Pubs, Bars & Clubs News – Page 398
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Batemans to rebrand as craft brewer with heritage
Batemans, the Lincolnshire-based brewer and pub operator, is to undergo a company rebrand that will emphasise its craft beer credentials and heritage, M&C Report has learnt
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Be At One launches hotdogs offer
Be At One, the Piper-backed cocktail bar chain, is rolling out a gourmet hotdog offer across its estate
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Mahiki founder eyes more sites for US concept
Nick House, the co-founder of popular late-night venues Mahiki and Whisky Mist, would like to duplicate his new Steam & Rye concept in “venues dotted over London”, the Evening Standard reports
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Rents stable on new pub leases
The average annual pub rent for new leases in England and Wales stayed stable at £24,939 during the third quarter of 2013
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NewsEnd of the road for Tuk Cho
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has agreed to sell its Tuk Cho branded site in Ealing Broadway to Bill’s, the Richard Caring-backed group, M&C Report understands
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NewsEclectic raises £15m on proposed AIM admission
Eclectic, the Avanti Capital-backed bar and club operator led by Reuben Harley, has successfully raised £15m through its proposed admission to trading on AIM on 28 November
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PBR Leisure in administration
PBR Leisure (PBRL), the bar and restaurant operator, has been placed into administration, M&C Report has learnt
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Palmers launches Academy of Beer
Palmers, the Dorset brewer and pub operator, has launched an Academy of Beer to help its tenants serve beer better
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Coffer: 2013 busiest for M&A in six years
Coffer Corporate Leisure, which provides M&A advice to the leisure sector, says this year has been its busiest period since 2007, having advised on over £200m of leisure investment transactions in 2013
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NewsEnterprise eyes managed move
Enterprise Inns is considering a move to directly manage its better pubs, and also to introduce turnover-related rents, chief operating officer Simon Townsend has told analysts
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Trade welcomes alcohol-related stats move
The pub trade has broadly welcomed a move by Public Health England to alter the way it reports alcohol-related hospital admission statistics
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Eastwood joins Inventive
Kate Eastwood, former head of sales and marketing at Bramwell Pub Company, has joined Inventive Leisure as it new director of business development, M&C Report understands
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Rileys to operate Sports Café site
Rileys is to take over the running of the high-profile Sports Cafe site in Haymarket, central London, M&C Report understands
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TCG extends cask loyalty scheme
TCG, the managed operator, is to extend its cask ale loyalty scheme into 2014 after seeing sales grow 30% during its latest Proud of Our Ale festival
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Liberation appoints head of marketing
Liberation Group, the Jersey-based pub and drinks business, has appointed Gary Kelly as it new head of marketing
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Admiral EBITDA up 7.1%
Admiral Taverns has reported a 7.1% rise in underlying EBITDA to £10.4m in the 23 weeks since its c£200m acquisition by US private equity group Cerberus
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Gov't being deceived over pub closure numbers
Nearly one in six pubs that were operating as tenancies in 2005 are no longer trading in that capacity — leading to accusations that the Government is being deceived over pub closure statistics
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Cains gets green light for £150m Brewery Village
Cains, the Liverpool-based brewer, has secured planning permission for the £150m development of the Cains Brewery Village
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NewsETI: succession planning, debt, investment
M&C Report talks to Enterprise Inns senior management team - chief executive Ted Tuppen, chief operating officer Simon Townsend and finance director Neil Smith - about succession planning, a restructure of its management team, developing its own version of Punch’s buying club, debt manageability, its business failure rate and further investment
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Nightclubs in 'most critical' period
A nightclub industry veteran has said the current trading period among the “most critical” he’s ever experienced in the nightclub sector