Punch Taverns has sold 45 pubs to Admiral Taverns for £14.8m.
Punch said that the deal followed the acquisition of Avebury Holdings and a "review of the enlarged Punch estate to identify specific areas of local concentration".
The sale is expected to complete in early September
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