All Pubs articles – Page 265
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NewsM&B's Orchid acquisition 'a good deal' but has 'execution risk'
Mitchells & Butlers’ (M&B) acquisition of 173 Orchid sites is a “good deal”, although it could disrupt M&B’s cultural reengineering programme and will increase the size of its bottom end by c23%, according to leading analyst Geof Collyer
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NewsM&B completes £266m Orchid acquisition
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has announced that it has acquired the majority of Orchid’s estate, consiting of 173 sites, in addition to Orchid’s head office, for £266m
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NewsEnterprise Inns 'requires cultural change'
Enterprise Inns needs to undergo “cultural change” in the way it treats its tenants, the company’s commercial director Ed Cottrell told the Tenanted Pub Company summit
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NewsLoungers' Cosy Club could exceed 70 sites
Loungers, the Piper-backed cafe bar operator, sees scope to grow to at least 70 Cosy Club sites alongside a minimum of 350 for its primary growth concept Lounge, managing director Alex Reilley has told M&C Report
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Analyst predicts rise of 'new regionals' in pub sector
The number of pubs owned by microbreweries could grow from 1% of the market to 10% over the next decade, with financial buyers also busy in the sector according to Nigel Parson leading independent analyst from Dryburgh Research
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Spirit adapts to declining beer market
Spirit Pub Company is adapting its lease agreements to make them less reliant on a declining beer market
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Food sales 'critical' for success of Stars Pubs & Bars
Chris Jowsey, trading director at Star Pubs & Bars, said food sales are ‘critical’ to the long-term success of the on-trade
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NewsPaveley: 'hybrid' model is future for pub estates
Senior pub company figure Jonathan Paveley said he expected to see a ‘hybrid’ of managed and tenanted pub models to emerge
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All Bar One at 02 to feature pop-up vineyard
A pop-up vineyard offering offers and prizes to customers has been installed at the front of the new All Bar One that opens at the 02 on 2 July
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NewsIntertain partners with online gaming firm
Intertain, the Walkabout bar operator, has signed a one-year deal to partner with BetVernons as online gaming partner with branding rights across Walkabout’s offline, digital and social media platforms
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BISC chair urges cultural change in tenanted sector
An influential MP has called for a “change in culture” among the tenanted pub industry to ensure problems in the pubco/tenant relationship are resolved using the statutory code as planned, and avoid the “big bang” of a mandatory free-of-tie option
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NewsNeame 'more optimistic than ever' about tenanted sector
Shepherd Neame chief executive Jonathan Neame has said he’s more optimisitc about the tenanted pub sector now than he’s ever been during 23 years in the industry, and the time is ripe to make investments
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NewsSimmonds fears pubco 'quango czar'
British Beer & Pub Association chief executive Brigid Simmonds has said she fears the creation of an unnecessary and costly “Government quango czar” overseeing the tenanted pub sector
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Late Knights eyes brewpub move
London brewer Late Knights is set to acquire its fourth pub and its first outside the capital, in Kent, that will operate as its first brewpub, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsMinister: bids to alter statutory pubco code are inevitable
Community pubs minister Brandon Lewis has said attempts to amend the pubco statutory code are inevitable but reiterated the Government’s opposition to a mandatory free-of-tie option
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NewsBrains appoints Arkley as non-exec
Brains, the Welsh brewer and pub operator, has appointed industry veteran Alistair Arkley as a non-executive director
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Admiral launches World Cup bets offer
Admiral Taverns has teamed up with bookmaker Coral to offer both licensees and pubgoers free World Cup bets
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Ex-Ever So Sensible exec takes second Star pub
Ridge & Furrow Inns, the pub group headed by former Ever So Sensible Group operations and marketing director Scott Whittaker, has taken a second pub with Star Pubs & Bars
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Bath Ales wins award for flagship site
Bath Ales, the West Country brewer and pub operator, has won an award for its flagship Graze Bar, Brewery and Chophouse in Bath
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ALMR: Sky's price rise is 'unsustainable'
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has said it’s “disappointed” by Sky’s “unsustainable” 5% price rise for commercial subscribers 1 August, which the trade body says would cost up to £15m across the industry