Pubs, Bars & Clubs News – Page 215
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Aspirational Pub Co set for growth
Former Pizza Hut UK & Ireland chief operating office Aaron Moore-Saxton has told MCA that Aspirational Pub Company, where he is now managing director, is primed for growth.
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Thorley steps down from TDR
Giles Thorley, the former chief executive of Punch Taverns, has stepped down as an operating partner of private equity firm TDR Capital
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Inn Collection secures first city site
North East-based Inn Collection Group has secured its first city property, with the purchase of the Kingslodge Hotel in Durham.
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Vintage Inns new menu rollout 50% complete
Mitchells & Butlers is over half way through its roll-out of the stone-baked pizza offer across its Vintage Inns estate.
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Last Charnwood pubs to be sold by April
Marc Craddock, managing director of Charnwood Pub Company, has told MCA the final three pubs in the estate should be sold by the end of April.
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NewsNeame: ‘Firepower’ for expansion; re-brand; duty row
Shepherd Neame chief executive Jonathan Neame has told M&C the company has “plenty of financial firepower” for expansion and is seeking acquisition opportunities.
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Cannon joins GK Pub Partners
Andrew Cannon, formerly of Scottish & Newcastle, has joined Greene King Pub Partners as divisional property manager
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Corney & Barrow looking to grow again
Corney & Barrow managing director Ed Gardner has told M&C that after a period of refurbishment, the 11-strong group is looking to grow again.
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Market Town Taverns appoints ops director
Market Town Taverns, the Heron & Brearley-owned group, has appointed Louise Middlemass as its new operations director
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Revolution Bars eyeing faster growth next year
Revolution Bars chief executive Mark McQuater has told M&C the group is considering upping its growth target next year and is eyeing opportunities to optimise its existing estate by adding rooftop bars.
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LT Management creates ops director role for NewRiver estate
LT Management has created an operations director role specifically to work on NewRiver’s portfolio of pubs, M&C understands.
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Union vote clears way for Night Tube
Plans to create a 24-hour weekend tube service for London could be back on track after the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) union voted in favour of a new deal.
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NewsShepherd Neame managed lfls up 6.5% in H1
Shepherd Neame has announced like-for-like sales in its managed estate up 6.5% for the half year to 26 December with tenanted like-for-like EBITDAR up 2.7%.
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NewsWatson sets out City Pub Co IPO timetable
City Pub Company has set out its timetable for a listing on AIM, with a plan to grow to 35 sites by late 2017 and go on to build an estate of at least 50 independent pubs as a listed group, M&C has learnt.
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NewRiver to strengthen pub team
NewRiver Retail is to strengthen its pubs’ team following the appointment of Jackie Moody-McNamara’s role as pub portfolio director, M&C understands.
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M&B appoints Microsoft executive to its board
M&B has announced the appointment, with immediate effect, of Dave Coplin to its board as an independent non-executive director
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NewsRevolution Bars H1 lfls up 2.7%
Revolution Bars has reported like-for-like sales up 2.7% for the six months to 31 December.
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Thwaites expands Inns of Character estate
Thwaites has secured its ninth Inns of Character, after acquiring the Beverley Arms Hotel, in Beverley, Yorkshire.
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GK wins Employer of the Year award
Greene King has won the Employer of the Year Award at the Apprenticeships4England Awards 2016.
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Humble Pub Co adds to estate
Keith Marsden, founder of Birmingham-based Humble Pub Company and the current BII Licensee of the Year, has taken on his third pub, M&C has learnt.