All MCA Insight articles in September 2016 – Page 5
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NewsBeavertown plans first bar and distillery
Beavertown founder Logan Plant has told MCA the brewery’s first bar will open in Q1 2017 and revealed he is planning to diversify into spirits.
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Warning over late night levy changes
Proposed changes to the government’s Policing and Crime Bill risk imposing a “significant financial burden” on night-time business, industry bodies have warned.
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AG Barr H1 lfl sales fall 2.8%
Soft drinks group AG Barr has revealed a fall in like-for-like sales of 2.8% in the six months to 30 July with total revenue down to £125.6m (2015: £130.3m).
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Cha Cha Moon site brought to market
The debut site for Cha Cha Moon, the Asian fusion noodle bar founded by Alan Yau, has been brought to the market.
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ETI: Segmentation at the heart of strategy
Enterprise Inns has asked its suppliers to target their offers at each of its 12 operating segments, which it has stressed as the forefront of its strategy.
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Analysis & Insight
UK alcohol consumption down 18% since 2004
Consumption of alcohol per head in the UK last year was 18% down on 2004 peak.
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Analysis & Insight
Special occasions are a safe bet
Highest spend increases with customers trying something new, but targeting get-togethers makes more business sense, according to MCA’s director of insight Steve Gotham
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Operators confirmed for Oldham
Oldham Council has confirmed that GBK, Loungers and Nando’s are to launch flagship restaurants at its £36.7m Old Town Hall development
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D&D sees post-Brexit surge in trading
Restaurant group D&D London has told The Times it has experienced a “post-Brexit surge” trading
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Punch restructures senior team following Griffiths departure
Punch has restructured its senior team to reallocate the responsibilities of outgoing chief strategy officer, Neil Griffiths, MCA has learnt.
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TRG to close majority of NI sites
The Restaurant Group to put more than half of the sites it operates in Northern Ireland on the market.
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OpinionWhy private equity has a lot to answer for
As we celebrate our 200th edition, the co-founder of M&C Report, Peter Martin, reflects on the driving forces behind the creation of the title and what has changed over the past two decades
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NewsKnot to open in Croydon and Vauxhall
Artisan pretzel and coffee group Knot is opening a store in Boxpark in Croydon, MCA has learnt.
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Bourgee eyes nationwide expansion
The founders of steak and lobster concept Bourgee say they want to grow to be a national brand and hope to open several sites next year.
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NewsTimothy Taylor’s eyes managed expansion
Tim Dewey, chief executive of Timothy Taylor’s, has told MCA the next pubs acquired by the brewer are likely to go into its managed estate.
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Five minutes with, Phil Sermon, Vapiano
This week MCA takes five minutes with Phil Sermon, managing director of Vapiano about Brexit, Pret’s veggie pop-up site and why Manchester United comes a close second to Vapiano.
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NewsPrice hike warning over coffee supplies
Currency fluctuations, bad weather and crop diseases risk creating a continuing and inevitable rise in coffee bean prices, procurement group Prestige Purchasing has warned.
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Stewart: Just Eat can take more market share
Leading sector analyst Anna Barnfather has said that she believes the right people are in place at Just Eat to “drive significant profitability improvements going forward”
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NewsHakkasan takes over clubland in Vegas
With a combination of superstar DJs and VIP luxury Hakkasan Group CEO Neil Moffitt has helped reinvent Las Vegas. He explain why it works - and why restaurants and clubs don’t always mix.
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Sherwood calls for post-Brexit action on EIS
British Country Inns chairman, Martin Sherwood, has written to the Prime Minister to ask the Government to ask for a simplification of tax rules around the Enterprise Investment Scheme.