All Yates articles – Page 2
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NewsStonegate acquires another two JDW sites
Stonegate Pub Company has announced it has exchanged on another two pubs from JD Wetherspoon.
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Opinion
House of cards
Given the rapid pace of expansion over the past few years on the high street and in leisure parks of restaurant brands, many believe it is inevitable that there will be some casualties over the coming 18 months
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Yates New Year deals package launched
Stonegate has launched its New Year deals across its Yates estate.
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Levick joins Stonegate as ops director
Ben Levick, the former director of operations at TCG, has joined Stonegate Pub Company as an operations director
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Allcock swaps Stonegate for Goals
Kevin Allcock, national operations director for Yates and new concepts at Stonegate, is to join Goals Soccer Centres as operations director.
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OpinionWhy private equity has a lot to answer for
As we celebrate our 200th edition, the co-founder of M&C Report, Peter Martin, reflects on the driving forces behind the creation of the title and what has changed over the past two decades
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OpinionBack on track
Dominic Walsh explores the fall from grace of Ed’s Easy Diner and ponders whether the travails of recent months have done any lasting damage to this business, whilst at the same time asking whether there is merit in a future link up between Stonegate and Mitchells & Butlers
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Analysis & Insight
Bank Holiday staycation boom predicted
The number of people planning UK staycations over the August Bank Holiday has risen by 300,000 year-on-year, according to a VisitBritain survey.
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News
Longbottom: Drinks-led bars outpacing casual dining
Simon Longbottom has told MCA that Stonegate’s drinks-led approach is resonating with customers as the casual dining market begins to overheat.
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NewsStonegate MD Cullum departs
Tim Cullum has left his role as joint managing director of Stonegate, MCA understands.
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Jones swaps Rank for Goals Soccer Centres
Mark Jones is to step down from the Rank Group to become the new chief executive of Goals Soccer Centres
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Sale of Wolverhampton Yates’s reflects yield of 6.9%
The investment sale of Yates’s, 34 Queen Square, Wolverhampton, saw the property sell for £3.625m to Cannon Street Capital
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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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Analysis & Insight
UK inbound tourism hits new record in 2015
The number of inbound tourists hit a new record level in 2015 with 35.8 million visits, up 4% compared with the 2014
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News
Diary: Costa; Punch Taverns; Welcome Break and EAT
In this week’s Diary we ask why Costa Coffee’s MD seems to be cashing his chips; explore how restaurants can tackle no shows and find out why leaving the EU would apparently be good for the UK curry circuit:
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News
Leslie Country Inns appoints Yates to board as it eyes growth
Leslie Country Inns has appointed Lawrence Yates, former head chef at the Michelin-starred Box Tree restaurant in Ilkely, to its board as it eyes growth.
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NewsElectra reports asset value up £308m in 2015
Private equity group Electra Partners has said the valuation of TGI Fridays has increased by 17% and Original Bowling Company by 103% since its investments in the companies.
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News
Sales uplift at Friday’s
TGI Friday’s UK has reported a 10% rise in total sales over the course of 2015 so far, with profits up over 16%
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Analysis & Insight
Shopping tourists visiting UK spend 80% more
International tourists who visit the UK primarily to shop spend 80 per cent more during their stay than those visiting for other reasons, according to research by VisitBritain.
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Analysis & InsightBeefeater has highest visit spend across pub brands
Beefeater delivered the highest average spend per visit across the major pub brands in the second quarter of 2015.