Pubs, Bars & Clubs News – Page 123
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Authentic Alehouses secures Stockport pub
Authentic Alehouses, the pub venture launched by Burning Night Group management, has acquired the freehold of the Albert Hotel in Southport, Merseyside, for its new brand.
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Draft House puts Grand Union site on the market
Draft House, the Charlie McVeigh-led craft beer pub operator, is close to a sale of one of the six Grand Union sites its acquired last summer, MCA understands.
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Marston’s to invest £8m in Burton brewery
Marston’s is to consult with employees at the former Charles Wells brewery site in Bedford.
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Urban Village eyes eight sites by 2019
Urban Village Pub Company, the group co-founded by former Orchid Group chief executive Rufus Hall, has grown to four sites with plans to add more this year, MCA understands.
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Peach takes on 19th pub
Peach Pub Company has taken on its 19th site with the acquisition this week of The Bear & Ragged Staff, in the village of Cumnor, Oxfordshire.
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NewsHarvester targets “silent majority” for guest feedback
Mitchells & Butlers’ Harvester brand has seen an 18% hike in its number of guest promoters after trialling a scheme aimed at tapping into the “silent majority” of customers usually reluctant to give feedback.
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Fuller’s secures Royal Wharf site
Fuller’s has acquired a riverside site in the new Royal Wharf development in London’s Royal Dock.
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Deltic launches new apprenticeship scheme
The Deltic Group has announced a new apprenticeship programme.
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B&K appoints GK’s Spencer as group ops director
Brewhouse & Kitchen has appointed Andy Spencer as its group operations director, MCA has learnt.
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D&D chefs launch delivery kitchen
Two former D&D London chefs have launched a delivery-only kitchen concept, with a plan for eight sites by the end of 2018, MCA has learnt.
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Antic London branches out into pub accommodation
Antic London is planning its “first foray” into overnight accommodation as part of its latest pub renovation project, with three more in the pipeline, MCA has learnt.
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Market Taverns acquires sixth London site
Family-run pub business Market Taverns has acquired its sixth London site – The Lady Ottoline, in Clerkenwell.
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Technology helping to fuel engagement at Fuller’s
Fuller’s chief executive Simon Emeny has told MCA that technology is playing a huge role in helping the company develop its relationship with its staff.
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NewsInception secures third Fogg’s; two more lined up
The Inception Group has secured a site for the third iteration of its Mr Fogg’s concept and is close to securing two others, MCA has learnt.
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JDW drops Russell Hume, secures new steak supplier
JD Wetherspoon is to reintroduce steak in its 900 pubs across the UK and Republic of Ireland on Tuesday.
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NewsJDW: Drinks sales growth now almost equal to food
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has told MCA that the growth in drink sales across the estate is now almost at parity with food, for the first time in 15 years.
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New pubs minister revealed
Richard Harrington, parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, has revealed he was appointed as the new pubs minister earlier this week, during a Westminster Hall debate on the application of the Pubs Code 2016, yesterday (24 January).
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EiG beerista scheme to take on £3.7b coffee market
Ei Group has unveiled a tailored ‘Beerista’ coffee offer to support publicans take advantage of £3.7b UK coffee market.
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GK managed YTD lfls down 1.4%; festive sales up 1.6%
Greene King has recorded a 1.4% decline in like-for-like (LFL) sales in its Pub Company business for the first 37 weeks of the year to 14 January 2018.
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Best Bar None finalists announced
Bolton, Sheffield, Plymouth and Torquay have made it through to the final of the ‘National Best Bar None Awards’