All MCA Insight articles in October 2015 – Page 11
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Dum Dum to launch in the Middle East
The London-based Dum Dum Doughnut concept is to make its international debut by the end of this year in Dubai
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NewsHook Norton joint MD steps down
Hook Norton’s joint managing director Adrian Staley has left the business, M&C understands.
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Dark Star secures new site
Dark Star Brewery will open the first site under its fledgling pub company early next year, after securing a former cocktail bar site in Haywards Heath
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CRS to return to expansion trail
Chicago Rib Shack (CRS) is to return to the expansion trail next year, after exiting its site in Southampton
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Analysis & Insight
One third visit shopping centres just for F&B
Almost one-third of all visitors to shopping centres go there just to eat and drink, acoording to the latest Food and Beverage report by CBRE
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NewsPret makes French airport debut
Pret A Manger, the Bridgepoint-backed chain, has opened its first French airport shop and first in France outside Paris
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Disco Bars acquires two sites from Fever
Midlands based Disco Bars Group has acquired two sites from the Fever Group.
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Purity reports FY turnover up 35%
Purity Brewing Company has reported sales growth of 35% year on year for the 2014 financial year, to £5.8m.
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Johnboys BBQ Smokehouse launches Crowdfunder project
Johnboys BBQ Smokehouse has launched a project on Crowdfunder UK in the hope of creating the UK’s first quick-serve US smokehouse restaurant chain
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NewsCosta H1 lfls up 4.4%
Costa Coffee grew like-for-like sales in the UK by 4.4% in the six months to 27 August
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NewsRugby World Cup drives pub lfl growth of 9%
UK pubs saw a Rugby World Cup sales boost despite England’s early exit with like-for-likes in the week beginning September up 9%.
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Analysis & InsightUK consumer confidence bounces back to record high
UK consumer confidence bounced-back to a record high in Q3 2015, according to the latest Consumer Tracker from Deloitte
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Basing leaves Elegant Hotels board
Nick Basing has left the board of Elegant Hotels – the operator of five upscale outlets in Barbados.
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Analysis & InsightThe ingredients for success
What is the secret of a successful restaurant roll-out? Private equity firm Bowmark Capital recently achieved nearly four times cost with its sale of Las Iguanas. Bowmark partner Ron Pearson explains the background to the deal and looks at what made that investment so lucrative
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Vianet reports ‘encouraging’ H1
Beerflow monitoring specialist Vianet has said trading for the six months to 30 September was in line with expectations despite “continued pressure on trading in the pub sector”.
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NewsCote reviews tipping policy
Cote is to become the latest sector operator to make changes to its policy regarding the service charge and tipping
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NewsDebenhams confirms Ed’s link up
Debenhams is to further ramp up its food and drink offering, after confirming it will introduce branches of Ed’s Easy Diner into three of its stores
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Turtle Bay to double up in Liverpool
Turtle Bay, the Piper-backed Caribbean chain, is to open two restaurants in Liverpool in the space of six months
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Liberation seeks to grow accommodation sales
The Liberation Group is seeking to grow accommodation revenue across its Channel Islands estate after the success of the rooms added to one of its flagship sites, M&C understands.
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NewsFive minutes with… Charlie Gilkes, Inception Group
This week, M&C takes five minutes with Charlie Gilkes, co-founder of Inception Group, about how Byron creates a buzz, his fears over diminishing property targets in the capital and his dream of running a hotel