All MCA Insight articles in June 2014 – Page 21
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News
San Carlo plans multi-site expansion
San Carlo, the family-run Italian restaurant group, has confirmed it will be opening its second Fumo restaurant in November and intends to bring the concept to London, while also planning openings in the Middle East, M&C Report has learnt
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Analysis & Insight
Service sector remains strong
Activity in the UK’s services sector, which includes the eating and drinking out industries, grew markedly in May, with companies taking on staff at the fastest rate since 1997
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NewsCote completes Cobham deal
Cote, the French brasserie chain, has completed on a site in Cobham for an opening at the end of this year/start of next
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Taylor Walker launches History & Ale app
Taylor Walker, the c110-strong Spirit Pub Company brand, has launched a History & Ale trail app across its London sites
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NewsSpirit supports Prostate Cancer UK’s Men United campaign
Spirit Pub Company has announced it is to support Prostate Cancer UK’s Men United campaign this summer
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Punch launches gaming machine initiative for tenants
Punch has launched a Machine Reporting Suite for its pub operators to maximise the activity and income from gaming machines in pubs, via an online portal through the Punch Buying Club website
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World Cup could generate £1.3bn for leisure and retail industry
England fans will spend up to £431m in pubs and restaurants if England makes it to the World Cup final this summer with each goal estimated to be worth £33.2m as fans celebrate, according to a report by VoucherCodes.co.uk
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Admiral and Sheps welcome 'end of uncertainty'
Another two senior pub company figures have expressed disappointment at Government plans to introduce a statutory code in the tenanted sector, but welcomed the end of a period of uncertainty
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Beds & Bars to open cider bar
Beds & Bars, the bars-meets-hostels operator, is to open a cider bar above its Belushi’s site in London’s Covent Garden next Wednesday
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News
Bite Me Pizza opens first site
New pay-as-you-go pizza concept Bite Me Pizza is opening its first site in west London this month and plans to roll-out a chain of affordable restaurants that will deliver pizzas using drones
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News
Brakspear’s ‘mystery customers’ are 10% more satisfied
Brakspear, the brewer and pub operator, has seen a 10% rise in mystery customer satisfaction since it implemented the mystery customer scheme in 2010, with average pub satisfaction scores over 80%
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Opinion
The fine line between genius and madness
Rob Willock, group editor of M&C Report and the Publican’s Morning Advertiser, responds to criticism levelled at the publications by JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin
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OpinionFace the brutal facts about pubs and tax
In a strongly worded article, JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin takes to task those who have expressed optimism about the prospects for major pub companies. He also reserves criticism for M&C Report and the Publican’s Morning Advertiser group editor Rob Willock for not supporting the VAT Club
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NewsStatutory code has little effect on pubco share prices
Yesterday’s news that the Government is to introduce a statutory code and adjudicator into the pubco/tenant relationship had little impact on the movement of shares among listed pub groups that operate tenanted and leased outlets
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Hawthorn: up to 2,000 pubs could fit our criteria
Up to 2,000 existing pubs could fit the criteria for Hawthorn Leisure, which has no cap on its expansion ambitions, Noah Bulkin of the company’s joint backer May Capital has told M&C Report
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News
Chapoulet joins Steak ‘n’ Shake
Francois Chapoulet has joined Steak ‘n’ Shake as vice–president of its international supply chain EMEA, as its expands into Europe and gears up to make its debut in the UK
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NewsRobinsons: tenancy innovation, operating profit grows 50.5%
Robinson’s, the Cheshire-based brewer and pub operator, is to introduce a more flexible tenancy agreement this year, which it hopes to rollout across most of its estate, joint managing director William Robinson has told M&C Report
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NewsJack upbeat on Spirit
Leading analyst Douglas Jack has predicted “strong” results for Spirit at its Q3 interim management statement next Tuesday, saying that trading for the pub group should be ahead
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News
Clockjack amends lunch ahead of expansion
Clockjack Oven, the rotisserie chicken restaurant concept led by Jerry Goldberg, is changing its lunch offering to meet the workers’ lunch market before expanding the business later in the year with plans to take it nationwide
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NewsGBK secures Watford opening
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), the Capricorn Ventures-backed group, has secured an opening for later this year in Watford