Jennings Brothers’ imminent completion of three more pub acquisitions should make its house-broker’s target of 10% growth easily achievable, says the Financial Times’ Weekend share watch column.
The Cumbria-based pub group and brewer suffered greatly from the foot-and-mouth outbreak, which drove away the tourist trade.
Financial Times (Money & Business) 28/02/04 page 4 (Weekend share watch)
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