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News
Robinson's exits managed pub model
Frederic Robinson, the Stockport-based brewer and pub operator, is to exit the managed house model because of rising costs and a lack of scale. The business, which has around 400 pubs, will transfer its remaining eight managed pubs into its tenanted arm.William Robinson, tied-trade director, said: “You really need at ...
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News
Punch rubbishes R20 property deal talk
Punch Taverns has dismissed suggestions that it might agree a property deal with Robert Tchenguiz’s R20 as the price for securing the entrepreneur’s support for its proposed £11bn merger with Mitchells & Butlers (M&B).Tchenguiz, who has a 23% stake in M&B, had been in negotiations with the group over a ...
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Weekend Press
JD Wetherspoon shares 'on slide'
Brokers Cazenove are recommending investors to sell JD Wetherspoon shares as like-for-like sales slide. This is partly due to the smoking ban, but underlying pressure on the consumer could also be to blame.The Daily Telegraph 02/02/08 (Your Money) page 6