All Admiral articles – Page 2
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NewsPub Conference 2022: full agenda revealed
Stonegate’s chairman and founder Ian Payne, Fuller’s chief executive Simon Emeny and Shepherd Neame’s chief executive Jonathan Neame are among the highlights on the programme
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NewsC&C sells stake in Admiral Taverns
The Bulmers supplier disposed of its minority interest in the pub company for £55m to Proprium Capital Partners
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NewsSoaring energy prices threaten last orders for pubs
Hospitality and leisure sector businesses are struggling to secure manageable gas and electricity deals, the Financial Times reports
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NewsAdmiral reports resilience performance for FY21
Admiral Taverns’ CEO Chris Jowsey said the pandemic and the UK government’s response to it “had a seismic impact on the hospitality sector”
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Analysis & InsightBudget reaction: Wet-led community pubs hailed as winners
Alcohol duty reform was received positively and “should be introduced as soon as possible” while the one year 50% discount on business rates was seen to favour smaller operators and community pubs.
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Analysis & InsightPub deals show 'genuine demand' for market
Pub deals such as Admiral Taverns’ acquisition of Hawthorn and Punch’s of Ram Pub Company show buyers are willing to look “forwards, not backwards”, Simon Johnson of CBRE has said.
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NewsStar MD: L&T sector in ‘watershed moment’
The leased & tenanted pub sector has been a through “watershed moment” during the pandemic, showing the strength of the partnership model, Lawson Mountstevens, MD of Star Pubs & Bars has said.
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NewsHawthorn launches Proper Pubs platform
Hawthorn has announced the creation of a new operator managed platform called Proper Pubs. Proper Pubs will represent about 20% of the Hawthorn estate. Proper Pubs is run by director of managed operations, Mark Brooke, who joined Hawthorn last year. Admiral Taverns completed the acquisition of Hawthorn for £222.3m last week.
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NewsDavies steps down from Hawthorn as sale completes
Mark Davies has stepped down from his position as chief executive of community pub company Hawthorn following the completion of the sale of the business to Admiral Taverns.
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Analysis & InsightAdmiral and Hawthorn ‘made for each other’
Originally announcing plans to go public as a standalone company in April, in the event it was a trade buyer that sealed the deal for Hawthorn.
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NewsAdmiral Taverns to acquire Hawthorn in £222m deal
Admiral Taverns has reached an agreement to acquire community pub company Hawthorn from parent company NewRiver, for a cash consideration of approximately £222.3m.
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NewsAdmiral Taverns sees profits down by a third
Admiral Taverns has achieved an underlying operating profit of £11.1m, down from £17.2m in 2019, for the 52 weeks to 30 May 2020.
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NewsAdmiral warns of mass closures if outdoor-only pub policy goes ahead
Chris Jowsey, chief executive of Admiral Taverns has warned that up to 25% of its pubs could close if the government brings in an outdoor-only policy when restrictions are relaxed for pubs.
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Analysis & InsightSunak’s sector support – help out or wash out?
The Chancellor, it seems, has done it again. For all the pre-emptive whispers of potential VAT cuts and unprecedented (in the UK, at least) voucher schemes, Rishi Sunak’s Summer Economic Update didn’t disappoint. But if the coronavirus crisis has taught us anything, it’s that glorious headlines don’t always equate to glorious results – something hospitality’s ‘squeezed middle’ know all too well. So how will Sunak’s Plan for Jobs work in reality?
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NewsAdmiral Taverns to offer tenant support to April 2021
Admiral Taverns’ tenants are being offered tapered rent support from reopening all the way through to April next year, the company has announced.
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NewsAdmiral to ask tenants for rent contribution
Admiral Taverns will ask some pub operators to contribute towards rent for May and June, as it seeks to balance “short-term and long-term needs”.
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NewsAdmiral, Greene King and St Austell to offer click and collect grocery
Online wholesaler StarStock has teamed up with Brakes, Coca-Cola European Partners and Use Your Local to launch mypubshop.com, an e-commerce platform for pubs to offer essential groceries like bread, eggs and milk via click and collect. Admiral, Greene King and St Austell have all signed up. Admiral CEO Chris Jowsey said: “We are doing everything we can to support our pub operators through this extremely challenging period.
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NewsAdmiral “pleased” with performance against “challenging backdrop”
Admiral Taverns has said underlying group EBITDA rose 6.2% on the previous year to £23.7m, after it released its results for the 52 Weeks ending 1 June 2019. It also said like for like sales at its 713-strong retained estate were up 4.3%. And it said it had invested £8.1m over the last 12 months and its estate was now valued at £259.8m despite disposing of 46 pubs during the period, which reflected that investment.
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NewsM&A Review of the Year
It certainly hasn’t been a year in hospitality M&A for the faint hearted, but for those who have stuck with the sector and taken a long-term view, opportunity has knocked. Despite fears of an investor hiatus as a result of lingering uncertainty (ongoing Brexit delays certainly haven’t been helpful to M&A advisors!), the past 12 months has again proved the robustness of the M&A market in this sector, and points to further opportunities for 2020.