All Fuller’s articles – Page 26
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Fuller's to hold cooking competition for chef 'scholars'
Fuller’s, the London-based brewer and pub operator, is to hold a head to head cooking skills competition today under its Chef Scholarship, which it launched last year
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City Pub Co EBITDA nears £1m in 'transformational' year
The operator has reported EBITDA of £912,166 in the “transformational” year to 29 December, and expects it to reach as high as £8m by 2017 as the company grows to c30 sites, chief executive Clive Watson has told M&C Report
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NewsM&C20 climbs back from leisure sector fall
The leisure sector has partially recovered following last week’s crash climbing 3.4% and gaining £58m across the portfolio of 21 companies, while the FTSE All Share Index remained relatively static
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Fuller's buys most westerly pub
Fuller’s, the London-based brewer and pub operator, has secured its most westerly pub yet, at Portishead in Somerset
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OpinionShare and share alike
The M&C20 is one year old this month. Rob Willock takes a look at the relative performances of the leisure sector companies that constitute M&C Report’s shares index.
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NewsM&C20 falls as hedge funds take profits
The M&C20 index suffered a steep fall this week as shares in the leisure sector slid 2.9%, leading to losses of £328m among the 21 constituent companies
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Analysis & InsightInside track: Trading concerns
Leading analyst Geof Collyer of Deutsche Bank lays out his concerns regarding the current trading environment, and focuses on confusion of offering – is it a pub or a restaurant; site availability, site saturation and rent inflation; and couponing and the online threat
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Confidence returns to restaurant property market
Restaurants sold by Christie + Co in the early part of the 2014 are selling at more than of 90% of the asking price on average, reflecting growing confidence in the market, according to the property agent’s head of restaurants Simon Chaplin
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OpinionTo invest or not to invest...
Private equity has provided the finance for most growth concepts on the UK’s pubs and restaurants scene. So what makes a great private-equity investment? Electra Partners’ Bill Priestley gives his view
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Fuller's buys two London riverside sites
Fuller’s, the London brewer and pub operator, says it continues to seek new acquisition opportunities after buying two freehold sites on the bank of the River Thames
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Late Knights forms new pub JV
Late Knights, the London brewery founded by former Fuller’s manager Steve Keegan, has formed a new joint venture with a Brighton-based brewer and wholesaler to open pubs in East Sussex, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsM&C20 returns to growth
Normal service resumed for the M&C20 this week, as it returned to growth (+1.5%) and outperformance of the FTSE All-Share Index (+0.6%) after last week’s decline of 0.7%
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Fuller’s secures the Albannach
Fuller’s has acquired the high-profile site, The Albannach, set on Trafalgar Square, which will become a flagship location for its Ale & Pie format
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Oakman Inns and Young's win double at Publican Awards
Oakman Inns and Young’s were double award winners at the Publican Awards 2014 last night, with many of the industry’s leading pubcos recognised for their successes
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NewsBurns upgrades Young's to Buy
Leading analyst Karl Burns has upgraded Young’s from Hold to Buy, citing the recent decent trading and an “encouraging” outlook for 2015, and saying the stock no longer trades at a significant premium to its peers
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NewsBurns raises Fuller's TP
Leading analyst Karl Burns has increased his Target Price for Fuller’s ahead of its year-end this month
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NewsLittle & Large prevent bigger losses for M&C20
The M&C20 was saved from a more significant decline thanks to the share price performance of two companies at either end of the scale – JD Wetherspoon and Essenden
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Enterprise 'to benefit most from beer duty cut'
Enterprise Inns is the pub company that will benefit most from the cut in beer duty in terms of the impact on pre-tax profit, according to leading analyst Douglas Jack, who estimated that the beer duty reduction should be worth £30m to pubs based on sales last year
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OpinionLittle and large
With the licensed trade currently undergoing change at an unprecedented rate, Glynn Davis looks at a polarisation within the market — as food-led pubs get bigger and bigger, while their wet-led cousins become champions of micro units
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NewsM&C20 holds steady amid general market decline
The M&C20 escaped the worst ravages of a week that saw the FTSE All Share Index plummet by 3.2% to 1,027