All Pubs articles – Page 82
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NewsM&B: Consumer confidence; innovation ethos; early tech trialists
MCA talks to Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) chief executive Phil Urban about the consumer landscape; the value equation; the return of the company’s innovation ethos; the optimum size of a concept’s estate and how new format Son of Steak might potentially become a solution for part of the company’s retail & leisure parks estate.
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Revere closes Cardiff site
Revere, Marston’s premium managed arm, is closing its Locke & Remedy site in Cardiff.
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Revolution grows FY lfls 1.7%
Revolution Bars Group has given a brief update on expectations for the 52 weeks to 1 July, reporting like-for-like sales up but saying new sites are taking longer than expected to hit full profitability.
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NewsCharles Wells eyes group pub deals
Charles Wells chief executive, Justin Phillimore, has told MCA that the company will target group acquisitions alongside organic growth of its managed estate, following the sale of its brewing business to Marston’s.
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NewsMarston’s: Charles Wells; pub deals; pricing and lodges
MCA talks to Marston’s chief executive Ralph Findlay and managing director of Marston’s Beer Company, Richard Westwood, on the back of the £55m acquisition of Charles Wells.
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Shepherd Neame to launch keg-only format
Shepherd Neame’s new opening in a retail unit at Chatham’s marinas will be a keg-only offer, MCA understands.
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Townsend: Punch deal great for sector
Simon Townsend, chief executive of Ei Group, has told MCA that he sees Heineken’s imminent acquisition of rival Punch as “a great statement of confidence in the future of UK pubs”
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Couchman swaps GK for SSP
Shirley Couchman has stepped down as operations director at Greene King to join SSP
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Prime time for pubs in Q1
Pub restaurants were the most frequently visited channel in the eating out sector, despite a fall in the proportion of consumers visiting the channel overall, MCA analysis has found.
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Chapmans extend South Coast Inns estate
South Coast Inns has acquired the Royal Victoria & Bull Hotel in Dartford, Kent, for its ninth site and first in Kent
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Cloverleaf founders exit JV with Joseph Holt
John Winder and Gary Douglas, the Cloverleaf founders, have told MCA their joint venture with Joseph Holt – Touchwood Restaurants - has now reached a conclusion.
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Analysis & InsightTim Martin: How to negotiate with EU prima donnas
JD Wetherspoon founder and chairman, Tim Martin, gives his view on why the UK Government should adopt a tough stance in its negotiations over leaving the EU, including a pledge to grant EU workers in Britain the right to stay.
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NewRiver to extend LT Management link
NewRiver Retail has said this morning that it is to extend its working relationship with LT Management
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EIG H1 like-for-like net income up 1.6%
Ei Group has reported a 1.6% increase in like-for-like net income across its tenanted and leased estate for the six months ended 31 March 2017
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Cattle Grid to launch second pub site
Steve Novak, the owner of Cattle Grid, the steakhouse concept, is to launch a second pub site in Southwark, London
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Miller & Carter to make London debut
Mitchells & Butlers is set to open the first London-based site for its fast-growing steakhouse brand, Miller & Carter
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M&B partners with Flypay on Flyt
Mitchells & Butlers has become the latest operator to partner with FlyPay on its Flyt platform.
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Three Cheers grows to eight, eyes faster rollout
Three Cheers Pub Co has taken on its eighth site with the acquisition of the lease of the Bedford, Balham, from hospitality entrepreneurs Karl Harrison and Scott Illman. Co-founder Tom Peake told MCA that the group intended to trade the site as it stands for the rest of the year ...
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Charles Wells launches licensee networking scheme
Charles Wells has launched a new networking event for licensees – aimed at providing insight and sharing best practice.
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Liberation realigns estate, Brooks leaves
Liberation chief executive Mark Crowther has told MCA the pub group’s reorganisation into a single managed and tenanted estate will support its acquisitions programme moving forward.