All MCA Insight articles in June 2014 – Page 24
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Holmes expands Tesco remit
Michael Holmes, chief executive of new food experiences at Tesco has had his responsibilities at the retailer extended
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London hospitality businesses invited to join FoodSave scheme
Boris Johnson is inviting restaurants, pubs, canteens, quick-serve outlets, retailers, wholesalers and hotels to join a food waste reduction scheme that could save businesses an estimated £10,000 a year
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Leeds Brewery takes eighth site
Leeds Brewery, the pub operator and brewer, has made an application for planning permission to renovate a Grade II listed building in Leeds to open in October as its eighth pub.
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Analysis & Insight
Bovine intervention
Gaucho’s more accessible little brother CAU has carefully refined its premium casual offering and is now beefing-up its presence in the south of England with northern expansion planned for next year
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Harrison Leisure enters administration
Harrison Leisure, the operator of a pub, restaurant and leisure complex in Bridlington, Yorkshire, has entered administration following financial difficulties
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Fuller Thomson on the acquisition trail
Scottish pub group Fuller Thomson is close to securing its sixth site which is due to open in early 2015 in Edinburgh as part of a plan to open five sites in the next five years, M&C Report has learnt
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M&B launches updated Harvester offer
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has launched an updated Harvester offer at selected sites, including its unit in Peterborough’s Pavilions West scheme
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NewsH+H launches upgraded payment app
Harris + Hoole, the Tesco-backed chain, has upgraded its mobile app
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NewsPunch agrees to sell five pubs for £9.7m
Punch Taverns has agreed to sell five freehold pubs in central London to Manica Properties Ltd, an Isle of Man-based company, for £9.7m
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Admiral helps tenants build food offer
Admiral Taverns, the tenanted and leased pub company, has announced further help for licensees to develop their food offer through a new “Build a Menu” service
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NewsStonegate-operated package sold in £28m deal
OLIM Property, the property investment company led by former Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Matthew Oakeshott, has acquired 15 freehold pubs let to Stonegate Pub Company for £28.3m
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NewsLabour 'will go further' on pubco intervention
The Labour party will commit to introducing a mandatory free-of-tie and market-rent-only options for pub tenants if they are not included in this week’s statutory code announcement, the chairman of the Business, Innovations & Skills Committee (BISC) has predicted
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NewsNWTC secures first London site
The New World Trading Company (NWTC) has secured its first London site, which will operate under the name The Trading House
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Nine councils eye minimum pricing move
Nine councils in England and Wales have been identified as wanting to implement their own alcohol minimum pricing strategies, according to research conducted by Poppleston Allen
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Analysis & InsightThe secret to delivering sustained excellence
Understanding why some multi-unit managers perform better than others is a question that I hear asked a great deal. My response is that high performers value certain activities more than others and by ‘value’ I mean that they spend more of their time and energy on seeing these activities done well; over and over again
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NewsGov't to announce introduction of statutory code
The government will announce the introduction of a statutory code of conduct for tenanted pub companies in the Queen’s Speech on Wednesday with the dismantling of the current self-regulatory system
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New operators secure Silverburn openings
Chimichanga will open its first restaurant in Glasgow as part of the £20m leisure extension of Silverburn, the city’s flagship out-of-town shopping centre