All MCA Insight articles in September 2014 – Page 22
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Anglian Country Inns to take part in Tax Equality Day
Anglian Country Inns (ACInns), the Hertfordshire-based pub and restaurant group, is the latest operator to pledge its support for Tax Equality Day on 24 September as part of the campaign to demonstrate the benefits of reduced VAT in the hospitality sector
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NewsMiller Brands FY PBT grows 20.9%
Miller Brands UK, the supplier of premium beer brands Peroni and Pilsner Urquell, saw pre-tax profits grow 20.9% to £23.8m in the year to 31 March on turnover up 3% to £247.5m
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Southampton strident on late-night levy
Southampton City Council has claimed it does not need to provide “forensic data” outlining the specific costs of policing the night-time economy in order to justify the introduction of a late-night levy
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NewsTasty reports 23.6% rise in H1 PBT
Tasty, the operator of the Wildwood and Dim T brands, saw pre-tax profit increase 23.6% to £973,000 in the 26 weeks to 29 June
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J&R team to launch Limeyard concept
The team behind the Richard Caring-backed Jackson & Rye and Grillshack concepts is to launch a new all-day café and restaurant called Limeyard
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Perfect Pizza plans major expansion and diversification
Pizza delivery business Perfect Pizza plans to a major expansion drive to increase its estate four-fold to around 150 sites over the next two years and introduce a “dual proposition” offer featuring both pizza and chicken, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsAverage pub pint reaches £3.31
The average price for a pint of beer in Britain is now £3.31, a 3.4% increase on last year, according to the latest Good Pub Guide
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NewsPub visionaries revive sector's fortunes
Pub visionaries that have adapted to changing pressures are to thank for the nationwide improvement from “decrepit boozers with dull beer” to thriving businesses with innovative ideas. That is the message of the Good Pub Guide 2015
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NewsProvenance Inns named Pub Group of the Year
Provenance Inns, the food-led operator led by Michael Ibbotson and Chris Blundell, has been named Pub Group of the Year in the latest edition of the Good Pub Guide
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NewsUK brewery numbers up 188% since Millennium
The number of breweries in the UK has risen 188% since 2000 to reach a current level of 1,442
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OpinionFyne dining
Liz Williams, the woman at the helm of the UK’s biggest seafood restaurant group Loch Fyne, talks discounting, the competition and chasing the grey pound
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London delivery company launches EatFirst
A new food delivery service called EatFirst has been launched in the City of London to offer healthy meals that are delivered in less than 15 minutes
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NewsGrind confirms fourth site
Grind & Co, the London-based craft coffee house concept, has secured its fourth site at The Hoxton hotel in Holborn, London
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NewsBill’s confirms Bluewater opening
Bill’s, the Richard Caring-backed group, has confirmed it will open a site at Bluewater shopping centre in October on the previous Leon site
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NewsBatram: Spirit will exceed expectations
Another analyst has predicted that Spirit Pub Company will exceed expectations following yesterday’s trading update
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NewsCharterhouse confirms next Coal Grill & Bar site
Coal Grill and Bar, the restaurant group operated by Charterhouse Leisure, has confirmed its eighth restaurant site at Gloucester Quays
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NewsFive Guys eyes 200 UK sites
Five Guys hopes to eventually operate 175 to 200 “high volume sites” in the UK and plans to launch in Continental Europe over the next 18 months
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NewsKFC reports rise in FY PBT
KFC UK & Ireland saw pre-tax profit for the year to 1 December 2013 climb from £39.1m to £40.1m
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NewsHall & Woodhouse FY PBT grows 11%
Hall & Woodhouse, the Dorset-based brewer and pub operator, has reported an 11% rise in pre-tax profit to £7m in the year to 25 January 2014 and revealed it has total committed facilities in place of c£60m
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Businesses rethink pay policies
More than three quarters of Britain’s biggest 100 public companies changed their pay policies last year amid pressure from shareholders