All Operators articles – Page 150
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NewsAnalyst corner: Brumby – the only constant with hospitality is change
Leading analyst Mark Brumby at Langton Capital says that change is the only constant but asks do operators signing 25-year, upward only leases have this front of mind?
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Center Parcs appoints banks to work on IPO
Blackstone has hired investment banks to oversee the potential £2.5bn stock marketing listing of Center Parcs
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Analysis & InsightShaken-up
Over the last two years Revolution Bars and chief executive Mark McQuater have helped each other restore their reputations. From a failed sales process, the company has dusted itself down and under McQuater impressively re-invented itself leading to a re-engaged consumer and an uplift in sales
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Analysis & InsightFear factor in market revival
Although a return to activity is something to be championed, Dominic Walsh is taking the positivity with a pinch of salt after spotting a few signs that not everything in the garden is rosy.
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Hard Rock Café suspends Twitter competitions after ASA ruling
Hard Rock Café UK has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) for the way the way it promoted two competitions on social media.
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Consortium acquires Italian Secrets
Italian Secrets, the corporate catering and cookery business, has been acquired by a consortium of private individuals for an undisclosed sum
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Scotmid launches food-to-go concept
Scotmid, the convenience store chain, has launched The Kitchen, its first ‘food to go’ concept, in its Ratho Station store
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Motorway service areas owner completes £220m bond
Extra MSA Group, which owns 18 motorway service areas (MSAs), has completed a £220m private bond issue on one of its portfolios
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Downing secures funding for Antic
Downing has announced it has secured a new funding package to secure five core sites within the Downing/Antic London estate.
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Las Iguanas awarded for employee engagement
Las Iguanas, the casual dining concept backed by Bowmark Capital, has been given the Reward & Recognition Award at the 2015 Employee Engagement Awards for its staff incentive and engagement
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Oxford next for Deliveroo
Deliveroo is launching its service in Oxford next week as part of plans to be operational in c.15 cities and towns across the UK by the end of the year
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LV secures historic Manchester venue
Living Ventures Group, the Tim Bacon-led business, has acquired the former Room Restaurant site on Manchester’s King Street to open Grand Pacific restaurant and bar
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British Land footfall grows 1.3%
British Land saw footfall in its shopping areas grow by 1.3% in the quarter ending 31 December.
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NewsAs you were for UK nightclub sector
A leading property adviser has said that the UK’s nightclub sector faces “more of the same” over the next 12 months
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OpinionStreet food focus: Breddos Tacos
In the second of our monthly street food spotlights, Street Feast organiser Adam Layton shares his thoughts on Breddos Tacos and the changing face of Mexican street food
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Analysis & Insight
Risks, uncertainties and opportunities for 2015
To coincide with this year’s Business Outlook from Christie+ Co, David Smith, Economics Editor of The Sunday Times was the guest speaker at the report’s launch event. For his talk, Smith took up the theme of ‘Risks, Uncertainties and Opportunities for 2015’
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Campbell: Valuations are becoming unrealistic
Leading sector investor Paul Campbell has said that valuations of businesses are becoming unrealistic
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Everyman Cinema in line with expectations
Everyman Cinema has reported that its 2014 trading was in line with market expectations and outlined plans for new sites to open this year
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Welcome Break named for failing to pay NMW
Welcome Break has said that an IT problem led to it being among 37 businesses to be “named and shamed” for failing to pay the minimum wage
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NewsPredictions for 2015
The year the pub sector gets to grip with what the beer tie, further industry consolidation and growth in the cocktail market are among the predictions for 2015 picked out by industry leaders.