All Pubs articles – Page 286
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OpinionA message to Enterprise CEO
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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NewsMP calls for Cable to stand down on pubco decision after gaffe
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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NewsJDW sets opening date for Ireland debut
The former Tonic Bar in Temple Road, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, is to be named The Three Tun Tavern
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NewsBatemans develops 'manchise' agreement
Batemans, the Lincolnshire-based brewer and pub operator, has developed a management/tenancy hybrid agreement for future pub acquisitions, M&C Report has learnt
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Felinfoel Brewery targets food operators
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
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Bloomsbury Leisure reveals new ventures
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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NewsBrewDog secures Liverpool licence
BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, has secured a licence for a craft beer bar in Liverpool
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Yummy sales grow 18% in January
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
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BT and Carlsberg UK agree sports discount deal
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
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Osborne reopens Fullers' Red Lion in Whitehall
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
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HMRC to persue pubs for overpaid rebates
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
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Arran Brewery eyes expansion
Arran Brewery, the Scottish brewer and bar operator, is on the search for sites UK-wide to expand its fledgling pub estate
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Stonegate reveals latest Slug investment
Stonegate will reopen its Slug & Lettuce in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on March 8 following a £180,000 makeover
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NewsF&B outperforms retail at Network Rail stations
Like-for-like sales at pubs and bars at the stations grew 13.9%, with growth of 14.1% in dining outlets
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Evan Evans to double pub estate
South Wales brewer Evan Evans is set to double the size of its pub estate by early summer
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Opinion
McMullen’s opens first newbuild
Hertfordshire brewer and operator McMullen’s has opened its first newbuild pub in 25 years, and has spoken of the long and difficult road to launch thanks to Government red tape
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Merlin Inns markets pub
Surrey-based Merlin Inns has put the freehold of its Anchor Inn near Chichester, West Sussex, up for sale through Fleurets.
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NewsPubco critics attack key report on statutory code
Critics of tenanted pub companies have launched a fresh attack on a Government report that suggested the introduction of a statutory code for the sector could close up to 1,600 pubs
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Seafood Pub Co embraces rooms
Seafood Pub Company, the Blackburn-based pub restaurant operator, is to open a fifth pub under a new concept that combines a ‘village local’ with accommodation
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NewsPubco founders disregard plight of tenants
The founders of the big tenanted pubcos remain less concerned about the plight of pub tenants than about their own financial wellbeing, according to JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin