All Pubs articles – Page 265

  • News

    Yummy pubs must take £1m to 'stand still'

    2014-02-28T07:56:00Z

    Yummy Pub Company, the four-strong London-based pub operator, needs to take “£1m-plus” per site per year to make its pubs sustainable, up from £750,000 just six years ago

  • News

    W&H could diversify

    2014-02-28T07:54:00Z

    Whiting & Hammond, the eight-strong, south-east based multiple pub operator, would look to double in size over the next 10 years and could enter the hotel, brewing or outside catering markets, managing director Brian Whiting told the Casual Dining Show

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    News

    Punch warns on default; trading in line

    2014-02-28T07:16:00Z

    Punch Taverns has stated that it would default on its debt payments within 30 days of the 15 April covenant testing date if it fails to achieve its restructuring plan, and warned of the “material negative impact on the business” if its plan is not approved by stakeholders

  • News

    FY EBITDA up at Food & Fuel

    2014-02-28T07:03:00Z

    Food & Fuel, the operator of London-based gastropubs and bars headed by former Spirit boss Karen Jones, saw EBITDA climb 2.8% to £655k in the year to 2 June 2013

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    News

    Pub sales grow; profits flatline

    2014-02-27T07:48:00Z

    Last year’s good summer helped boost pub sales, but increases to business running costs continue to hold back profit growth, new research shows

  • News

    Maclay Inns develops BBQ concept

    2014-02-27T07:42:00Z

    Maclay Inns, the Scottish pub and bar operator, is to launch a new pub concept featuring barbecue food and craft beer, M&C Report has learnt

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    Opinion

    A message to Enterprise CEO

    2014-02-26T14:36:00Z

    After more than 20 years as chief executive, Ted Tuppen left Enterprise Inns this month. The question everyone is now asking is: what will happen now Simon Townsend has taken over? Pub industry consultant Phil Dixon offers his advice

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    News

    MP calls for Cable to stand down on pubco decision after gaffe

    2014-02-26T13:19:00Z

    Business Secretary Vince Cable today faces a demand to remove himself from the decision-making process on the future of tenanted pub companies after reportedly admitting that he thought Punch Taverns had “gone bust”.

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    News

    JDW sets opening date for Ireland debut

    2014-02-26T11:28:00Z

    The former Tonic Bar in Temple Road, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, is to be named The Three Tun Tavern

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    News

    Batemans develops 'manchise' agreement

    2014-02-26T08:21:00Z

    Batemans, the Lincolnshire-based brewer and pub operator, has developed a management/tenancy hybrid agreement for future pub acquisitions, M&C Report has learnt

  • News

    Felinfoel Brewery targets food operators

    2014-02-26T08:19:00Z

    Llanelli-based Felinfoel Brewery is looking to partner with “some exciting new food operators” for its 76 tenanted pubs in a bid to improve its gastro credentials

  • News

    Bloomsbury Leisure reveals new ventures

    2014-02-26T08:15:00Z

    Bloomsbury Leisure, the pub and leisure venue operator led by Jonathan Dalton, is set to open its long-awaited indoor cricket club by the end of the year after raising “over £1m in a week” through the Enterprise Investment Scheme, M&C Report has learnt

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    News

    BrewDog secures Liverpool licence

    2014-02-26T08:02:09.297Z

    BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, has secured a licence for a craft beer bar in Liverpool

  • News

    Yummy sales grow 18% in January

    2014-02-26T07:55:32.500Z

    Yummy Pub Company, the four-strong pub operator, says it has produced the best results in six years with site sales up 18% in January

  • News

    BT and Carlsberg UK agree sports discount deal

    2014-02-26T07:52:00Z

    Freetrade outlets that stock Carlsberg UK products and those that sign up to BT Sport will be entitled to a 50% discount on a BT Sport subscription under a new deal agreed between the companies

  • News

    Osborne reopens Fullers' Red Lion in Whitehall

    2014-02-26T07:44:00Z

    The Chancellor George Osborne reopened Fullers’ pub the Red Lion on Whitehall yesterday after a major refurbishment to convert it to the company’s Ale & Pie format

  • News

    HMRC to persue pubs for overpaid rebates

    2014-02-26T06:53:17.123Z

    Pub operators will shortly receive demands to pay back the “several hundred million pounds” collectively owed in “overpaid” tax rebates in 30 days, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has confirmed

  • News

    Arran Brewery eyes expansion

    2014-02-26T06:52:38.850Z

    Arran Brewery, the Scottish brewer and bar operator, is on the search for sites UK-wide to expand its fledgling pub estate

  • News

    Stonegate reveals latest Slug investment

    2014-02-25T16:58:01.397Z

    Stonegate will reopen its Slug & Lettuce in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on March 8 following a £180,000 makeover

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    News

    F&B outperforms retail at Network Rail stations

    2014-02-25T08:01:00Z

    Like-for-like sales at pubs and bars at the stations grew 13.9%, with growth of 14.1% in dining outlets