All MCA Insight articles in September 2014 – Page 4
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H1 EBITDA down at Richoux
Richoux, the operator of the eponymous brand and Dean’s Diner concept, has report a 2.7% decline in adjusted EBITDA to £780k for the 28 weeks to 13 July, describing its half-year figures as “disappointing”
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Luminar to invest £1.25m in new Ashford club
Late night operator The Luminar Group is developing a new nightclub in Ashford as it exits its existing nightclub in the town
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Patisserie Valerie joins Silverburn
Patisserie Valerie, the Risk Capital Partners-backed group, is the latest operator to sign up to Glasgow’s out-of-town leisure and retail complex at Silverburn
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NewsCraft beer ‘could follow mistakes of gastropubs'
Craft beer is in danger of following the gastropub phenomenon and being misrepresented to consumers, Craft Beer Co’s Martin Hayes claimed at the MA300 Business Club in Brighton
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Salussolia: create a story for your products
Glendola Leisure managing director Alex Salussolia says operators must rise above the temptation to increase trade through offers and focus instead on ‘creating a story’ for their products
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Taco Bell launch new high street format
Taco Bell launched its first “new model” high street store in the world in Sheffield
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News'No limits' for new Oakman/Downing JV
No limits or targets have been set for the number of sites that could operate under the new joint venture between Oakman Inns and the Downing Pub Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) Fund
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New Bowland Brewery owners form sister pub company
The new owners of Lancashire-based Bowland Brewery have formed an offshoot pub company, M&C Report has learnt
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Titanic adds eighth pub
Titanic Brewery, the Stoke-based brewer and pub operator, has added its first pub in Cheshire to grow its estate to eight
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NewsAbokado strengthens pipeline
Abokado has said it now expects to open five new stores by March to take its estate to 27 sites in London, after securing further two sites in the capital
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Craft beer 'changing everything'
Craft beer, like the introduction of guest ale, is changing the way we drink, speak and share information, according to Simon Buckley, chief executive of Welsh brewer and pub operator Evan-Evans
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NewsJDW eyes new Brighton site
JD Wetherspoon has plans to open a site in Brighton near the London Road area at the heart of the city’s new student accommodation for the University of Sussex, according to Fleurets
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Modern Pantry lines up Shoreditch opening
The Modern Pantry, the restaurant opened by chef Anna Hansen, is believed to have lined up a third opening in London, in Shoreditch
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NewsTGI Fridays UK signs up Bookatable
TGI Fridays UK has appointed the restaurant booking site Bookatable, which it said will let customers make reservations just two hours in advance compared to 24 hours previously
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Star adds new features to licensee website
Star Pubs & Bars, the Heineken-owned leased pub operator, has extended the capability of its new e-commerce site to enable lessees to access specific data including their Brulines reports and key property information
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NewsM&B to ‘temper’ new openings
Mitchells & Butlers is to significantly “temper” its organic expansion as it focuses on converting the former Orchid estate
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Analysis & InsightMichelin Guide awards 14 more stars
Fourteen new Michelin stars have been awarded in the latest edition of the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland, including three more going to pubs, with the guide hailing the “enormous richness and variety of the UK’s restaurant scene”.
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POD's Hall issues rent caution
Tim Hall also says there’s been a “wave of change” that has seen the healthy tag move from being “ancillary” to a “leading” message for consumers
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NewsPub trade must change perspective of cask ale
The Cask Report celebrates rapid growth of the sector, which now outperforms the on-trade beer market by 4.5%
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NewsNew food offer lifts Starbucks UK
Starbucks has seen double-digit growth in food sales since it introduced a revitalised food offer in the spring