All MCA Insight articles in November 2013 – Page 16
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Pivovar builds pipeline
Pivovar, the craft beer pub operator and beer importer, has revealed the next stage of its growth to M&C Report, with planned openings in Harrogate, Nottingham and Birmingham following a launch at the Trinity Centre in Leeds
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Koba founder to launch On The Bab
The founder of Fitzrovia restaurants Koba and Nizuni is set to open On The Bab – a new Korean concept based in East London
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TGI’s receives ‘perfect’ hygiene rating
TGI Friday’s, the Karen Forrester-led chain, has become the first restaurant chain in the UK to receive a ‘perfect’ rating of five in the National Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme across all of its 60 UK-based restaurants
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NewsCosta to launch in Morocco
Costa Coffee has announced plans to open its first store in Morocco, in partnership with Fawaz A. Alhokair & Co
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NewsHarry Ramsden's signs Welcome Break deal
A new partnership to open branches of Harry Ramsden’s, the iconic fish & chip shop chain, on Welcome Break services has been confirmed, with Sheffield and Oxford the first locations
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NewsEd’s agrees new £4.5m banking facility
Ed’s Easy Diner has secured its first ever extended bank funding in the form of a £4.5m facility with RBS, which will aid its continued rollout across the UK
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NewsEnterprise FY lfl net income 'to fall c3%'
Leading analyst Douglas Jack has predicts that Enterprise Inns will report a c3% fall in like-for-like net income at its full-year results on Tuesday, and predicted its shares are “likely to have a flat year” in 2014 if like-for-like net income growth does not occur
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Jack predicts Fuller's H1 PBT of £18m
Leading analyst Douglas Jack has forecast that Fuller’s will report a pre-tax profit of £18m in H1, up from £17.1m in the first half of 2012
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GBK launches new brand identity
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) has launch a new brand identity, which it plans to roll out across its 59-strong estate next year, as part of the first full brand development exercise since the chain was founded in 2001
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NewsLeon appoints new FD
Leon has appointed James Morris, who formerly had stints at Harry Ramsden’s and Fishworks, as its new finance director
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McDonald to grow restaurant estate
Former Caprice Holdings chief executive Des McDonald is set to add three new restaurants to his fledgling business next year, including a second site under his upscale fish & chip shop format
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Eating-out brands make customer experience 100
ASK Italian, Nando’s, Harvester and TGI Friday’s were amongst the top 100 ranking food and drink brands named in the annual run-down of the best names for customer experience in the UK
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KonoPizza earmarks second UK site
A second branch of KonoPizza, the Italy-based restaurant company that specialises in selling hand-held pizza-style cones, is set to open in Leicester by the end of the year, M&C Report has learnt
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JDW acquires Punch site
The Crowborough Cross, a substantial public house that has been closed for sometime, has been acquired JD Wetherspoon from Punch Taverns
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NewsByron lines up York opening
Byron, the Hutton Collins-owned burger chain, is close to securing a further site in Yorkshire, in York
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NewsOliver assesses options for Union Jacks
High-profile chef Jamie Oliver is assessing different options regarding strengthening its Union Jacks operation, M&C Report understands
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Kings Park: sector offers many investment opportunities
A partner at Kings Park Capital (KPC), the leisure sector investment fund, has told M&C Report that there’s “lot of different opportunities” for investments in the industry at present, following its £10m acquisition of a majority stake in coaching inn operator Inn Collection
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Wong to step down as GBK FD
Nicholas Wong is to step down as group finance director at Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) to join David Page’s new investment vehicle Fulham Shore
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Blumenthal to open at Heathrow
Heston Blumenthal, the multi-award winning chef, is to launch a new restaurant celebrating all things British at Heathrow’s new Terminal 2: The Queen’s Terminal in June 201
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Autogrill reports stable trading
Autogrill Group has reported a 2% decline in revenues to €2.94bn for the first nine months of 2013, down by 2% on the previous year