All Pubs articles – Page 300
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TCG extends cask loyalty scheme
TCG, the managed operator, is to extend its cask ale loyalty scheme into 2014 after seeing sales grow 30% during its latest Proud of Our Ale festival
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Admiral EBITDA up 7.1%
Admiral Taverns has reported a 7.1% rise in underlying EBITDA to £10.4m in the 23 weeks since its c£200m acquisition by US private equity group Cerberus
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Gov't being deceived over pub closure numbers
Nearly one in six pubs that were operating as tenancies in 2005 are no longer trading in that capacity — leading to accusations that the Government is being deceived over pub closure statistics
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Cains gets green light for £150m Brewery Village
Cains, the Liverpool-based brewer, has secured planning permission for the £150m development of the Cains Brewery Village
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NewsETI: succession planning, debt, investment
M&C Report talks to Enterprise Inns senior management team - chief executive Ted Tuppen, chief operating officer Simon Townsend and finance director Neil Smith - about succession planning, a restructure of its management team, developing its own version of Punch’s buying club, debt manageability, its business failure rate and further investment
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NewsSpirit to expand Flaming Grill
Spirit Pub Company’s value food brand Flaming Grill will roll out to more pub sites following the success of its recent repositioning, director Nick Young told the Pub Retail Summit
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NewsLoungers and JDW sign up for Solihull
Operators including Loungers and JD Wetherspoon have signed up to open at the new Parkgate mixed-use scheme near Solihull
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Beannchor to launch chicken concept
Beannchor is to become the latest operator to launch a chicken-led concept, with the opening of new restaurant Yard Bird later this month in Belfast
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NewsGreat hosts 'key to bar success'
Being a skilled, engaging and efficient host as well as knowing how to “get the party started” is the key to running a successful bar, according to Be At One co-founder Steve Locke
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Evan-Evans launches apprentice search
Evan-Evans, the Llandeilo-based brewer, is starting the search for 10 new apprentices to join the brewing company’s pub estate, and in doing so, appoint the first brewing apprentice in the Welsh brewing industry
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Drystone Inns enters administration
Drystone Inns, the Cumbria-based pub management company, which ran three sites across Yorkshire, has been placed into administration
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OpinionSector to find more space for rooms
Following the food revolution, the next growth area for the pub sector is gearing up to be accommodation, with a number of operators set to invest significant funds into growing their room stock over the coming 18-24 months and as overseas tourists return to the UK
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M&B continues evolution of All Bar One
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed operator, is continuing to evolve its All Bar One estate aimed at increasing the brand’s attractiveness to groups
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NewsFY net income down 2.9% at ETI
Enterprise Inns has this morning reported a 2.9% decline in like-for-like net income for the year to 30 September, but said that it had witness an improving trend in the final quarter of the year, with like-for-like net income growth of 0.6%
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NewsTuppen to step down from Enterprise
Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen has announced he is to retire from the group he founded in 1991 next February with current chief operating officer Simon Townsend to succeed him. Tuppen, who will leave the company 19 May, has been chief executive of the company for more than twenty years
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OpinionTurning point for the sector
This year will come to be seen as a turning point in the market, argues Peter Hansen, founder of Sapient Corporate Finance
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JW Lees ups expansion target
JW Lees managing director William Lees-Jones has told M&C Reporthe expects the company to spend between £10m and £15m buying 15 pubs a year
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NewsMartin criticises 'delusion' in pub industry
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has said there’s a “level of delusion” among senior figures in the industry who are “out of touch” and often “don’t actually like pubs”
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Derry eyes 25 more White Brasserie pubs
Restaurant entrepreneur Mark Derry is looking to expand his fledgling White Brasserie pub concept by around 25 sites over the next two or three years using a new-style lease
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JW Lees PBT grows 23.1%
JW Lees, the Manchester-based brewer and pub operator, saw pre-tax profits grow 23.1% to £5.9m in the year to 31 March and it reiterated plans to expand after securing a £10m facility from the Royal Bank of Scotland