Pubs, Bars & Clubs News – Page 413
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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
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Briatore eyes UK for Billionaire brand
Flavio Briatore, the Italian businessman and former Formula One team boss, is understood to be in talks to launch his high-end nightclub brand, Billionaire, in to the UK
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Darwin & Wallace closes in on second site
Imbiba Partnership, the investment vehicle led by John Connell, is closing on a second site for its fledgling Darwin & Wallace (D&W) format, as it gears up to launch its third round of fundraising
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NewsFrench holds JDW forecast
Leading analyst Simon French has reiterated his Buy recommendation and 806p Target Price for JD Wetherspoon following the managed operator’s Q1 results yesterday
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NewsJDW projects up for design awards
Harrison Ince Architects have been shortlisted for the Northern Design Awards 2013 for its work on two Wetherspoon pub projects
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NewsCamerons appoints new pub estate director
Camerons, the Hartlepool-based brewer and pub operator, has appointed Joe Smith, former operations manager at Greene King, as its new pub estate director, as it looks to triple the size of its pub estate over the next two years
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Bramwell sites on market spread across UK
The 35 former Bramwell Pub Company sites that have been placed on the market with Christie + Co are located in a fairly even split across the country