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All Operators articles – Page 161
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Analysis & InsightGoldilocks and the three narratives
Understanding the multi-speed and locally polarised UK recovery will be key for operators over the next 18 months, as it brings challenges to expansion plans, pricing and promotions, and national marketing and communications campaigns argues Trajectory Partnership’s Paul Flatters
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NewsM&C20 lags behind market on anniversary
It’s a full year since we launched M&C20 and the portfolio of leisure sector shares is worth nearly 26% more than in May 2013, against a 6% rise across the general stockmarket
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Moto reports losses after servicing parent company debt
Motorway services company Moto Hospitality has reported a 1.1% fall in turnover to £840.03m the full year 2013, caused by a fall in fuel sales
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British Street Food set for next growth stage
British Street Food is set to take its offer to the next level, which will include a panel of industry mentors, after entering talks regarding new funding
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NewsOsmond campaigns for recruitment Code of Practice
Former Pizza Express and Punch Taverns entrepreneur Hugh Osmond and Rare Bird Hotels are taking a stance against ‘rogue’ recruitment agencies by campaigning for a Code of Practice to be developed
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NewsGovernment finds zero-hours contracts most common in hospitality
Nearly half of companies operating in accommodation and food services employ staff on zero-hours contracts (ZHCs), according to a new government survey commissioned as part of its consultation into the practice
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Analysis & InsightInside track: Trading concerns
Leading analyst Geof Collyer of Deutsche Bank lays out his concerns regarding the current trading environment, and focuses on confusion of offering – is it a pub or a restaurant; site availability, site saturation and rent inflation; and couponing and the online threat
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Camm & Hooper eyes further sites
Camm & Hooper, the Imbiba Partnership-backed events-focused vehicle, plans to operate six sites within London in the next two years
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NewsZolfo Cooper Profit Tracker - the results
M&C Report, in partnership with Zolfo Cooper, the leading financial advisory firm, has created the Profit Tracker to chart the growth of the most successful privately-owned operators within the vibrant pub, restaurant and quick-service sector
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Intu receives consent for Lakeside leisure development
Intu has received outline planning consent to create a multi-million leisure development at intu Lakeside, its market leading centre in Thurrock
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OpinionChanging of the guard
If the average tenure for a chief executive these days in a quoted business is under five years, and for those in private businesses slightly more, then Simon Kossoff, Russel Joffe, Robin Rowland, Clive Schlee, Harvey Smyth and Andrew Page, with a combined tenure of more than 60 years (an average of 10 years each), are all due for replacement at some point soon. When it happens, who from the next generation will take over?
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NewsIntu to create Bromley leisure development
Intu has submitted a planning application to create a leisure development to provide more choice and variety in Bromley as part of the company’s £24m investment plans for the scheme
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Lfls up 13.5% at Essenden
Essenden, the Nick Basing-led operator of the Tenpin brand, has reported a 13.5% rise in like-for-like sales for the 11 weeks to 16 March 2014 on the back of a second consecutive year of growth
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NewsVAT Club names 24 September as Tax Equality Day
VAT Club Jacques Borel is to stage a Tax Equality Day on Wednesday 24 September
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Industry set for next Big Conversation on jobs
The British Hospitality Association, Springboard and Business in the Community will again come together next week to urge the hospitality and tourism industry in and around Heathrow to invest in local young people as part of the latest ‘Big Hospitality Conversation’
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NewsTfL to launch pop-up shops in Tube stations
Transport for London (TfL) has signed a deal with short-term lettings firm Appear Here to rent vacant retail units across London Underground stations to brands and designers.
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Waitrose to up foodservice credentials
Waitrose is planning to open more cafes and trial new hospitality concepts over the next 12 months
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NewsReilley named Retailers’ Retailer 2014
Alex Reilley, who has overseen the impressive growth of Loungers, has been singled out by his peers as the stand-out individual in the eating-out and drinking-out market
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2014 shaping up to be landmark year
A leading recruitment website has said that 2014 is shaping up to be a landmark year for the hospitality sector, with the market already showing strong signs of recovery
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OpinionTime to beat the drum on jobs
There has been some fine work carried out on highlighting the career possibilities available across the sector over the last couple of years, but with the campaign to cut VAT seemingly being moved into the sidings by the Government for the time being, it is time to ramp up an issue it can’t afford to ignore, job creation. The sector just needs a figurehead to lead the way in highlighting the breadth of the careers now available