All McMullen & Sons articles
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Opinion‘The cavalry is coming’: vibes-minister looks to reclaim the pub from Farage
In an appeal to the voters who have defected to Reform, Andy Burnham has sent a strong signal of his support for the sector, positining pubs as intrinsic to British heritage and working-class culture
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InterviewsFamily brewers: ‘The cost of building is a challenge’
Everards is focusing its investments on those pubs it is certain will be winners, while McMullen’s has effectively ruled out further new build pubs in the near term given the huge increase in costs, MCA’s recent Pub Conference audience heard
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InterviewsFamily brewers: ‘We are constantly trying to innovate’
They have decades of heritage to draw upon. But in today’s fast-paced pub and brewing sector, even the most established family businesses, such as McMullen’s and Everards, are focused on innovation, MCA’s Pub Conference heard.
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NewsMulti-million-pound acquisition play drives record profits at McMullen’s
Turnover at its managed pubs was up 10.1% for period, with contribution to profit up by 20%, however current trading “has been challenging”
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NewsPunch Pubs reports ‘strong profit growth’ in Q2
The community-focused pubco delivered like-for-like underlying EBITDA growth across both its leased and tenanted and pub partnership estates in the 28 weeks to 22 February 2026
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Analysis & Insight‘This is an industry recalibrating, not declining’: Debt, disposals, and the long-term outlook for pubs
Stonegate and Greene King are among those reviewing their portfolios as cost inflation, changing consumer habits and margin compression force a strategic rethink of the traditional managed pub model. Industry experts say the moves signal a broader sectoral shift towards franchising, partnerships and alternative formats rather than outright decline
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InterviewsMcMullen’s: ‘Loss of business property relief was seismic game-changer’
While it had toyed with the idea of disposing of its leased and tenanted business in the past, the impact of the last two Budgets was the clincher for the pub and brewing business, MD Heydon Mizon told MCA.
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NewsPunch acquires 30 pubs from McMullen’s
The acquisition was described as a ‘small but strategically important’ addition to Punch’s estate, with the pubs located predominantly across Hertfordshire and Essex
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Analysis & InsightBusiness rates support: ‘This doesn’t touch the sides’
While there was a general welcome to the support package on rates, as well as calls for a wider overhaul of the system, business leaders called for a solution that “unites the sector, not divides it”
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NewsMcMullen’s profit tops £16m as retail division drives growth
Turnover at the group’s 115 managed pubs reached £115m, up 8.1% year on year, with gains supported by price increases, strategic investments and site acquisitions
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InterviewsMcMullen’s: Navigating Budget costs will be ‘like swimming in treacle’
Much of the pub operator’s profit growth will be used mitigate costs rather than fund investment and acquisitions, joint MD Heydon Mizon tells MCA
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InterviewsMcMullen’s: ‘The year is going incredibly well’
Halfway through 2024, the pub operator is seeing the volume growth it wants to see - off the back of breaking the £100m sales milestone in 2023, MD Heydon Mizon tells MCA
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NewsMcMullen’s breaks +£100m sales milestone
The record sales were driven by price increases as a well as real growth in demand, but profit conversion was impacted by labour cost inflation
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up the week’s biggest openings stories, including McMullen’s, Six by Nico, Heartwood Collection and Comptoir Libanais
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InterviewsMcMullen’s: ‘There has been a continued positive buzz in the capital’
The Hertfordshire-based pub operator will focus future acquisitions on trading pubs and hotels in London and prime Southeast locations and reports buoyant trading in the capital as tourism and Christmas parties returned in recent months.
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NewsMcMullen’s: Our London pubs are booming
McMullen’s co-managing director Heydon Mizon tells MCA that business is booming in the capital, after reporting the group’s highest annual turnover to date.
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NewsMcMullen’s surpasses £100m turnover
The brewer and pub operator reported results for the year to October 2022, achieving over £100m in turnover for the first time in history - although cost inflation eroded margins
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NewsRed Oak Taverns acquires pub from McMullen’s
The company has made its fourth single site acquisition this year, and is seeking further acquisitions as it continues to grow its estate
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InterviewsMcMullen’s: ‘There is a lot to look forward to in 2023’
The 130-strong brewer has built up its proposition post-pandemic, with sales hitting new records over the festive season, joint MD Heydon Mizon tells mMCA
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Analysis & InsightEnergy crisis: The cost of doing business
Many operators are still cushioned from the impact of rising utility bills, but some are facing the very real prospect of seismic increases. MCA spoke to operators including Heart With Smart, Oakman, New World Trading Co, McMullen and Various Eateries to find out how they are faring.