All Late Night Venues (Bars) articles
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Analysis & Insight
Rum to follow gin upward trajectory
Rum sales rose 7% year on year in 2019, contributing to a 6.2% rise in sales across the spirits category, new research from CGA has found.
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Analysis & Insight
Premiumisation continues to disrupt drinks market
Super-premiumisation continued to disrupt the on-trade in 2019 as a resurgence in mainstream brands further polarised the drinks market, CGA analysis has revealed.
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News
Finn Cap on Revolution Bars Group
Finn Cap comments on RBG trading update for H1 FY20, the 26 weeks ended 28 December 2019.
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News
Continued focus on Revolution as improvements start to pay off
Revolution Bar Group is to focus its site investment programme on Revolution in a bid to “revitalise” the brand, with 12 of its 15 upcoming refurbishment projects to be carried out at these sites, chief executive Rob Pitcher told MCA.
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Opinion
New adventures
Tom Kidd, managing director of Adventure Bar Group, talks to Jo Bruce about expansion plans, its Leicester Square opening, and a new name.
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News
Darwin & Wallace would consider regional opportunities
Darwin & Wallace has voiced its desire to open in London’s Soho and the City and would consider venturing into regional cities, MCA has learnt.
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News
Moonshine Bars lines up two London sites for its Bavarian concept
Moonshine Bars has secured two further London sites for its Bavarian concept Munich Cricket Club, including a flagship location in Victoria and another in Canary Wharf.
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News
The Breakfast Group lines up two new openings
he Breakfast Group has lined up two new openings which would take its estate to 11 venues, MCA has learnt.
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News
Adventure Bar confirms location of ninth site
Adventure Bar has confirmed it has secured the Pillars of Hercules in Greek Street, Soho – one of the Be At One pubs that Stonegate acquired last summer – for its ninth opening, MCA has learnt.
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News
Simmons Bar acquires Dirty Harry’s site in Soho
Simmons Bars has completed on a new site in Soho – the former Dirty Harry’s bar at 201-203 Wardour Street, MCA has learnt.
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News
Adventure Bar sets out growth strategy
Adventure Bar has set out an expansion roadmap that will see it complete the acquisition of its ninth site early next month, at it looks to add on at least three bars a year to its estate.
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News
Simmons puts Clerkenwell lease up for sale
Simmons Bars, the Lonsdale Capital backed group, has put the lease of its Clerkenwell site up for sale through AG&G.
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Analysis & Insight
Simple Simmons
Lonsdale-backed bar group Simmons has spent the past 12 months getting its house in order and is now ready to kick off the next stage of its growth plan. Georgi Gyton spoke to chief executive Nick Campbell about its journey since entering the world of private equity and why keeping it simple doesn’t have to mean boring.
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News
Simmons achieves 8% rise in lfls
Lonsdale Capital-backed bar group Simmons has achieved a like-for-like sales (lfls) increase of 8% for the full year to 31 March 2019, MCA has learnt.
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News
Bar 6 Group confirms third Near & Far
Bar 6 Group, the company behind Magic Roundabout and The Good Mixer, has confirmed it is to open its third Near & Far site, in Camden.
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News
Stonegate converts three Yates bars to Slug & Lettuce
Stonegate is to open four additional Slug & Lettuce site – three of which were formerly Yates bars, and the fourth a Stonegate pub called The Goose, in Doncaster.
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News
Nine Revolution Bar sites brought to market
Fleurets is to market nine freehold investments that are currently let to Revolution Bars.
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News
The Alchemist anticipates five in next financial year
The Alchemist has said it is anticipating five new openings in the next financial year, MCA has learnt.
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News
Disco Bars Group secures two new sites
Disco Bars Group has acquired two new sites in the north west of England – Bamboogy in Bolton and Play & Rewind in Wigan, according to the Derby Telegraph.
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News
Innspired Leisure set to open cocktail bar concept in Durham
Innspired Leisure is set to open The Butterfly Room – a cocktail bar concept – on the former site of the Love Shack nightclub in Durham.