All Pubs articles
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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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NewsPubs to see £12,500 cut to rates
Analysis by tax firm Ryan shows that on top of the lower multipliers and transitional relief already in place, the new 15% pubs discount in 2026/27, and a real-terms freeze on core business rates bills in 2027/28 and 2028/29, significantly reduces the impact of revaluation-driven increases
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NewsMarston’s continues to ‘outpace total market’
The pub company delivered 5.6% growth across five key festive dates and completed 23 new format launches in Q1, with CEO Justin Platt highlighting ‘standout performances’ including a record Christmas Day
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NewsGovernment sets out business rates package for pubs
Pubs in England will get a 15% cut to their business rates bills from April followed by a two-year real-terms freeze under support measures announced by the Chancellor
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NewsGetting out of debt: How Marston’s improved its share price
The much overlooked pub company is driving positive sentiment and value improvement thanks to the significant reduction of debt, according to CBRE senior director Simon Johnson
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NewsThe Revel Collective split and sold in pre-pack administration
The Revolution and Revolución de Cuba brands have been acquired by Neos Hospitality while Peach Pubs has been bought by Coral Pub Company, operated by pub veteran Ted Kennedy
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NewsStar Pubs opens first of 35 new managed operator sites
Further sites are set to open this year, bringing the group’s ‘Just Add Talent’ managed operator estate to 250 pubs by the end of 2026
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NewsScottish pubs call for Holyrood support in face of closures
The Scottish Beer and Pub Association is calling on parliamentarians and the next Scottish government to provide much needed support for the sector, which has a closure rate 50% higher than in England.
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NewsThe Devonshire named UK’s best gastropub
The Soho pub, which has quickly become an institution since opening in November 2023, is the brainchild of hospitality legends, Charlie Carroll, Ashley Palmer-Watts and Oisin Rogers
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NewsReeves set to deny permanent help for pubs
The Chancellor is expected to reject permanent reforms to business rates, but could offer a temporary cap on rising rates in a support package on Tuesday, industry sources say
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NewsBuoyant festive trading for Shepherd Neame
Like-for-like sales growth rose to 8.1% for the five weeks to 3 January, driven by a strong performance inside the M25, where LFLs increased 12.6% for the pub operator and brewer
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NewsInception Group to open flagship Mr Fogg’s in Covent Garden
The experiential bar group will open Mr Fogg’s Tavern in Covent Garden’s historic Market Building this summer, featuring Victorian-style interiors and a courtyard
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NewsYoung’s reports strong festive trading, plans move to main market
The premium pub operator has reported like-for-like sales growth of 11.2% over the three-week festive period, while announcing its intention to move from AIM to the main market of the London Stock Exchange
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NewsRandalls acquires the Big Red Group
The Guersey-based hospitality operator and brewer, owned by CI Hospitality, has added the three-strong restaurant chain to its estate
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InterviewsTim Martin: ‘Business rates are a sideshow’
The Wetherspoon chairman continues to call for tax equality for the pub sector, and tells MCA that business rates reform is simply a “sticking plaster”
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OpinionFarewell to the would-be action man of Big Beer
Dominic Walsh looks at the departure of Heineken boss Dolf van den Brink; the bonhomie and pantomine of pub AGMs; and what’s next on the menu for David Page at Bow Street Group
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NewsWetherspoon keeps up like-for-like growth
The pub group reported 8.8% like-for-like sales growth over the festive season, as it prepares to launch its first site in mainland Spain next month
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NewsCoaching Inn sales up 11.7% over Christmas
The update comes after parent company RedCat Hospitality announced plans to divest of its managed pubs business in order to focus on pubs-with-rooms
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NewsInda Pubs reports significant uplift in turnover
The West London pub company, chaired by City Pub Group founder Clive Watson, saw turnover reach £14.45m in 2025, with a 39% uplift seen in the last six weeks of the year
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NewsAlmost 9,000 hospitality jobs lost since November budget
Labour market data shows the sector employed 8,784 fewer people in December 2025, compared to the month before, despite the festive season traditionally being a time that businesses staff up