All Oakman Inns articles – Page 4
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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.
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InterviewsOakman Inns COO Dermot King: 'We’re desperate for people to come out and enjoy themselves.’
Like many other operators, the fourth of July has become a focal point in the calendar for Oakman Inns, as it prepares to reopen its estate.
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NewsOakman closes in on refinancing and investment target
Oakman Inns has secured close to £2m in new investment, while extending almost £8m of bonds which matured in December 2019.
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NewsOakman Inns refinances debt with Cynergy Bank
Oakman Inns & Restaurants has partially refinanced its secured debt on The White Hart in Ampthill, Bedfordshire and The Royal Foresters in Ascot, Berkshire through an £11m loan from Cynergy Bank.
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NewsOakman Inns & Restaurants reports like for like rise
Oakman Inns & Restaurants has said like for like sales were up 7.3% for the 15 month period ended June 2019. Sales for the period topped £46.7m with LfL sales up 7.3%. Site EBITDA was £8.6m with group EBITDA at £4.2m. “Overall we have maintained our corporate momentum despite an unhelpful environment with the uncertainty around Brexit impacting both consumer and investor confidence,” said Oakman CEO, Peter Borg-Neal.
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NewsOakman Inns launches new trading division
Oakman Inns has formed a new trading division called Ashmore Inns, with several acquisitions already lined up.
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NewsOakman reports lfls increase of 4.8% for last quarter
Oakman Inns has reported that like-for-like sales increased by 4.8% for the 13 weeks to 30 June 2019.
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NewsOakman Inns appoints Steven Kenee as CIO
Oakman Inns & Restaurants has appointed Downing LLP’s Steven Kenee as chief investment officer. He will be joining Oakman full-time in September.
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NewsOakman Inns completes acquisition of seven-strong pub freehold package
Oakman Inns has acquired a seven-strong package of its own managed pubs’ freeholds, with combined EBITDA of £2.8m, from funds managed by Downing LLP.
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OpinionOakman Inns: ‘We want our pizzaiolos to be figureheads of the pizza world’
The pub group’s chef director Ross Pike talks to MCA’s sister title Food Spark about the evolution of its pizza offer, meat-free meals and the benefits of having a development kitchen.
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NewsOakman acquires Buckingham pub
Oakman Inns has acquired a Grade II listed Buckingham pub for an undisclosed sum.
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NewsOakman achieves 8.5% rise in YTD lfls
Oakman Inns has achieved an 8.5% increase in like-for-like sales during the 40 weeks to 6 January, including an 8.5% rise over the five-week festive period.
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Young’s, Brasserie Bar Co and Oakman pledge to support EU staff
Further operators have joined Carluccio’s in supporting its non-British EU employees to apply for settled status.
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NewsOakman Inns set to appoint advisors
Oakman Inns is set to appoint advisors at the start of next year as it looks to take a flexible approach to any eventual exit for its investors, MCA understands.
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NewsOakman appoints Butlins MD as COO
Oakman Inns has appointed Dermot King, outgoing managing director of Butlins, as chief operating officer.