All Pubs articles – Page 162
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Epic Pub Company reveals target locations
Epic Pub Company, the Rockpool investments backed gastropub vehicle, has identified its target locations for its first openings.
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Consumer spending on hospitality continues to rise
Consumer spending grew 14.8% in restaurants and 12.1% in pubs year-on-year, according to Barclaycard’s latest report
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Pub closure figure remains flat at 29 a week
The latest figures from CGA Strategy have shown the number of net pub closures flat at 29 per week for the last six months.
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NewsThwaites seeks new head brewer
Thwaites is seeking a new head brewer for its restructured brewing operation after the current holder of the post retired following 40 years with the company.
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NewsStonegate to launch training app
Stonegate is to launch a training app for its employees which will allow them to brush up on key skills and advise them on how to complete a competitor visit.
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North Bar secures site for brewery
Leeds-based pub group North Bar has submitted plans for its first brewery.
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NewsBump Caves co-creator to leave Draft House
Max Chater, the distiller and brand guru who created the Bump Caves concept with Draft House, has left the company to work freelance.
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Purecraft rebrands first site, close to securing second
Purecraft Bars, the collaboration between Paul Halsey’s Purity Brewing and former Michelin-star chef Andreas Antona, has rebranded its first venue and is close to securing its second, M&C has learnt.
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NewsDistinctive Inns opens third site
Distinctive Inns has opened its third site in its first partnership with Star Pubs & Bars.
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Hawthorn Leisure to spend £3m on refurbs
Hawthorn Leisure invested £2.5m in 70 sites in its first year and plans to spend another £3m on between 60 and 70 projects over the next 12 months. The company is gearing up to open the latest of its Artisan Tap craft beer-focussed outlets in Aylesbury, as previously reported by ...
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Breathalyser scheme risks ‘criminalising customers’
A new scheme in Cornwall in which pubs will volunteer to breathalyse customers before entry presents a risk of “criminalising customers”, a trade body has claimed.
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LNLs ‘not impacting on crime figures
Late night levies (LNLs) have yet to have a significant impact on reducing alcohol-related crime, according to figures released by local councils.
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OpinionDoggedly defiant
The BrewDog empire of beers and bars may well be continuing to grow at a rapid rate, but co-founder James Watt remains determined to hold on to the punk spirit that helped establish its name and insists there is no chance of the company ‘doing a Meantime’. He spoke to Adrian Tierney-Jones for M&C’s sister title, the Publican’s Morning Advertiser
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NewsAmber secures first pub in Wales
Amber Taverns, the wet-led freehold pub operator, has secured its first site in Wales, M&C has learnt.
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Wear Inns secures £8m refinancing to fund expansion
North East and Yorkshire pub operator Wear Inns has secured a new £8m refinancing deal with Natwest as it seeks to make a series of acquisitions across its heartland.
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NewsPoundPub secures fifth site
PoundPub, the no-frills pub concept, is to open its fifth site in Leek, Staffordshire, M&C understands.
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NewsInn Collection adds fifth site and plans new build
Inn Collection, the north-east based coaching inn operator, has secured its fifth site and is about to start work on its latest new build.
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NewsBanwell House secures Bath Stable site for new concept
Toby Brett, founder of Banwell House Pub Company, has told M&C he has secured the former Stable site in Bath for a new concept, which he hopes to rollout nationally.
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NewsCirrus set for “aggressive” expansion
Cirrus Inns, the investment vehicle launched to back a premium estate of freehold pubs with rooms, has secured a further two sites, as its looks to ramp up its expansion plans over the next two years, M&C has learnt.