All Pubs articles – Page 158
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Leeds venue first in north to offer Pilsner Urquell
The first Pilsner Urquell installation in the north of England will be unveiled next week at Headrow House.
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NewsHydes acquires Woodward & Falconer
Hydes Brewery has acquired the Chester-based Woodward & Falconer Pub Co, which it said would provide a platform for further acquisitions of food-led businesses
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NewsCubitt House assesses options
Cubitt House, the London-based group led by Stefan Turnbull, has appointed advisors to assesses its options, which could lead to a sale of the business
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Bloomsbury to open five key London locations over two years
Bloomsbury Leisure has acquired the freehold of a pub next to London’s Mansion House station as part of a planned five-strong estate of sites close to key underground stations over the next two years, M&C understands.
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Enterprise director urges sector focus on cask quality
Enterprise Inns’ divisional director Nathan Wall has urged the pub industry to focus on training and quality of equipment in response to the growing trend towards cask beer.
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Ashford first council to ban selected operators from development
Ashford Borough Council, in Kent, has become the first local authority to ban specific bars and restaurants from securing sites at its expanded Designer Outlet centre.
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BII CEO insists wet-led pubs have a bright future
Tim Hulme, the chief executive of the British Institute of Innkeeping, has insisted that wet-led pubs hold a special place in British culture despite evidence that their numbers are falling.
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Leeds Brewery to double up in York
Leeds Brewery co-founder Sam Moss has told M&C the company is keen to continue its expansion after securing its seventh site and second in two months.
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NewsNeame: Accommodation, investment and growth outside heartland
On the back of yesterday’s full year results for Shepherd Neame, chief executive Jonathan Neame talks to M&C about a record year of investment, expanding outside the company’s heartland, the growing importance to the business of accommodation and the future for the tenanted sector.
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NewsShepherd Neame FY sales grow across managed and tenanted
Shepherd Neame has reported like-for-like sales across its managed estate up 6.1% and like-for-like tenanted EBITDAR up 2.4% for the 52 weeks to 27 June. The managed performance was made up of growth in drinks like-for-like sales of 4.3%, food +7% and accommodation up 13.8%. In the 10 weeks to ...
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NewsTCG sees Rugby World Cup sales spike
Managed pub operator TCG has reported significant sales boosts across key sites as a result of the Rugby World Cup.
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Stonegate revamps Popworld and Common Room menus
Stonegate has revamped the menus across its Common Room and Popworld formats.
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Analysis & InsightDarby days
Almost three years to the day of his appointment, Alistair Darby is leaving Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) with the group still battling to gain any real and consitent momentum. But was he given long enough to build on the stability he brought to what had been the sector’s longest running soap opera?
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NewsDavies: Brakspear managed arm could be as big as Geronimo
Tom Davies, the chief executive of Brakspear, has told M&C that Ed Turner’s appointment to the board can help the company grow a managed estate as big as Geronimo Inns.
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New pub-focused EIS launched
Seneca has launched a new EIS-backed pub vehicle with the aim of acquiring, refurbishing, re-branding and operating a portfolio of pubs in the North of England
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NewsPS Pubco to open third Blue’s Smokehouse, in Slough
PS The Pub Company is to open its third Blue’s Smokehouse in Slough next year, founder Carlos Maidana has told M&C.
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NewsUrban to replace Darby as M&B CEO
Alistair Darby is to step down from his role as Mitchells & Butlers chief executive next week to be replaced by current chief operating officer Phil Urban.
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Heineken offers BT Sport discount to customers
Heineken has signed a deal with BT Sport to offer its on-trade customers a discounted TV sport package.
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NewsEd Turner takes on managed role at Brakspear
Ed Turner, who stepped down as managing director of Geronimo Inns in July, has joined Brakspear with a brief to develop its managed estate.
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Analysis & InsightTwo decades in the fast Laine
During the past 20 years, Gavin George has managed to build the most famous pub company Brighton has never heard of. Having expanded into London, diversified into brewing and attracted the backing of Luke Johnson, Laine Pub Company is now close to 50 sites. He talks to Mel Flaherty about why Brighton rocks, how London came calling, and the road ahead for Laine’s