Pubs, Bars & Clubs News – Page 282
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NewsPunch Taverns announces new CEO
Punch Taverns has appointed Duncan Garrood, current president of food at international franchise operator MH Alshaya, as its new chief executive.
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NewsJDW reaches £10m fundraising milestone
JD Wetherspoon has announced a fundraising milestone, after reaching £10m raised for its chosen charity CLIC Sargent.
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NewsBe At One lines up Manchester opening
Be At One, the Piper-backed cocktail bar chain, is closing in on its first site in the North West, in Manchester
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NewsDarby hints at M&B pizza format
M&B chief executive Alistair Darby has hinted that the company is working on a new format within its existing brand portfolio that will feature a pizza offer
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NewsLaine Pub Co to open seafront cave-style bar
Laine Pub Co has completed the conversion of former nightclub Life on Brighton seafront, which is due to re-open mid-March as the Tempest Inn following an investment in excess of half a million pounds
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M&B closes in on M&C Glasgow
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) will open its second site under its Miller & Carter steakhouse brand in Scotland, in Glasgow, this September
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Guy Heald joins Adnams board
Suffolk-based brewer and pub operator Adnams has appointed Guy Heald as non-executive director.
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Yummy seeking partners for growth
Tim Foster, co-founder of Yummy Pub Group, has said the company is repairing a strained relationship with Shepherd Neame and is keen to work with more landlords that want to invest.
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Aspirational Pub Co eyes estate of 10
Aspirational Pub co, the Hertfordshire multiple operator, is preparing to open its fifth pub as part of plans to grow an estate of 10 by 2020, M&C Report has learnt
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Cambscuisine looks to roll out Smokeworks
Oliver Thain, the founder of Cambridge-based pub and restaurant group Cambscuisine, has said he expects to roll out his Smokeworks concept and hopes to secure a second site this year.
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Ten site target for First Aid Box
The duo behind Brixton cocktail bar Shrub and Shutter are to open a new concept in South London, which they hope to grow to ten sites in London over the next five years.
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NewsHome Office rules out locally-set licence fees
The Government has decided not to introduce locally-set licensing fees, one year after launching a consultation on the move
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NewsPS Pubco eyes funding for BBQ format rollout
Carlos Maidana, the founder of PS – the Pub Company has told M&C Report he has already had discussions with possible investors about backing the rollout of his Blue’s Smokehouse concept.
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JW Lees' director of managed pubs quits
JW Lees, the Manchester-based brewer and pub operator, has announced that Kieran Rabbitt, director of managed house operations, is to leave the company.
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PICAS ‘is working’, Luff insists
Pub industry self-regulation is not dead — far from it. That is the message from Pub Governing Body (PGB) chairman Sir Peter Luff MP following the publication of the PICA-Service (PICAS) annual report.
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Food & Fuel grows turnover 5.1% in 2014
London-based gastropub operator Food & Fuel saw turnover rise 5.1% to £11.4m for the year to 1 June.
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Revolution Bars sets price range for IPO
Revolution Bars, the 58-strong group led by Mark McQuater, has announced the expected price range of its IPO with a prospectus expected to be published later today.
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NewsSports Bar & Grill rejects JDW acquisition bid
Bar Holdings – the company behind the Sports Bar & Grill chain – rejected an acquisition bid from Wetherspoons earlier this month
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Burning Night Group eyes nationwide expansion
Burning Night Group, the Leeds-based operator of bars, has lined up its next opening in Cardiff city centre in August as part of plans to open a further eight venues across the UK in the next three years, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsOakman could remodel company around Beech House brand
Peter Borg-Neal, chief executive of Oakman Inns, has told M&C Report he is seeking a third site for the Beech House concept and that if it continues to succeed in multiple sites the company could be remodelled around the brand.