All Pubs articles – Page 188
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NewsPS Pubco eyes funding for BBQ format rollout
Carlos Maidana, the founder of PS – the Pub Company has told M&C Report he has already had discussions with possible investors about backing the rollout of his Blue’s Smokehouse concept.
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OpinionThe unceasing journey
Fuller’s may be defined by its beers, but it is its food that is increasingly attracting customers to its pubs and spurring the company to set the pace for change in an industry that is currently shaking off the shackles of financial stagnation
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JW Lees' director of managed pubs quits
JW Lees, the Manchester-based brewer and pub operator, has announced that Kieran Rabbitt, director of managed house operations, is to leave the company.
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PICAS ‘is working’, Luff insists
Pub industry self-regulation is not dead — far from it. That is the message from Pub Governing Body (PGB) chairman Sir Peter Luff MP following the publication of the PICA-Service (PICAS) annual report.
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Food & Fuel grows turnover 5.1% in 2014
London-based gastropub operator Food & Fuel saw turnover rise 5.1% to £11.4m for the year to 1 June.
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Revolution Bars sets price range for IPO
Revolution Bars, the 58-strong group led by Mark McQuater, has announced the expected price range of its IPO with a prospectus expected to be published later today.
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NewsSports Bar & Grill rejects JDW acquisition bid
Bar Holdings – the company behind the Sports Bar & Grill chain – rejected an acquisition bid from Wetherspoons earlier this month
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Burning Night Group eyes nationwide expansion
Burning Night Group, the Leeds-based operator of bars, has lined up its next opening in Cardiff city centre in August as part of plans to open a further eight venues across the UK in the next three years, M&C Report has learnt
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Analysis & Insight
On-trade festive food and drink sales up 2%
A total of 165m visits were made to pubs, bars and clubs over the festive period - an increase of 15m from the previous year - with total food and drink sales up 2% on the 2013 period
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Bowland Village Inns completes rebrand to Fayre Inns
Bowland Village Inns, the Steven Greenhalf-led pub operator, has completed a restructure and rebrand of its business – splitting into Signature Fayre and Fayre Table.
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NewsOakman could remodel company around Beech House brand
Peter Borg-Neal, chief executive of Oakman Inns, has told M&C Report he is seeking a third site for the Beech House concept and that if it continues to succeed in multiple sites the company could be remodelled around the brand.
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E&Y updates on former Orchid sites
Ernst & Young has reported that it has sold 38 of the 49 former Orchid pubs that were placed into administration last June
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Bespoke Inns grows to three
Bespoke Inns, the Derbyshire-based pub operator, has opened its third site - The Boot at Repton.
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NewsAuthentic acquires two Dragon pubs
Authentic Pub Co., the group led by award-winning licensees Simon and Sarah Bailey, has acquired two former Orchid sites from its Dragon brand to bring its estate to six and is planning to convert some of its existing sites to the Dragon brand
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BII launches new summer event
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has officially launched its new Summer Event, taking place on 2 June in London
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Dry bar concept looks to work with pubs
Catherine Salway, the founder of the alcohol-free bar concept Redemption, has said she is interested in partnerships with traditional pubs.
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Yorkshire town seeks first blanket ACV application
The Yorkshire town of Otley has seen the first attempt to have every pub classified as an asset of community value.
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NewsReport claims over 1,000 pubs saved by beer duty cut
A new report has estimated 1,047 additional pubs would have closed if the Government had not scrapped the beer duty escalator and cut beer duty in 2013 and 2014.
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Pure Craft Bars launch recruitment drive ahead of rollout
Pure Craft Bars, a collaboration between Paul Halsey’s Purity Brewing in Warwickshire and former Michelin-star chef Andreas Antona, is seeking to recruit managers across the country as it aims for a national rollout.
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Jam Tree looks to expand across London
The team behind London gastropub group Jam Tree is looking for sites in the City before spreading across the capital, co-founder Yann Roberts told M&C Report