All Fuller’s articles
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News
Fuller’s delivers 5% like-for-like growth
CEO Simon Emeny commented on the pub company’s excellent results in the first 16 weeks of its financial year, with chairman Michael Turner stepping down after 47 years
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News
Openings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, featuring Heartwood, Pick & Cheese, Brunning & Price, and more
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News
Pub bosses warn government over £1.7bn tax on business
The leaders of JW Wetherspoon, Fuller’s and Greene King have called for the “unfairness” in the business rates system to be rectified if further pub closures are to be avoided
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Opinion
Fuller’s succession plan leaves few surprises
Key to the success of Fuller’s management team is a succession process ‘as smooth as a head on a pint of London pride’, says Dominic Walsh, as he considers the implications of the recently announced reshuffle
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News
Pub groups develop loyalty schemes to increase frequency
Greene King, Fuller’s, Mitchells & Butlers and Butcombe Group, are launching or revamping loyalty programmes in a bid to lure back customers with more frequency, the Financial Times reports
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News
Pub sector increases commitment to DEI
Companies including Fuller’s, Greene King, and Punch Pubs have committed to furthering diversity and inclusion in support of the BBPA’s Open To All charter
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Interviews
Fuller's Simon Emeny: ‘Leadership changes mirror 2007 move’
Emeny says the leadership changes announced yesterday had been “worked on for a number of years,” and that he will be combining the role of chairman and chief executive
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News
Robust trading and estate management drives returns for Fuller’s
The pub company achieved like-for-like growth across food, drink, and accommodation, and further announced Simon Emeny will become executive chairman next month
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News
Simon Emeny: NICs rise a ‘hammer blow’ to sector
The Fuller’s chief executive said he is frustrated by the “lack of joined-up thinking” by the government, and had been forced to review prices in the past week in response to rising business costs
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News
Fuller’s announces board changes
Helen Jones is stepping down as an independent non-executive director (NED), and chair of the remuneration committee, with Robin Rowland replacing her role on the committee and Jane Bednall joining the board as an NED
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News
Fuller’s agrees new £185m banking facility
The facility provides the pub company with “significant headroom” to pursue growth through acquisitions; while it is launching another around of share buybacks of up to one million ‘A’ shares
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News
Openings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, including Loungers, Gail’s, Afrikana and more
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News
Fuller’s ‘maintains market outperformance’
The pub and hotel business reported “excellent trading” over the five-week Christmas and New Year period, delivering like-for-like growth of 10.2%, with +5.9% growth achieved in the year to date
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Interviews
Fuller’s: Budget will have ‘enormous impact’
The Chancellor’s eocnomic plans will not impact Fuller’s financial performance this year, but CEO Simon Emeny is convinced of the impact the “regressive” tax burden will have on the sector
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News
Fuller’s look to future with optimism
The premium pub company is trading ahead of the market in like-for-like sales, and has an estate that’s “never been in such good shape”
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News
Draught duty cut is a ‘drop in the ocean’
Pub sector leaders including Nick Mackenzie, Simon Dodd, Simon Emeny, and Chris Jowsey have expressed concern that costs will continue to rise with the reduction in business rates relief and rise in National Minimum Wage
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Analysis & Insight
Leading pub groups growing ahead of overall market
The top 10 pub groups by turnover are forecast to grow by 6.2% year-on-year – ahead of total pub market growth of 1.7%, Lumina Intelligence has forecast, with Loungers, Mitchells & Butlers and Wetherspoons leading growth
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News
Fuller’s acquires Lovely Pubs for £22.5m
The seven-strong Warickshire pub collection is described as highly complementary and generated EBITDA of £3.1m in the last financial year
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News
Fuller’s sees inflation easing and margins recovering
The premium pub company has reported continuing trading momentum with strong like for like sales growth of 5.3% for the first 16 weeks of the financial year
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Events
The future of talent leadership in pubs
The sector is at a critical juncture in its quest to attract the diversity of talent necessary to thrive, concluded leaders from ETM, BrewDog, Fuller’s and Wells & Co, at MCA’s Pub Conference