All Finance articles – Page 12
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OpinionGordon Ramsay: ‘The industry is facing a bloodbath’
Writing in The Standard, the chef said, “it seems no one in power is thinking ahead”, and called for at least a 20% cut in business rates to ease the burden of transitional increases
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NewsKeystone beer brands acquired in £4.5m deal
Black Sheep, Purity, Brew By Numbers, Brick, North, Magic Rock and Fourpure have been acquired by Paramount Retail Group with a mission “protect, restore and revitalise iconic British regional beer brands”,
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NewsYoung’s reports strong festive trading, plans move to main market
The premium pub operator has reported like-for-like sales growth of 11.2% over the three-week festive period, while announcing its intention to move from AIM to the main market of the London Stock Exchange
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NewsWetherspoon keeps up like-for-like growth
The pub group reported 8.8% like-for-like sales growth over the festive season, as it prepares to launch its first site in mainland Spain next month
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NewsInda Pubs reports significant uplift in turnover
The West London pub company, chaired by City Pub Group founder Clive Watson, saw turnover reach £14.45m in 2025, with a 39% uplift seen in the last six weeks of the year
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InterviewsHeartwood Collection remains confident in pubs-with-rooms strategy
The operator of Heartwood Inns is optimistic that transitional relief from the government will help offset the impact of business rates rises, CEO Richard Ferrier told MCA.
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NewsKnoops on track to exceed £20m revenues
The chocolate specialist delivered like-for-like UK store sales growth of 12%, plus strong trading across its online and wholesale channels as it targets $500m revenue by 2032
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NewsStrong Christmas for Amber Taverns
The pub group delivered like-for-like sales growth of 9% over the festive period as it looks to add 20 sites per year to its growing estate
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NewsHeartwood Collection reports ‘sustained momentum’ across estate
The Alchemy-backed operator of Heartwood Inns and Brasserie Blanc has said it is on track to achieve £100m in turnover, with record trading over the festive period
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NewsTim Hortons achieves double-digit sales growth
The UK&I business reported 10% sales growth over the festive period, plus 8% like-for-like growth in 2025 as it looks to expand further across the country
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Opinion‘If a pub disappears it’s a tragedy. A chain restaurant doesn’t have the same cache’
Despite pressure to widen relief to the whole sector, the Chancellor has repeatedly emphasised pubs as the category most in need of support
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NewsIndividual Restaurants reports festive sales growth of 6%
The operator of Piccolino, Riva Blu, Restaurant Bar & Grill and Forbici, said it delivered a strong performance over Christmas and is looking to 2026 as being a defining year for the business.
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NewsSoho House secures funding to save take-private deal
The private members club operator has locked in $200m in alternative financing to support the deal, which it now aims to close by the end of the month
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NewsRachel Reeves: ‘We’re particularly concerned about pubs’
The Chancellor said officials were working ‘pretty intensely’ to ensure that there’s more temporary support for pubs, following the withdrawal of Covid-era support
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NewsScottish budget: business rates support for hospitality reduced to 15%
Hospitality trade bodies have said the measures ‘do not go far enough’ and leave businesses facing rates increases worth thousands of pounds
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NewsRates valuations boss: ‘We don’t want there to be any surprises’
Jonathan Russell has defended the Valuation Office Agency’s work to MPs, and insisted ministers were kept informed of upcoming hikes to business rates, as he revealed overall valuations for the pub sector are up 32% since the last list in 2023
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NewsTurtle Bay reports ‘lower than expected’ numbers
The Caribbean restaurant business has reported a 10% decline in sales, to £84.3m, for the 52 weeks to 30 March 2025, and a loss before tax of £10.2m, versus a £1.9m profit in 2024.
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NewsWhitbread sees total sales up, with expected decline across F&B
The operator of Premium Inn achieved a 2% uplift in total group sales in Q3, following positive accommodation sales performance in both the UK and Germany.
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NewsMission Mars delivers record festive trading
The bar and restaurant group reported record revenue of £36.2m for the three-months to 28 December 2025, driven by strong like-for-likes at Albert’s Schloss, Soho alongside its eight new openings for Rudy’s Pizza
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NewsStonegate appoints advisers as it seeks to streamline business
The pub company, which has more than 4,300 sites in the UK – and £3m of debt – has appointed restructuring firm FRP Advisory in a bid to “reinforce the group’s long-term resilience and sustainability”.