All MCA Insight articles in September 2015 – Page 15
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Deltic acquires Hereford nightclub
Deltic Group, the UK’s largest nightclub operator, has further added to its estate, with the Play venue in Hereford for an undisclosed sum
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Analysis & Insight
Wear there’s a will…
Wear Inns co-founder John Weir tells James Wallin why he looks to his staff for innovation, how pubs can outmanoeuvre the restaurant sector and about plans to grow to as many as 60 sites
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NewsGov't to launch pub loan fund
Community pubs minister Marcus Jones is offering a £1.5m fund to help local people buy community pubs at risk of closure
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NewsBill’s to pull back on openings rate
Bill’s, the Richard Caring-backed group, is to pull back on its openings rate over the next few years, after opening c60 sites over the last three years
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NewsThai food revolution is beginning
Andy Oliver, chef and co-founder of Thai restaurant som saa, which has exceeded its crowdfunding target and raised £700k in four days, believes Thai food is on the verge of having a revolution
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Food sales leading Wear growth
Wear Inns, the northeast pub operator, is expanding its estate using cash and existing banking facilities after a strong financial year that saw food and drink sales up following estate-wide refurbishments
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Carluccio’s, ASK and Zizzi trial MasterCard app
Carluccio’s and the Azzuri Group’s ASK Italian and Zizzi are introducing MasterCard’s mobile payment app Qkr! with MasterPass from the end of 2015
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Salt & Good eyes multi-formats
Co-founder of the recently launched Salt & Good in Stevenage told M&C the roll-out could be around an evolved concept
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Square Pie launches World Cup range
Restaurant operator Square Pie is launching a range of themed pies to celebrate the Rugby World Cup
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NewsGreat British Pub Awards 2015: Winners crowned
The Shibden Mill Inn in Halifax, West Yorkshire has been crowned the Sky Great British Pub of the Year 2015
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NewsJDW FY lfls up 3.3%
JD Wetherspoon has this morning reported a 3.3% increase in like-for-like sales for the 52 weeks to 26 July, with revenue up 7.4% to £1.51bn, but pre-tax profit down 2% to £77.8m
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ETM sets out expansion plans following "incredible year"
ETM Group, the London-based gastropub operator led by Tom and Ed Martin, is planning to add four London venues to its estate in 2016
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Analysis & InsightSector brands make top 100 customer experience list
A number of leading sector operators have been included in this year’s best brands for customer experience list collated by KPMG Nunwood
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NewsBurns: M&B has issue over what it is
Leading analyst Karl Burns at Panmure Gordon has argued that the fundamental issue with M&B is that it is now seen more as a restaurant company rather than a pub company
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NewsCAMRA reports growth of breweries, micropubs and real ale
Real ale is now being served in 70% of British pubs thanks to growth in the number of micropubs and a rise of more than 10% in British breweries for the third consecutive year
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NewsSom saa exceeds crowdfunding target in four days
Som saa, the Thai restaurant seeking its first site through crowdfunding, has exceeded its pitch target in just four days
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NewsFuller's holds first chef's graduation ceremony
Fuller’s has marked the achievements of chefs across its 189-site managed estate with the first graduation ceremony for Chef’s Guild scholars.
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NewsSector has no appetite for Gov.t intervention on tipping
On the back of the Government launching an investigation into the issue of tipping across the sector, the majority of leading operators believe that the industry should self-regulate any change
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Honest set for Peckham
Honest Burgers, the Active Private Equity-backed group, has secured a further site in London, in Peckham
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Analysis & Insight
The growth of modern Israeli food
Having been visiting Israel since a young child, Ted Schama, joint partner at Shelley Sandzer, has experienced the food scene undergo considerable changes, here he gives an insight into those changes and the country’s leading operators