Pubs, Bars & Clubs News – Page 408
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Stonegate rolls out Mandarin language menus
Stonegate Pub Company has started to roll out Mandarin language menus across its Scream pubs, to cater for the increasing numbers of Chinese students studying in UK towns and cities
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NewsNatwest and RBS to add £150m to Leisure Fund
NatWest and RBS have added a further £150m to their dedicated Leisure Fund aimed at small and medium-sized businesses after receiving “incredible” demand from across the industry
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Free-of-tie publicans 'would invest more in pubs'
Licensees would invest more in their pubs, employ more staff and stock a wider selection of beers if they were offered a free-of-tie deal, according to a new survey
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NewsCable 'won't be intimidated by scare mongering' over pubco action
Business Secretary Vince Cable has told Parliament that he will not “be intimidated by scare mongering” over the introduction of a statutory code and adjudicator in the tenanted pub company model
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NewsStonegate identifies first Living Room conversions
Stonegate Pub Company, the managed operator backed by TDR Capital, is to convert the first two of its newly-acquired Living Room sites into Slug & Lettuce, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsJack: Spirit is undervalued
Leading sector analyst Douglas Jack has said the time is right to buy shares in Spirit Pub Company, which he says are “undervalued”
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Glendola plans cocktail and craft concept
Glendola, the bar and restaurant group, is to open a new cocktail and craft beer concept at its latest venue in the City as it looks to be more innovative over the coming year, M&C Report has learnt
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Knife & Fork sets out growth plans
Knife & Fork Food is looking to grow its four-strong estate by one site a year over the next five years, after securing a new site from Enterprise Inns
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Cribbs F&B: enhances food offer, new sites
Cribbs F&B, the Cheshire-based operator of the Circle 360 Champagne and cocktail bar brand, is to introduce an enhanced food offer to increase the food mix for its next two openings, which includes a flagship site at the Lakeside shopping centre in Kent, M&C Report has learnt
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Vini Italiani to launch wine bar operation
Vini Italiani, the South Kensington-based wine store, is to open a bar operation at the end of this month
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Food trends influence Stonegate’s new menu launch
Six pubs in Birmingham, owned and operated by Stonegate Pub Company have launched their latest menus and have adopted some of the newest food trends sweeping the UK
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Enterprise awards 'community hero' publicans
Eighteen Enterprise Inns publicans have each received £5,000 to invest in their communities as regional winner of the pub company’s Community Hero Awards
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Chestnut Inns opens first pub
A new Suffolk-based pub company called Chestnut Inns has opened its first site and plans more in the region
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Glendola PBT grows 30%
Glendola Leisure, the London-based bar and restaurant group, has reported a 30.1% rise in pre-tax profits to £2.5m in the year to 30 March on turnover almost static at £28.5m
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TCG eyes refurbs; disposals on hold
TCG, the managed operator, expects to complete about half a dozen major refurbishments and a similar number of smaller investments across its estate this financial year, chief operating officer Nigel Wright has told M&C Report
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NewsCouling becomes Bath Ales MD, Jones named exec chairman
Bath Ales has promoted retail director Robin Couling to the role of managing director with immediate effect as part of as strategic shift in management responsibilities
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Market Town Taverns reports 'steady' trading
Market Town Taverns, the Yorkshire-based pub and bar operator, has said it had a “steady period of performance” in the 16 months to 2 February and stated that it planned to undertake some “sizeable investments” in existing sites this year
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Bar Sport eyes expansion
Bar Sport is to open its sixth site in Newbury, Berkshire, on 21 November, and is aiming for four more before next summer’s football World Cup kicks off, M&C Report has learnt
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Thwaites to invest £4m in pub estate
Thwaites director of pub operations Andrew Buchanan has revealed to M&C Report that the Blackburn-based brewer is on course to complete £4m-worth of investment in its estate by the end of the financial year
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Oaka would like more London pubs
Oaka Group, the sister company to the Peterborough-based Oakham Ales, would like to open more pubs in London after reporting strong trading at its first outlet in the capital