All Pubs articles – Page 293
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Arc Inspirations eyes funding options; names first FD
Arc Inspirations, the 10-strong Yorkshire bar operator, is seeking private equity investment as it announces the appointment of its first finance director, managing director Martin Wolstencroft has told M&C Report
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NewsJack moves ETI from Add to Hold
Analyst also says the Government should avoid implementing a mandatory free-of-tie option with an open market rent review as part of the statutory code
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Charnwood Pubco to launch BBQ concept
Charnwood Pub Company, the Midlands-based multiple operator, is to become the latest group to dip into the growing BBQ trend with the launch of a new concept in Hereford
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JDW breakfast named most nutritious
JD Wetherspoons’ breakfast has been named the most nutritious of those served across UK hospitality
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NewsMarston's to launch franchise committee
Marston’s, the brewer and pub operator, is set to launch its first franchise committee to involve its franchisees in “consultation and decision making processes” across a range of areas
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Analysis & InsightGastropub’s virtuous circle
As Tom Kerridge’s Hand & Flowers is named top UK gastropub for the third year running, Jo Bruce asks whether it is time the phrase gastropub was brought in from the cold
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Ex-minister responds to 'Mugabe' jibe on pubco code
Former pubs minister Bob Neill has responded to accusations made against his support of a statutory code from McMullen managing director Peter Furness-Smith last week
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NewsCommercial terms deterred Punch bondholders
A source close to a group of Punch Taverns bondholders has given reasons for its decision not to support the pub company’s plans for its debt restructure
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OpinionOff the leash
BrewDog has grown to be the leading light of the UK’s blossoming craft beer scene, and with new funding and a new brewery in place, the company is setting its sights even higher. John Harrington spoke to co-founder James Watt about what the future holds for the self-styled “punk” brewer, and for UK craft beer as a whole
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Sonnet 43 site to add rooms
Sonnet 43, the brewpub venture headed by Tavistock Leisure managing director Mark Hird, is to add rooms to one of its sites
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NewsHand and Flowers named UK's top gastropub
Tom Kerridge’s two-Michelin-starred the Hand and Flowers has been crowned top gastropub in the UK for the third year running at the Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastropubs Awards
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Analysis & InsightPub beer sales dip 2.2%
UK beer sales have increased for two consecutive quarters - the first time in 10 years – although pub beer sales were down by 2.2%
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NewsABI unable to support Punch restructure proposals
A group representing Punch Taverns noteholders has said it’s unable to support the pub company’s plans for its debt restructure
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InnBrighton takes original Jongleurs site
InnBrighton, the Brighton-based multiple pub operator, has secured its seventh site in London after acquiring the lease of a Battersea pub that was the original home of the Jongleurs live comedy concept
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NewsCerberus acquires £170m Spirit portfolio
Cerberus Capital Management, the US private equity owner of Admiral Taverns, has completed the acquisition of a 102-strong portfolio of pubs from Nick Leslau’s Prestbury Holdings, in a deal valued at £170m
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NewsSmall brewers tell Cable: pubcos have improved
Small brewers have expressed serious concerns about Government plans to implement a statutory code in the pubco/tenant relationship and have told Business Secretary Vince Cable that major pubcos have improved the way they treat licensees
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Ego sets out pub requirements
3Sixty Restaurants is looking for pub sites on the fringe of high streets or in destination affluent suburban locations to aid the expansion of its Ego brand as it looks to acquire three to five pubs over the next 18 months
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Former Pubfolio pub sold
A North Devon pub that was formerly part of the Pubfolio estate has been sold off a guide price of £125,000
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NewsBrewhouse & Kitchen launches new round of fund raising
Brewhouse & Kitchen has launched a new round of fundraising as it looks to build an estate of eight-10 freehold pubs
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McManus eyes expansion as earnings and lfls grow
McManus Pub Group, the 18-strong Northampton-based pub operator, is looking at several potential new acquisitions as it reports an improvement in earnings and like-for-like sales, M&C Report has learnt