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Business Profile: Coco di Mama

09-Nov-2016 By Mark Wingett

Under its parent company the Azzurri Group, grab-and-go Italian restaurant brand Coco di Mama is bringing its faster pasta to the masses.

Regional hotels continue to outperform London sites

28-May-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

Regional hotels have experienced mixed fortunes in gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR) as national rooms revenues continued to fluctuate in April.

Star Pubs & Bars to spend £250k to make pubs food-led by 2020

14-May-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

Star Pubs & Bars, the leased pub business of Heineken UK, is to invest £250,000 across its estate as part of a drive to make food 50 per cent of overall sales by 2020.

Hotel chains outside London continue to perform well

25-Mar-2015 By Michelle Perrett

Hotel chains in the UK provinces continued to show positive year-on-year growth while London hotels struggled during February according to the latest HotStats' UK Chain Hotels Market Review.

Regions outperform London in January

27-Feb-2015 By Carina Perkins

Regional hotels outperformed London properties in January 2015, achieving double-digit profit growth compared to bottom line declines in the capital.

Millennium & Copthorne sees London RevPAR and profits surge

03-May-2012 By Luke Nicholls

UK-based international hotel group Millennium and Copthorne (M&C) has reported a 24 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to £25.9m in the first quarter of 2012.

Travelodge reveals £1m cost of riots

14-Sep-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Travelodge has revealed that last month’s riots have cost the chain £1m due to cancellations made during the two-week period surrounding the unrest.

Many UK hotels still “fighting a losing battle”, reveals market data

01-Nov-2010 By Lorraine Heller

Hotels in some of the major markets in the UK continue to face an uncertain future as they are still unable to increase their corporate rates