All Pubs articles – Page 252
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NewsBrewDog to launch share trading platform
BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, is to launch a platform for its shareholders to buy and sell their shares in the company, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsOliver invests in Hackney pub venture
Jamie Oliver has invested in the new east London pub venture being launched by Fifteen head chef Jon Rotheram, and Michelin-starred chef Tom Harris
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NewsSpirit recognised for work experience programme
Spirit Pub Company has received a prestigious award for the quality of its work experience programme
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NewsBrewDog to open first joint bar/beer shop
BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, is to open its first bar that contains the company’s BottleDog off-licence concept on-site, M&C Report has learnt
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Lovely Pubs up to eight
Lovely Pubs, the venture headed by gastropub entrepreneur Paul Salisbury, has secured its eighth pub and hopes to add another shortly
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Whiting and Hammond wins tourism award
Whiting and Hammond, the multiple operator led by Brian Whiting, has been named Tourism and Hospitality Business of the Year at the Kent Excellence in Business Awards
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Chelmsford late-night levy a step closer
Late-night pubs and bars in Chelmsford may have to begin paying a levy from November, after the council’s licensing and regulatory committee recommended introducing the fee
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NewsGreene King: 2020 vision, acquisitions, tenanted approach, analysts
M&C Report takes a closer look at the full-year results to 4 May for Greene King and talks to chief executive Rooney Anand
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LHG opens third Apple & Parrot
Lifestyle Hospitality Group (LHG) is opening its third Apple & Parrot live music bar under franchise agreement in Blackpool
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NewsOperators to make airport debuts at Stansted
Coast to Coast, Itsu, Harris + Hoole and high-profile chef James Martin are all set to open their first airport sites after securing units at Stansted, as part of the transport hub’s £80m terminal upgrade
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Snug Bars accelerates growth plan
Snug Bars, the Hertfordshire-based up-market bar operator, looks likely to exceed its growth forecast for the year as it eyes up a seventh site, according to managing director Giles Fry
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NewsMinister fears 'unpredictable' impact of free-of-tie option
The Government has chosen not to introduce a mandatory free-of-tie option into the tenanted pub sector over fears that it could “undermine the tied model” and have an “unpredictable” impact on the wider industry, a minister has told Parliament
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Hostel operator critical of pubcos
A hostel chain says its attempts to work with tenants to give their pubs a new lease of life has been thwarted by pubcos
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New pubco VCP to get “as big as possible”
VCP Taverns Limited, the pub company set up by a Manchester Business School student, is to grow as big as possible according to its founder Chris Payne who bought the leaseholds of two Manchester city centre pubs
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Analysis & InsightA return to good pub grub
One of BDO’s top 10 predictions in December 2013 was that growth in consumer spend in pubs would rise by more than growth in spend in restaurants. Here the advisory firm’s Mark Edwards looks at the reason for this and why he feels the pub sector will continue to provide a real challenge to restaurant operators
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NewsGreene King FY PBT grows 9.4%
Greene King, the brewer and pub operator, has reported a 9.4% rise in pre-tax profits to £173.1m in the 53 weeks to 4 May, with the company saying it has now delivered four years of record results
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NewRiver develops Marston’s portfolio into c-stores
NewRiver Retail, the specialist REIT focused on the UK food and value retail sector that bought 202 Marston’s pubs last November, has announced it is “progressing well” on the conversion of the pub portfolio
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Burning Nights adopts Orderella mobile ordering app
Burning Nights, the operator of bars within Bierkeller entertainment complexes in Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds, is the latest operator to introduce the Orderella, the mobile ordering app
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Mitchells of Lancaster eyes more craft beer bars
Mitchells of Lancaster, the Lancashire-based pub and hotel operator, says it hopes to rollout its fledgling craft beer concept Tap House while also looking to make additional property disposals as a condition of completing a financial restructure of the business
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NewsPunch stakeholders make key restructure commitment
Stakeholders of Punch Taverns have made a key commitment to ensure that the proposed restructure of the pub company’s debt is not hampered if they chose to trade their bonds