All Operators articles – Page 121

  • Barnardo’s
    News

    NWTC staff raise £43k for Barnardo’s

    2017-01-25T08:34:00Z

    The Botanist bar group has raised £43,594 for Barnardo’s as the children’s charity celebrates its 150th anniversary. The Botanist, part of New World Trading Company, also pledged 1,500 hours of staff time towards Barnardo’s projects and initiatives to celebrate the milestone. Charity challenges included the National Three Peaks Challenge and ...

  • News

    Time Out Market FY revenue up 110%

    2017-01-25T08:30:00Z

    Time Out Group has said trading remained “positive” in the second half of the year to 31 December with full-year revenue anticipated to be ahead of expectations.

  • News

    Honest Coffees eyes move into retail stores

    2017-01-25T08:23:00Z

    Honest Coffees, the Devon based wholesaler and coffee machine supplier, is planning to move into retail stores with the opening of one or two shops and roastery.

  • News

    Kained to open "Victorian style boozer" in Glasgow

    2017-01-25T08:19:00Z

    Kained Holdings, the Scotland based bar and restaurant operator, is opening a new Victorian style pub in a site is has been chasing for 10 years, MCA has learnt.

  • News

    2017 be a year of cannibalisation & significant pressures

    2017-01-24T08:28:00Z

    The next 12 months will lead to some cannibalisation within the sector, a greater focus on total sales levels

  • GBK exterior
    Opinion

    M&A activity – 2016 a year in review

    2017-01-24T08:21:00Z

    2016 was another eventful year in the restaurant and bars sector. Despite some strong headwinds, a steady flow of deal activity has continued over the last 12 months. BDO M&A specialists Tom Barnard and Eleanor Moulsdale take a look at the deals that shaped 2016 and who will be the movers and shakers over the next 12 months.

  • Zing Zing
    News

    Zing Zing secures third site

    2017-01-20T16:30:00Z

    Chinese takeaway brand Zing Zing has announced the opening of its third store in Kensal Rise with a fourth expected later this year. The new site allows the business to widen its delivery radius and is the next phase in its ambition to open 30 sites across London by 2020. ...

  • James Liang Hotcha
    News

    Hotcha to open two stores a month from H2

    2017-01-20T08:32:00Z

    Hotcha is to ramp up its expansion in the second half of this year with the aim of adding two stores a month going forward, MCA has learnt.

  • Borderline
    News

    DHP on the hunt for more venues to transform

    2017-01-20T08:27:00Z

    DHP Family, the live music venue operator, is on the look-out for more sites to expand its portfolio, as it prepares to relaunch two iconic London venues.

  • Coffee
    News

    Cardiff has highest proportion of coffee shops to pubs

    2017-01-20T08:20:00Z

    Cardiff has the highest proportion of coffee shops compared to pubs in the UK, new research shows.

  • Some of the winners of RROTY 2016 awards
    News

    ​Retailers’ Retailer of the Year Awards 2017 finalists announced

    2017-01-19T13:05:00Z

    The finalists for this year’s Retailers’ Retailer of the Year Awards (RROTY) have been revealed

  • Operators need to be prepared for the impact of a terrorist attack
    Analysis & Insight

    Thinking the unthinkable

    2017-01-19T08:29:00Z

    After a spate of terrorist attacks in public places across Europe in the past year, it is more important than ever before that operators are prepared for the worst. John O’Hara of Finch Insurance discusses the steps all operators should be taking to think the unthinkable

  • News

    Sushi Shop to double UK estate this year

    2017-01-18T08:27:00Z

    Sushi Shop, the food-to-go and delivery concept, is to double its UK estate this year, MCA understands.

  • News

    Lucky Voice seeks further UK expansion and Dubai launch

    2017-01-18T08:27:00Z

    Karaoke bar group, Lucky Voice, has said it is to expand into the Middle East, starting with a franchise launch in Dubai.

  • News

    Bath promoted to BrewDog MD UK & International

    2017-01-17T08:41:42.003Z

    Gareth Bath has been promoted to BrewDog’s managing director for UK and international, MCA has learnt.

  • Mobile apps at eating out brands
    Opinion

    Marginal calls, big decisions

    2017-01-16T07:36:00Z

    A new year finds the UK’s eating and drinking-out sector coming under pressure from a number of different angles, but as sure as day follows night, a challenge for one business is an opportunity for another as the sector enters a period of significant change

  • Tortilla
    News

    Tortilla to add three sites in UK and four in UAE

    2017-01-13T15:57:42.013Z

    Tortilla, the burrito and taco brand, is opening in Kingston in April and closing to singin for another two UK sites.

  • Cristina Fedi
    News

    Fedi swaps Byron for ULG

    2017-01-13T15:57:00Z

    Former Byron head of brand Cristina Fedi has joined Urban Leisure Group (ULG) as head of marketing, MCA has learnt.

  • Friska
    News

    Friska in investment talks

    2017-01-13T15:57:00Z

    Bristol healthy eating concept Friska is in talks with industry figures and private equity houses about a proposed investment in the business, MCA has learnt.

  • James Watt of BrewDog
    News

    BrewDog to scrap £5m hotel plan after council row

    2017-01-13T08:36:00Z

    BrewDog has scrapped its £5m plan to build a hotel and distillery at its Ellon brewery after a row with Aberdeenshire Council.