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All Pubs articles – Page 3
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NewsPunch Finance issues £50m in additional notes
The funds will support Punch’s focus on acquiring pubs, investing in its estate and supporting its publicans and management partners
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NewsHeineken to cut 6,000 jobs
The Dutch brewer will cut thousands of both brewing and white-collar roles - amounting to 7% of its global headcount - due to declining demand for beer
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NewsInnis & Gunn founder: ‘Pubs shouldn’t be treated like a cash machine’
Dougal Sharp, who has worked in the industry for 40 years, said the situation for pubs is the worst he’s ever seen and warned £10 pints could become the norm
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NewsGreene King reaches 100 franchise pubs, lines up 30 more
The pub company plans to open 30 further franchise sites this year and will expand its franchise operations into Wales and the Southwest of England for the first time
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NewsThe Revel Collective business and assets sold for £16.5m
An administrators’ report shows Revel’s bar business was sold to Neos Hospitality for £10m while Coral Pub Company acquired Peach Pubs for £6.5m
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NewsPunch Pubs delivers £105m revenue, further EBITDA growth
Punch Pubs has reported total revenue of £105.1m for the 16 weeks ended 30 November 2025, with the operator recently completing or agreeing on 49 acquisitions - including 30 sites from McMullen’s
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NewsLomond Leisure Group expands with Star Pubs
The Scottish hospitality operator now operates six venues, with further expansion on the cards following the opening of The Parliament Arms on the Royal Mile
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NewsLondon pubs, accommodation drive ‘exceptional’ results for Butcombe Group
The premium pub operator named its London venues and Butcombe Boutique Inns offering as standout performers, with 9.7% like-for-like growth across its UK managed pub division
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NewsWetherspoon urges sector to back Reform tax plans
Chairman Tim Martin criticised the ’underwhelming’ reception from pub sector leaders to Nigel Farage’s pub proposals, which includes cuts to VAT, business rates, beer duty, National Insurance, as well as reform of the tied system
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NewsWetherspoon defends dog policy following ‘misleading’ article
Tim Martin said the BBC’s suggestion Wetherspoon’s dog policy could be breaking the law ‘did not explain the company’s broader legal responsibility for the safety of its customers and staff’
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NewsMarket Taverns reports ‘positive trading momentum’ as it strengthens senior team
The group has appointed Miles Slade as managing director it prepares for its next phase of growth following ‘a strong trading period’ over Christmas and through January
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Weekend PressKate Nicholls: 'The help for pubs is a good start, but there’s so much more to be done'
Businesses in hospitality all benefit from one another — it is a virtuous circle. The Government must do more, writes the UKHospitality chair in The Standard
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Weekend PressSacha Lord: 'What Rachel Reeves must do now is offer hospitality a sector-specific VAT reduction'
VAT for restaurants and bars in Europe is around nine per cent. Why is it so much more here, asks Sacha Lord in The Standard
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Weekend PressAt last, Britain is turning its back on Dry January
I’m all for moderation, but there’s enough to be worrying about without torturing ourselves over the odd glass of red, writes The Telegraph’s Victoria Moore
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OpinionA pound off a pint is fantasy economics
Nigel Farage reckons Reform UK’s tax cutting pubs plan will see the cost of a pint fall by a whole pound, but it doesn’t take much scrutiny for these claims to look as wobbly as an old barstool
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InterviewsMcMullen’s: ‘Loss of business property relief was seismic game-changer’
While it had toyed with the idea of disposing of its leased and tenanted business in the past, the impact of the last two Budgets was the clincher for the pub and brewing business, MD Heydon Mizon told MCA.
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OpinionJamie Oliver: ‘We are in the throes of a culinary brain drain’
The celebrity chef and restaurateur has warned the hospitality sector is being crushed by a combination of astronomical business rates, a rigid VAT system and a mountain of bureaucracy
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NewsCamerons Brewery to dispose of four sites
The Northeast operator is marketing two Head of Steam venues as well as The Wheelhouse in Washington and The Mitre in Bishop Auckland after a strategic review of its estate
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NewsLaine MD Russell Danks steps down
Previosuly marketing and strategy director at sister company Punch Pubs & Co, Danks took leadership of the Laine when co-founder Gavin George stepped down as CEO in September 2024
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NewsStar Pubs sees L&T applicants rise 10% in January
The uplift comes against a backdrop of continued cost inflation and ongoing pub closures in parts of the L&T market