All Pubs articles – Page 310
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Sports Bar & Grill acquires Soho site
Sports Bar & Grill, the sports-focused bar and restaurant group led by Dave Evans, has secured the site of the former Little Sicily restaurant in London’s Soho for its latest opening, M&C Reportunderstands
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Pub companies urged to review e-cig policies
Anti-smoking campaigners are urging pub operators to keep their policies on electronic cigarettes under review as controversy grows around the devices, which deliver nicotine without burning tobacco and produce vapour rather than smoke
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NewsCollyer downgrades forecast for Marston's
Leading analyst Geof Collyer has downgraded his forecast for Marston’s after its update yesterday, saying the company has a “dull medium term outlook relative to most peers”
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Parliament to debate pubcos
A debate in Parliament on the leased pub company business model is to take place on Monday (14 October)
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NewsMarston's to sell 400 pubs over two years
Marston’s, the brewer and pub operator, hopes to sell up to 400 pubs over the next two years and is seeing increased interest in its sites recently due to an apparent upturn in the property market, chief executive Ralph Findlay has told M&C Report
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Arc Inspirations sets out growth plans
Arc Inspirations, the 10-strong Yorkshire bar operator, hopes to add five or six sites over the next five years and will focus on its Pit and Banyon brands, managing director Martin Wolstencroft has told M&C Report
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Everards eyes farm shops in pubs
Everards, the Leicestershire brewer and pub operator, is to open a farm shop at a tenanted pub which could act as a template for further developments at its rural pubs
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OpinionSpirit enters the premium league
Spirit Pub Company last month launched its second Premium Pub site with the conversion of a former Chef & Brewer in Kew, south-west London, which re-opened as the Cricketers. John Harrington spoke to Martin Braisby, brand director of the Premium Pub concept, and the Cricketers’ general manager Paolo Corgiolu, about Spirit’s move into a more premium territory
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NewsH&W PBT and sales grow in 'important' year
Hall & Woodhouse, the Dorset brewer and pub operator, says it has facilities of £60m in place for potential acquisition opportunities as it reports a rise in sales and profits in an “important” year
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Revere wants more independent sites
Revere Pub Company, the Marston’s-owned premium pub and restaurant operator, plans to acquire more high street independent sites, managing director Colin Sadler has said
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Rhino Pubs looks to exit trade
A South Yorkshire multiple operator is “stepping back” from the trade because he says he’s had enough of the Government and councils blaming alcohol-related disorder on pubs and clubs
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NewsJDW pub named world's best airport bar
The Red Lion at Gatwick Airport’s north terminal (airside) has been named the best worldwide airport bar at the Airport Food and Beverage Awards
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Robinsons to import wines
Cheshire-based Robinsons Brewery is introducing a range of new-wave Argentinian wines following an exclusive deal with winery Casarena Bodega Y Vinedos
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G1 buys tenanted vehicle outright
The move is revealed in G1’s full year results that show full-year operating profit - including its tenanted subsidiary - grew 18.6% to £10.4m. Turnover increased 11.2% to £66m and EBITDA was £16.3m
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Wellington PBT falls 27.2%
Wellington Pub Company, the free-of-tie leased pub operator, has reported a 27.2% fall in pre-tax profits to £6.7m in the year to 31 March 2013
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NewsWhitbread tweaks Brewers Fayre offer
Whitbread is trialling a new food concept in three of its Brewers Fayre sites, which if successful could be rolled out to other parts of its c150-strong estate, M&C Report understands
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BYOC eyes expansion
BYOC, operator of the eponymous cocktail bar concept where customers bring their own alcohol, plans to expand across the UK as it prepares to open its second site in Brighton, M&C Report has learnt
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Interviews
Friday five-minute interview
M&C Report talks to Ted Kennedy, chief executive of GRS Inns and Pebble Hotels co-founder, about his best investment, his best business decision and the best piece of advice he’s ever received
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New operator takes former Beatbox bar
A bar and live music venue in Cardiff whose owners were placed in administration has been taken on by new operator 8 Bar Blue Limited
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TLC looks at options for two sites
TLC Inns, the multiple operator run by Steve Haslam and Jo Drain, is exploring options for two of its sites after placing them on the market