All Pubs articles – Page 202

  • The fire at Catford Brdge Tavern
    News

    Solitaire says fire damaged pub will still re-open in summer

    2015-03-03T07:36:00Z

    The owner of a south-east London pub that was damaged by a fire last night said it plans to re-open the premises this year.

  • Alistair Darby
    News

    Darby hints at M&B pizza format

    2015-02-27T16:40:00Z

    M&B chief executive Alistair Darby has hinted that the company is working on a new format within its existing brand portfolio that will feature a pizza offer 

  • Tempest Inn
    News

    Laine Pub Co to open seafront cave-style bar

    2015-02-27T16:36:00Z

    Laine Pub Co has completed the conversion of former nightclub Life on Brighton seafront, which is due to re-open mid-March as the Tempest Inn following an investment in excess of half a million pounds

  • Peter Borg-Neal
    Interviews

    Five minutes with.... Peter Borg-Neal, Oakman Inns

    2015-02-27T16:33:00Z

    M&C Report takes five minutes to talk to Oakman Inns chief executive Peter Borg-Neal about his views on Ed Balls, the concept of Oakmanology and what makes him shed a tear.

  • News

    Aspirational Pub Co eyes estate of 10

    2015-02-27T16:28:00Z

    Aspirational Pub co, the Hertfordshire multiple operator, is preparing to open its fifth pub as part of plans to grow an estate of 10 by 2020, M&C Report has learnt

  • News

    Guy Heald joins Adnams board

    2015-02-27T16:28:00Z

    Suffolk-based brewer and pub operator Adnams has appointed Guy Heald as non-executive director.

  • News

    ​M&B closes in on M&C Glasgow

    2015-02-27T16:28:00Z

    Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) will open its second site under its Miller & Carter steakhouse brand in Scotland, in Glasgow, this September

  • News

    Yummy seeking partners for growth

    2015-02-27T16:28:00Z

    Tim Foster, co-founder of Yummy Pub Group, has said the company is repairing a strained relationship with Shepherd Neame and is keen to work with more landlords that want to invest.

  • News

    Ten site target for First Aid Box

    2015-02-27T16:27:00Z

    The duo behind Brixton cocktail bar Shrub and Shutter are to open a new concept in South London, which they hope to grow to ten sites in London over the next five years.

  • News

    Cambscuisine looks to roll out Smokeworks

    2015-02-27T16:27:00Z

    Oliver Thain, the founder of Cambridge-based pub and restaurant group Cambscuisine, has said he expects to roll out his Smokeworks concept and hopes to secure a second site this year.

  • Parliament
    News

    Home Office rules out locally-set licence fees

    2015-02-27T08:30:00Z

    The Government has decided not to introduce locally-set licensing fees, one year after launching a consultation on the move

  • Blue's Smokehouse Twickenham
    News

    PS Pubco eyes funding for BBQ format rollout

    2015-02-27T08:29:00Z

    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.

  • News

    JW Lees' director of managed pubs quits

    2015-02-27T08:28:00Z

    JW Lees, the Manchester-based brewer and pub operator, has announced that Kieran Rabbitt, director of managed house operations, is to leave the company.

  • Fuller's CEO Simon Emeny
    Opinion

    The unceasing journey

    2015-02-27T08:28:00Z

    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

  • News

    PICAS ‘is working’, Luff insists

    2015-02-27T08:27:00Z

    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.

  • News

    Food & Fuel grows turnover 5.1% in 2014

    2015-02-27T08:04:00Z

    London-based gastropub operator Food & Fuel saw turnover rise 5.1% to £11.4m for the year to 1 June.

  • News

    Revolution Bars sets price range for IPO

    2015-02-27T07:13:00Z

    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.

  • Sports Bar & Grill's David Evans & Jane White
    News

    Sports Bar & Grill rejects JDW acquisition bid

    2015-02-26T12:25:00Z

    Bar Holdings – the company behind the Sports Bar & Grill chain – rejected an acquisition bid from Wetherspoons earlier this month

  • News

    Burning Night Group eyes nationwide expansion

    2015-02-26T12:15:00Z

    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

  • Analysis & Insight

    On-trade festive food and drink sales up 2%

    2015-02-26T09:20:00Z

    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