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All Pubs articles – Page 9
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NewsBII survey: 1 in 10 pubs profitable after Budget
A flash survey of members found 90% will need to increase drinks prices, 80% will cut staff hours, and 71% will increase food prices due to the impact of tax rises
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NewsJKS pubs business acquired by US private investor
An investment round led by founder and managing director Dominic Jacobs will see the three-strong gastropub business rebrand as Ardent Pub Group
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NewsShaftesbury Capital reports ‘continued momentum’ across portfolio
The West End landlord says its estates are ‘busy and vibrant’ with high occupancy, footfall and sales volumes
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InterviewsAlex Reilley: ‘Budget highlights how brutally unfair pubs are valued’
The Loungers chairman tells MCA there is increasing evidence to suggest the Labour government doesn’t have much sympathy for the hospitality sector following last week’s fiscal statement
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OpinionSt Austell CEO: ‘Budget heaps more cost and pain on a sector that simply cannot bear it’
Kevin Georgel says the combined impact of the 2024 and 2025 autumn budget’s will force St Austell Brewery “to scale significantly scale back our investment plans”, and accuses the government of doing ”the opposite” of its promise to rebalance business rates
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Analysis & InsightAutumn Budget: Mixed signals for hospitality and leisure
One of the largest tax raising budgets in the post-war era, the increased burden on the middle classes is forecast to dampen spending and contribute to continued subdued trading in hospitality
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NewsBusiness rates reform promises rapidly unravel
Fury is mounting over eye-watering increases to rateable values, which will see an average pub pay nearly £13k more in business rates over three years, as rates climb 76% for pubs and 115% for hotels
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Weekend PressCan you have a community without craic? Scholars of Ireland’s pubs warn of declining numbers
Two new books analyse what makes the ‘perfect pub’ and both come to a sobering conclusion: Irish pubs are in trouble, The Guardian writes
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OpinionBusiness rates changes ‘gaslighting at its worst’
Promising to level the playing field with online giants, the government’s new business rates plan is leaving many hospitality operators facing material increases in their tax burden
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Analysis & InsightStonegate’s Platinum portfolio: real estate investors on ‘high alert’
With the UK’s biggest pub company looking at options for a 1,000-strong collection of pubs to pay down debts of over £3bn, Simon Brooke explores the potential outcomes and profiles of buyers
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NewsUpham achieves like-for-like growth of 7.5%
The south of England pub operator says all but one of its sites was in positive sales growth in its latest financial results, which saw revenue rise to £19.8m
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NewsM&B reports ‘another year of strong performance’ as profits rise
The pub and restaurant group delivered 7.3% growth in operating profit in its 2025 results with like-for-like sales up 4.3% and revenue reaching £2.71bn.
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NewsUKH: Changes to unfair dismissal plans ‘pragmatic’
The government’s decision to reduce the qualifying period for unfair dismissal to six months ‘addresses one of hospitality businesses key concerns’, the trade body says.
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Analysis & InsightBudget reaction: ‘Our only option is to look for growth overseas’
The entrepreneur behind Fallow cautioned that expanding in the UK was ‘simply not worth the cost’ under the current tax regime, while Markus Thesleff warned investors were deserting the UK
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NewsSector anger as business rates reform ‘not delivered in full’
The government’s decision to give hospitality only a quarter of the rates discount it originally proposed has been derided with warnings it’s not enough to offset the loss of reliefs
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NewsHospitality reacts with frustration as budget announced
The Chancellor’s fiscal statement has been met with anger and exasperation, with many warning the lack of support for hospitality will lead to further closures and substantial job losses
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Analysis & InsightMarston’s targets expansion of 'sports lover's dream' Grandstand concept
CEO Justin Platt says the pub group’s five new concepts, each one targeted at a different core consumer demographic, present a ‘real growth opportunity’ going into the new financial year
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NewsNational living wage rises to cost sector £1.4bn
Combined with a higher-than-expected 8.5% uplift in the wage rate for 18-20-year-olds, UKHospitality said the increases represent a total £1.4bn in additional cost for businesses
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NewsRedCat sells L&T division to Admiral Taverns
Following the deal, RedCat Hospitality will focus on its managed business and pubs-with-rooms model, where it see “strong and sustained customer demand”
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NewsNTIA: ‘Brits still want to go out’
Data from the Night Time Industries Association shows that more than three quarters of UK consumers believe they are being priced out of the night-time economy due to rising costs