All Operators articles – Page 144
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Analysis & InsightThe hopes and fears facing our industry
As we stand at the midpoint of 2015, it now seems timely to reflect on the ‘Hopes and Fears’ facing our industry and what we might expect to see in the latter half of the year, writes Stephen Evans, development director at Gourmet Burger Kitchen
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News
Essenden agrees to £40m takeover by Harwood
Ten-pin bowling operator Essenden is to be taken over by Harwood Capital in a £40.1m.
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Diary
Diary: Pret, Deltic, Enterprise Inns and St Austell
In this week’s Diary we hear about some ‘interesting’ results from Pret’s evenings trial, look at trends in the late-night sector and get Rupert Clevely’s first impressions of the debut site he will develop with Enterprise Inns. All that and some truly awful beer and music-related puns
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News
Camm & Hooper lines up third site
Camm & Hooper, the Imbiba Partnership-backed events-focused vehicle, has lined up a third opening in London’s Bishopsgate
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News
Tesco closes FARM concession
Tesco has ended its trial partnership with the In FARM We Trust food concept, just eight weeks after launching the venture
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Fuller’s appoints new head of wine
Former Waverley TBS wine director Neil Bruce has joined brewery and pub chain Fuller’s as its head of wine, replacing wine and purchasing director Mark Dally
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News
Everyman adds five cinema sites
Cinema group Everyman has acquired four London cinemas from Odeon and exchanged on a site in Stratford
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News
Barrio Bars secures two new sites, eyes UK expansion
Barrio Bars has secured sites for a new opening in Brixton and a second outlet in Soho, with plans to open two to three new bars a year going forward, M&C has learnt.
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Diary
Diary: PizzaExpress; BrewDog; Heineken and McMullen
This week’s Diary reveals more about PizzaExpress’ fledgling delivery arm; finds out what BrewDog’s American revolution will look like and finds out who is in the frame to be the new BBPA chair
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News
O2 Academy operator buys Brighton Hippodrome
Academy Music Group, the owner of the O2 Academy Brixton and the Shepherd’s Bush Empire, has bought Brighton’s Hippodrome.
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Analysis & InsightChoices have to be fair across both genders
There’s been an industry conundrum for some time about how to broaden beer’s demographic (from predominantly male) to a more balanced audience of men and women
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News
Nam Long to open basement cocktail bar
Chelsea bar & restaurant Nam Long Le Shaker has launched a separate basement cocktail bar.
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Wine merchant launches Clapham bar
Wine merchant Divine Cellars is to launch its first wine bar today in Clapham.
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News
Beannchor Group to open £4m hotel
Beannchor has announced plans to open a new £4m hotel in Belfast city centre, creating 100 new jobs
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La Tasca and Peach winners at Craft Guild of Chefs Awards
La Tasca, STK and Peach Pub Company were amongst the winners at this year’s Craft Guild of Chefs Awards
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NewsEckel sells pub to focus on Forge & Co
Cymon Eckel has told M&C Report the sale of the Herne Tavern in East Dulwich marks the final chapter for his Britannina Pub Co
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OpinionYoung's at heart of M&A theory
There has been movement in the acquisitions market, talk of a flotation and likely responses to the market rent-only option (MRO) recently, and Dominic Walsh thinks there may be more on the horizon
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InterviewsFive-minute interview: Steve Holmes – Ask/Zizzi
M&C Report takes five minutes to talk to Steve Holmes, chief executive of The Azzurri Group, owner of ASK Italian and Zizzi, about securing good sites, the challenge of recruiting good staff and cooking pasta in a kettle!
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News
Jamie Oliver and St Austell launch project to help lower paid
Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Cornwall and St Austell Brewery have secured funding for a project aimed at boosting the wages and career prospects of lower paid workers in the hospitality sector.
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NewsLittle Gems primed for growth after pub sale
Steve Wilkins, the founder of Little Gems Country Dining, has told M&C Report the sale of one of its country inns has provided capital for the company’s expansion plans.