All MCA Insight articles in October 2021 – Page 3
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NewsRaab: Former prisoners will be trained to help hospitality ‘thrive’ this Christmas
Ex-convicts could help plug staff shortages in pubs and restaurants in the run-up to Christmas, said Justice Secretary Dominic Raab.
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NewsChancellor in row over Treasury’s failure to cut business rates in Budget
Rishi Sunak is at the centre of a Cabinet row over the Treasury’s failure to cut business rates, despite an explicit Conservative manifesto pledge to do so.
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NewsBooster jabs will prevent lockdown, says Rishi Sunak
Shops, pubs and restaurants must not shut again to deal with Covid, Rishi Sunak has said, as he insisted that vaccines meant there could be “no more lockdowns”.
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NewsHospitality leaders urge Rishi Sunak not to raise VAT rate in his autumn budget
More than two hundred hospitality industry leaders have written to Rishi Sunak urging him not to increase the rate of VAT.
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NewsWomen boycott clubs amid ‘spiking epidemic’
Students are planning to boycott nightclubs next week as part of nationwide protests, with more than 30 universities taking part in the campaign in a bid to force venues to increase safety measures.
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NewsSupper secures £2.4m from Growthdeck
The high-end restaurant delivery platform operates a fleet of custom-made, stabilised vehicles and employs its drivers directly
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OpinionDominic Walsh: A game of marginal gains
Although progress has been slow, under CEO Dominic Paul there has been some improvement in the “explosive relationship” with Domino’s and its biggest franchisees
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NewsJust Eat says UK losses have ‘clearly peaked’
UK MD Andrew Kenny said investments in areas like marketing and pricing had inevitably hit profitability but it was confident EBITDA was on an upward trajectory.
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NewsPret ventures into self-service hot drinks
The branded coffee machines will be introduced into convenience stores, forecourts, universities, healthcare facilities and workplaces
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NewsSourced Market MD departs
Scott Macdonald has left to join Fego Restaurants as interim MD after two and a half years with the premium retail and cafe concept.
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InterviewsNeat Burger: We will be the leaders in plant-based
Following recent fund raising that included investment from SoftBank’s Rajeev Misra, and sales increases of 300% year-on-year, MCA caught up with Neat Burger’s co-founder and chief operating officer Stasi Nychas to find out more about the company’s growth plans
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NewsDelivery still thriving after lockdown
Managed restaurant and pub groups more than doubled their delivery and takeaway sales from pre-pandemic levels in September, the latest edition of the CGA & Slerp Hospitality at Home Tracker shows.
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NewsFurlough scheme costs £69bn
Office for National Statistics figures reveal it was the biggest intervention in the UK jobs market in peacetime
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NewsBlack Sheep eyes 100 sites
Black Sheep Coffee is looking to double its estate of 50 sites by the end of summer 2022.
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News100 MPs call for draught beer duty cut
In a letter to Rishi Sunak, the group of Tory backbenchers urged the chancellor to maintain a freeze on alcohol duties when he delivers his budget on Wednesday.
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NewsPlan B restrictions will 'devastate industry'
Phil Urban, chief executive of Mitchells & Butlers, said ministers had left it too late to address rising case numbers and that any action now could devastate the industry
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OpinionWhat is that light at the end of the tunnel?
David Read, founder and chairman of Prestige Purchasing looks at how food and drink supply will be impacted as hospitality slowly exits the pandemic
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NewsLeon appoints new head of acquisitions
Leon has named Beth Emmens as its new head of acquisitions following the departure of Adam Blaker as property director.
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NewsCovid recovery loan scheme to be extended
A six-month extension of Government’s recovery loan scheme is expected to be announced in next week’s Budget.
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NewsUKHospitality: ‘Inflation extremely concerning for the sector’
UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls has warned that rising costs are adding pressure to already beleaguered operators.