Ed Bedington
Contact info
- Tel:
- +44 (0)1293 610 295
- Email:
- Ed.Bedington@wrbm.com
InterviewsPunch CEO Clive Chesser: We need to be ready for more worst case scenarios
Running a pub company when the pubs are closed was always going to be difficult, Punch Pubs & Co CEO Clive Chesser admits, describing the coronavirus crisis as the “most challenging period of my career to date”.
NewsAdmiral Taverns to offer tenant support to April 2021
Admiral Taverns’ tenants are being offered tapered rent support from reopening all the way through to April next year, the company has announced.
InterviewsStar: ‘Great opportunity’ for pubs in the future
Further grant support from the Government will be needed if pubs are to open under any kind of restrictions, Star Pubs & Bars managing director Lawson Mountstevens has told the Morning Advertiser.
NewsAdmiral to ask tenants for rent contribution
Admiral Taverns will ask some pub operators to contribute towards rent for May and June, as it seeks to balance “short-term and long-term needs”.
OpinionA good fit for the king
In a busy year for M&A activity in the sector, Greene King’s acquisition of Spirit Pub Company was one of the standout deals – creating the country’s largest managed estate and third biggest collection of tenanted and leased pubs. Publican’s Morning Advertiser editor Ed Bedington talks to chief executive Rooney Anand about the challenge of assessing which of the combined brands have a future, his philosophy on recruitment and the challenges of coping with an increasingly disloyal customer base.
NewsStar to open first managed site
Star Pubs and Bars is to open its first directly-run pub which will allow it to “pilot a new model” with managers paid a percentage of turnover.