All MCA Insight articles in October 2013 – Page 16
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Vardigans steps down as Fat Duck CEO
Simon Vardigans, the former finance director at Barracuda Group, has stepped as group chief executive of The Fat Duck Group, the Heston Blumenthal-led company, just five months into the role
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Knife & Fork sets out growth plans
Knife & Fork Food is looking to grow its four-strong estate by one site a year over the next five years, after securing a new site from Enterprise Inns
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Cribbs F&B: enhances food offer, new sites
Cribbs F&B, the Cheshire-based operator of the Circle 360 Champagne and cocktail bar brand, is to introduce an enhanced food offer to increase the food mix for its next two openings, which includes a flagship site at the Lakeside shopping centre in Kent, M&C Report has learnt
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Former Britvic CEO Moody secures new role
Former Britvic chief executive Paul Moody is to become the new head of Food Freshness Technology (FFT), the food-focused, materials group
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Burrito Café secures third site
Burrito Café, the fledgling London-based concept, is set to open its third site by the end of the year after securing a site in Islington
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Opinion
Cheshire Cat pauses to consolidate
Cheshire Cat Pubs and Bars, the pub company founded by former Greenalls executives Tim Bird and Mary McLaughlin, is pausing to consolidate after opening five pubs in five years
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Chateau Dessert to launch first restaurant
Chateau Dessert, the premium dessert products provider to the UK foodservice and contract caterer, is to launch its first standalone restaurant/café next month in London’s Chiswick
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Vini Italiani to launch wine bar operation
Vini Italiani, the South Kensington-based wine store, is to open a bar operation at the end of this month
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Finance provider sees more enquiries from sector
Boost Capital, the business finance provider, says it has seen a “dramatic rise” in enquiries for bar and restaurant operators in particular as it reports that one third of all demand from small and medium enterprises has come from the hospitality sector
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Bianco43 up to three
Fabrizio Margarita and Massimo Parodi, the teamn behind pizza concept Bianco43, are set to open their third site under the brand in Blackheath later this month
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New restaurant/boutique to open in the City
Salotto & Roda, a new fashion concept, which mixes a restaurant space with an Italian clothes boutique, is to open in the City at the end of this month
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Food trends influence Stonegate’s new menu launch
Six pubs in Birmingham, owned and operated by Stonegate Pub Company have launched their latest menus and have adopted some of the newest food trends sweeping the UK
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Enterprise awards 'community hero' publicans
Eighteen Enterprise Inns publicans have each received £5,000 to invest in their communities as regional winner of the pub company’s Community Hero Awards
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Harrow cancels EMRO
Harrow Council cancelled its early morning restriction order (EMRO) hearing, due on 10 October, thereby terminating the EMRO process
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NewsUK restaurant sector world leader
The UK’s restaurant sector has arguably become the world leader in terms of innovation and is bigger and better than ever, according to leading industry players including Luke Johnson and Ian Neill
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Arran Brewery names new NED
Arran Brewery, the Scottish brewer and bar operator, has appointed a veteran brewery technician as a non-executive director ahead of its planned £4m share sale, which is due to launch next monthpeople
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Chestnut Inns opens first pub
A new Suffolk-based pub company called Chestnut Inns has opened its first site and plans more in the region
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NewsDP Poland opens first outside Warsaw
DP Poland, the operator of Domino’s Pizza in Poland, has opened its first store outside the capital Warsaw
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NewsCosta opens 50th Compass franchise site
Costa has opened its 50th corporate franchise store in partnership with Compass Group UK & Ireland in London’s Moorfields Eye Hospita
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NewsLa Tasca reports “massive turnaround”
La Tasca has reported a 68.9% increase in like-for-like EBITDA for the seven months to the end of September and said it had seen a “massive turnaround in performance” since its underwent a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA) last year