Pubs, Bars & Clubs News – Page 176
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Star Pubs award winners revealed
Flying Pig & Lobster scooped two awards at the Star Pubs & Bar’s 2016 Star Awards last night.
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Draco expands and rebrands
Somerset-based pub and hotel operator, Draco Pub Company, has rebranded and acquired its fifth site.
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London pubs facing business rates hikes of up to 43%
Pubs in central London are facing a hike in business rates of more than a third under the new rating list coming into force next year.
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Cirrus reaches 20 mark
Cirrus Inns has secured its twentieth site and set its sights on driving toward its next goal of operating a 30-strong estate
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ETI: Business rates, MRO and evolution of managed offer
MCA talks to Enterprise Inns chief executive, Simon Townsend, about a transformational year. He talks about the latest pipeline for its evolving managing operations, including a greater focus on food, plans for further disposals and development on surplus land over the next year, why prices at the hand pump will ...
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Anand named business leader of year
Greene King chief executive Rooney Anand has been named leader of the year at the Lloyds Bank National Business Awards.
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Hawthorn poised for further growth following year of investment
Hawthorn Leisure recorded a £9.5m pre-tax loss in 2015, but said the year saw an infrastructure put in place that would allow it to grow both its tenanted and leased and managed operations.
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Wadworth rebrands 6X with focus on ‘cool’ over-45s
Wiltshire-based brewer and pub operator Wadworth has unveiled a rebrand for its flagship 6X ale,, under the tagline Old Cool is the New Cool.
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Poll shows 34% don’t see hospitality as career choice
A poll has shown the hospitality sector is still grappling to present itself as a viable career choice, with 24% of people saying they would recommend it as a profession against 34% who wouldn’t.
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Phillimore: Role of family brewer is evolving
Justin Phillimore, chief executive of Charles Wells, has insisted the role of the family brewer is evolving as it seeks to act as a catalyst for innovation from budding entrepreneurs.
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NewsETI ‘on track with transformational strategy’
Enterprise Inns chief executive Simon Townsend has told MCA the group’s “transformational strategy” remains on track as it evolves its managed business and drives like-for-like growth in its tenanted and leased estate.
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Thwaites reports on “challenging” H1
Thwaites, the Lancashire-based pub operator, has reported a “challenging” first half of the year as the National Living Wage and Brexit hit profits.
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Butcombe appoints Perfect pubs MD
Butcombe Brewery has appointed Jayson Perfect, currently tenanted trade director at Palmers, as its first managing director of pubs.
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NewsTop 100 pubcos sees turnover rise 11% in last year
Turnover at the UK’s top 100 pub and bar companies has risen 11% in the last year, new research has shown.
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William Reed takes on ownership of The World’s 50 Best Bars awards
MCA owner William Reed has taken on the ownership and running of The World’s 50 Best Bars awards from Agile Media
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Punch sees early success in Mercury division
Punch has shared the early results from the local investment programme in its Mercury Pubs division.
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Albert’s Schloss operators eyeing London sites
The operators of Manchester Bavarian-style beer hall Albert’s Schloss are looking at large scale sites in London.
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Peach appoints new FD
Peach Pubs has appointed a Julie Centracchio, formerly of JD Wetherspoon, as its new finance director, as Joe Gartwaite departs the business.
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NewsYoung’s: Regional sites; business rates and NLW
MCA talks to Young’s chief executive Patrick Dardis about its half-year performance.