All MCA Insight articles in September 2013 – Page 13
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News
Coco di Mama up to four
Coco di Mama, the London-based quick-service Italian concept, has secured a fourth site in London. M&C Report has learnt
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Analysis & Insight
UK sees record tourist visits in July
New figures from the 2013 International Passenger Survey revealed a record-breaking 1.53 million holiday visits recorded in July, contributing to a 23% boost in tourist spending
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Interviews
Friday five-minute interview
M&C Report talks to William Lees-Jones, managing director of Manchester-based brewer and pub operator JW Lees, about his best investment, his best business decision and the best piece of advice he’s ever received
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Indievictual takes second pub
Indievictual, the Northamptonshire-based pub operator and catering firm, has taken its second pub
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OpinionJillian MacLean’s corker of a year
When the managing director of Drake & Morgan eventually finds the time to draw breath, she’ll find that 2013 will be hard to beat. Mel Flaherty talks to Jillian MacLean
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Tunbridge Wells next for CAU
CAU, the casual dining steakhouse concept, has continued its expansion programme by taking a site in Tunbridge Wells, Kent
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Kimchee: New menu, table service added
Kimchee, the Korean casual-dining concept and sister brand of Wasabi, has introduced a new menu, including a dessert range, and has also introduced table service
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Giraffe wins design award
Giraffe, the Tesco-owned family dining chain, has won a design award for its Burgers & Cocktails by Giraffe restaurant at Xscape Yorkshire in Castleford
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NewsJamie’s to make Brazil debut
Jamie’s Italian has signed an agreement to make its debut in Brazil next year, in Sao Paulo, M&C Report understands
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Pubs may face fresh licensing burdens
Pub and bar operators could face a fresh licensing burdens under new Government proposals to scrap personal licences, according to leading licensing lawyers
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Chaophraya to start Thai Pad roll out
Chaophraya, the Thai restaurant group, is to start the rollout of its new street food concept, Thai Pad, early next year in Manchester
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NewsDissenters join Punch restructuring talks
Punch Taverns has announced that a committee of its senior bondholders, under the auspices of the Association of British Insurers (ABI), which earlier this year described the pub company’s restructuring proposals as being “some distance away from being acceptable to us”, has now joined the process of engagement regarding its debt restructuring
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NewsHotel group buys Shepherd's Bush Walkabout
Intertain, the high street bar operator, has sold its Walkabout site in London’s Shepherd’s Bush to Dorsett Hospitality International, the Hong Kong-based international hotel operator, M&C Report understands
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NewsStarbucks exits 46 UK leases so far
Starbucks has announced that it has so far exited 46 costly leases in the UK so far and plans to exit a further 30 this year, but is seeing ‘green shoots’ of recovery here
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Britain's best pubs revealed
The Red Lion Inn, in Cricklade, Wiltshire has been crowned the BT Sport Great British Pub of the Year 2013
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Jack: Sector acquisitions at six-year high
The current period is the most active for acquisitions in the licensed retail sector since 2007, a leading analyst has argued following the £100m sale of Cote and the expected imminent sale of 300 Greene King pubs
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Venetian concept to open in Covent Garden
Augustus Harris, a new concept inspired by the bacari of Venice, is to open in Covent Garden later this month
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News
Rita’s to open permanent site
Rita’s Bar and Dining, the highly-regarded pop-up venture, is to open its first permanent site in London Fields, Hackney, M&C Report understands
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News
Operators sign up for Silverburn
Zizzi and PizzaExpress, have been named by property developer Hammerson as the first of nine restaurants to take up residence in the £20m extension to the Silverburn shopping centre in Pollok, Glasgow
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NewsMcDonald's US trials pre-payment app
McDonald’s is reportedly trialling an app in the US that will let customers order and pay on their mobile phones before picking up their food