All Pubs articles – Page 239
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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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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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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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Publican Awards 2015 finalists announced
The pub companies shortlisted in the Publican Awards 2015 have been announced.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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Big10 doubles up
Big10, a pub company established by former head of development at Le Pain Quotidien, Nathan Rivers, has acquired its second Kent site as part of plans to grow an estate of 10 country pubs across the county, M&C Report has learnt
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Maggie Mae bar moves from Greece to Brighton
A former DJ who operated a restaurant and club in Greece has transferred the concept to Brighton for the first in what he hopes will be a national roll out.
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Camerons outlines expansion plans
Camerons, the Hartlepool-based brewer and pub operator, will open five or six pubs annually for the next five years as it grows both its Head of Steam and Blue Lounge brands
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Oakman Inns secures first Greene King lease
Oakman Inns & Restaurants has taken on its first Greene King lease to bring the company to 12 sites.
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Gresham Inns sells The Eagle to focus on new acquisitions
Gresham Inns, the Will Clayton-led operator, has sold the Eagle in Ladbroke Grove as it seeks to develop “more substantial venues” and focus on new acquisitions.