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All Brasserie Blanc articles
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InterviewsHeartwood Collection on the future of loyalty
The Brasserie Blanc and pubs-with-rooms operator is working on an ’overt loyalty scheme that people can understand, follow, and feel motivated to use’, marketing director Caz Taylor told MCA’s Hostech
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NewsHeartwood Collection secures additional £100m funding
The operator, formerly Brasserie Bar Co, will use the £50m facility from OakNorth Bank and an additional £50m from Alchemy Partners to support its rollout into freehold pubs and pubs with rooms, as part of its ambition to reach 60 sites by 2027
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InterviewsMark Derry: ‘We are ready to step up to the challenge’
Heartwood Collection, formerly Brasserie Bar Co, is looking leverage the expertise of Alchemy Partners as it moves into the pubs-with-rooms market, its exec chairman tells MCA.
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NewsDardis joins Brasserie Bar Co as NED
Former Young’s chief executive Patrick Dardis joins the operator of White Brasserie and Brasserie Blanc as it looks to grow to 70 sites over the next three to five years
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co appoints group property director
Ed Little, formerly property director at RedCat Pub Company, will join the group on 5 October
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InterviewsBrasserie Bar Co: ‘We needed an investor with firepower’
The ability for Alchemy to enable faster growth of the business was a key factor in its decision to work with them, executive chairman Mark Derry told MCA’s Pub Conference
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co ready to exploit opportunities
The White Brasserie and Brasserie Blanc operator is now “exceptionally well capitalised” following its sale to Alchemy
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co: ‘The business has never been in better shape’
Brasserie Bar Co now has the firepower to accelerate its expansion and is keen to use new owner Alchemy’s experience as backer of The Inn Collection to open up new opportunities, exec chairman Mark Derry tells MCA.
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NewsUKHospitality pushes for official changes to self-isolation policy
There is no imminent change to the guidance on self-isolation for hospitality staff despite the huge staff shortages being caused by the ‘pingdemic’, according to UKHospitality’s director of strategic affairs Tony Sophoclides.
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NewsAzzurri shuts entire estate
Azzurri Group is to close all Ask, Zizzi and Coco di Mama restaurants from today, CEO Steve Holmes has announced.
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NewsCoronavirus closures continue
Brasserie Bar Co., JKS Restaurants, Darwin & Wallace, Smith and Wollensky and Cosmo are the latest restaurant and bar groups to close all of their sites in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co promotes Ferrier to MD
Brasserie Bar Co’s chief commercial officer Richard Ferrier has been promoted to managing director, MCA understands.
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co. pub-focused strategy delivers strong results
Brasserie Bar Co. has credited its strategy of returning under-performing pub sites in affluent areas to their “former glory” as a primary for its strong FY19 results.
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co to seek investment for pub estate expansion
Brasserie Bar Co. is hoping to encourage increased funding as it looks to selectively strengthen its pub estate.
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NewsGunwharf Quays – Restaurant and retail therapy a plenty!
With more than 30 bars, cafés and restaurants (as well as over 90 shops) Gunwharf Quays offers an abundance of opportunities for plenty of remedial treatment. Supported by its impressive waterfront location, attractive design and assorted leisure-related reasons to visit, Gunwharf Quays is one of the UK’s finest outlet shopping centres. So amongst some Christmas shopping, I was keen to see how it is using its extensive assortment of Food & Beverage purveyors to both restore weary shoppers as well as to act as a footfall driver in its own right. But also, and more critically, I was keener to see some something new and surprising.
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NewsBrasserie Bar co considering Knutsford disposal
Brasserie Bar Co is considering disposing of its Brasserie Blanc site in Knutsford, after profits dipped below expected levels, MCA understands.
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co sees growth coming from pubs
Brasserie Bar Co is to open its 20th White Brasserie, in Prestbury, Gloucestershire, before the end of the year, as it looks to capitalise on the growth seen in its pub arm.
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Brasserie Blanc growth to be focused on hotels only
Brasserie Bar Co is to focus the growth of its Brasserie Blanc restaurant business on hotel locations only, MCA has learnt.
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NewsRed Mist acquires Brasserie Blanc site
Red Mist Leisure has acquired its 10th pub, talking on the Brasserie Blanc site in Farnham, Surrey.
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NewsChristmas trading update, part 2
With January now in full swing, and many more operators having crunched the numbers, MCA takes another look at how the festive trading faired for the sector, with strong like-for-like growth reported by many. Featuring Brasserie Bar Co, Crussh, Arc inspirations and Dirty Martini