen format, at the intu Victoria Centre, Nottingham
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News
Restaurant extension at intu Potteries fully let
The restaurant and leisure extension to intu Potteries is now fully signed up after Bon Pan Asian restaurant became the seventh operator to join the scheme.
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News
GK offers to sell 16 pubs to seal Spirit deal
The Competition and Markets Authority has said there are ‘reasonable grounds’ to think that Greene King’s offer to sell 16 pubs to address competition issues over its acquisition of Spirit Pub Company will be accepted.
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RHWB remains in “period of consolidation”
Red Hot World Buffet interim chief executive James Horler has said that the company continues to be in a period of consolidation
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Analysis & Insight
Post-downturn consumer behaviour: A swing towards leisure?
The downturn may have done the leisure economy a long term favour. Having tried a range of cut backs, it’s the leisure experiences that people cannot live without, argues Paul Flatters, managing director of Trajectory Partnership
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News
Passey steps down at Red Hot
Ed Passey has stepped down as group operations director of Red Hot World Buffet (RHWB), the Risk Capital Partners-backed group
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Analysis & Insight
Easter drives eating-out spend in April
Brits celebrating Easter by enjoying a meal out prompted a peak in leisure spending during April
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News
Punch places portfolio on the market
Punch Taverns has placed a c160-strong portfolio of pubs on the market, which are valued at c£50m
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News
Osmond unveils first step in Strada's overhaul
Strada has overhauled its supply chain to focus on quality and provenance of ingredients as the first step in Hugh Osmond’s rebranding of the company since he acquired it in September
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Blackstone sells pub portfolios for c£50m
Private equity group Blackstone has sold 23 pubs, let to Enterprise Inns, in three separate deals for a total sum of c£50m
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Ex-Rick Stein chef opening Penzance restaurant
Bruce Rennie, former head chef at Rick Stein’s Porthleven restaurant, is launching his first solo restaurant project, called The Shore Restaurant, in Penzance.
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Analysis & Insight
Setting up open goals
Just two years on from launch, BT Sport has secured exclusive rights to football’s top European competitions. Mike Berry talks to director, commercial customers, Bruce Cuthbert about how the company will make the case for pubs to switch on to its service