All Cote articles – Page 16
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Opinion72 hours in Chicago 2014
M&C Report editor Mark Wingett and Restaurant Magazine editor Stefan Chomka take a look at the key trends and concepts currently shaping the eating and drinking-out scene in Chicago and the wider US market. Features testimonials from some of the leading operators, who went on the trip including Cote, Jamie’s Italian, Living Ventures and Meatliquor
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News
Northcote grows restaurant space
Northcote, the Michelin-starred restaurant and hotel in Lancashire, has undergone an 11-month refurbishment to add four guestrooms and a refurbished restaurant
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Analysis & Insight
Channelling the right branded offer
Stephen Evans, development director at Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), looks at how mundane and anti-brand some of the emerging areas in London have become and says if we are not careful, gentrification will mean a “second tier of homogenisation filled with artisan coffee shops and brunch joints and very little else”
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Analysis & Insight
Early funds catch concepts’ eyes
Nick Crosbie, corporate partner in international law firm Olswang LLP’s leisure group, looks at a few of the common funding models for the more early-stage concepts seeking investments
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News
Côte and JW Lees MDs shortlisted for EY business awards
Senior figures at restaurant group Côte, Manchester-based brewer JW Lees and Zonal Retail Data Systems have been named among the regional finalists in the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year programme
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NewsCote eyes 200 sites, looks overseas
Cote, the French brasserie chain, aims to grow to 200 sites before expanding overseas, joint managing director Harald Samuelsson has told the Daily Telegraph
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Opinion
Keeping track of the flyers
This year’s Zolfo Cooper Profit Tracker highlights the fact that those high-quality operators that made the right calls during the downturn are perfectly placed to reap the benefits in any upturn in the general economy, writes Mark Wingett
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NewsYO! considers its options
YO! Sushi, the Robin Rowland-led, Quilvest-backed group, has reportedly appointed advisers to explore its options, including a possible sale
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Interviews
Friday five-minute interview
M&C Report talks to Paul Goodale, co-founder of PizzaLuxe, the gourmet pizza concept and former director of restaurants at Harrods, about his best investment, his best business decision, and the best piece of advice he’s ever received
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NewsCote secures Muswell Hill site
Cote, the French brasserie chain, has exchanged on a further site in London, in Muswell Hill, M&C Report understands
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NewsCote exchanges on Cobham site
Cote, the French brasserie chain, has exchanged on a site in Cobham
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NewsFiddler named Cote chairman
Nick Fiddler, the co-founder of Strada and Cote, has been appointed the new non-executive chairman of the latter, M&C Report has learn
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NewsReilley named Retailers’ Retailer 2014
Alex Reilley, who has overseen the impressive growth of Loungers, has been singled out by his peers as the stand-out individual in the eating-out and drinking-out market
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NewsPatisserie Valerie eyes £150m IPO
Patisserie Valerie, the Risk Capital Partners-backed group, is drawing up plans for a float that could value the chain at more than £150m, according to the Sunday Times
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NewsCote secures Marlow site
Cote Restaurants, the CBPE-backed group, has secured a site in Marlow, after acquiring the Thai Square restaurant in the town
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News
Hakkasan investor to launch tapas venture
Bal Thind, an original investor in Hakkasan, Yauatcha and Busaba Eathai, is to launch a new Spanish venture, Bravas Tapas Bar, next month at London’s St Katharine Dock
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NewsComptoir Libanais lines up Kingston opening
Comptoir Libanais, the London-based Lebanese fast-casual concept, will open its ninth site this April after completing a deal to open a unit at the Kingston Riverside scheme
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Analysis & InsightIntellectual property
As competition for good space intensifies, restaurateurs are having to become increasingly bricks and mortar-savvy. Have you got what it takes to bag that successful site asks Joe Lutrario, who talks to a number of leading property experts and operators – Scott Collins and Yianni Papoutsis of MeatLiquor, Alex Reilley of Loungers and Brandon Stephens of Tortilla
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InterviewsFriday five-minute interview
M&C Report talks to Peter Borg-Neal, chief executive of Oakman Inns and Restaurants, the Hertfordshire-based multiple operator, about his best investment, his best business decision and the best piece of advice he’s ever received
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Analysis & InsightHybridisation breeding new competition
The increased hybridisation between the pub and restaurant sectors is set to breed new definitions for operators and consumers alike, as each sector continues to encroach on their respective key trading touch points