All Opinion articles – Page 50
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Getting the wealth out of health
A lack of suitable eating-out options has led to the creation of a US chain that promotes healthy eating. Kerstin Kuhn reports
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Crafting the future
Innovation is not just the domain of the craft brewer, as Roger Protz learnt when he spoke to Everards Brewery’s Stephen Gould
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OpinionThe dial is turning
With uncertainty about the Government’s plans for the tenanted pub sector (almost) behind us, and with an improving performance across tenanted estates accompanied by a return of M&A activity - and continuing innovation - is the dial turning for this often misunderstood part of the industry?
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OpinionGrand plans
Grand Union founder Adam Marshall talks to Mel Flaherty about his ambitions to make the London-based bar group, now backed by Luke Johnson, a “big entity”
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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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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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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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OpinionCable: Why we are acting on pubcos
Vince Cable, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, talks about the reasoning behind the Government’s intervention in the pub sector, the consultation process, new policy and its proposed benefits
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OpinionSparking diners’ imagination
For Charterhouse Leisure CEO John Gater, theatre is of paramount concern at the company’s successful Coal Grill & Bar chain, where he’s mastering the art of delegation. Mel Flaherty reports
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Why this role play is not for me
Industry figures need to understand that, to build their profile and that of their company, relationships with journalists have to be a two-way street, argues Dominic Walsh
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OpinionThe Italian Job
Mel Flaherty talks to Carluccio’s chief executive Simon Kossoff about his hospitality journey, the group’s expansion both in the UK and internationally, entering the US, charity work and authenticity
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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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Learning from a dry society
Sipping tentatively at a freshly-squeezed organic beetroot juice, Phil Mellows meets dry bar entrepreneur Catherine Salway of Redemption Bar and finds out what the licensed trade could possibly learn from a pub with no beer
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OpinionShare and share alike
The M&C20 is one year old this month. Rob Willock takes a look at the relative performances of the leisure sector companies that constitute M&C Report’s shares index.
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OpinionThe premium/informal era
The launch of the Allegra Foodservice’s UK Restaurant Market report saw the headline: “A new era of premiumised informality driven by food pleasure seekers.” The organisation gives further insights into what this means
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Where there’s a grill there’s a way
A grilled cheese venture that began life in a tent is taking the US fast-casual scene by storm, as Kerstin Kuhn discovers
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OpinionThe changing face of foodservice
Rob Sexton, chief executive of the Soil Association, looks at how foodservice operators are reacting to changing consumer attitudes to what they eat, and why, despite some good progress being made, there is still more work to be done by major high street dining brands
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OpinionReform VAT for the hospitality industry
Serial sector investor Luke Johnson argues the case for a VAT cut for the industry in an article published in the campaign’s magazine the VAT Club Jacques Borel Gazette
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OpinionThe IPO trailblazer
Six months ago, Eclectic Bar Group became the first pub, bar or restaurant operator to float on the stock market since Capital Pub Company in 2007. John Harrington gets the inside track from chief executive Reuben Harley and chief financial officer John Smith