Pubs, Bars & Clubs News – Page 285
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Double acquisition for Urban Leisure Group
Urban Leisure Group (ULG), the London-based bar and restaurant operator, has secured two central London sites for openings in the coming months
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CAMRA reveals National Pub of the Year
A former City worker who had never pulled a pint before quitting his job and becoming a publican has picked up the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) National Pub of the Year Award.
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NewsRevolution Bars confirms IPO plans
Revolution Bars, the 58-strong group led by Mark McQuater, has confirmed its intention to float.
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NewsIntertain reveals locations of sites to close
Walkabout operator Intertain has revealed the locations for the six sites that will close as part of the Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) agreed earlier this month.
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Venture Pubco takes on first site with Star Pubs & Bars
Venture Pub Company has taken on its first pub with Star Pubs & Bars, The Bricklayer’s Arms in Leicester, bringing its estate to a total of 18 sites
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NewsBe At One to make Wales debut
Be At One, the Piper-backed cocktail bar chain, is close to securing its first site in Wales, in Cardiff
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Luminar restructures management team
Luminar Group has restructured its regions and its senior management team
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NewsMcMullen’s acquires Whitehall freehold
McMullen’s has acquired the freehold of the property in London’s Whitehalll that currently houses JD Wetherspoon’s the Lord Moon on the Mall
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Metro Inns grows to 10
Metro Inns, the East Anglian operator, has grown its estate to ten after taking on an Enterprise Inns lease in King’s Lynn.
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FY Profit up at Heavitree
Heavitree Brewery has reported a 4.39% rise in group operating profit to £1.4m in the year to 31 October, alongside a slight drop in turnover of £33k to £7.2m
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Robinsons launches low-cost training programme
North-west brewer and pub operator Robinsons is launching a series of low-cost training courses for local licensees and people interested in working in the hospitality industry.
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The British Larder sold
Suffolk gastropub The British Larder has been sold to a private buyer to re-launch as the Unruly Pig Co.
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NewsAnalyst corner: Rollo on JDW
Leading analyst Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley looks ahead to the half-year update from JD Wetherspoon
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NewsPizza focus as Charles Wells relaunches managed pub
Charles Wells is relaunching its inaugural managed pub with a focus on “pizza, pots and pints”.
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NewsLV raises record sum for Cancer Research
Living Ventures, the Tim Bacon-led group has raised £53,190 for Cancer Research UK during January by inviting diners to contribute an extra £1 to their dinner bill at its 33 venues
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NewsStonegate portfolio sold for £30m
A package of pubs let to Stonegate Pub Company has been sold by its backer TDR Capital to real estate investment company Mansford for c£30m
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NewsDrink driving change prompts 60% slump in Scottish pub sales
Pubs in Scotland have seen sales drop by as much as 60% since the drink driving laws were tightened up in December.
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Amber Taverns invests £550k in "gin palace"
Amber Taverns is investing £550k transforming ex-Barracuda bar The Charter in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, into a Victorian-style gin palace serving more than 100 varieties of gin
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NewsPubcos denied right to elect use of PIRRS
The Pub Governing Body (PGB) that oversees PIRRS — the rent resolution service for pub tenants — rejected a request from pubcos to allow them to automatically elect to use the scheme for fear it would undermine its credibility.
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Greene King launches craft beer pub concept
Greene King is to launch a new craft beer-focussed concept pub in Cambridge.