All Pubs articles – Page 153
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Analysis & Insight
Wear there’s a will…
Wear Inns co-founder John Weir tells James Wallin why he looks to his staff for innovation, how pubs can outmanoeuvre the restaurant sector and about plans to grow to as many as 60 sites
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NewsGov't to launch pub loan fund
Community pubs minister Marcus Jones is offering a £1.5m fund to help local people buy community pubs at risk of closure
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Food sales leading Wear growth
Wear Inns, the northeast pub operator, is expanding its estate using cash and existing banking facilities after a strong financial year that saw food and drink sales up following estate-wide refurbishments
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NewsGreat British Pub Awards 2015: Winners crowned
The Shibden Mill Inn in Halifax, West Yorkshire has been crowned the Sky Great British Pub of the Year 2015
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NewsJDW FY lfls up 3.3%
JD Wetherspoon has this morning reported a 3.3% increase in like-for-like sales for the 52 weeks to 26 July, with revenue up 7.4% to £1.51bn, but pre-tax profit down 2% to £77.8m
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ETM sets out expansion plans following "incredible year"
ETM Group, the London-based gastropub operator led by Tom and Ed Martin, is planning to add four London venues to its estate in 2016
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NewsFuller's holds first chef's graduation ceremony
Fuller’s has marked the achievements of chefs across its 189-site managed estate with the first graduation ceremony for Chef’s Guild scholars.
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NewsPug Pubs explores finance for expansion
Pug Pubs, the Midlands pub company set up by former M&B director Nigel Pinegar and former openings manager Matthew Crowther, is exploring funding options to ramp up expansion from 2016,
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NewsMRO: Meltdown or Real Opportunity?
Speakers revealed for the highly anticipated Tenanted Pub Company Summit, hosted by M&C Allegra
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Analysis & InsightHoliday season brings slowdown in growth
Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw sales growth slow in August impacted by the holiday season and the poor weather
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NewsTRG to ramp up B&P expansion
Brunning & Price is looking to ramp up its expansion plans in 2016, when it hopes to add a further 10 sites to its 55-strong portfolio
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NewsPender calls for more positivity on chef shortage issue
British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) chairman Anthony Pender has spoken out on the need for a more positive outlook on the ongoing chef shortage
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Hippo Inns gears up to open The Signal
Hippo Inns will open its first site in the first week of October, under the name The Signal
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Analysis & InsightBrits increasingly eating breakfast out of home
New figures from Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) show sales of breakfasts eaten out in the UK have grown significantly in the last 12 months alone
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All work and no play for 80% of licensees
Publicans are increasingly worried about the pressures of the job, with almost 80% reporting that they are ‘concerned’ at the shortage of free time they have
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NewsCity Pub Co turnover up 42%
City Pub Co has increased its turnover by 42% to £9m, up from £6.35m in 2014, for the six months to 30 June 2015 as it presses on with its growing London and regional estate
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NewsPunch agrees sale of Matthew Clark stake to Conviviality
Punch Taverns has agreed to sell its 50% shareholding in drinks supplier Matthew Clark to Conviviality Brands, the Bargain Booze operator, for £100.7m
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LHG eyes managed pub estate
The Lifestyle Hospitality Group (LHG), which operates multiple restaurant brands under franchise, is planning to build a managed pub estate following the launch of its first pub
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Charles Wells seeks sites for pizza concept
Charles Wells, the Bedford-based brewer and pub operator, is looking for individual and group acquisitions to grow its Pizza, Pots and Pints concept
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Apostrophe adds third managed site
Apostrophe, the managed pubs division of Charles Wells, has added a third site – the final Lazy Cow site from Ross Sanders’ restaurant group