All Brasserie Bar Co articles
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InterviewsHeartwood Collection on the future of loyalty
The Brasserie Blanc and pubs-with-rooms operator is working on an ’overt loyalty scheme that people can understand, follow, and feel motivated to use’, marketing director Caz Taylor told MCA’s Hostech
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NewsLabour’s plans for workers, from pay rises to zero-hour contracts
Businesses, from small pubs to retail giants, fear that if the new government honours its manifesto pledges, their payroll costs will soar, The Times reports
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InterviewsHeartwood Collection: ‘We are moving forward at pace’
MD Richard Ferrier says surety of funding is enabling it to grow quickly, with investor Alchemy motivated to deploy capital for the right acquisitions
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NewsHeartwood Collection secures additional £100m funding
The operator, formerly Brasserie Bar Co, will use the £50m facility from OakNorth Bank and an additional £50m from Alchemy Partners to support its rollout into freehold pubs and pubs with rooms, as part of its ambition to reach 60 sites by 2027
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InterviewsMark Derry: ‘We are ready to step up to the challenge’
Heartwood Collection, formerly Brasserie Bar Co, is looking leverage the expertise of Alchemy Partners as it moves into the pubs-with-rooms market, its exec chairman tells MCA.
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co to rebrand as Heartwood Collection
The Alchemy Partners-backed group is planning to grow to 60 locations by June 2027, with a core focus on premium freehold pubs with rooms
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co has strong pipeline of freeholds
The group, which achieved ‘record-breaking’ sales in the year to 26 June 2022, has since acquired three new freeholds with a big pipeline of further sites on the horizon
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InterviewsHopes and reflections: Views from the top (part 1)
As the hospitality sector comes to the end of another year filled with unprecedented challenges, we ask sector leaders to share their highs and lows of 2022 and hopes for the New Year, in a special series of articles this week, which today features Fuller’s, St Austell Brewery and Brasserie Bar Co
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co to open seven new sites next year
The White Brasserie Co and Brasserie Blanc operator plans to buy up the freeholds of its leasehold pubs, The Times reports
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NewsDardis joins Brasserie Bar Co as NED
Former Young’s chief executive Patrick Dardis joins the operator of White Brasserie and Brasserie Blanc as it looks to grow to 70 sites over the next three to five years
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co appoints group property director
Ed Little, formerly property director at RedCat Pub Company, will join the group on 5 October
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NewsPub operators amp up delivery and retention efforts
Leading pub operators discussed their views on the current trading landscape during a round table discussion at MCA’s Pub Conference
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InterviewsBrasserie Bar Co: ‘We needed an investor with firepower’
The ability for Alchemy to enable faster growth of the business was a key factor in its decision to work with them, executive chairman Mark Derry told MCA’s Pub Conference
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co names new ops directors
Brasserie Bar Co has promoted both Tom Palfreeman and Sam Wood from his roles as regional directors at the pub and restaurant group
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NewsMCA’s Pub Conference takes place on Wednesday
There are only two days to go, so book your place to hear from the likes of Stonegate, Fuller’s, Shepherd Neame, Admiral Taverns, Liberation Group, Brasserie Bar Co and Oakman Group on 6 July
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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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NewsBrasserie Bar Co ready to exploit opportunities
The White Brasserie and Brasserie Blanc operator is now “exceptionally well capitalised” following its sale to Alchemy
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co’s Mark Derry: ‘I’ve never known a more difficult time to be a restaurant operator’
The group’s executive chairman said the increase of VAT to 20% would result in ”a big bucket of cash coming out of our business”
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Analysis & InsightOperators reluctant to pass cost pressure on to consumers
Despite the increasing cost of energy, labour and raw materials, hospitality operators have told MCA they are hesitant to dampen consumer demand by upping their prices
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co: ‘The business has never been in better shape’
Brasserie Bar Co now has the firepower to accelerate its expansion and is keen to use new owner Alchemy’s experience as backer of The Inn Collection to open up new opportunities, exec chairman Mark Derry tells MCA.