All Pubs articles – Page 240
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News
Pubco statutory code: the key proposals
M&C Report’s sister title the Publican’s Morning Advertiser outlines the main proposals of the Government’s plan to intervene in the tenanted pub model
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NewsYummy: Foundations in place to up expansion rate
Yummy Pub Co has told M&C Report that it now has the foundations in place to up its expansion rate, after it extended its partnership with Charles Wells
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Barworks and Diner set for growth
London-based pub and bar operator Barworks has secured a ninth site, while its sister business The Diner is to add an eighth eponymous restaurant, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsJDW opens three hotels
JD Wetherspoon, the managed operator, spent £7m opening three hotels in April, taking the total number of hotels it operates to 29
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Taylor Walker launches History & Ale app
Taylor Walker, the c110-strong Spirit Pub Company brand, has launched a History & Ale trail app across its London sites
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NewsSpirit supports Prostate Cancer UK’s Men United campaign
Spirit Pub Company has announced it is to support Prostate Cancer UK’s Men United campaign this summer
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Punch launches gaming machine initiative for tenants
Punch has launched a Machine Reporting Suite for its pub operators to maximise the activity and income from gaming machines in pubs, via an online portal through the Punch Buying Club website
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Admiral and Sheps welcome 'end of uncertainty'
Another two senior pub company figures have expressed disappointment at Government plans to introduce a statutory code in the tenanted sector, but welcomed the end of a period of uncertainty
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Beds & Bars to open cider bar
Beds & Bars, the bars-meets-hostels operator, is to open a cider bar above its Belushi’s site in London’s Covent Garden next Wednesday
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Brakspear’s ‘mystery customers’ are 10% more satisfied
Brakspear, the brewer and pub operator, has seen a 10% rise in mystery customer satisfaction since it implemented the mystery customer scheme in 2010, with average pub satisfaction scores over 80%
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Opinion
The fine line between genius and madness
Rob Willock, group editor of M&C Report and the Publican’s Morning Advertiser, responds to criticism levelled at the publications by JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin
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OpinionFace the brutal facts about pubs and tax
In a strongly worded article, JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin takes to task those who have expressed optimism about the prospects for major pub companies. He also reserves criticism for M&C Report and the Publican’s Morning Advertiser group editor Rob Willock for not supporting the VAT Club
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NewsStatutory code has little effect on pubco share prices
Yesterday’s news that the Government is to introduce a statutory code and adjudicator into the pubco/tenant relationship had little impact on the movement of shares among listed pub groups that operate tenanted and leased outlets
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Hawthorn: up to 2,000 pubs could fit our criteria
Up to 2,000 existing pubs could fit the criteria for Hawthorn Leisure, which has no cap on its expansion ambitions, Noah Bulkin of the company’s joint backer May Capital has told M&C Report
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NewsRobinsons: tenancy innovation, operating profit grows 50.5%
Robinson’s, the Cheshire-based brewer and pub operator, is to introduce a more flexible tenancy agreement this year, which it hopes to rollout across most of its estate, joint managing director William Robinson has told M&C Report
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NewsJack upbeat on Spirit
Leading analyst Douglas Jack has predicted “strong” results for Spirit at its Q3 interim management statement next Tuesday, saying that trading for the pub group should be ahead
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Former M&B ops director Young joins Harrods Bank
Robin Young, former operations director at Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), has joined the board of the Qatar Holdings owned Harrods Bank Limited
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NewsPunch disposal package will remain as pubs
The five central London freehold pubs sold by Punch Taverns to a property company will remain as pubs, a spokeswoman for the pub company has told M&C Report
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OpinionPubco reform: the devil's in the detail
Adrian Bailey, chairman of Parliament’s Business, Innovation & Skills Committe that has been investigating the tenanted pub model for several years, gives some background to yesterday’s announcement from the Government on plans to intervene in the sector and says “the devil is in the detail”
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Kerridge moves closer on second pub
Tom Kerridge has moved closer toward opening a second pub after he applied to Wycombe District Council for planning permission to overhaul the grade II listed Coach & Horses in Marlow