Pubs, Bars & Clubs News – Page 263
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NewsStonegate acquires Maclay Inns portfolio
Stonegate has acquired 15 sites formerly operated by the Maclay Group for an undisclosed sum
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NewsRegional expansion on the cards for Grand Union
Bar operator Grand Union will look outside of the capital for expansion opportunities but anticipates its next three or four will be in London, Adam Marshall told M&C Report
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NewsFuller’s: Food sales, recruitment and acquisitions
Fuller’s chief executive Simon Emeny talks to M&C Report about how the company has grown food sales by 60% over the past five years; future growth for The Stable and why 17,000 people a year apply to join Fuller’s but thanks to new technology only those that fit the company’s profile are picked for interview.
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NewsJW Lees in 'acquisitive mood' after strong FY15
William Lees-Jones, the managing director of JW Lees, has told M&C Report he is “feeling acquisitive” after a year in which the company’s estate shrunk in size but grew in square footage.
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NewsAnalyst corner: Rollo on M&B
Leading analyst Jamie Rollo of Morgan Stanley reports back from the recent “on trade fieldtrip” hosted by Mitchells & Butlers
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Beds & Bars planning 1,000-bed London hostel
Keith Knowles, the chief executive of Beds & Bars has told M&C Report the company is aiming to open a 1,000-bed hostel in the Paddington or Kings Cross area as the next stage of development after it adds 250 rooms into its existing estate.
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NewsTye reflects on implications of GK/Spirit deal
Spirit Pub Company chief executive Mike Tye has said he expects to see consolidation of brands when Greene King completes its takeover.
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Wear Inns praised as one of UK’s fastest growing companies
North East and Yorkshire pub operator Wear Inns has celebrated its inclusion in the Investec Mid-Market 100 list.
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NewsFuller's FY lfls up 6.3% in managed and 5% in tenanted
Fuller’s recorded like-for-like sales growth of 6.3% in its managed arm for the year to 28 March with like-for-like profits up 5% in its Tenanted Inns division.
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Hawthorn strengthens operations team
Hawthorn Leisure has further strengthened its management team, with the appointment of a commercial director
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Stonegate appoints new director of corporate affairs
Stonegate Pub Company has appointed Daniel Wilkinson, formerly of Greene King, as its new director of corporate affairs
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Rockpool backs new gastro pub chain
Rockpool Investments, the Chicago Rib Shack backer, is supporting a new pub company to be operated by a group of former Peach Pubs employees
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NewsNew pubs minister pledges to be 'champion for sector'
New community pubs minister Marcus Jones has assured the industry he will be a proactive supporter of pubs and that he is ready to take on the challenges ahead.
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Greene King appoints former Tesco director
Greene King has appointed former Tesco director Matthew Todd as its new group trading director
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M&M Bowness adds pub to portfolio
Cumbrian restaurant group M&M Bowness has acquired the lease of a restaurant in Windemere to convert to a gastro pub
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NewsGeronimo secures Aldgate site
Geronimo Inns, the Young’s-owned pub group, has secured a site in Aldgate to open The Baker and Basket in December as part of a leisure and housing development called Goodman’s Fields
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Fuller’s announces Chef’s Guild Scholarship Chef of the Year
Fuller’s has announced its Chef’s Guild Scholarship Chef of the Year 2015 will go to Jade Clark, The Fisherman’s Haunt, Dorset.
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BII LOY: ‘Food is not the silver bullet for pubs’
The new Licensees of the Year have told M&C Report that their success shows how wet-led pubs can thrive if they offer customers an experience.
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NewsPender: BII was in danger of becoming ‘irrelevant’
New British Institute of Innkeeping chairman Anthony Pender has said the organisation was in danger of becoming ‘irrelevant’ before its revitalisation under Tim Hulme.
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NewsThree Cheers announces purchase of freeholds
Three Cheers Pub Co, formerly Renaissance Pubs, has acquired the freeholds for The Stonhouse in Clapham and The Rosendale in West Dulwich.