All MCA Insight articles in September 2013 – Page 3

  • News

    Nespresso to make Scotland debut

    2013-09-27T08:03:00Z

    Nespresso, the global boutique coffee retailer, is to make its debut in Scotland, in Edinburgh, this December

  • PizzaExpress apprenticeship
    News

    PizzaExpress launches pizza-making apprenticeships

    2013-09-27T08:03:00Z

    PizzaExpress is launching what it claims is the first ever nationally recognised qualification in the art of pizza-making

  • News

    Partnership boosts apprenticeship vacancies

    2013-09-27T08:03:00Z

    A new partnership between the Hospitality Guild and the National Apprenticeship Service means that nearly 1,500 live apprenticeship vacancies are now up for the taking on the umbrella organisation’s careers portal

  • News

    NatWest eyes extension to £150m leisure fund

    2013-09-27T08:00:00Z

    NatWest would like to extend its £150m fund for small and medium leisure firms, around half of which has already been allocated 18 weeks after its launch

  • Rufus Hall
    News

    Orchid reports modest FY underlying growth

    2013-09-27T06:59:00Z

    Orchid Pub Company has reported modest underlying growth across its c240-strong estate for the year to 31 December 2012, 12 months it decribed as “transformational”, whilst like-for-like sales are currently ahead by 3%

  • Analysis & Insight

    What’s in a name?

    2013-09-27T06:58:00Z

    Disputes over trade marked names involving companies such as Pho and Tragus, have been thrown into the spotlight this week. David Roberts, head of international law firm Olswang’s market-leading leisure practice, takes a look at the issues surrounding naming rights

  • Ladies served pints of Greene King ale beer
    News

    Cask ale loses 'old man' image

    2013-09-26T17:03:00Z

    Cask ale has lost its image as an old man’s drink and more people are making it their drink of choice, claims Pete Brown author of the Cask Report. Sector out-performing the beer market by 6.8%

  • News

    Two stars for Dinner by Heston Blumenthal and Greenhouse

    2013-09-26T08:06:00Z

    The Michelin Guide for Great Britain and Ireland 2014 has awarded Heston Blumenthal’s Dinner and Mayfair restaurant Greenhouse two Michelin stars

  • News

    H+H ready to stretch its legs

    2013-09-26T08:04:00Z

    Harris + Hoole, the fast-growing “artisan-style” coffee chain part-owned by Tesco, has the potential to double in size next year and has had talks regarding opening its first sites in transport hubs

  • Subway
    News

    Subway to grow Midlands presence

    2013-09-26T07:53:00Z

    Subway, the global sandwich chain, is set to grow its Midlands presence by increasing the number of stores in Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hereford & Worcester and Warwickshire from 65 to 124 over the next three years

  • News

    Compass predicts 4% rise in FY revenues

    2013-09-26T07:36:00Z

    Compass Group, the international caterer, says it expects to report a 4% rise in organic revenues in the year to 30 September after a “good performance” in Q4, despite a 3% fall in organic revenues in the Europe & Japan division

  • News

    Peel Hunt upgrades TRG

    2013-09-26T07:26:00Z

    A leading analyst has upgraded his recommendation on The Restaurant Group’s shares to Buy on the back of increased visibility in the context of an expanding new site pipeline, combined with consistently high returns

  • Orchid carvery
    News

    Orchid Carvery lfls grow

    2013-09-26T07:26:00Z

    Orchid, the managed operator, is reporting a 5.8% rise in like-for-like sales across its 47-strong Great British Carvery sites

  • News

    McDonald’s has launches Snack Wrap breakfast options

    2013-09-26T07:26:00Z

    McDonald’s has introduced three new breakfast options to its Snack Wrap range

  • Drinking beer in a pub
    Opinion

    Liberalisation or the route to restriction?

    2013-09-26T07:25:00Z

    Ten years after its introduction, Ellie Bothwell looks at how the Licensing Act 2003 has affected the pub industry

  • News

    One in four Star pubs takes cut-price Sky deal

    2013-09-26T07:25:00Z

    Almost one in four lessees of Star Pubs & Bars have signed up to the deal that offers 30% off Sky Ultimate if they stock specific Heineken products

  • News

    Maclay expansion continues

    2013-09-26T07:25:00Z

    Maclay Group has secured a pub in Prestwick under its Thistle Pub Company vehicle and outlined target locations for future growth

  • Punch logo
    Opinion

    Punch: statutory code 'breaches human rights'

    2013-09-26T07:25:00Z

    Punch Taverns has labelled the Government’s plans for a statutory code for the pubco-tenant relationship a breach of its human rights

  • News

    Greene King launches 'biggest multi-brand gift card'

    2013-09-26T07:25:00Z

    Greene King, the brewer and pub operator, has launched what it claims to be the biggest multi-brand pub and restaurant gift card in the UK

  • Ceviche: Martin Morales
    News

    Morales to launch Andina site

    2013-09-26T07:25:00Z

    Martin Morales, the founder of Ceviche, the hotly-tipped Peruvian restaurant and bar concept, will open Andina, which is a Peruvian ‘picanteria’- a family-run traditional community restaurant - this December, in Shoreditch