All Pubs articles – Page 249
-
NewsBatemans has seven-figure acquisitions fund
Batemans, the Lincolnshire brewer and pub operator, has a seven-figure sum available for acquisitions over the coming three years and also plans to dispose of nine pubs during 2014 and 2015, managing director Stuart Bateman has told M&C Report
-
News
Newcastle bar group plans expansion
Lola Jeans, a north east bar operator, is opening a second site in Newcastle under its cocktail bar format as part of plans to grow the group to 10 sites, M&C Report has learnt
-
NewsStonegate launches next generation Yates format
Stonegate has launched a next generation format of its Yates brand complete with new design, menu and drinks offer
-
News
Pug Pubs outlines expansion plans
Pug Pubs, the Midlands pub company set up by former M&B director Nigel Pinegar and former openings manager Matthew Crowther, is closing in on its third site as it looks to open 10 pubs over three years
-
News
St Austell's coffee brand investment to continue
Cornish brewer and pub operator St Austell has seen coffee sales increase by 46% across its managed estate of 22 pubs after a new coffee brand was launched earlier in 2014, and says it plans to invest more in the coffee offer
-
News
Star introduces mystery shoppers to inspect pints
Star Pub & Bars, the Heineken-owned leased pub group, is training 80 mystery shoppers to be able to recognise the perfect pint across the pub company’s estate
-
OpinionPubs are key - I plan to protect them
Community Pubs Minister Kris Hopkins says he’s excited by his new role, and promises to be the pub industry’s champion ”across Whitehall and beyond”
-
News
Head of Steam Durham voted best pub in city by train passengers
The Head of Steam in Durham, which is owned by Hartlepool-based Camerons Brewery, has been voted the best pub in Durham by customers of East Coast Trains
-
News
PBT surges for Sir John Fitzgerald
But the pub and restaurant group says it “may be some time before the north east, our trading area, feels more affluent”
-
News
Hawthorn runs rule over Nectar
Hawthorn Leisure is believed to be one of a handful of potential suitors that has made it through to the second round of bidding for Nectar Taverns
-
NewsCerberus acquires c£200m pub portfolio
Cerberus, the US private equity owner of Admiral Taverns, has acquired 63 pubs in a deal valued at just under £200m
-
NewsDraft House lfls up 10%
Like-for-like sales for Draft House, the London-based craft beer bar concept, are currently about 10% ahead of last year and the group expects to make “significant” net profit and EBITDA in its current financial year, founder Charlie McVeigh has told M&C Report
-
NewsSt Austell to open smokehouse and craft beer venue
St Austell Brewery, the Cornish brewer and pub operator, has revealed plans to transform its new £1.5m site in Exeter into a smokehouse and craft beer pub-restaurant
-
Analysis & Insight
Scots spend more on eating and drinking out
Households in Scotland are “slightly more sociable” than their counterparts elsewhere in Britain, spending on average 3% more on leisure activities in the six months to July, the Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker reports
-
Analysis & InsightHousehold leisure spend grows 12% in July
Household spending on leisure grew 12% to £202 in July, with the good weather causing the amount spent on drinking out to grow 14% to £45.84 while eating out spend rose 5% to £75.71, according to the Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker
-
NewsDraft House reports sharp growth in EBITDA and sales
Draft House, the London-based craft beer bar concept, saw EBITDA before opening expenses grow 163% to £251,620 in the eight months to June 2014, while year-on-year sales increased 29% to £3.2m
-
NewsBatemans FY profits slide
Batemans, the Lincolnshire brewer and pub operator, saw pre-tax profits slide 29.9% to £168,135 in the 12 months to 31 January 2014 in what it called “another challenging year”.
-
NewsBillingham 'to relinquish exec chairman role'
Stephen Billingham is to relinquish his role as executive chairman of Punch Taverns once the company completes the restructure of its debts, according to The Times
-
News
London Village Inns looks to double estate
London Village Inns, the pub operator based in north-London is looking to grow its estate from six pubs to between 12 – 15, M&C Report has learnt
-
News
Marylebone Leisure reveals new concept
Marylebone Leisure Group is to re-open a former Bramwell Pub Company site in London’s Farringdon under a new format focused on in-house spirits and infused cocktails, M&C Report has learnt