All Pubs articles – Page 304
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NewsCollyer: Muted lfl growth at JDW expected
A leading analyst has said that he expects JD Wetherspoon to report muted like-for-like growth when it updates on first quarter trading tomorrow and that he continued to believe the key for the company is to deliver margin improvements and grow the FCF and dividends
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NewsStonegate's Missoula launches US-inspired menu
Missoula, the Stonegate-owned high street bar brand, has launched a new American-influenced menu
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Bar Holdings to open second Belle site
Bar Holdings, operator of the Sports Bar & Grill brand, is set to open the second site under its Belle bar and restaurant with rooms format, M&C Report understands
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Analysis & InsightThat’s the Spirit
Spirit Pub Company has come a long way since its demerger from Punch Taverns over two years ago. However, despite consolidation in the pub sector coming back into play, reports that the Mike Tye-led group is considering a bid for rival Orchid seems at the moment a case of the business running before it can walk
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NewsSpirit completes refinancing
Spirit Pub Company has announced the results of its debt re-profiling, achieving its desired target of securing participating levels of 70% for A1 bondholders and 50% for A3 bondholders, which should free up c£53m of cash for expansion
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Sheps to make larger tenanted investments
Shepherd Neame, the Kent-based brewer and pub operator, is focusing on bigger investments in its tenanted estate over this current financial year
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InterviewsFriday five-minute interview
M&C Report talks to Jonathan Neame, chief executive of Kent-based brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame, about his best investment, his best business decision and the best piece of advice he’s ever received
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NewsFrench: Extension of opening hours at JDW will be a success
A leading analyst has said that JD Wetherspoon’s decision to extend is food serving hours to 11pm will prove another successful strategic move at a time of “ongoing flux amongst the competition”
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NewsAnalyst corner
Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley looks to ahead to the full year results from Enterprise Inns, which are due on 19 November
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Brains secures third Trees site
Brains, the Cardiff-based brewer and pub operator, is to open its third site under its all-day café bar concept Trees and the first to offer accommodation
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Former Bay Restaurant CEO returns with new venture
Paul Symonds, the former chief executive of Bay Restaurants and Laurel Pub Company, has started a new pub venture called Willow House Inns, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsJack expects JDW to outperform lfl estimates
Leading analyst Douglas Jack says he expects JD Wetherspoon’s like-for-like sales to be ahead of his full-year forecasts at its Q1 interim management statement on Wednesday, adding that the “main sensitivity continues to be margins”
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NewsTime to abandon ‘gastropub’term
It is time to abandon the term ‘gastropub’, according to the editor of the Michelin Eating Out in Pubs Guide 2014, which is published today
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Benson Blakes operator secures two, plans brewery
The Suffolk-based operator of Benson Blakes Bar & Grill in Bury St Edmunds has secured two more pubs and plans to open a “sizeable” brewery, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsRollo: Consolidation of managed sector would make sense
A leading analyst has said that he thinks consolidation in the managed pub sector would make a lot of sense
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Anglian secures site with 2% cashback on loan
Anglian Country Inns, the pub and restaurant group led by James Nye, secured its fifth site using a funding deal that gave the company 2% cashback on its loan
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BBPA calls for licensing flexibility during Brazil World Cup
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) is calling on the Government to offer greater flexibility on licensing hours for opening and closing weekends of the World Cup 2014
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NewsBramwell placed in administration
Bramwell Pub Company, the 185-strong managed operator, which was formerly Barracuda, has been placed in administration
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Admiral launches social media course
Admiral Taverns, the tenanted pub operator, has launched face-to-face social media course for its licensees, aimed at engaging with customers and driving people into pubs
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NewsJack: Spirit buoyed by Flaming Grill Lite
Leading analyst Douglas Jack has issued a Buy recommendation for Spirit Pub Company, highlighting its “attractive growth prospects” and pointing out that trials of its Flaming Grill Lite offshoot are achieving double the company’s return hurdle rate