Pubs, Bars & Clubs News – Page 393
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Jones Bar Group confirms LAB opening
Jones Bar Group, the Leeds-based bar and restaurant operator, has confirmed it will open its ninth site next March at the city’s Merrion Centre’s Arena Quarter Leisure development
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Spirit Leased launches wine package
Spirit Leased, the leased division of Spirit Pub Company, has launched a wine menu package for its licensees in conjunction with wine experts Crown Cellars
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Fuller’s adds ‘Steel’ to M&B pubs
Fuller’s has announced the launch of a new limited edition blonde ale, ‘Steel’, made in collaboration with Steel City Brewing
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NewsI@G takes second Star lease
I@G Events, has taken on a second lease with Star Pubs & Bars for Edinburgh pub, The Spiders Web
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Challenge looms over first EMRO
Local authorities have been making “dreadful procedural errors” and could face legal challenges from the trade over the introduction of early-morning restriction orders (EMROs) and late-night levies (LNLs), trade bodies have claimed.
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Whitbread begins new look Beefeater rollout
Whitbread has commenced the national roll out of its remodelled Beefeater format, with the opening of a further three sites under the concept
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InnBrighton develops new business model
InnBrighton has developed a new business model that it has begun to use while expanding into London boroughs with a similar demographic to Brighton
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Oakman Inns splits portfolio
Oakman Inns, the Hertfordshire-based group, has introduced a new infrastructure to support their in-house teams by splitting its portfolio into two divisions each being assigned its own area manager and area chef
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NewsCamerons acquires Head of Steam group
Camerons Brewery, the Hartlepool-based brewer and pub operator, has acquired the seven-strong Head of Steam group, as it looks to triple its now c75-strong estate over the next three years
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Black Dog founder to launch new concept
Ross Mackenzie, the founder of Black Dog Ballroom, the Manchester-based bar and nightclub operator, is to launch a new “ribs and beer” concept called Cane & Grain in the city next year
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Davy's eyes refurbs; opens cocktail bar
Davy’s, the historic London wine bar operator, has identified two more sites for major refurbishments in 2014 after completing three projects in recent months and opening a new cocktail bar in Greenwich, chairman James Davy has told M&C Report
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Cirrus expansion continues
Cirrus Inns has secured its 11th site and strengthened its management team with the appointment of a head of sales and marketing
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NewsGreene King: William Pears, newbuilds, franchise, analysts
M&C Report takes a closer look at Greene King’s results for the 24 weeks to 13 October and speaks to chief executive Rooney Anand
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Vianet hopes to accelerate installations
Vianet is confident it will match or exceed the number of installations of its beer flow monitoring equipment at pubs in the second half of its financial year compared to H1, despite uncertainty around Government intervention
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NewsSector brands dominate High St happiness list
Leading eating and drinking-out sector operators have dominated the top 10 of the latest High Street Happiness Survey, which looks into the levels of customer satisfaction being provided by the UK’s top high street brands
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NewsOakman raises £5.5m for expansion; names new FD
Oakman Inns & Restaurants, the Peter Borg-Neal-led group, has raised £5.5m for further expansion and announced the appointment of Joseph Evans, currently financial controller of Whitbread Hotel and Restaurant Division, as its new finance director
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Pubco code 'uncertainty' hits Vianet
Profits for Vianet, the beer flow monitoring company, declined in the six months to 30 September as a “direct result” of factors including continuing pub disposals and fewer iDraught installations due to the “uncertainty” around Government intervention via the proposed Statutory Code
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Leslau vehicle reports uplift in ETI portfolio
Max Property Group which acquired 29 Enterprise Inns in a £44.4m sale-and-leaseback deal in January 2011, has reported a 6.6% uplift in the value of the portfolio for the six months to the end of September 2013
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NewsFuller’s targets service consistency
Fuller’s expects to “win” on the issue of offering consistently high levels of service at its managed pubs in the next year, something that’s not currently happening on a consistent basis, according to chief executive Simon Emeny
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NewsMarston’s accelerating towards managed pub operator status
A leading analyst has said that the recent full-year results from Marston’s provided further evidence of the company accelerating the transformation process to become a predominately managed pub operator