All MCA Insight articles in October 2014 – Page 4
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News
Soupe du Joure to open second London site
Takeaway and restaurant concept Soupe du Jour will open its second London site in the City on 4 November.
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Bibendum Wine and PLB Group merge
Bibendum Wine Ltd has announced it will merge with drinks importer PLB Group to create Bibendum PLB.
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JDW fails in bid to cut hours at Newcastle pubs ahead of late-night levy
Newcastle City Council has refused JD Wetherspoon’s attempt to dodge the city’s late-night levy by cutting back its hours at three pubs.
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Noble Inns plans second Smokehouse
London-based gastropub operator Noble Inns has secured a second site for its Smokehouse concept in Chiswick
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Faucet opens the Tap Room
Faucet Inns has opened the first site under its new joint venture with the Downing Pub EIS Fund – The Tap Room in Southampton
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Second Cup sets out UK expansion plan
Second Cup has signed commitments to open 90 sites in the UK over the next five years, after opening its debut site in Manchester
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Pita Pit continues London expansion
Pita Pit, the North American-based healthy fast food concept, which launched in the UK last year, has secured its third site in London
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Contactless payment 'can create fast-service areas for pubs'
Contactless payment technology represents an opportunity for high-volume, wet-led pubs, according to Vianet managing director, Steve Alton.
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Parks Trust puts pub investment package on the market
The Parks Trust has placed the investment interest of four pubs based in and around Milton Keynes on the market, for a combined sum of just under £1.5m
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Analysis & Insight
Trafford Centre tops list of shopping malls for foodservice
The pulling power of shopping mall food courts remains undimmed according to new research by CGA Peach.
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C&C H1 EBITDA down 2.2%; reiterates Spirit bid rationale
C&C Group, the drinks firm behind Magners and Tennents, has reported a 2.2% decline in EBITDA to Eu81m (£63.9m) for the six months to 31 August
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Opinion
The Renaissance Man
Tim Hulme has had a big task on his hands turning around the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), but he’s adamant that progress has been made as he targets further reform and growth for the organisation. Hulme also has bold ambitions for the pub sector as a whole.
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Canteen founders to launch new music-inspired venue
Dominic Lake and Patrick Clayton-Malone, two of the founders of Canteen, plan to launch a standalone site for their new music-inspired concept Spiritland
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Former Luminar chairman Geffert to leave business
Nightclub operator Luminar has announced former chairman Alex Geffert has stepped as a non-executive director of the board.
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Pubs and restaurants ‘at perfect point’ to take advantage of EIS funding
Gastro pubs and fast casual dining are perfectly poised to capitalise from investments under the Enterprise Investment Scheme, a specialist has said.
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New bar concept secures Giant Robot site
Ruth & Robinson, the new Brooklyn-inspired concept, has secured its first site in London, after acquiring the Giant Robot site in Clerkenwell,
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Paul UK and Bill’s sites sell for £6.2m
A set of properties housing Paul UK and Bill’s Restaurant outlets has been sold on a long leasehold basis for £6.2m.
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Las Iguanas secures Woking site
Las Iguanas, the Bowmark Capital-backed group, is to open a site in the newly refurbished Woking shopping centre
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Prezzo takes Wisbech site
Takeover target Prezzo is set to open a site in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
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Craft Beer Co launches search for UK’s best home brewer
Craft Beer Co has launched this year’s search to find the UK’s best home brewer.