All MCA Insight articles in June 2014 – Page 22
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NewsBill’s confirmed for Liverpool ONE
Bill’s has confirmed that is to open a 3,153sq ft restaurant in Liverpool ONE
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NewsPizza Hut to spend £2m in Greater Manchester
Pizza Hut is to spend £2m refurbishing 60 of its Greater Manchester restaurants as part of the group’s nation-wide investment strategy, the Manchester Evening News reports
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Benugo FY PBT grows 46.5%
Benugo, the restaurant operator and caterer, has reported a 46.5% rise in pre-tax profits to £4.9m in the year to 27 December 2013 and said it forecasts “significant growth opportunities” for 2014
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Pub company share prices drop with England’s losses
The average share price of the UK’s top five listed pub chains is directly impacted by England’s performance in the World Cup, according to analysis of previous tournaments by registrar firm Equiniti
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Former M&B ops director Young joins Harrods Bank
Robin Young, former operations director at Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), has joined the board of the Qatar Holdings owned Harrods Bank Limited
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Grind takes concept underground
Grind, the independent London-based espresso bar, has opened its third site in the capital, at Piccadilly Circus tube station
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Franco Manca secures Southfields site
Franco Manca, the pizza chain led by David Page, the former chief executive of Pizza Express, will open its eighth site later this month in Southfields
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NewsPunch disposal package will remain as pubs
The five central London freehold pubs sold by Punch Taverns to a property company will remain as pubs, a spokeswoman for the pub company has told M&C Report
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OpinionPubco reform: the devil's in the detail
Adrian Bailey, chairman of Parliament’s Business, Innovation & Skills Committe that has been investigating the tenanted pub model for several years, gives some background to yesterday’s announcement from the Government on plans to intervene in the sector and says “the devil is in the detail”
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Peyton & Byrne plans Greenwich café launch
Peyton & Byrne, the catering company and café operator led by restaurateur Oliver Peyton, is set to open a further bakery and café site in Greenwich
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Kerridge moves closer on second pub
Tom Kerridge has moved closer toward opening a second pub after he applied to Wycombe District Council for planning permission to overhaul the grade II listed Coach & Horses in Marlow
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ALMR unveils manifesto
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has published its 2014 manifesto to coincide with the State Opening of Parliament today
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New Italian concept to launch in the City
Scarpetta, a new Italian concept, is set to open in the City of London later this month, with plans to open further sites across the capital
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JDW opens at new Heathrow Terminal 2
JD Wetherspoon is to open its sixth pub at Heathrow today (4 June) in the new Terminal 2: The Queen’s Terminal building
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Tesco refurbs 100 stores in Q1
Tesco, the supermarket group that owns eating out brands Giraffe, Decks and has invested in Harris + Hoole, has reported that it has refurbished more than 100 stores during the three months to 24 May
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Sector operators collect wine & spirit awards
Scott Collins, co-founder of MeatLiquor, and Vinoteca were amongst the winners at this year’s wine & spirit awards from M&C Report’s sister title Harpers
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Statutory code - let's accept it and move on
Could the Government have pulled off the impossible and satisfied both the pubcos and tenants with its plans for a statutory code in the tenanted pub sector? Rob Willock investigates
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Molson Coors strengthens sales team
Molson Coors, the brewer that produces Carling, Cobra and Doom Bar, has made two appointments to its regional sales team in Scotland to enhance its service for retailers in the Scottish on-trade
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Jamie's Italian site fined for flouting recycling rules
Jamie’s Italian, the restaurant group headed by the high profile chef, has been fined £5,904 by the Environment Agency for failing to comply with recycling regulations
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Customers deterred by lack of wi-fi
Customers are deterred by retailers that don’t have wi-fi, with one in four admitting to leaving when they couldn’t get online, new research shows