Pubs, Bars & Clubs News – Page 369
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Investor PPR Estates buys Punch pub
A Punch pub in south London has been sold to a new sector investor PPR Estates
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NewsBeer duty cut helps Marston's create 3,000 jobs
A 1p cut in beer duty has enabled Marston’s to create 3,000 new jobs over the next two years, the pub company has announced on the same day Chancellor George Osborne visited the brewery
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NewsBenner leaves CAMRA for SIBA
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has named Mike Benner, currently chief executive at the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), as its new managing director
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NewsGovernment won't abolish personal licences
The Government has announced it will not go ahead with controversial plans to scrap personal licences
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NewsMarston's exchanges on four properties worth £18m
Marston’s, the brewer and pub operator, has exchanged contracts on four properties worth £18m
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NewsBrewDog confirms openings pipeline
BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, has confirmed plans to open more than 10 bars over the next six months
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Dorbiere expects FY turnover to grow 8%
Dorbiere Pub Group, the operator of freehold pubs across northern England and the Midlands, expects turnover to grow 8% in its current financial year and improve company profitability
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New Yorkshire pub venture secures first site
Fine & Country Inns, a new venture focused on pubs in rural Yorkshire, has secured its first site by taking a Punch Taverns leasehold
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NewsM&B wins training award for university link-up
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has won a hospitality training award for its partnership with University College Birmingham
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Gusto UK eyes second craft beer bar
Gusto UK, the Newcastle-based bar and coffee shop operator, plans to open a second craft beer bar after the launch of its first in the city, M&C Report has learnt
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Fever Bars takes former Que Pasa in Taunton
Fever Bars, the retro music bar operator, has taken the 22,000 sq ft site of a former Que Pasa nightclub in Taunton, Somerset, for a new twin venue
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Enterprise 'to benefit most from beer duty cut'
Enterprise Inns is the pub company that will benefit most from the cut in beer duty in terms of the impact on pre-tax profit, according to leading analyst Douglas Jack, who estimated that the beer duty reduction should be worth £30m to pubs based on sales last year
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Palmers signs up first apprentice to take pub
Palmers, the Dorset brewer and pub operator, has signed up its first apprentice as a pub tenant, tenanted trade director Jayson Perfect has told M&C Report
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Award-winning pub manager eyes growth for new venture
Award-winning front-of-house manager Mike Champion has set up a new pub company with plans to open five sites during as many years, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsNeame: let's keep our foot on the pedal
The industry “shouldn’t take its foot off the pedal” in lobbying the Government despite the very positive news in the Budget, according to Jonathan Neame, chairman of the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) and chief executive of Shepherd Neame
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No target numbers for new Faucet Inns-Downing JV
No targets have been set for openings under Craft Beer Pub Co, the new joint venture between the Downing Pub EIS Fund and London-based operator Faucet Inns, M&C Report has learnt
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Admiral Taverns appoints CPL
Admiral Taverns has appointed CPL to provide its personal licence training
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Dark Star to move to bigger site
Sussex-based brewer and pub operator, Dark Star is in the process of agreeing a deal on a new site in order to build a larger brewery to match increasing demand
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Property experts call Lib Dems pub measures naive
Pub property agents have criticised the Liberal Democrats’ approval of ‘pro-pub measures’ last week, claiming that they are “naive” and would be difficult to implement in practice
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Brakspear appoints first chef apprentice
South-east pub operator and brewer Brakspear has appointed its first chef apprentice