All MCA Insight articles in September 2014 – Page 25
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News
Peruvian restaurant 'with British twist' set for Marylebone
A new Peruvian restaurant “with a British twist”, whose head chef Tom Catley previously worked for Peyton & Byrne, Ottolenghi and Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, is to open in mid-October in London’s Marylebone
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CG Bars takes fourth Dirty Martini
CG Restaurants & Bars, the London-based hospitality group, has secured a fourth site for its Dirty Martini brand as part of plans to open 15 sites by the end of 2016, M&C Report can reveal
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NewsEnterprise to offer MatchPint discount to all its tenants
Enterprise Inns is rolling its partnership with MatchPint out across its estate after a successful trial
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JRC secures second Shikumen site
JRC Global is looking to roll out its new premium casual dining format called Shikumen, after securing a second site in London
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Analysis & Insight
Customer feedback not effectively used by 40% companies
Guest engagement is ranked as important by 95% of companies but only 60% are using that information to drive action plans and the same number are feeding it back to site managers, according to new research
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Double restaurant opening for McDonald
Restaurateur Des McDonald is preparing to open adjoining sites at Dashwood House, near London’s Liverpool Street Station, under his Q-Grill and Fish & Chip Shop brands
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Alcohol wholesalers must register under HMRC scheme
All companies that sell wholesale alcohol must register with HMRC as part of a scheme to battle alcohol duty fraud that costs tax-payers an estimated £1bn each year
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Scotland’s CAMRA chairman calls for fairer treatment
The Scottish Government has ignored the concerns of publicans following its business growth consultation period regarding business rates by retaining its property based tax system, says Colin Valentine, national CAMRA chairman for Scotland, in an article published in The Scotsman
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Old Blue Last operator expands
The operator of three east London pubs and music venues including the well-known Old Blue Last in Shoreditch is to open a further two sites this year, M&C Report has learnt
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Individual Inns to develop 'pod' accommodation
Individual Inns, the north west-based country inn operator, is to develop standalone “pod” accommodation at two venues and could roll it out to more sites, M&C Report has learnt
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Amber confirms 100th site, expects more
Amber Taverns, the fast-growing operator of wet-led community pubs, has confirmed that it has secured its 100th site and expects to have acquired two or three more by the end of the year
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OpinionChange for the better?
Changes at the top of a business always throw up new questions and the recent moves at Novus, Las Iguanas and The Restaurant Group are no different. We also look at the move this morning by KFC that has seen it “bring on-trend street food to the high street” and why the street food sector should be far from outraged by the move
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NewsPizzaExpress' September pizza giveaway
PizzaExpress, the Hony Capital-backed group, is offering free pizza throughout September as part of a social media campaign called Random Acts of Pizza
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NewsKFC announces biggest overhaul to its menu in 20 years
KFC UK & Ireland has announced biggest overhaul to its menu in 20 years with the introduction of ‘pulled chicken’ range
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News
Business uninformed over rates refunds
More than 90% of councils have not informed firms that they are still able to back-date a claim under the Small Business Rates Relief scheme
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Analysis & Insight
Partnerships cited for fall in alcohol-related crime
The public and police see local partnership schemes as key to cutting rates of alcohol-related crime that have fallen significantly in recent years, new research shows
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News
Pubs most common type of community assets registered by councils
Pubs are by far the most common type of community assets registered by councils, making up more than a third of the total listed