All MCA Insight articles in November 2013 – Page 10
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News
McDonald’s trials custom-made burgers
McDonald’s is trialling custom-made burgers in selected stores in California and Illinois, which allows diners to make selections on an iPad
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Analysis & Insight
Tourism in the UK worth £106bn
Tourism in the UK is worth £106bn and supports 2.6 million jobs, according to a new report from Deloitte and Visit England
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News
Cineworld CEO to step down
Steve Wiener, chief executive and founder of Cineworld, is to step down next year after 18 years with the business
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Iberica sets out expansion plans
Ibérica Restaurants, the Spanish group led by two-Michelin-starred chef Nacho Manzano, is actively looking to expand outside of London with plans for up to 10 UK sites in the next five years
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Diary
Diary: M&B, Eclectic, Enterprise Inns, PBR, Starbucks, Costa
This week’s Diary includes Eclectic’s admission to AIM, the end of the line for M&B’s Tuk Cho, Ted Tuppen’s next move, the fallout from PBR and finding love in Costa
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NewsEnd of the road for Tuk Cho
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has agreed to sell its Tuk Cho branded site in Ealing Broadway to Bill’s, the Richard Caring-backed group, M&C Report understands
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NewsEclectic raises £15m on proposed AIM admission
Eclectic, the Avanti Capital-backed bar and club operator led by Reuben Harley, has successfully raised £15m through its proposed admission to trading on AIM on 28 November
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PBR Leisure in administration
PBR Leisure (PBRL), the bar and restaurant operator, has been placed into administration, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsEnterprise eyes managed move
Enterprise Inns is considering a move to directly manage its better pubs, and also to introduce turnover-related rents, chief operating officer Simon Townsend has told analysts
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Trade welcomes alcohol-related stats move
The pub trade has broadly welcomed a move by Public Health England to alter the way it reports alcohol-related hospital admission statistics
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Palmers launches Academy of Beer
Palmers, the Dorset brewer and pub operator, has launched an Academy of Beer to help its tenants serve beer better
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Coffer: 2013 busiest for M&A in six years
Coffer Corporate Leisure, which provides M&A advice to the leisure sector, says this year has been its busiest period since 2007, having advised on over £200m of leisure investment transactions in 2013
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NewsPing Pong secures Stratford site
Ping Pong, the dim sum chain led by Art Sagiryan, has secured its 10th site in the UK, after taking a site at Westfield Stratford for an opening early next year, M&C Report understands
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News
Ex-Wabi London site on market
A lease on the site of the former Wabi restaurant in London’s Kingsway, which closed earlier this year after parent company Wabi London was placed in administration, is on the market
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Eastwood joins Inventive
Kate Eastwood, former head of sales and marketing at Bramwell Pub Company, has joined Inventive Leisure as it new director of business development, M&C Report understands
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News
TCG extends cask loyalty scheme
TCG, the managed operator, is to extend its cask ale loyalty scheme into 2014 after seeing sales grow 30% during its latest Proud of Our Ale festival
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News
Rileys to operate Sports Café site
Rileys is to take over the running of the high-profile Sports Cafe site in Haymarket, central London, M&C Report understands
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News
Liberation appoints head of marketing
Liberation Group, the Jersey-based pub and drinks business, has appointed Gary Kelly as it new head of marketing
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News
Admiral EBITDA up 7.1%
Admiral Taverns has reported a 7.1% rise in underlying EBITDA to £10.4m in the 23 weeks since its c£200m acquisition by US private equity group Cerberus
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News
Gov't being deceived over pub closure numbers
Nearly one in six pubs that were operating as tenancies in 2005 are no longer trading in that capacity — leading to accusations that the Government is being deceived over pub closure statistics