All MCA Insight articles in November 2013 – Page 23
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NewsPubs face new red tape on drinks pricing and serving
Pubs, bars and restaurants would be forced to display the price of half pints of beer and cider, as well as 125ml servings of wine, under new Government plans seen by M&C Report
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NewsCollyer: Muted lfl growth at JDW expected
A leading analyst has said that he expects JD Wetherspoon to report muted like-for-like growth when it updates on first quarter trading tomorrow and that he continued to believe the key for the company is to deliver margin improvements and grow the FCF and dividends
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NewsStonegate's Missoula launches US-inspired menu
Missoula, the Stonegate-owned high street bar brand, has launched a new American-influenced menu
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Bar Holdings to open second Belle site
Bar Holdings, operator of the Sports Bar & Grill brand, is set to open the second site under its Belle bar and restaurant with rooms format, M&C Report understands
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Le Pain secures McDonald’s Hampstead site
Le Pain Quotidien, the all-day bakery and cafe concept, has secured its 24th site in the UK, after acquiring the McDonald’s unit in Hampstead High Street
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Boom Burger seeks standalone site
Boom Burger, the Caribbean burger concept, is the latest to be looking to make the transition from pop-up venture to standalone operation, M&C Report understands
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Lola’s signs up for Heathrow
Heathrow and TRG Concessions has announced that Lola’s Cupcakes is the latest brand lined up to open in it pop-up shop in Terminal 5
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Opinion
European Union
Despite a slow start on these shores, German-owned restaurant group Vapiano aims to become a key player in the UK’s hugely competitive pizza-pasta market, says managing director Phil Sermon
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River Cottage doubles up at Springboard awards
The River Cottage Chefs’ School was a double winner at this year’s Springboard Awards for Excellence presented at the Novotel London West last Friday
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Glenn confirmed as D&M head of recruitment
Paul Glenn, who left Novus earlier this year, has been confirmed as the new head of recruitment at Drake & Morgan
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Coal Grill & Bar sets out expansion plan
Coal Grill & Bar, the Charterhouse Leisure-owned brand, plans to add six further sites to its estate across the country by 2015
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Thornbridge plans brewery investment
Thornbridge Brewery, the Derbyshire-based brewer and pub operator, plans to invest almost £0.5m increasing production capacity by a further 30% this year after reporting a 845% rise in exports in the past 12 months
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Rogan to take over at Claridge's
Two-Michelin-starred chef Simon Rogan is to take over running of the vacant restaurant space at London’s Claridge’s, following Gordon Ramsay’s departure this summer
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Ministry of Sound pens letter to Boris Johnson over threat of closure
London nightclub Ministry of Sound have penned an open letter to London mayor Boris Johnson, asking him to halt plans for a nearby housing development
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Whitbread recognised for waste management
Whitbread, the leisure group, is among the first three companies to be recognised for their achievements in measuring, managing and reducing waste
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Matthew Clark joins VAT Club
Matthew Clark, the leading drinks supplier to the on-trade, has become the latest company to join VAT Club Jacques Borel
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Britain's top gastropubs named
Salisbury Pubs’ Alford Arms in Frithsden, Hertfordshire, has been named the best gastropub in Britain in The Times by a public poll in association with Harden’s.
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NewsPunch gears up for restructuring
Punch Taverns has said it will announce a revised restructuring proposal during the first week of December 2013 with the broadest level of support achievable at that time and will then formally launch the implementation of that restructuring proposal shortly thereafter
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Analysis & InsightThat’s the Spirit
Spirit Pub Company has come a long way since its demerger from Punch Taverns over two years ago. However, despite consolidation in the pub sector coming back into play, reports that the Mike Tye-led group is considering a bid for rival Orchid seems at the moment a case of the business running before it can walk
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NewsSpirit completes refinancing
Spirit Pub Company has announced the results of its debt re-profiling, achieving its desired target of securing participating levels of 70% for A1 bondholders and 50% for A3 bondholders, which should free up c£53m of cash for expansion