Pubs, Bars & Clubs News – Page 343
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Pub People expands
Pub People Company, the Midlands-based multiple pub operator, has taken its estate to 50 sites with the acquisition of two pubs from Marston’s, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsBrewDog trials new food menu
BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, a trialling a new food menu that it says could be rolled out across its bar estate
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Hardknott opens first brewpub
Cumbria-based Hardknott Brewery is opening its first craft beer bar on Friday at the Millom railway station to attract the ‘railway driven drinking’ trade and plans to open more craft beer pubs in towns in the northwest
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Jar Ltd takes landmark Belfast pub, eyes more
Belfast-based operator Jar Ltd is set to take over management of a landmark pub in the city as it looks to acquire more sites, according to the Belfast Telegraph
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Innsatiable owner applies for premises licence
Local pub operators have hit out at Innsatiable, the controversial Surrey “furniture shop” that gives away beer, after its owner said he was applying for a premises licence
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Punch adds fourth Champs sports bar
A fourth Punch pub is being transformed to its Champs sports bar concept
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Gastropub group launches Crowdcude fundraising bid
A new gastropub group is looking to raise £150,000 for expansion by selling a 7.5% stake in their business on the crowdfunding website Crowdcude
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News'Lack of clarity' feared for statutory pubco code
The Government has today published the bill containing its plans for a statutory code governing the tenanted pub sector
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M&B appoints new retail director for Harvester
David Hoyland, who was at Marston’s for over 14 years, has joined Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), as retail director for its Harvester brand
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NewsThwaites eyes 40 pub developments
Thwaites, the Lancashire brewer and pub operator, intends to invest between £3m and £3.5m in around 40 pubs during this financial year, chief executive Rick Bailey has told M&C Report
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Thwaites plans £10m brewery investment
Thwaites, the Lancashire brewer and pub operator, expects to invest c£10m in its new brewery and hopes to start production there in the next 18 months to two years, chief executive Rick Bailey has told M&C Report
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Blood to join AtWill Pubs board
Industry veteran Jeremy Blood, the former interim chief executive of Mitchells & Butlers and ex-managing director of Scottish & Newcastle, has joined the board of Chester-based pub group AtWill Pubs, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsHansen: pub sector enters 'active M&A period'
The pub sector is entering an “active period of M&A activity”, according to Peter Hansen, founder of Sapient Corporate Finance
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NewsJack upgrades Greene King to Hold
Leading analyst Douglas Jack has upgraded Greene King from Add to Hold following “recent weakness”
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NewsThwaites secures new brewery site as FY PBT grows
Daniel Thwaites, the Lancashire brewer and pub operator, saw profits before tax and exceptionals grow from £6m to £7.8m in the year to 31 March following the culmination of a three-year restructure process at the company, and said it expects to complete on the purchase of a new brewery and head office towards the end of the year
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NewsJoule's to develop craft beer bar concept
Joule’s, the Shropshire brewer and pub operator, is developing a new craft beer bar concept that it wants to roll out into five sites initially, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsCollyer: Greene King a long term winner
Greene King’s 2020 strategy for growth should see it generate above the long term market average growth rate, whilst also continuing to grow dividends in line with earnings, according to leading analyst Geof Collyer
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NewsInventive invests £500k in double refurb
The New Inventive Bar Company, formerly Inventive Leisure, has spent £500k refurbishing two bars in Clapham, south London, as part of its £10m investment programme for the Revolution bar estate
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Forum Cafe Bars acquires ex-Varsity site
Forum Café Bars, the Sheffield-based pub company owned by Kane Yeardley, has bought the freehold of the ex-Varsity site in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
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Reymark Inns takes fourth pub
Reymark Inns, a Sheffield-based pub operator, is acquiring the lease of its fourth pub in West Yorkshire while also refurbishing a pub in Barnsley to include accommodation, M&C Report has learnt