All Pubs articles – Page 203
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NewsSpirit chief executive paid £2.6m last year
Spirit Pub Company chief executive Mike Tye was paid £2.6m in 2013/14 after being given a 106%-of-salary bonus and a £1.4m long-term incentive payment, according to the company’s annual report.
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Mulholland calls for BBPA to be scrapped
Save the Pub Group chair Greg Mulholland MP has tabled a motion in Parliament calling for the British Beer and Pub Association to dissolve and be replaced by a new representative body.
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NewsMarston’s begins Ebb & Flow rollout
Marston’s, the brewer and pub operator, has begun the roll out of its new all-day dining, café bar concept Ebb & Flow
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Interviews
Friday five-minute interview: Andrew Buchanan of Thwaites
M&C Report talks to Andrew Buchanan, operations director at Thwaites, about his top priority, the best advice he’s been given and who is doing something special in the industry.
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Autogrill to open pub and deli formats at Manchester Airport
Autogrill Catering UK is set to open two new concepts in Terminal 3 at Manchester Airport next year
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Analysis & Insight
The life of Brian
“I am Mr Average,” says Brian Whiting, the driving force behind Whiting & Hammond (W&H), the now seven-strong pub and restaurant business. But don’t read that as boring and safe – neither of those terms apply to this easy-to-chat-to, 48-year-old, self-declared (accurately) “natural host”
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Brakspear opens urban bar
A multiple operator trialling Brakspear’s first concept specifically targeting an urban demographic says he would like to work with the company to roll it out.
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NewsThwaites appoints first acquisitions manger
Thwaites has appointed its first acquisitions manager as it seeks to build its estate, including “an aggressive expansion” of its Inns of Character managed division.
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Anchor & Hope voted Harden’s top London food pub
The Anchor & Hope in Waterloo has been voted London’s best food pub for the tenth consecutive year.
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Publican Awards 2015 finalists announced
The pub companies shortlisted in the Publican Awards 2015 have been announced.
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NewsGreene King has £110m for acquisitions in 2015
Greene King has stressed it retains a “flexible approach to expansion” and has a c£110m war chest for acquisitions in 2015 with a strong pipeline and targets unaffected by the Spirit transaction.
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Cawthorn opens first Jester pub
Mark Cawthorn, of Tailor Made Dining is to open the first of his Jester Pub sites with the re-launch of the Green Dragon in Flackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire today.
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NewsTom Kerridge says new pub is 'like a Wetherspoon's'
Chef Tom Kerridge has said his new pub the Coach, which officially opened in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, on Monday is like Wetherspoons in concept.
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Kerridge: 'Pubcos are embracing change'
Pubcos such as Greene King and Enterprise Inns understand the industry is changing and are looking to adapt with it, double Michelin-starred pub chef Tom Kerridge has told M&C Report’s sister title, the Publican’s Morning Advertiser (PMA).
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Star launches new training programme for BDMs
Star Pubs & Bars is launching a new training schemes for its BDMs based around the “latest best practice and thinking in areas critical to pub retailing”.
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NewsNorth Bar founders to open a brewery
North Bar, the Leeds-based pub group, is to open its own brewery, M&C Report has learnt.
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Charnwood eyes BBQs & Brews expansion
Charnwood Pub Company, the Midlands-based multiple operator, is planning to expand its fledgling BBQs & Brews concept
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Hawthorn seeks to make its first disposal
Hawthorn Leisure is seeking its first disposal since it bought 275 pubs from Greene King six months ago.
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Children prompt one-in-four eating out visits
Research showing one in four eating-out experiences is dictated by the decision of children shows why a separate kids’ menu is essential, the NPD Group has said.
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NewsSpirit Leased launches ‘little box of big deals’
Spirit Leased has said its new initiative will offer its licensees the same purchasing power as a managed house.