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All MCA Insight articles in September 2020 – Page 5
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News900,000 jobs at risk without sector-specific employment support
At least 900,000 jobs are at risk in hospitality unless the government provides sector-specific employment support, UK Hospitality has warned.
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NewsSeafood Pub Co portfolio up for sale
Ten pubs formerly operated by Seafood Pub Company have been brought to market after the business went into administration.
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NewsGovernment announces three-month eviction moratorium
The government will extend the eviction moratorium until the end of this year, communities secretary Robert Jenrick has announced today.
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NewsGBK enters sales process
Gourmet Burger Kitchen parent company Famous Brands has initiated a sales process for the chain. Last month, the South Africa-based group said it was continuing to explore “all options” to ensure the long-term sustainability of the brand in light of the coronavirus crisis, but has since decided to let go of the business.
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NewsNorth East faces curfew
Pubs and restaurants could be subject to an arbitrary 10pm curfew in North-East England this weekend as areas including Newcastle, Sunderland and County Durham are due to be put under new local lockdown measures. Although the extent of the restrictions are yet to be confirmed, it is understood that alongside the curfew, measures could also include a ban on mixing between households, and people being encouraged to avoid using public transport for non-essential journeys.
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Analysis & InsightFood to Go to decline by £6bn in 2020
The food to go market is set to decline by £6bn in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, analysis from Lumina Intelligence reveals.
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Analysis & InsightPoll: 86% say rule of six will negatively impact business
An overwhelming majority of operators believe the ‘rule of six’ will negatively impact their business, Lumina Intelligence’s Hospitality Leaders Poll reveals.
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InterviewsLoungers CEO Nick Collins: ‘Our customers missed us’
All-day café-bar-restaurant operator Loungers is back to its market beating trading, with net like for like sales growth of 29.9% over the past nine weeks.
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OpinionPhilip Kolvin QC: Regulators v insurers, the verdict
Sometimes white smoke appears from a chimney and the result is clear. Sometimes, smoke rises from the battlefield, casualties are counted and it takes a century or two to work out who won and lost.
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OpinionTed Schama: From third place to second place
I am a family and community man. I live by Hampstead heath and revel in walking the dogs, meeting new people and seeing old faces. I suppose you could say I am a people person.
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NewsUnpaid rent bills to total £4.6bn this year
Commercial property landlords could be left with unpaid rent bills of £4.6bn this year, according to the British Property Federation.
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NewsBBPA: North East curfew a significant blow to pub sector
The latest lockdown restrictions in parts of the North East are a “significant blow” to the sector, the British Beer and Pub Association has said.
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NewsTim Martin calls for tax equality between pubs and supermarkets
Wetherspoon is to cut the price of all food and drink on Thursday 24 September as it hosts a ‘Tax Equality Day.’
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NewsLondon mayor calls for year-long extension of business rates holiday
London mayor Sadiq Khan has called for a year-long extension of the business rates holiday for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses.
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NewsWelcome Break shows “resilience” in post-lockdown recovery
Motorway service operator Welcome Break has seen a “resilient” recovery in sales post-lockdown, owner Applegreen has announced.
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NewsWhitbread non-exec steps down
Whitbread non-executive director Deanna Oppenheimer is to step down from the board this year.
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InterviewsPizza Pilgrims co-founder Thom Elliot: ‘We still believe in central London’
Through a nationwide lockdown, complete drop-off in London footfall, and slow and ongoing recovery, Pizza Pilgrims, true to name, hasn’t stopped moving. Having reopened its London City site on Tuesday (15 September), the brand’s entire 13-strong estate is now back up and running, but the reopening of dine-in is just one of many positive steps the business has been able to take in the past six months.
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Event NewsThe Conversation – Digital Event by MCA
Join us for The Conversation, MCA’s weekly online event for hospitality leaders.
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InterviewsGrind CEO David Abrahamovitch: ‘Lockdown was the best and worst thing for our business’
When it comes to location, Grind’s situation couldn’t be worse, admits founder and CEO David Abrahamovitch. With sites directly outside some of London’s used-to-be busiest stations – Liverpool Street, London Bridge and Bank – the coffee brand is one of many attempting to navigate its recovery in the now deserted capital, and Abrahamovitch is under no illusion that trade will return to normal anytime soon.
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NewsMod Pizza enters insolvency proceedings
Mod Pizza, the Sir Charles Dunstone-backed concept, is believed to have entered insolvency proceedings.