All Oakman Inns articles – Page 3
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NewsOakman Group boss reports strong trading
During the first ten weeks of its new financial year (5th July to 12th September) Oakman Group has reported total growth of 39.3% and like-for-like growth versus 2019 of 16.2%.
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NewsNightclubs reopen as ‘freedom day’ dawns
Clubbers have returned to the bars and dancefloors of nightclubs as England reached its long-awaited ‘freedom day’ today (19 July).
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NewsOakman: Rent write-offs would be unfair
Rent debts should not be written off, as it would penalise operators that have worked hard to pay off their arrears, Steven Kenee of Oakman Group has argued.
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OpinionOakman: Table service benefits discerning family customers
The pub might be “finally be reinventing itself” and moving away from lad culture, Oakman CEO Dermot King has suggested.
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NewsOakman ‘ready for further growth’
The Oakman Group has reported an EBITDA loss for 2020 of £2.6m and a total loss of £13.9m.
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NewsOakman outperforms the market
The Oakman Group has reported an excellent first full week of trading since customers were allowed to return to outdoor-only service.
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NewsOakman to invest ‘substantial’ sum on new hotel
Oakman Group is preparing to start work on five new sites, in Buckingham, Epsom, Wokingham, Harpenden and Hatfield.
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NewsOakman Group acquires The Woburn Hotel
The Oakman Group has acquired 48-bedroom The Woburn Hotel, after signing a 25-year lease with The Bedford Estates, as it looks to take advantage of the boom in staycations.
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NewsOakman acquires six Seafood Pub Co sites
The Oakman Group has acquired six pubs from the administrators of Seafood Pub Company.
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News‘As good as could be expected’ - operators react to the Budget
In what is now a well-worn routine, Boris Johnson was last week the bearer of bad news, announcing a much slower than preferred roadmap reopening, with hospitality apparently at the end of the queue.
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NewsOakman raises £4.4m
Oakman Group, the operator behind Oakman Inns and Restaurants and Ashmore Inns, has closed its latest equity raise – receiving applications for £4.4m of shares from almost 300 new investors.
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NewsLatest support an immediate “lifeline” but “in vain” without a long-term plan
The latest round of coronavirus support announced by the Chancellor yesterday received a mix response from the industry, with many agreeing the supposed “lifeline” is far from enough.
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NewsOakman Group opens share offer to customer base
Oakman Group, the operator behind Oakman Inns and Restaurants and Ashmore Inns, is looking to capitalise on the post-pandemic market and double its estate by 2026.
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OpinionOakman Inns CEO Dermot King: Hospitality has become a punchbag in crisis
As England emerges from a second lockdown and businesses adapt to the new tier system, Oakman Inns CEO Dermot King discusses how the government is forcing the hospitality sector to big up the tab.
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NewsOakman awarded for ‘outstanding training’
Oakman Inns has been recognised in The Princess Royal Training Awards for its “exceptional commitment to training”.
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NewsDermot King new CEO at Oakman Inns
Dermot King is the new CEO of Oakman Inns following a promotion from COO. Current CEO Peter Borg-Neal will move into the role of executive chairman from 1 August. Chairman Mike Smith will remain on the board in a non-executive role. “I am honoured and delighted to become CEO of such an outstanding business,” said King. “Having spent the last 18 months working alongside Peter and the team I genuinely believe there is no limit to what we might achieve.
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NewsOakman Inns CEO Peter Borg-Neal: Happy with 4 July reopening
Peter Borg-Neal has told MCA he was “happy” with the way his estate traded over the 4 July reopening weekend. Speaking to MCA’s virtual event The Conversation, the Oakman Inns CEO said “on balance the weekend went well. “We traded around 83% of last year on a like for like basis on Saturday, and about 82% on the Sunday. We’re quite happy with that number given that we were at 75% capacity in terms of the number of seats and we had no vertical drinking except for in the garden.
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NewsOakman Inns “will be opening on 4 July,” challenges PM to tell it otherwise
Oakman Inns has said it will reopen all of its pubs on 4 July, and has challenged the Prime Minister to tell it otherwise.In a statement on its website, the 28-strong pub operator has said that despite the lack of clarity given to the hospitality sector by the government, its 1,000 employees are preparing to serve drinks and food again by the proposed reopening date.