All MCA Insight articles in October 2015 – Page 16
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NewsJones Group plans 10 ping pong & pool sites
Jones Bar Group, the Leeds-based multiple site operator, plans to grow its Roxy Ballroom brand to 10 venues in the next five years before seeking a buyer
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NewsHummus Bros LFLS up 7%
Hummus Bros, the London-based healthy eating concept, has reported 7% like for like sales growth for Q3 across its stores
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Chen to launch turkey-based concept Strut & Cluck
Amir Chen is to launch a new turkey-based restaurant concept called Strut & Cluck in partnership with Ted Baker founder Raymond Kelvin
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Deltic partners with Captain Morgan
The Deltic Group has agreed a partnership with Captain Morgan to be its official white rum partner across its 59 venues.
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NewsLeon appoints brand director
Naturally fast food chain Leon has appointed its first brand and marketing director as it ramps up its expansion plans
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Caffe Nero launches hot lunch menu
Caffe Nero has launched a hot lunch time menu and released its own research showing how few Brits takes lunch breaks
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Adventure Bar secures £650k for new site
Cocktail bar group Adventure Bar has secured £650k from challenger bank OakNorth to enable its expansion, which includes purchasing a site in Covent Garden
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Crussh opens new look venue
London-based healthy eating concept Crussh has opened its 26th site in the City between Aldgate and Liverpool Street as it ramps up expansion following its brand refurbishment
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Start swaps Colliers for DCL
Connie Start, leisure and property specialist has moved to the pubs team at property agency Davis Coffer Lyons’ from Colliers
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BHA launches Japanese chef competition
The British Hospitality Association is teaming up with All Nippon Airways (AHA) to find seven chefs to visit Japan on a culinary tour
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Margaux founders to open Bandol
Sylvia Kontek and Vittorio Monge, the founders of Chelsea-based European restaurant Margaux, will open the doors to their second restaurant - Bandol - this week
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Restaurants must treat customers better, says M group founder
M Restaurants founder Martin Williams has criticised the ‘terrible’ treatment of customers at popular restaurants in London
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Analysis & Insight
Spirit drinkers ‘increasingly disloyal to brands’
The drinks sector, both globally and in the UK, is facing a continuous march towards premiumisation, delegates to last week’s Spirits Summit were told.
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NewsSquare Pie closes fundraising at £681k
Square Pie, the pie & mash restaurant operator, has completed its fundraising round after raising £681,500 through online crowdfunding platform Crowdcube
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Operators confirmed for Nottingham development
Handmade Burger Co, TGI Friday’s and Prezzo have all been confirmed for the Telford Shopping Centre that will open in Shropshire autumn 2016
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Greene King named top 50 apprentice employer
Greene King has been named as one of the top 50 apprenticeship employers in the UK.
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NewsSABMiller board accepts AB InBev takeover bid
The board of SABMiller has provisionally accepted a £67bn takeover bid by AB InBev.
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Barnfather: Pressure building on Whitbread
Leading analyst Anna Barnfather, of Panmure Gordon, has said that Whitbread’s growth story is shifting further towards capex-heavy room expansion, increasing the capital intensity of its business model, raising debt levels and lowering returns.
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Analysis & Insight
A Rouge signal of intent
Dominic Walsh admires the speed with which Steve Richards is turning around the fortunes of CDG, the former Tragus Group, and its one-time drifting brand Café Rouge
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Analysis & Insight
Household spending slows in September
Visa’s consumer spending index – which looks at total spending, not just that on credit cards – showed spending post a lift of 1.8% in September compared with the same month last year.