All MCA Insight articles in November 2013 – Page 12
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Inn Brighton agrees Indian food tie-in
Inn Brighton, the Brighton-based multiple operator, has agreed a deal with renowned Brighton-based Indian restaurant Indian Summer Kitchen to serve its meals at the pub company’s Norfolk pub in the city
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Health and Brazilian food to be key trends in 2014
Internationalism, all things Brazilian, privacy and health are going to be the four trends set to impact the consumer market in the UK in 2014, according to leading research firm Minte
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Tim Hortons to 'heighten' overseas expansion
Tim Hortons, the Canadian coffee company that operates more than 4,000 outlets worldwide, has indicated that it plans to accelerate overseas expansion
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New calls for minimum pricing
Health campaigners and councils are set to revive calls today for the Government to introduce a minimum price for alcohol, according to M&C Report’s sister title The Grocer
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Operators recognised for apprenticeships
Spirit, Whitbread, Greene King, McDonald’s, Starbucks and Orchid have been named in the Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers list
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Pizza concept raises £440k through Crowdcube
Pizza Rossa, a fledgling concept led by Corrado Accardi, has raised £440k raised from 122 investors through Crowdcube, topping its planned target figure of £280k
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Collyer: End of an era, start of a new era
A leading analyst has said that the market should take the retirement of Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen as a sign that the period of difficult trading over the past six years is coming to an end
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NewsFY net income down 2.9% at ETI
Enterprise Inns has this morning reported a 2.9% decline in like-for-like net income for the year to 30 September, but said that it had witness an improving trend in the final quarter of the year, with like-for-like net income growth of 0.6%
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NewsTuppen to step down from Enterprise
Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen has announced he is to retire from the group he founded in 1991 next February with current chief operating officer Simon Townsend to succeed him. Tuppen, who will leave the company 19 May, has been chief executive of the company for more than twenty years
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NewsFormer Virgin Group CEO named Byron chair
Stephen Murphy, former group chief executive of The Virgin Group, has been appointed non-executive chairman of Byron, the Hutton Collins-owned burger chain
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Granger gains approval for second UK site
Bill Granger, the Australian chef and restaurateur, has secured approval to open his second Granger & Co site in the UK in Clerkenwell
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Horlick raising funds for Chiswick brasserie
Nicola Horlick, who made her name as one of the City’s original “superwomen” in the 1990s, has returned to crowdfunding to raise investment for her latest restaurant project, Times Places Brasserie
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BII members want to retain personal licences
Multiple pub operators and publicans overwhelmingly oppose plans to scrap personal licences, according to a survey of BII members
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NewsYau to launch dim sum restaurant in Monaco
Alan Yau is believed to be teaming up with the owners of the Sass Café in Monaco to open a new dim sum restaurant in the country early next year
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OpinionTurning point for the sector
This year will come to be seen as a turning point in the market, argues Peter Hansen, founder of Sapient Corporate Finance
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 16-17 November
Company results and news R&D credits can be found on the menuA Michelin star-winning chef has successfully claimed R&D tax credits from HM Revenue & Customs in an unusual move for a restaurant.Sat Bains, the celebrity chef who runs an eponymous restaurant in Nottingham, secured the tax relief because the ...
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JW Lees ups expansion target
JW Lees managing director William Lees-Jones has told M&C Reporthe expects the company to spend between £10m and £15m buying 15 pubs a year
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NewsSpirit confirms new role for Worrall
Spirit Pub Company has confirmed that Steve Worrall, former head of commercial at Spirit Leased, has taken a new position that sees him work across both managed and leased operations for its Local Pubs arm
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NewsMartin criticises 'delusion' in pub industry
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has said there’s a “level of delusion” among senior figures in the industry who are “out of touch” and often “don’t actually like pubs”
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Derry eyes 25 more White Brasserie pubs
Restaurant entrepreneur Mark Derry is looking to expand his fledgling White Brasserie pub concept by around 25 sites over the next two or three years using a new-style lease