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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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Interviews
Fuller’s: ‘London is getting back to its vibrant best’
CEO Simon Emeny talks to MCA about the improving trajectory of pubs in the capital – and how the company’s new branding strategy is targeting a younger customer base
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Fuller’s starts new financial year ‘on a high’
Reporting a return to profit growth in 2022, CEO Simon Emeny said the pub company was looking to the future with “confidence and excitement”
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Fuller’s refinances debt facilities
The £200m refinancing, which matures in 2026/27, was described as a sigificant improvement to the cost of the previous debt faclilities
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Fuller’s: Strong desire to return to city
The pub company has reported improved trading since the new year, having gained further momentum with the lifting of restrictions in England
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Fuller’s extends healthcare benefits to junior staff
The new scheme offers healthcare benefits to all team members, from kitchen porters to deputy managers, so long as they have at least 12 months’ service.
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Analysis & Insight
Hospitality united in calls for VAT and business rates relief
While some operators are in favour of the reintroduction of the furlough scheme, not all think it should be a key pillar of government support in the current crisis
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Fuller’s closing 20 London pubs ‘indefinitely’
Chief executive of Fuller’s Simon Emeny told Sky News that sales at its London sites were down between 60%-80%.
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Analysis & Insight
Fuller’s has good opportunity for M&A
Fuller Smith & Turner could dispose of its tenanted inns division and use the funds to acquire City Pub Group, a note from Panmure Gordon has suggested
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Interviews
Fuller’s: ‘We are ready to grow the business again’
Fuller’s return to profitability sees it ready to grow again with a new site in the City of London lined up for early 2022 and several more in negotiations, CEO Simon Emeny has told MCA.
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Fuller’s: ‘We are rebuilding well’
Fuller’s reports a strong set of financials for the first half of FY22, with a return to profit and the resumption of its dividend.
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Fuller’s business ‘steadily increasing’
Chief Executive Simon Emeny said life was “gradually returning to normal”, with a return of customers to its central London pubs.
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Interviews
Fuller’s: ‘British pubs handle evolution brilliantly’
Like the majority of the country, Simon Emeny is enjoying the afterglow of England’s football heroics when we speak on Thursday morning.
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News
Fuller’s ‘perfectly placed’ to benefit from return to normal life
Fuller’s has hailed a resilient performance after seeing its revenues fall by 77% in a year dominated by lockdowns.
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Pubs poised to bring back drinking at the bar
Senior leaders at some of the UK’s biggest pub companies are gearing up for customers to be able to drink at the bar from 21 June, the Telegraph has reported.
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Fuller’s to raise £53m
Fuller’s has announced a share placing to raise around £53m, which will strengthen its balance sheet and liquidity position in preparation for a strong reopening.
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Sector calls for apprenticeship protections
Apprenticeship funding and youth employment must be protected if training and development of the future hospitality workforce are to be a cornerstone of the country’s economic recovery, sector leaders have said.
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Fuller’s FD to step down
Fuller’s finance director Adam Councell has informed the board of his intention to step down from his role at the pub and hotel business.
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Pub grant ‘not enough’
A one-off grant of £1,000 for wet-led pubs forced to close because of coronavirus has been criticised for not doing enough to support pubs through winter.
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Fullers trading at 80% compared to last year
Fullers has released a trading statement for the 23 weeks to 5 September 2020 ahead of its AGM later this morning (10 September). After lockdown closed its estate, Fuller’s began reopening sites on 4 July and now has over 90% of its pubs and hotels open. Like for like sales are currently 80% and the business said sales in August were boosted by the EOHO scheme. It said Cotswold Inns & Hotels, which Fuller’s acquired in October 2019, also benefitted from the staycation trend.
