All articles by Phil Mellows – Page 2
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More than 50 pubs run by local communities
More than 50 pubs in the UK are now run by their local communities, research by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has revealed
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NewsNew food and cocktail menu for Slug & Lettuce
Stonegate’s Slug & Lettuce chain is adopting some modern culinary trends with its new food menu, in addition to a new cocktail menu
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Opinion
Guardian of tradition
JW Lees is poised for growth thanks to developing the best bits of tradition and not being afraid to close failing pubs, managing director William Lees-Jones tells Phil Mellows. Free pies have helped, too
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Opinion
Cheshire Cat pauses to consolidate
Cheshire Cat Pubs and Bars, the pub company founded by former Greenalls executives Tim Bird and Mary McLaughlin, is pausing to consolidate after opening five pubs in five years
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Pan Chai targets franchise expansion
Luxury pan-Asian restaurant Pan Chai, currently located in the Harrods store, is launching a franchise and hopes to open at least five sites across the UK by the end of 2014, M&C Report has learnt
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Bar Sport eyes expansion
Bar Sport is to open its sixth site in Newbury, Berkshire, on 21 November, and is aiming for four more before next summer’s football World Cup kicks off, M&C Report has learnt
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Freedom Brewery plans major expansion
The Staffordshire brewer aims to increase production capacity up to five-fold by the end of next year in order to supply major pubcos with its craft lagers, managing director Tim Massey has told M&C Report
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Oaka would like more London pubs
Oaka Group, the sister company to the Peterborough-based Oakham Ales, would like to open more pubs in London after reporting strong trading at its first outlet in the capital
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Thwaites to invest £4m in pub estate
Thwaites director of pub operations Andrew Buchanan has revealed to M&C Report that the Blackburn-based brewer is on course to complete £4m-worth of investment in its estate by the end of the financial year
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Merton and Islington named best for food in London
Merton and Islington have been jointly named as London’s top Good Food Boroughs
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Duty shortfall costs more than £1bn pa
Shortfalls in alcohol duty payments are costing the Treasury more than £1bn a year, according to latest estimates from HM Revenue & Customers
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JW Lees targets 200-strong estate
The company is looking to grow to 200 pubs and is able to secure a further £10m in growth funding from the bank, managing director William Lees-Jones has told M&C Report
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NewsPromising start for pro-beer campaign
The brewing industry’s Let There Be Beer campaign has released figures to show that it has got off to a promising start
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Geronimo launches season of events
eronimo Inns, the Young’s-owned pub operator, has launched a season of events, special menus and collaborations under the banner Pubstival
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Pub companies urged to review e-cig policies
Anti-smoking campaigners are urging pub operators to keep their policies on electronic cigarettes under review as controversy grows around the devices, which deliver nicotine without burning tobacco and produce vapour rather than smoke
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Bleeding Heart founders launch less formal bar/bistro
Robyn and Robert Wilson, founders of London’s Bleeding Heart and The Don restaurants, are to launch their latest venture, a less formal bar and bistro called the Sign of the Don, on 3 November
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Tourism bodies announce united lobbying effort
Thirty-three UK tourism bodies, including including the British Hospitality Association, have joined forces to lobby political leaders ahead of the next general election
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Sector firms make job pledge
Restaurant and hospitality businesses from across London and the South East are to take a pledge to create new jobs for 16 to 24-year-olds
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Moorhouse's sees Hallowe'en sales rise
Lancashire brewer Moorhouse’s has seen sales surge to a record high in the run-up to Hallowe’en, which is now “busier than Christmas” for the brewer of Pendle Witches Brew
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Analysis & InsightBreakfast variety 'key to cafe growth'
Breakfast variety is a key driver of growth in the burgeoning cafe sector, according to a new survey from Technomic
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