All Operators articles – Page 160

  • News

    Malmaison extends debt facilities

    2014-08-07T07:52:00Z

    Malmaison and Hotel du Vin have refinanced and extended their existing senior debt facilities

  • SSP City Bar and Grill
    News

    Lfls up 3.3% at SSP

    2014-08-07T07:09:00Z

    SSP, the recently listed travel concessions operator, has reported like-for-like sales growth of 3.3% for the three months to 30 June

  • News

    Weetons eyes expansion

    2014-07-25T07:52:00Z

    Weetons, the Yorkshire-based foodhall and café concept, is planning to expand into major cities in the north of England after receiving new investment

  • News

    Essenden to increase customer spend on food

    2014-07-22T07:40:00Z

    Essenden, the tenpin bowling operator, is looking to increase the average customer spend on food with a range of sharing platters and snacks as well as introducing an alley-side ordering tool to make it more convenient for customers to order drinks and food, M&C Report has learnt

  • News

    BrewDog plans spirits division

    2014-07-15T07:50:00Z

    BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, is planning a spirits division at its Aberdeenshire brewery site, M&C Report has learnt

  • Spirit bar staff
    Opinion

    Rising stars needed to beat talent timebomb

    2014-07-14T08:06:00Z

    The ability to attract and retain new talent is one of the eating and drinking-out industry’s most significant challenges. Many school and university leavers continue to believe that the sector is not a viable career path for them to embark on

  • News

    Q App signs four leisure operators

    2014-07-11T07:54:00Z

    Q App, the mobile ordering and payments platform, has signed Pho restaurant group, takeaway group Street Kitchen, Ministry of Sound nightclub and the restaurant and nightclub group Chicago Leisure

  • News

    Picturehouse to anchor Ealing development

    2014-07-08T07:40:45.420Z

    Picturehouse Cinemas will open its largest cinema to date at Land Securities’ new Ealing Filmworks development

  • News

    Retail income up at Cineworld

    2014-07-03T08:09:00Z

    Cineworld has reported a 1.4% increase increase in retail spend across its UK & Ireland estate in the 26 weeks to 26 June 2014

  • Analysis & Insight

    Plan ahead to maximise success

    2014-06-27T16:06:00Z

    Just 58% of hospitality companies have a business plan, despite there being a clear link between business planning and increased profit, according to new research by People 1st

  • News

    Everyman CEO to step down

    2014-06-27T15:49:52.827Z

    Everyman has announced that its chief executive Andrew Myers will leave the business at the end of this year

  • Analysis & Insight

    Commuters seek lower F&B prices and healthy options

    2014-06-27T07:59:00Z

    Lower prices would be the key motivator in persuading more people to buy food and drink at railway stations or on trains, while healthy options and increased quality are also desired

  • News

    Zero-hours contracts face new controls

    2014-06-25T07:17:00Z

    Employers are to be banned from stopping staff with zero-hours contracts seeking extra work elsewhere, but zero hours contracts will not be scrapped

  • News

    Cineworld to anchor £100m Watford scheme

    2014-06-19T07:37:31.277Z

    Intu has signed leading cinema operator Cineworld as the leisure anchor for its £100m retail and leisure development in Watford town centre

  • News

    Operators confirmed for Chester dining quarter

    2014-06-18T07:39:00Z

    Chimichanga, Coast to Coast, Las Iguanas and The Restaurant Bar and Grill have been confirmed as the four operators who will open at the new dining quarter in Chester

  • News

    Sector operators collect wine & spirit awards

    2014-06-04T07:49:00Z

    Scott Collins, co-founder of MeatLiquor, and Vinoteca were amongst the winners at this year’s wine & spirit awards from M&C Report’s sister title Harpers

  • Spirit bar staff
    Analysis & Insight

    The secret to delivering sustained excellence

    2014-06-02T07:07:00Z

    Understanding why some multi-unit managers perform better than others is a question that I hear asked a great deal. My response is that high performers value certain activities more than others and by ‘value’ I mean that they spend more of their time and energy on seeing these activities done well; over and over again

  • Analysis & Insight

    Open doors to the world’s talent and funding will follow

    2014-05-21T07:30:47.273Z

    Sherry Coutu CBE, advisor to Linkedin and London Stock Exchange board member argues that freeing up the recruitment pathways for fast-growing companies is what will make a further difference in the short-term and will allow the UK to look a more credible destination for investors

  • News

    Compass: Conditions improving in Europe

    2014-05-14T07:44:00Z

    Compass Group, the global contract caterer, has said that it is starting to see an improvement in economic conditions and new business growth in Europe

  • News

    ALMR sees 30% growth in operator membership

    2014-05-14T07:42:00Z

    The ALMR has announced that operator membership grew by over 30% in 2013, for the second successive year, with supplier membership increasing by over 18%