All Pubs articles – Page 301
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Brains replaces Costa in pubs with own brand
SA Brain, the Welsh brewer and pub operator, has taken out Costa coffee in its 95 sites and brought in its own brand named Great Little Coffee Company, retail director Philip Lay told the Pub Retail Summit
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Brunning & Price grows pipeline
Brunning & Price (B&P), the Chester-based pub group owned by the Restaurant Group, will open three further pubs before the end of the year and expects to be “even busier” on the openings front in 2014
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French: Good growth expected for Fuller’s in Q3
A leading analyst has said he expects Fuller’s to report a period of good progress with c7% growth in earnings to £18.3m PBT when it announces its H1 results for the 26 weeks to 28 September on 22 November
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Openings to aid Young’s performance
A leading analyst has said that he expects a raft of new openings to have provided momentum to the performance of Young’s, which will release its H1 results for the six months ended 30 September on 21 November
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NewsCraft Beer goes mainstream
Craft beer has gone mainstream this year, beer writer Pete Brown has told the Pub Retail Summit
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NewsAnalyst corner
Simon French at Panmure Gordon looks ahead to Enterprise Inns’ full-year results next Tuesday (19 November), saying that he believes it will have struggled to reach its Q4 like-for-like target for profitability
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NewsStonegate's Bramwell package includes Varsity but not Wild Lime
The 78 former Bramwell Pub Company sites acquired by Stonegate include about a dozen within Greater London and seven Varsity-branded student pubs, although its three new Wild Lime sites and its first premium concept are not part of the deal
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NewsStonegate acquires Bramwell portfolio
Stonegate Pub Company, the TDR Capital-backed group, has completed the acquisition of 78 sites from the administrators of Bramwell Pub Company, in a deal that is believed to be valued at around £35m, M&C Report understands
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Hansen: 2013 a turning point for pub market
This year will prove to be a “turning point” in the pub market, Sapient Corporate Finance founder Peter Hansen has predicted. Speaking at M&C Report’s Pub Retail Summit, he predicted banks would start to “loosen up” - and clearing banks would begin “piling back into the market”.
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Kings Park-backed Inn Collection up to four
Inn Collection, the northern England-based coaching inn operator, has secured its fourth site days after Kings Park Capital (KPC) made a £10m investment in the business, M&C Reporthas learnt
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Faucet Inn to reopen the Refectory
Faucet Inn, the London-based company led by Steve Cox, is to reopen The Rectory site in London’s Hampton Hill, over three after the site was closed for redevelopment
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OpinionLiving the Guy life
Guy Newell talks about running casinos for the Shah in Iran, setting up a multi-million pound business, and recounts his experiences with Playboy bunnies
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NewsBath Ales to operate Colston Hall sites
Bath Ales and Colston Hall have have announced that they will be joining forces to create a locally inspired Café Bar and restaurant destination within the South West’s leading concert hall
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NewsOrchid reports impressive ROI
One year on from the start of its company-wide £20m investment programme Orchid Group, in which private equity and trade buyers are showing an interest, has reported impressive returns across its estate
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City Pub Co FY turnover to reach £7m; reveals acquisition targets
City Pub Company, the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)-funded pub operator, expects turnover to reach £7m in 2013 and is targeting seven acquisitions under its forthcoming £10m fundraising drive, co-founder Clive Watson has told M&C Report
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NewsEnterprise tells Government it will cap drink price rises
Enterprise Inns has made a pledge to the Department of Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) that it will implement a cap on tied price rises
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Evan Evans to set up new pub vehicles
Evan Evans, the South Wales brewer and pub operator, is to set up three separate companies as vehicles for future pub acquisitions, M&C Report has learnt
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Analysis & Insight
Wet-led pub GP falls below 50%
Gross profit (GP) margins have slipped below 50% for community wet-led pubs, as they are unable to take advantage of the higher earnings potential of food sales, according to a new benchmarking report
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Analysis & Insight
Evolution of the pub to be key trend for 2014
Classic British pubs will push even harder in 2014 to transform and grab market share from conventional restaurants by focusing more attention on creating upscale, premium food and drink, and launching repositioned outlets in non-traditional sites
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Pivovar builds pipeline
Pivovar, the craft beer pub operator and beer importer, has revealed the next stage of its growth to M&C Report, with planned openings in Harrogate, Nottingham and Birmingham following a launch at the Trinity Centre in Leeds