Pubs, Bars & Clubs News – Page 181
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BrewDog and Tossed among ‘most innovative’ operators
BrewDog and Tossed have been named among the top 25 ‘most pioneering brands’.
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Brakspear trials pizza offer for ninth managed site
Oxfordshire-based pub operator and brewer Brakspear is to open its ninth managed pub next month, with the transfer of the Retreat in Staines from its tenanted arm, MCA has learnt.
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NewsInnis & Gunn plans eight Beer Kitchens in Scotland
David Hall, managing director of Innis & Gunn Retail, has told MCA he believes there is scope for eight of its Beer Kitchen bars in Scotland and strong potential in the rest of the UK and internationally.
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Epic opens fifth pub
Epic Pubs will today open its fifth site – the Knife & Cleaver in Houghton Conquest, Bedford – its second partnership with Charles Wells.
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NewsStar Pubs & Bars poll finds licensees positive about 2017
A poll of Star Pub & Bars licensees has shown two thirds feeling ‘very positive’ about their prospects for the year ahead.
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Marks named Icon at Late Night Awards
Deltic Group chief executive Peter Marks has been given the ALMR Icon Award at its Late Night Awards.
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Redcomb disposal paves way for two-pronged growth plan
Redcomb Pubs co-founder Dan Shotton has told MCA that the group is on track to open its Lock House casual dining concept in December, and said he is close to another London pub acquisition.
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Grace Land secures two new sites
Grace Land – the joint venture between Barworks and its former operations manager Anselm Chatwin – has secured two new sites as it looks to grow its estate to 10 over the next three years.
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Yummy launches chef academy
Yummy Pub Company has launched The Chef Academy, which it is describing as an innovative way of finding new chef talent
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Private investor secures Mortlake’s The Ship for £4.52m
A private UK investor has acquired the freehold interest in The Ship in Mortlake, SW14, for £4.52m
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Gazzard steps down from New Moon
Neil Gazzard has stepped down as operations director of New Moon Co., which went into administration last month
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Radford swaps GK for Star
Stephen Radford has left his role as estate manager at Greene King to take up the same role at Star Pubs & Bars, MCA has learnt.
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Destination & premium lfls up 2.3% Marston’s
Marston’s has this morning announced that like-for-like sales across its Premium & Destination division were 2.3% ahead of last year
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Arc eyes new investment to fund Banyan rollout
Leeds-based bar operator, Arc Inspirations, is eyeing investment options as it seeks to grow its Banyan Bar & Kitchen brand by three a year.
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JW Lees adds to managed estate
JW Lees has added to its 35-strong managed estate after completing the acquisition of The Groes Inn, Conwy, north Wales.
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Butcombe creates ops director role
Butcombe Brewery, part of the Liberation Group, has appointed Mark Harding to the new role of operations director.
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Five minutes with…. Clive Watson, City Pub Co
This week, MCA spends five minutes with City Pub Co chairman Clive Watson to discuss Brexit, IPOs, why doing the simple things well can lead to the best experience and why he admires Drake & Morgan and John Lewis.
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Oakman Inns: H1 trading; acquisitions; new funding
Oakman Inns is “at handshakes stage” of securing new funding after a busy period of growth so far this year, MCA has learnt.
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Batemans eyes acquisitions after transformative year
Batemans has grown its managed and ‘manchised’ estate to seven pubs and is close to securing two more acquisitions – including the company’s largest ever investment, MCA understands.
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JDW and Punch push for greater sustainability
JD Wetherspoon (JDW) and Punch have signed up to the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA)’s Food Made Good scheme