All Pubs articles – Page 224
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Prospect Inns eyes expansion
Prospect Inns, the sister pub business of Lancashire-based Prospect Brewery, is to open a bar located within a railway arch as it looks to grow to around half a dozen sites, M&C Report has learnt
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Ex-D&M managers to launch bar venture
Two former Drake & Morgan managers are to start a new bar venture with the opening of a “neighbourhood cocktail and snack bar” in Brixton, south London, M&C Report’s sister title the Publican’s Morning Advertiser has learnt
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McMullen’s launches pizza pub concept
Hertfordshire brewer and pub operator McMullen’s has launched a pizza pub concept at The Angels pub in Hitchen, Hertfordshire
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NewsTenanted performance holds back Adnams
Adnams, the Suffolk brewer and pub operator, has reported a 29% rise in operating profit to £862,000 in the six months to 30 June, although results were held back by the “less good trading” within the tenanted pub estate
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Whiting & Hammond signs up to Tax Equality Day
Whiting & Hammond, the Kent-based multiple pub operator, has pledged its support for Tax Equality Day on 24 September
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OpinionTenanted pubs - a revival waiting to happen
Reports of the death of wet-led tenanted pubs are exaggerated, and in some ways the decline of this sector has inadvertently been exacerbated by pubcos themselves. To put it right would require a change of approach, argues Simon Johnson, senior director of CBRE
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Minimum pricing ‘would have no effect on pubs’
Two new studies have given support for minimum alcohol unit pricing, with one academic accusing the Government of a “lamentable failure to take action”
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Maclay eyes craft beer expansion; FY loss
Scottish pub and bar operator Maclay Group is looking to add a craft beer offer across its 26-strong estate, managing director Steve Mallon has told M&C Report as the company reports a pre-tax loss of £169,895 in the 16 months to 1 February 2014
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Bar Sport grows pipeline
Bar Sport, the sports-focused bar brand run under franchise, has lined up further openings in Derby, Portsmouth and Southampton and is considering launching two venues under a managed format, M&C Report has learnt
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Analyst corner: Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley
Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley comments that tenanted pub operators are seeing their sales performance gap close with their managed counterparts
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NewsRollo: Trading across Spirit Leased to be solid
A leading analyst has said that expects Q4 trading at Spirit to have slowed across its managed pubs in-line with other operators
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Brewhouse & Kitchen in talks on Bristol opening
Brewhouse & Kitchen is understood to be in talks to secure a third site for an opening later this year in Bristol
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Frizzenti to rollout wine bars
Prosecco and sparkling wine supplier Frizzenti is to open a series of permanent and semi-permanent wine bars, with plans to open 10 within 12 months of an initial launch in October, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsBYOC up to three, targets expansion
BYOC, operator of the eponymous cocktail bar concept where customers bring their own alcohol, is to open its third site in Camden, north London, by mid-September as it targets four openings over the next year or so, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsPay rises for Young's directors as bonus package doubles
Senior directors of Young’s, the London-based pub operator, saw substantial uplifts in their remuneration packages in 2013/2014 after total bonuses paid almost doubled from £506,323 to just over £1m
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West opens second pub; eyes Edinburgh
West Brewery, the Glasgow-based brewery run by Petra Wetzel, has opened a second bar and restaurant in Glasgow’s West End and is eying expansion in Edinburgh, M&C Report has learnt
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Arran Brewery plans new fundraising
Arran Brewery, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, expects to begin another round of fundraising towards the end of the year as it prepares to open a new restaurant and bistro
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Yummy FY lfls rise 36.6%
Yummy Pub Company, the multiple pub operator, has said it experienced a 36.6% rise in like-for-like sales in 2013/2015
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Big Easy eyes Islington opening
Big Easy, the American dining concept founded by Paul Corrett, is in talks to acquire the Browns site in London’s Islington
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NewsStar signs “groundbreaking” coffee deal
Star Pubs & Bars has signed a “groundbreaking” deal with coffee supplier Kimbo, which it says will finally allow pubs to “take on high street coffee chains”