All Turtle Bay articles – Page 4
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Analysis & InsightThe new normal
After a tumultuous year across the eating and drinking-out sector, 2018 is likely to represent the establishment of a ‘new normal’ in terms of trading conditions. AlixPartners managing director Graeme Smith talks to James Wallin about the likely winners and losers of this new era
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NewsMCA and AlixPartners launch Growth Company Index 2018
MCA is once again teaming up with leading advisory firm AlixPartners to identify the top 50 private firms with the fastest-growing profits in the UK eating and drinking-out sector.
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Grillstock “no longer in administration”
Grillstock, the Bristol-based barbecue operator, has announced that it is “no longer in administration”
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NewsTurtle Bay grows FY sales 36%
Caribbean restaurant chain Turtle Bay grew sales by 36% in the year to 25 February.
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Future of Grillstock in doubt
The future of Grillstock has been placed into doubt after co-founders John Finch and Ben Merrington stepped down from the business as directors
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NewsByng joins the board of Flat Iron
Tom Byng, the founder of Byron, has joined the board of Flat Iron, as a non-executive director
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Analysis & Insight
PE remains sector’s growth partner of choice
Paul Hemming, managing director of AlixPartners, looks in detail at the figures from this year’s Growth Company Index, produced in partnership with MCA. In this article he looks at the enduring influence of private equity on growth companies.
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Temple becomes COO at Turtle Bay
Turtle Bay, the Piper-backed Caribbean chain, has appointed Jon Temple as its new chief operating officer
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Tweddell becomes Flat Iron chairman
Crispin Tweddell, founder of Piper, has become chairman of the private equity group’s latest investment in the sector, Flat Iron
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Turtle Bay confirms Northampton site
Caribbean restaurant chain Turtle Bay has confirmed it has secured a 10,000 sq ft site in Northampton.
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Analysis & Insight
Pub restaurants missing out on social media influence
Branded restaurants are excelling at marketing themselves on social media – while pub restaurants are missing out on social media influence, MCA analysis has found.
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Analysis & Insight
Inside Track: Time to look north?
Could the north east be Britain’s best-kept secret for restaurant and pub operators? Most of the attention for new restaurant and pub openings tends to fall on London and the south east – but it is in the top right corner of England where the fastest pace of openings is to be found at the moment. CGA Peach vice president Peter Martin discusses.
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Turtle Bay strengthens pipeline
Turtle Bay has lined up a further six openings, as it looks to open 10 new sites in total this year
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Smith swaps Byron for Flat Iron
Fred Smith has stepped down as head of food at Byron, to join Flat Iron, the Piper-backed, ‘single-steak’ dining concept
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Aqua Italia plans further expansion
Aqua Italia has said it is embarking on an “exciting year” with plans to open two to three new sites
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Analysis & InsightMarket towns not so Tasty
The sobering full-year update from Tasty, the Kaye family-backed operator of the Wildwood and Dim T brands earlier this week, was the first one that I think gave a truer reflection of where the market actually is, with the real hard yards set to kick in
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NewsTurton swaps Nando’s for Turtle Bay
Turtle Bay has appointed Karen Turton, formerly of Nando’s and Spirit Pub Company, as its new UK operations director
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Growth companies to watch
This month Turtle Bay was unveiled as the fastest growing company in the eating and drinking out sector, according to the AlixPartners Growth Company Index, compiled in association with MCA. However, there are other operators making waves that haven’t made it on to the list for one reason or another. Mark Wingett provides a snapshot of five that are jostling for a listing.
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NewsTurtle Bay tops Growth Company Index
Turtle Bay, the Piper-backed Caribbean chain, has topped the list of the fastest growing companies in the UK’s eating and drinking-out sector.
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Opinion
On another page
Andy McCue’s first update as chief executive of The Restaurant Group last week was brutally honest in assessing where the business now finds itself and in highlighting the speed of its decline. The question is will he and the company get time to right those wrongs and are the group’s future prospects and that of rival the Casual Dining Group now linked? Mark Wingett reports.