Restaurant & food led pub sales bounce in August

Restaurant & food led pub sales bounce in August

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The absence of riots across the UK’s major cities alongside the impact of the Olympics in London combined to boost sales for the UK’s largest restaurant and food-led pub companies according to the latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker.   The Tracker suggests that sales across the country as a whole were up by 2.1% on a LfL basis but that this split between a 5% rise inside the M25 and a 1% rise elsewhere in the country. More on August sales: The numbers accord with comments from a number of operators that the second week of the Olympics (which fell into August) was better (or in some cases less bad) than had been the first week.   The closing ceremony impacted (negatively) a Sunday night (in August) whereas the opening ceremony had hit a Friday (in July).   The Olympics performance, which was said by many to have been negative other than in a relatively small number of venues, was very difficult if not...
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Star Command Video

Star Command Video

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We created this promotional video for Star Command in 2012. As the clip explains, Star Command is a laser tag centre located inside the world famous London Trocadero by Piccadilly Circus.   A little more info about Star Command..... The latest technology to give you the most exciting gaming experience. Laser lighting to create surreal and stunning visual effects. Full surround sound immersing you into the virtual world that is Star Command. The easiest and most convenient laser tag venue in the Capital, located in the heart of the West End in Central London. Large arena allowing for groups of up to 35 players, ideal for birthday parties, stag and hen do's, and exciting corporate events.   LIKE Star Command on facebook...
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9 Social Networks to Watch

9 Social Networks to Watch

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Social Media is constantly evolving and we're not just talking about Facebook & Twitter! Following the recent success of sites such as Foursquare and pinterest, social media website Mashable has identified nine social networking services that could take off next. Path - Online journal used to post photos, travel updates, and keeping in touch with your family. Highlight - This GPS app alerts you when another highlight user is nearby making connection possibilities endless. Sonar - Similar to Highlight, although this app allows you to find like minded people within your vicinity. Banjo - Another location-based social tool, this one works in tandem with your facebook and twitter connections (amongst others) and not only tells you when their nearby but also informs you on local activities. Glancee - A location tool with the ability to share notes with your accompanying friends. Localmind - Similar to foursquare, this app even uses it technology as well as facebook check-ins to provide advice on local attractions. Fancy - Similar to pinterest,...
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Not so happy hour….

Not so happy hour….

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When you find out that something's not working with your bar, do you automatically think it's the product or the marketing that is the problem? I'm working on an event that did well last year but needs to do better, and the people I'm working with want to change the days of the event - they think that's the problem....me, I think that the day doesn't really matter too much, if you have enough good marketing & advertising it will bring people in and the event will be successful. So I typically always think that there's nothing wrong with a product, it's the marketing that's needs to be improved. Well, in the case of today's tip, we are going against my usual approach and we're changing the product a little. This week's tip is about changing your happy hour around so it appeals to more customers. Now onto the tip: For all the bars that have successful happy hours from the "regular" happy hours of 4-7...
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