All MCA Insight articles in October 2013 – Page 23
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Moo Grill secures third site
Moo Grill, the Argentinian café and wine bar concept backed by Alberto Abbate, has secured its third site in London, in Pimlico. The group has secured the former Pride of Pimlico site on Vauxhall Bridge Road for an opening before the end of the year. Abbate, the restaurateur behind restaurants ...
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Think tank urges new ideas on hazardous drinking
New and different approaches are needed to enable off-trade retailers to prevent hazardous drinking, according to a political think tank which is conducting research into the problem
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NewsFive Guys closes in on Lakeside
Five Guys is understood to have secured its second site outside of London, after agreeing to take a unit at Lakeside Shopping Centre’s new £9m foodcourt in Essex
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NewsAnalyst corner
Simon French, analyst at Panmure Gordon, looks ahead to Marstons’ pre-close interim management statement next Wednesday (9 October)
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Pickles 'won't stop rates revaluation delay'
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has indicated that he won’t reverse the delay in the business rates revaluation, in an interview with Estates Gazette
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Hix takes chicken and steak to the City
Chef, restaurateur and food writer Mark Hix is doubling up on the success of Tramshed, having acquired the now-defunct Sushinho site in London’s Devonshire Square to open another restaurant under the chicken and steak concept
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NewsM&C20 suffers third consecutive decline
The M&C20 suffered its third consecutive decline this week, down 2.3% to 1,122 - a fall that wiped £240m off the value of the 20 companies represented in the index
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Champagne & tapas concept acquires final Chez Gerard
Brasserie Bar Co, the Mark Derry-led group, has sold its remaining Chez Gérard site in Bishopsgate, after receiving “an offer we could not refuse” from a new Champagne and tapas concept
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NewsFY EBITDA doubles at Leon
Leon has reported that EBITDA for the year to the end of 2012 more than doubled from £442k to £920.5k, in a period in which it opened two new stores
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NewsBarburrito closes in on second London site
Barburrito is close to securing its second site in London’s Farringdon, one of two it hopes to add in the capital by the end of the yea
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Gala Coral 'eyes bingo club sale'
Gala Coral Group is due to put its 140-strong chain of bingo clubs up for sale for between £250m and £300m, according to The Times
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Analysis & Insight
British food overtakes Italian; rise of aspirational consumers
British food has overtaken Italian for the first as UK consumers’ favourite choice when eating out, says new research that also suggests more consumers identify themselves as “aspirational gourmets” - although fewer of these are choosing to eat out
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Chaophraya strengthens pipeline
Chaophraya has secured the first two sites for new street food concept, Thai Pad, and is closing on a restaurant in Nottingham for its core eponymous brand
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Analysis & InsightServices sector had best quarter for 16 years
The UK’s services sector had its best quarterly performance in Q3 since the second quarter of 1997, although consumer-facing industries continued to struggle due to the squeeze on incomes, new research shows
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New operator takes former Beatbox bar
A bar and live music venue in Cardiff whose owners were placed in administration has been taken on by new operator 8 Bar Blue Limited
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Starbucks ramps up food investment
Starbucks UK is launching its largest ever investment in food in the UK, which includes the addition of Duffin, a hybrid of a donut and a muffin, to its new food range
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Springboard launches FutureChef 2014
Springboard’s FutureChef, the nationwide culinary competition, which is now in its 14th year and is aimed at those between 12-16 yrs, has been launched for 2014
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Publican Awards - enter now
Entries are now being sought from pub companies large and small to the Publican Awards 2014
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Zonal develops table management technology
Zonal, the EPoS provider to the hospitality industry, has developed a system to help operators manage their tables
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ALMR ops manager awards finalists named
The finalists of the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) Operations Managers Awards have been announced