All Pubs articles – Page 311
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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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