All Everards articles

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    Family brewers: ‘The cost of building is a challenge’

    2026-07-14T07:36:00Z

    Everards is focusing its investments on those pubs it is certain will be winners, while McMullen’s has effectively ruled out further new build pubs in the near term given the huge increase in costs, MCA’s recent Pub Conference audience heard

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    Family brewers: ‘We are constantly trying to innovate’

    2026-06-30T11:29:00Z

    They have decades of heritage to draw upon. But in today’s fast-paced pub and brewing sector, even the most established family businesses, such as McMullen’s and Everards, are focused on innovation, MCA’s Pub Conference heard.

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    World Cup ‘way beyond expectations’ for pub leaders

    2026-06-26T13:35:00Z

    According to MCA’s leader roundtable discussion, the pub sector is so far enjoying the spoils of the FIFA World Cup 2026, depsite navigating a heatwave, late kick-offs and an unpredictable England side

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    Strong trading drives turnover and profit at Everards

    2026-03-30T08:54:00Z

    The Leicestershire-based pub operator and brewer says it is well positioned to navigate market challenges after reporting a 90%+ rise in operating profit in its latest results

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    Punch Pubs acquires four Everards sites

    2025-04-23T06:38:00Z

    Joining Punch’s leased and tenanted estate, the new pubs bring the company’s total acquisitions for the current financial year to 13

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    Everards delivers strong performance

    2024-12-11T13:41:00Z

    Turnover increased to £36.2m and was accompanied by a rise in operating profit, albeit the pub operator and brewer warned of ‘material impact’ resulting from the Budget

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    Greene King MD heads to Everards

    2023-07-18T13:13:00Z

    Andy Wilson, MD of destination brands, will be replaced by Jodie Tate, who is set to join from Asda 

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    Everards returns to profit

    2023-06-13T07:21:11.597Z

    The Leicestershire-based brewer and pub operator reports like-for-like sales growth of 6.3% in the nine months to June 2023

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    Everards investing double in its pubs

    2022-11-23T08:26:00Z

    The family brewer and pub company made a profit in the year to September 2022 and is hopeful of a strong December with the FIFA World Cup and usual festive trading.

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    Everards' sales down 10% in Q1

    2022-01-05T08:14:44.150Z

    Managing director Stephen Gould said government support, by way of grants, “is appreciated but sadly does not go far enough”.

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    Hawthorn acquires 14-strong pub package

    2021-04-26T07:24:00Z

    Hawthorn has announced the acquisition of 14 community pubs from Everards of Leicestershire as it continues to build its nationwide community pub portfolio. The new sites are predominately located in suburban and neighbourhood locations in the East Midlands.

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    Everards at the ‘precipice of losing many pubs for good’

    2020-12-04T07:04:00Z

    Regional pub operator and brewer Everards has been “effectively closed down” by the government’s tier system.

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    Everards cancels £3m rent for tenants

    2020-11-03T08:35:00Z

    Leicestershire-based pubco Everards has cancelled £3m in rent to protect its licensees through the pandemic.

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    Pub sector warns of crisis over unclear opening date

    2020-06-18T07:37:00Z

    More than 50 pub company and brewery CEOs have urged the Prime Minister to give a definitive reopening date for all pubs by Friday, as the sector “hits crisis point”.

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    ​Everards: Too early to charge tenants rent

    2020-04-27T09:56:00Z

    Everards has cancelled rent for tenants for April and May in recognition that government support for the pub sector is only just starting to come through.

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    Everards sales up 3.5%

    2020-01-30T08:26:00Z

    Everards has reported sales are up 3.5% on last year, for the year ending 30 September 2019. It also said group EBITDA of £5.9m was 1% ahead of the previous year reflecting “good trading performance and a reduction in overheads”. It also said pre-tax profits and non-recurring items of £2.1m was behind the prior year “primarily as a result of an increase in interest charges associated with the Group’s refinancing”.

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    Beautiful Pubs takes on Everards site for fourth opening

    2019-04-04T07:46:00Z

    The Beautiful Pubs Collective has strengthened its partnership with Everards Brewery for its fourth opening.

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    Everards on symbiotic bond between pub estate and brewery

    2019-02-12T08:33:00Z

    MCA talks to Everards managing director, Stephen Gould, on the back of its most recent financial results, with pub like-for-like sales up 2% in the year to 30 September 2018 and 2.5% in the year to date. He discusses consolidation in the beer market; why the managed pub model may be creaking and how smart operators are investing in occasions.

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    Everards acquires Daventry pub

    2018-12-12T08:46:00Z

    Everards has acquired canalside pub, The Admiral Nelson, in Daventry, Northamptonshire.

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    Everards focusses on succession planning

    2018-06-19T08:38:00Z

    Julian Everard, the sixth generation family member from Leicestershire brewery and pub operator Everards, is working with managing director Stephen Gould with a view to eventually succeeding his father at the business.