Pubs, Bars & Clubs News – Page 29
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NewsRed Oak buys three pubs from Marston’s
The tenanted pubs are all operated free of tie, with two in the Midlands and one in the South-West
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NewsIn Pictures: Young’s launches City wine bar
The Bishop’s Vaults opens on the former Boisdale of Bishopsgate site, the intimate bar paying homage to the original features of what was once an underground cellar
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NewsHow Lancashire’s Ribble Valley became Britain’s gastropub capital
With villages around the town of Clitheroe now home to three of the UK’s top 50 gastropubs, The Guardian reports on this unique north-western take on pub dining
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NewsHow the fancy pub with rooms conquered Britain
These well-funded spruce-ups are a great improvement, but they’re forcing out idiosyncratic boozers, The Telegraph reports
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NewsWetherspoon struggles to offload venues
The pub operator has only sold a handful of the 35 venues it has put up for sale, amid nervousness over the cost of living crisis and uncertain market conditions
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NewsTim Martin: ‘We’ll get back to pre-pandemic prosperity’
The JD Wetherspoon chairman told MCA the business was still being impacted by the concerns of older customers about coming out and a change in consumer habits
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NewsLucky Saint to open debut bar
The low to no beer brand will also serve alcoholic drinks at the former Mason’s Arms in Marylebone
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NewsBrewDog plans to open 100 bars in India
Founder and CEO James Watt said he sees India as BrewDog’s most important international market in the medium term, with plans to open 100 venues in the next decade
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NewsChestnut Group strengthens finance team
The East Anglia pub group has appointed Garrath Fulford as its new chief financial officer and Ted Child as head of finance, as it continues its expansion.
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NewsRedCat: ‘Headwinds will create opportunities for us to grow’
The pub investment company, led by Rooney Anand, achieved adjusted group EBITDA of £7.2m, with a net loss after tax of £5.4m in its first full financial year
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NewsBrewhouse sees festive like-for-like sales up 15%
The brewpub group attributed to the growth, not just to it being the first Covid restriction free Christmas since 2019, but also the strength of its festive offer and hard work of its teams.
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NewsNightcap restructures to operate as single group
Nightcap has announced it will operate as a group rather than three companies – The Cocktail Club, Adventure Bar Group, and Barrio – beginning this month
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NewsJD Wetherspoon announces January sale
The pub operator is dropping prices across its menus over the first half of this month, including draught beers and ciders, spirits, soft drinks and Lavazza coffee as well as several breakfast dishes
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NewsWetherspoon announces more closures
Three more pubs will close in the coming weeks, in addition to the 29 already up for sale
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News‘Our industry needs a level playing field’
Pub companies and brewers tell MCA they welcome news alcohol duty will not rise till August - but warn a “lighter touch on unnecessary regulation” is needed in the current trading environment
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NewsPubs, clubs and bars could open for longer to celebrate King’s coronation
The Home Office is launching a consultation looking at extending licensing hours on the three days of the bank holiday weekend, Sky News reports
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NewsPubs under threat from ‘unfair’ energy contracts
The British Beer & Pub Association said members had been on the receiving end of increased charges that fall outside the remit of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme.
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NewsNightcap grants share options to employees
The Cocktail Club, Adventure Bar Group, and Barrio operator announced it has granted a total of 2,690,000 share options to a number of employees
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NewsCity Pub Company: ‘We are curtailing our expansion and refurbishment plans’
Chairman Clive Watson said expansion plans have been paused amid staff shortages, higher operating costs, and decline in spend
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NewsBowland Inns & Hotels makes first post-pandemic acquisition
The 10-strong Lancashire operator has acquired the Assheton Arms in Downham and is looking to expand further