All Opinion articles – Page 57
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Time to unpick tied beer prices
Often the best tied licensees are making the least profit because beer discounts are not passed on fairly, argues pub industry consultant Phil Dixon
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Guardian of tradition
JW Lees is poised for growth thanks to developing the best bits of tradition and not being afraid to close failing pubs, managing director William Lees-Jones tells Phil Mellows. Free pies have helped, too
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OpinionBrand focus: Pizza Hut
On Friday Pizza Hut Restaurants unveiled the first of its new-style restaurants at Crawley Leisure Park in West Sussex as part of a £60m estate overhaul that will affect more than 80 outlets by the end of 2014. M&C Report saw the new design and caught up with chief executive Jens Hofma and operations director Mike Spencer
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OpinionExile's over for Graham Turner
Dominic Walsh assesses the return to business of Graham Turner, the new executive chairman of Novus Leisure, and recent statements made by Gondola CEO Harvey Smyth
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OpinionTaking Tragus forward
Mark Wingett talks to Tragus chief executive John Derkach about his first year at the helm of the Café Rouge, Strada and Bella Italia operator. The former Costa Coffee managing director talks about how Bella is primed for growth, Café Rouge is going through a process of reinvigoration and working to make Strada special again, while touching on some wider sector issues
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OpinionDefining craft beer
BrewDog founders James Watt and Martin Dickie attempt to draw up a “tangible and solid” definition of the increasingly popular drinks category
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Cheshire Cat pauses to consolidate
Cheshire Cat Pubs and Bars, the pub company founded by former Greenalls executives Tim Bird and Mary McLaughlin, is pausing to consolidate after opening five pubs in five years
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OpinionThe campaign game
Jacques Borel’s VAT campaign is just one example of a recent trend of single-issue lobbying in the sector. John Harrington examines the trend and what it means for established trade associations
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OpinionDay parts? What day parts?
Aubaine founder Hani Nakkach tells Mel Flaherty why his flexible, French restaurant format is a hit with ‘new-school’ diners
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OpinionOn the turnaround trail
Nick Basing, chief executive of Essenden, tells how he set about the task of leading the recovery of its Tenpin bowling business by focusing on staff engagement, sharing performance data, and changing the culture
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OpinionSpirit enters the premium league
Spirit Pub Company last month launched its second Premium Pub site with the conversion of a former Chef & Brewer in Kew, south-west London, which re-opened as the Cricketers. John Harrington spoke to Martin Braisby, brand director of the Premium Pub concept, and the Cricketers’ general manager Paolo Corgiolu, about Spirit’s move into a more premium territory
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OpinionAgents of change
Operators need to be agents of change and have clarity of vision for their people and brand, says Chris Muller, the leading academic expert in the field of chain restaurant management
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Carlsberg UK grows market share, turnover dips
Carlsberg UK increased its UK market share in 2012 from 15% to 15.3%, driven by a “notable increase in the on-trade”, as turnover dipped 0.5% to £994.5m
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The licensing legacy
It’s now more than 10 years since the passing of the Licensing Act, which aimed to radically alter the licensing regime and drinking culture in this country. Jon Collins examines its consequences
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Globe artistic director to launch restaurant venture
Dominic Dromgoole, the artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe, is backing a new casual dining venture, Maeve’s Kitchen, which is set to launch in London’s Hackney later this year
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OpinionLiberalisation or the route to restriction?
Ten years after its introduction, Ellie Bothwell looks at how the Licensing Act 2003 has affected the pub industry
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OpinionPunch: statutory code 'breaches human rights'
Punch Taverns has labelled the Government’s plans for a statutory code for the pubco-tenant relationship a breach of its human rights
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OpinionOne good turn
Being shouted at by a woman in Burkina Faso was probably not what Simon Kossoff, chief executive of Carluccio’s, imagined would be part of running the all-day Italian café brand, but charity fundraising and its results have become an important aspect of the group’s business
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It's nothing personal
Of all things the pub industry would like Government to consider to help the sector, the abolition of personal licences is quite a long way down the list, argues Rob Willock
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OpinionProud of its past, looking to the future
Rooney Anand, chief executive of Greene King, talks brewing, brands and banking collapses with Roger Protz