Pubs, Bars & Clubs News – Page 163
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Freehold of JDW pub sells for £1.67m
The freehold of a pub in Southsea, Hampshire, let to JD Wetherspoon, has been sold for £1.67m
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Restaurant and bar spend up, drinking at home down
UK households spent more in restaurants and hotels then they have in five years, while expenditure on alcohol at home declined, Official for National Statistics (ONS) data shows.
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Tidalwave to open third pub
Tidalwave Bars, the fledgling London-based operator, is to open its third pub.
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CMA probe of Heineken/Punch deal could last until October
The Competition and Markets Authority has officially launched its investigation into Heineken’s proposed acquisition of 1,900 Punch pubs.
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Revolution to open de Cuba in Birmingham
Revolution Bars Group has submitted plans to open a Revolucion de Cuba in Birmingham.
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House of Jacob grows to five
Oxfordshire-based House of Jacob group has taken on its fifth venue with a lease from Greene King.
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Be At One research shows key cocktail trends
Be At One has claimed its customer research proves six out of 10 drinkers can tell the difference between different spirts brands and that 77% are happy to spend more for a better quality cocktail.
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Butcombe unveils rebrand ahead of expansion push
Butcombe Brewery has unveiled a rebranding as it enters “a new phase of growth”.
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Heavitree continues churn of estate
Heavitree Brewery, the Exeter-based tenanted pub company, has reported a 1% rise in turnover for the year to 31 October – as it continued to churn its estate.
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Final Bottledog comes to the market
BrewDog has placed its final Bottledog concept site on Grays Inn Road, near King’s Cross on the market
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Shuffle targets five university towns
Shuffle Bar & Jukebox has secured a second site in Southampton, part of a plan to open five by the end of 2018.
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NewsHeineken reveals plans for Punch pubs
Heineken is to review “a number” of initiatives operating across the Punch estate – including its Falcon retail contract programme – as it seeks to “keep the best of both worlds in the newly expanded estate”, MCA has learnt.
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Tootoomoo looks to pubs for growth
Pan-Asian restaurant group Tootoomoo is poised to take its first steps into the pub sector.
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NewsJDW and Whitbread named top employers
JD Wetherspoon and Whitbread have both been named in the list of Top Employers in the UK.
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NewsSharp's reports 20% beer growth in 2016
Sharp’s Brewery, the Cornwall based brewer owned by Molson Coors, has reported 20% growth in beer volumes for 2016, as it continues to make in-roads into the Midlands and North, MCA has learnt.
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Greene King launches Craft Academy
Greene King is hiring apprentices to help it create new ales that appeal to a younger audience
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Levick heading up Walkabout
Ben Levick, the former operations director at TCG, is heading up the Walkabout brand following its acquisition by Stonegate, MCA understands.
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NewsPunch shareholders back Heineken/Patron bid
Punch shareholders have overwhelmingly backed the Patron/Heineken bid to acquire the company in a deal valuing the UK’s second biggest pub company at £1.8bn.
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City Pub Co acquires Shoreditch pub
City Pub Company has confirmed its 30th acquisition will be the Three Crowns in Shoreditch.