All MCA Insight articles in September 2018 – Page 6
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Analysis & Insight
MAC recommendations deliver ‘crushing blow’ to sector
The Migration Advisory Committee’s Brexit report recommendations have left the leisure and hospitality sector reeling, writes Claire Taylor-Evans, senior associate – solicitor at law firm Boyes Turner.
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News
Jones: 'Prezzo lost its focus on hospitality'
Prezzo executive chair Karen Jones has told MCA’s Restaurant Conference about her decision to take charge of the struggling brand and mission to “make customers love it again”.
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News
easyCoffee shifts focus to larger sites
easyCoffee is shifting its expansion strategy with a new focus on larger footprint sites with more space for eating and drinking in, MCA has learnt.
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News
Ex-Wahaca people director to joins Bill’s
Odette Schwartz, who earlier this year stepped down as people director at Wahaca, is set to join Bill’s, the Richard Caring-backed restaurant chain, as its new full-time HR director, MCA has learnt.
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News
Gaucho creditors approve CVA plan
Gaucho has received approval from the majority of its creditors for its Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) plan, MCA understands.
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Analysis & Insight
Branded restaurants remain in growth despite wider sector troubles
Turnover decline in the restaurant sector is set to slump to its lowest point since the recession, according to the latest data from MCA.
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News
Coco di Mama co-founder to head OYO Hotels UK arm
Jeremy Sanders, the Coco di Mama co-founder, is to head up OYO Hotels push into the UK market.
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News
Greggs launches click-and-collect trial
Greggs has begun trialling its long-awaited click-and-collect service.
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News
Analysts corner: Peel Hunt on Shepherd Neame
Peel Hunt analysts Douglas Jack and Ivor Jones give their views on Shepherd Neame ahead of next week’s trading update, saying that in their view the tenanted and brewing sides of the business have the best chance of beating forecasts.
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News
City Pub Group expanding ahead of expectations
City Pub Group has said it is ahead of its strategy to double in size to 65-70 sites by 2021, and expects to have more than 50 pubs by mid-2019.
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News
Busaba appoints CFO
Busaba Eathai has appointed Marc Whitehead, the former finance director at the Fat Duck group as its chief financial officer.
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News
Pubs see rare lift in visits by 18-24-year-olds
For the first time in five years, the pub sector has seen growth in visits from the 18-24 demographic, according to new data.
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Analysis & Insight
Looking the wrong way
Prestige Purchasing’s chairman David Read looks at the reasons behind the dramatic fluctuations in food inflation over the past two years and highlights the supply risks in the year ahead.
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News
Veggie Pret to open in Manchester
Pret A Manger will open its first Veggie Pret outside London, in Manchester’s Deansgaete, chief executive Clive Schlee has announced.
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News
KERB to launch meat-free market with WeWork
KERB, the street food market operator, are opening a meat-free site at Devonshire Square.
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News
Maison du Mezze eyes Soho opening
AMA Hospitality is in talks to open a site under its Middle Eastern-style, premium casual dining restaurant brand – Maison du Mezze, in London’s Soho, MCA understands.
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News
Forrester to chair Vagabond
Karen Forrester, the managing director of TGI Fridays, is to become chair of Vagabond, the London-based wine bar business led by Stephen Finch, MCA has learnt.
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News
The Coconut Tree opening two in Bristol
The Coconut Tree, the Sri Lankan street food concept, is opening two new restaurants in Bristol.
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News
Fuller’s launches new pilot brewery
Fuller’s has announced the launch of its new pilot brewery, located in the new-look Brewery Shop at its Griffin Brewery in Chiswick.
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News
Boparan plans Soho opening for Slim Chickens
Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG), operator of the Giraffe and Ed’s Diner brands, is planning an opening for Slim Chickens, the Texas fried chicken concept, in London’s Soho, MCA understands.