All Pubs articles – Page 254
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NewsCollyer: M&B 'supertanker' is turning the corner
The Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) ‘supertanker’ is “slowly but perceptibly turning the corner”, according to a leading analyst who says it will take the company just over two years to deliver the “fully loaded” profits from its acquisition of 173 Orchid pubs
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Pub rents fall as a proportion of turnover
Average dry rents on new pub leases from the four largest tenanted pub companies are up sharply this year, but have fallen as a proportion of projected turnover, as the market stages a steady recovery
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NewsPub beer sales grow by fastest rate this century
A second consecutive beer duty cut, the World Cup and a late Easter are all believed to have played their part in a 2.6% jump in beer volume sales for April to June, says the British Beer & Pub Association
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Umbrella Project eyes new formats
The Umbrella Project, the fledgling operator co-founded by former Living Ventures, All Star Lanes, Columbo Group and All Star Lanes employee Andy Kerr, is eyeing plans to launch a fast food concept and open bigger sites encompassing different trading formats, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsBath Ales opens first Beerd pop-up
Bath Ales, the West Country brewer and pub operator, has opened a pop-up craft beer bar in Clifton, Bristol
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Cask Marque accredits 9,000th pub
Cask Marque, the beer quality assessment scheme, has accredited its 9,000th UK pub
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Arts Theatre Club takes Soho site
The Arts Theatre Club, the central London cocktail bar operator, has secured the site of the Coal Vaults restaurant and bar in Soho’s Wardour Street
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OpinionBrighton: buying some cool
Brighton has gone from a grubby seaside town to gaining an exclusive status that’s almost on a par with London. Jessica Mason looks at what makes this city tick and how to make a business succeed
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Noble Inns to launch bar/restaurant concept
Noble Inns, the four-strong London-based gastropub operator, is to launch a new concept, a “bar/restaurant” called Bad Egg, in the City towards the end of the year
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NewsEmeny: there's 'pent up demand' for good London pubs
A “scarcity” of high-quality freehold pubs in London is creating “pent up demand”, according to Simon Emeny, CEO of Fuller’s, which recently spent c£7m acquiring a pub in Covent Garden
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NewsFindlay: TV sport less important to pubs
Marston’s chief executive Ralph Findlay has told M&C Report that the importance of sport on TV in pubs is “not what it used to be” as customers choose to watch events at home
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NewsBurns reiterates Hold for Marston's
Leading analyst Karl Burns has reiterated his Hold recommendation for Marston’s following its Q3 interim management statement yesterday
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Dorbiere on track for 5 - 10 new sites
Dorbiere Pub Group, the operator of freehold pubs across northern England and the Midlands, is on track to open five new sites this year, M&C Report has learnt
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Liverpool to consult on late-night levy
Liverpool City Council’s licensing committee has granted a consultation on implementing a late-night levy
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Beds & Bars introduces Orderella
Beds & Bars, the bars-meets-hostels group, is the latest operator to introduce Orderella, the mobile ordering app
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Meantime to launch pop-up bar
Meantime Brewing Company, the London brewer, is to launch a pop-up bar made from customised shipping containers
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NewsBids in for £650m pub and hotel portfolio
First round bids have been submitted for a portfolio of c200 hotels and pubs, which is believed to be valued at up to £650m
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NewsJack: M&B's expansion ability in question
A leading analyst has said that Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) “ongoing malaise” leaves its ability to expand and reintroduce dividends in question
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NewsFamily brewers criticise pubco code plan
The Independent Family Brewers of Britain (IFBB) has branded the proposed pubs code an “insult to the way we do business” in the latest blow to the Government’s proposals
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Jack reiterates Buy for Marston's
Leading analyst Douglas Jack has reiterated his Buy recommendation for Marston’s following its Q3 trading update this morning, saying that the group is still trading ahead