All People articles – Page 84
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Analysis & InsightIs the future still bright?
After several years of consistently producing like-for-like growth, The Restaurant Group finds itself needing to address a falling share price and restoring faith in its core brand Frankie & Benny’s.
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News
Five minutes with... Philip Darby, Nottingham Brewery
This week M&C takes five minutes with Nottingham Brewery managing Philip Darby. He talks about his love for yachts, potted shrimps and why CAMRA needs to turn its attention away from ale.
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Opinion
Familiar name is back in the hat
Benito’s Hat founder Ben Fordham talks to Mark Wingett about stepping back into running the Mexican food concept, eyeing expansion after exiting underperforming sites and how the business is striving to remain unique in an increasingly competitive category
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Starbucks UK expands apprenticeship programme
Starbucks is expanding its apprenticeship programme to include those with higher degrees by offering apprenticeships in management and leadership roles
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Kornicis strengthens team ready for May re-brand
Kornicis has strengthened its senior management team and is on track to launch its rebrand in late Spring.
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Soho House appoints new group ops director
Soho House has appointed Daniel Ashworth, formerly of Salt UK, as its new group operations director
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Cote bolsters property team
Cote has bolstered its property team with the appointment of former The Restaurant Group senior acquisitions manager Sammy Jones
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Amos steps down from Rossopomodoro
Handley Amos has stepped down as managing director of Neapolitan pizza chain Rossopomodoro after over four years of leading the 10-strong business in the UK
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Opinion
No stone left unturned
Just under a year and a half since his appointment, Simon Longbottom, chief executive of Stonegate Pub Company, is continuing to build on the managed operator’s growth momentum, while looking to give the business even more impetus. He talks to Mark Wingett about honing the group’s business strategy
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Zero-hours contracts on the decline in hospitality
The number of hospitality businesses employing staff on zero-hours contracts has halved since 2014, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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POD co-founder Skerritt joins Starbucks
Kate Skerritt, co-founder of healthy food-on-the-go concept POD and most recently head of retail at Le Pain Quotidien, has joined Starbucks.
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GK HR director leaves business
Greene King’s group HR director Jane Connor has left the business, M&C understands.
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Five minutes with…Ed Gardner, Corney & Barrow
This week M&C takes five minutes with Corney & Barrow managing director Ed Gardner. He talks about why street food impresses him, his worries about whether consumer spending will continue to outstrip rising property and wage costs, and wanting to run a brewery.
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Time Out Market in advanced stage on London debut
Didier Souillat, the new chief executive of Time Out Market, has told MCA that the company is at an advanced stage in terms of securing a debut UK site
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Thorley steps down from TDR
Giles Thorley, the former chief executive of Punch Taverns, has stepped down as an operating partner of private equity firm TDR Capital
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Tortilla strengthens operational team
Tortilla has strengthened its head office team with the appointments of a head of marketing and a financial controller
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Lambert to oversee PizzaExpress Delivered growth
PizzaExpress has appointed Neil Lambert, its current trading controller, to oversee the growth of its Delivered arm
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NewsCDG’s Richards named Retailers’ Retailer
Steve Richards, the driving force behind development and growth of the Casual Dining Group, has been singled out by his peers as the stand-out individual in the eating-out and drinking-out market
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Cannon joins GK Pub Partners
Andrew Cannon, formerly of Scottish & Newcastle, has joined Greene King Pub Partners as divisional property manager
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Market Town Taverns appoints ops director
Market Town Taverns, the Heron & Brearley-owned group, has appointed Louise Middlemass as its new operations director