Pubs, Bars & Clubs News – Page 401
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NewsPitcher swaps Bramwell for M&B
Rob Pitcher has become the first senior member of the management team at Bramwell Pub Company to leave the group to join Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) as its new brand operations director for its Sizzling Pubs and Oak Tree Pubs formats,
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High levels of interest in Bramwell sites
Christie + Co, which was appointed by Zolfo Cooper, the administrators of Bramwell Pub Company, to dispose of the leasehold interest in 35 of its sites has said it has already received high levels of interest in the bars
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BII Licensee of the Year Award opens
The search has begun to find the UK’s best licensee with the launch of the BII Licensee of the Year Award
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Wolverhampton next for Stonegate's Popworld
Stonegate, the managed operator, is to open its latest Popworld late-night concept at Babylon in Wolverhampton, the Express & Star reports
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NewsNWTC on track for FY sales of £9.5m
New World Trading Company (NWTC), the Tim Bacon and Jeremy Roberts-led pub group, is on track to deliver full-year turnover of £9.5m
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GT Pubs in administration
GT Pubs, the management company, which was set up in light of the administration of the Publicana business in 2010, has itself been placed into administration
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NewsSports Bar & Grill aims for promotion to Premier League
Sports Bar & Grill claims it is “entering the big league” with its new sites in London’s West End and Canary Wharf
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Moo to open first pub site
Moo Grill, the Argentinian café and wine bar concept backed by Alberto Abbate, will open its take on an ‘Argentine gastropub’ when it opens its third site in London’s Pimlico later this year
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Mahiki founder to launch Chakana nightspot
Nick House, the co-founder of popular late-night venues Mahiki and Whisky Mist, is to open a late night lounge bar and dance club called Chakana in London’s West End later this month
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NewsAnalyst corner
Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley looks at the upcoming full-year results from Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) (26 November) and says he expects solid current trading, following a disappointing Q4
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NewsDevlin: Government 'incapable' of helping sector
The leisure and sport sectors are being “crushed beneath an untenable burden of tax and regulation” and the Government is “institutionally incapable” of helping, Marston’s chairman Roger Devlin has told a conference in London
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Kro Group in liquidation
Kro Group, the Danish-influenced bar and restaurant operator, has been placed into liquidation, just months after undergoing a restructuring in the form of a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA)
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Camden Town in talks on first pub
Camden Town Brewery, the business led by Jasper Cuppaidge, is in talks to secure its first pub in the capital, M&C Report understands
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NewsBrewDog to accelerate bar openings
BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, plans to accelerate its bar openings programme after announcing plans to extend its latest fund-raising drive, and is targeting five openings in 2014, co-founder James Watt has told M&C Report.
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MPs urged to supports campaign for lower business rates
M&C Report’s sister title the Publican’s Morning Advertiser and a range of trade associations are calling for MPs to support the campaign for lower and fairer business rates
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NewsCollyer raises JDW lfl forecast, warns on margin
Leading analyst Geof Collyer has raised his FY like-for-like forecast for JD Wetherspoon from 2% to 3% but accused the managed operator of “yet again chasing sales at the expense of margin”, with “little if any underlying profit growth”
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Star to invest £3m on accommodation and repairs
Star Pubs & Bars, the Heineken-owned leased pub operator, has said it would have spent £3m in living accommodation at crucial repairs at 110 pubs during 2013
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NewsBrewDog extends latest fundraising after “epic” response
BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, has extended the limit set for its crowdfunding scheme, Equity for Punks, after an “epic response” to thefundraising so far
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NewsBe At One strengthens regional pipeline
Be At One has strengthened its regional pipeline after securing sites in Bristol and Milton Keynes for openings in the first quarter of next year
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Stongegate introduces evolved Scream
Stonegate is introducing an evolved version of its Scream student-focused concept under a new project called Common Room, M&C Report has learnt