All Pubs articles – Page 288
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OpinionBrand spirit
Adnams’ Dr Andy Wood is determined to see the brand reach new markets through a strategy of targeting the discerning consumer. Nicholas Robinson reports
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News
Gusto UK eyes second craft beer bar
Gusto UK, the Newcastle-based bar and coffee shop operator, plans to open a second craft beer bar after the launch of its first in the city, M&C Report has learnt
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News
Enterprise 'to benefit most from beer duty cut'
Enterprise Inns is the pub company that will benefit most from the cut in beer duty in terms of the impact on pre-tax profit, according to leading analyst Douglas Jack, who estimated that the beer duty reduction should be worth £30m to pubs based on sales last year
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News
Palmers signs up first apprentice to take pub
Palmers, the Dorset brewer and pub operator, has signed up its first apprentice as a pub tenant, tenanted trade director Jayson Perfect has told M&C Report
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News
Award-winning pub manager eyes growth for new venture
Award-winning front-of-house manager Mike Champion has set up a new pub company with plans to open five sites during as many years, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsNeame: let's keep our foot on the pedal
The industry “shouldn’t take its foot off the pedal” in lobbying the Government despite the very positive news in the Budget, according to Jonathan Neame, chairman of the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) and chief executive of Shepherd Neame
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No target numbers for new Faucet Inns-Downing JV
No targets have been set for openings under Craft Beer Pub Co, the new joint venture between the Downing Pub EIS Fund and London-based operator Faucet Inns, M&C Report has learnt
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OpinionLittle and large
With the licensed trade currently undergoing change at an unprecedented rate, Glynn Davis looks at a polarisation within the market — as food-led pubs get bigger and bigger, while their wet-led cousins become champions of micro units
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News
Admiral Taverns appoints CPL
Admiral Taverns has appointed CPL to provide its personal licence training
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News
Dark Star to move to bigger site
Sussex-based brewer and pub operator, Dark Star is in the process of agreeing a deal on a new site in order to build a larger brewery to match increasing demand
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Property experts call Lib Dems pub measures naive
Pub property agents have criticised the Liberal Democrats’ approval of ‘pro-pub measures’ last week, claiming that they are “naive” and would be difficult to implement in practice
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News
Brakspear appoints first chef apprentice
South-east pub operator and brewer Brakspear has appointed its first chef apprentice
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Jack reiterates Buy for Spirit
Leading analyst Douglas Jack has reiterated his Buy recommendation for Spirit Pub Company after it reported an acceleration in like-for-like trading this morning, and said it deserves another re-rating
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NewsSpirit lfl growth accelerates
Spirit Pub Company has reported an acceleration in like-for-like growth in the eight weeks to 1 March, with like-for-like net sales in its managed arm up 6.1% and like-for-like net income in the leased division up 6% in the period
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Pubco critic MP elected president of Parliamentary pub group
An MP who sits on the committee that has produced highly critical reports into tenanted pub companies has been elected as the new President of the All-Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group
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TCG introduces new coffees
TCG, the managed operator, has introduced four new coffees into its range and says it’s also continuing to roll out barista training for its front of house staff
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Scottish Beer & Pub Association CEO leaves
Scottish Beer & Pub Association chief executive Patrick Browne has left the organisation after changes in the management and structure of the association were agreed at its AGM last week. There will be no new CEO appointment
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OpinionSee through the fog
Excise duty for pubs increased last year despite the beer duty cut, points out JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin, who challenges the industry to see through the “illusory economic benefits” of policies that are supposed to help pubs
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NewsNewcastle P&P site sold for £7.6m
The freehold of a landmark Pitcher & Piano site in Newcastle has been sold for £7.6m
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Interviews
Friday five-minute interview
M&C Report talks to Mick Horan, former operations director for Ha Ha Bar & Grill and the Living Room and owner of the new Study Room concept, about his best investment, his best business decision, and the best piece of advice he’s ever received