Pubs, Bars & Clubs News – Page 148
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Top pubs' rateable value up 57% - ALMR
New analysis by the ALMR has highlighted how the pub trade is disproportionately penalised by the current business rates regime.
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Veeno confirms first franchised site in Cardiff
Veeno, the fast-growing wine café concept, has confirmed its first franchised site in Cardiff with plans to open three more franchised stores this year.
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NewsFurness-Smith to step down as McMullen’s MD
Peter Furness-Smith, the joint managing director of family brewer and pub operator, McMullen’s, is to retire this summer after two decades with the group, MCA has learnt.
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Forest calls for smoking ban review
Smoking advocacy group Forest has called for a review of the smoking ban, and the introduction of smoking annexes in pubs, after a report claimed the ban had decimated the trade.
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Liverpool gastro-pub closes
Liverpool gastro-pub The Old Blind School has closed “until further notice”, The Liverpool Echo reports.
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NewsCMA - Heineken remedy 'might be acceptable'
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which is considering Heineken’s proposals to sell pubs in certain areas to preserve competition, has suggested the remedy “might be acceptable”.
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Red Oak founders eye next stage of growth
MCA speaks to Red Oak Taverns founders Aaron Brown and Mark Grunnell about how they brought their experience at some of the biggest pub companies in the country into their own business
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JDW to develop £13m Dublin pub and hotel
Wetherspoon is to spend around £13m developing a new pub and 98-bedroom hotel in Dublin city centre.
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Eclectic to open second Coalition in Reading
Eclectic Bars, the night-time subsidiary of Brighton Pier Group, is set to launch a second edition of its nightclub concept Coalition in Reading.
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JDW scraps ‘intrusive’ newsletters
JD Wetherspoon is to stop sending monthly newsletters and delete its database of customers’ e-mails.
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Revere interested in further group deals
Colin Sadler, managing director of Marston’s premium arm, Revere, has told MCA that the success of the integration of the Pointing Dog pubs has given the group confidence to look at other small group deals.
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Deadline extended for Beer & Cider Marketing Awards
The deadline for entering the Beer & Cider Marketing Awards, which sets out to discover the UK’s best marketers and celebrate the best campaigns across the industry, has been extended until 17 July.
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Charles Wells to open third Pizza, Pots & Pints
Charles Wells is to open the third iteration of its Pizza, Pots & Pints managed model.
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‘M&A activity in next few years depends on realistic sellers’
M&A activity in the pub sector is still likely over the next two years, although sellers must ensure they have realistic expectations, according to Sapient Corporate Finance founder, Peter Hansen.
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NewsCity Pub Co close to appointing advisors
City Pub Co expects to appoint advisors next month ahead of its IPO and build a £40m war chest to add a further 25 sites.
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Nye: First outside investment ‘an eye opener’
James Nye, managing director of Anglian Country Inns (ACI), has told MCA that bringing in outside investors for the first time has been ‘an eye opener’.
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Upham poll shows rural pubs ‘must stick to their roots’
Upham Pub Company has said its bespoke survey has shown that rural and out-of-town pubs to stick to their roots and preserve what it means to run a traditional country inn.
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Craft Beer Co closes in on Shoreditch site
The Craft Beer Co, which operates sites across London and one in Brighton, is close to securing a site in Shoreditch, MCA understands.
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Bitters n Twisted to ‘hunker down’ in tough climate
Matt Scriven, the founder of Birmingham-based Bitters n Twisted Venues, has told MCA the group is likely to scale back on expansion because of the increasingly competitive market.
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Urban buys Paradise from Columbo Group
Urban Pubs & Bars has acquired Paradise by Way of Kensal Green from the Columbo Group, MCA understands.