All MCA Insight articles in November 2014 – Page 15
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News
Pizza Rossa to enter fundraising round for expansion
Pizza Rossa, the London-based pizza by the slice concept, is going to launch a new equity fundraising campaign to enable its planned expansion to 12 sites within five years, M&C Report has learnt
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Home Office updates trade on personal licence renewals
Publicans with personal licences that expire early next year will need to complete an application form to renew their licence, the Home Office has confirmed
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Heavy metal bar concept could be rolled out
Multiple operator Tom Russell has said he would like to look at rolling out his heavy metal/rock bar Anvil and his student-friendly concept Buffalo.
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Greene King to support Text Santa charity appeal
Greene King has announced it will support ITV’s Text Santa fundraising appeal by hosting pub quizzes across the country.
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Opinion
Following the mob mentality
Branded Italian restaurants offer bigger discounts and promotions than any of the others on the high street. Simon Stenning, strategy director at Allegra Foodservice, asks if this is really sustainable
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Fever on the expansion trail
Fever Bars, the retro music bar operator, is opening its 20th site this week in Aylesbury and has unveiled plans to open a new club every six to eight weeks
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Craft beer pop-up is Charles Wells tenth French site
Charles Wells has expanded its French arms, John Bull Pub Company, with an urban craft beer bar run as a pop-up.
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Domino’s wins digital award
Domino’s Pizza has won the Best Use of Mobile award at The Econsultancy ‘The Digitals’ Awards 2014 for its recent mobile activity
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Weetwood Ales under new ownership
Weetwood Ales, the Cheshire based brewer, has been sold by its founders Adrian Slater and Roger Langford to an investment group called Cheshire Cat Management for a seven-figure deal
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Tiger Bills secures second London site
Tiger Bills, the Lifestyle Hospitality Group Thai-grill restaurant franchise, has secured its second site in west London at Hammersmith to open in early December
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Crumbs & Doilies secures first site
Crumbs & Doilies, the homemade cupcake concept, has secured its first permanent site in London’s Soho
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D&M restaurant named most stylish
The Fable restaurant in London’s Holborne was named the most Stylish Dining Experience by Hilden, Leeds’s Gaucho and The Yorkshire Meatball Co. were named as finalists in the Hilden Style Awards
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Restaurants sign up to festive homelessness campaign
Charitable organisation StreetSmart is partnering with hundreds of UK restaurants to raise money to combat homelessness over the festive period by adding £1 to food bills
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Generator Hostels gets €60m from Invesco for expansion
Luxury hostel brand Generator has secured €60m of capital from US real estate investor Invesco, with plans to grow its portfolio to 20 properties by 2018
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Food safety non-compliance could result in 18 months custody
Businesses serving food that fail to comply with food safety and hygiene laws could face a fine of 700% of their weekly income or 18 months in prison, under new proposals from the Sentencing Council
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Non-alcoholic beer sales rise in UK
One in seven British drinkers bought a non-alcoholic beer last year, highlighting improvements in taste and quality of alcohol-free alternatives, according to new figures from global research firm Mintel
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Indian hospitality group secures first UK site
An Indian hospitality company called MG Muthu Group has made its first UK acquisition – the Belstead Brook Hotel in Ipswich
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Johnson appointed non-exec chair of TellTheChef
Serial entrepreneur Luke Johnson has been appointed as non-executive chairman of hospitality pre-ordering service provider TellTheChef, which is seeking further capital for growth
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Cubbit House gives details of new venture
Upmarket pub operator Cubitt House has confirmed details of its new sister venture Open House, which will open its first site Percy & Founders next March
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SIBA to host third BeerX Festival in Sheffield in March
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) will return to Sheffield in March for its third BeerX festival.