All MCA Insight articles in September 2013
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NewsHeineken UK: on-trade dip in 2012, fruit cider lift
Heineken UK says the poor summer weather and “challenging” consumer environment in 2012 led to a fall in consumption in the on-trade in the year
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Analysis & Insight
Spending on dates increases
A study has found that dating contributes about £3.6bn every year to the UK economy and that this has increased by £200m so far this year, compared with 2011
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 31 August-1 September
RestaurantsCote tempts new suitorRichard Caring is edging closer to a deal to sell his Cote brasserie chain for about £100m. CBPE, the private equity firm that was once part of Close Brothers investment bank, is in talks to buy the 45-strong chain.It has leapfrogged Bridgepoint, a rival firm best known ...
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OpinionEnd of complacency
Parts of the British restaurant scene traditionally dominated by independents are facing fresh competition from dynamic new entrants. It’s a reminder that complacency is not an option, a lesson that’s equally important for the pub trade
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News
Spirit reveals second Premium pub
Spirit Pub Company has converted a second site to its new Premium Pub concept with a £260,000 investment at the Cricketers in Kew Green, Richmond
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News
L'Enclume named UK's best restaurant
Chef Simon Rogan’s Cumbrian restaurantL’Enclume has been named the best in the country in the Waitrose Good Food Guide 2014
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NewsPunch lfls up 0.4%, to launch restructuring
Punch Taverns has reported a 0.4% rise in like-for-like net income across its core estate for the 12 weeks to 17 August 2013 and believes a consensual restructuring can be launched in H2
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News
BISL signs up leading law firm
National law firm Bond Dickinson has become a member of Business in Sport and Leisure (BISL)
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News
SSP UK sees improvement in retention levels
SSP UK has said that it has recruited 800 apprentices onto its apprenticeship programme this year and seen its retention levels for new employees improve by 6%
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News
Retail and leisure chains should pay high street levy
Retail and leisure chains that turnover more than £10m a year should invest 0.25% of their sales into a local economy development fund to help revive high streets, a new report has argued
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UK contactless spend grows five fold in 12 months
UK consumers have made 51 million contactless purchases in the last 12 months, according to figures released today from Visa Europe
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News
Wahaca moves closer on Brixton site
Wahaca, the Mexican street food restaurant concept led by Thomasina Miers and Mark Selby, has moved a step closer to securing a site in London’s Brixton
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News
FLS lending up, but SMEs still miss out
Lending under a flagship state scheme increased between April and June, but lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) continued to fall
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Hotcha eyes No.1 takeaway chain status
Hotcha has announced ambitious plans to be the UK’s number one takeaway chain, after opening its eighth site in total
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Analysis & Insight
What can be achieved with a little help
Even in difficult financial times, good new business opportunities exist. The hardest part is securing the funding needed to unlock them, says John O’Donoghue, founder of fledgling operator, Redmed
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News
Nando’s and Pret pick up PETA Awards
Nando’s and Pret were among the winners of the first-ever PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) Vegan Food Awards
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News
Boxpark returns to expansion plans
Roger Wade, the man behind Boxpark, the world’s first and only pop-up mall in London’s Shoreditch, has returned to plans to expand the concept
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News
Nana Fanny's to open first concession site
Nana Fanny’s Salt Beef bars is to open its first concession unit in the newly created food hall within the Croydon Village Outlet, later this month
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News
Koh Thai reveals growth target, in funding talks
Koh Thai, the four-strong Thai tapas concept, hopes to grow to 20 sites over the next five years and is in talks over a number of different funding options for future expansion, M&C Report has learnt
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News
Redmed to launch second site
Redmed, the fledgling operator, which counts Luminar chief executive Peter Marks as a non-executive director, is to launch its second site later this week in Lincoln