All Stonegate Pub Company Limited articles
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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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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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NewsShepherd Neame calls on government to back businesses
Speaking to The Sunday Times, CEO Jonathan Neame said the rise in employment costs had curtailed growth and forced price increases, while making new entrants to the job market less appealing to hire
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NewsStonegate eyes £1bn sale of 1,000 sites
The group has held talks with advisers about calling time on prime freehold properties as it battles to bring down debts of more than £3bn
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, featuring new details on Hawksmoor’s upcoming martini bar, the revival of Simpson’s Tavern, and a new experiential football concept
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NewsStonegate appoints new MD for managed business
The pub and bar group has appointed former Wagamama COO Nigel Sherwood to oversee its managed business as it continues to streamline the division’s portfolio, with Carol Campbell to step down.
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NewsStonegate looking to sell 23 free-of-tie pubs
The available sites, which are all located in England, include: Admiral Macbride, Plymouth; Crown & Anchor, Bromley; and Dartmouth Arms, Forest Hill – the location of Scott Collins’ MeatLiquor pub-restaurant
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NewsStonegate continues shift to ‘leaner’ managed estate
The pub company has converted 200 Managed pubs to its Leased and Tenanted (L&T) and operator-led (Craft Union) models
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NewsStonegate invests £6.5m in Slug & Lettuce
The pub company has completed refurbishments at 12 Slug & Lettuce sites, with four more planned for this year as part of a strategy to refresh the brand
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NewsStonegate sales soar 90% for Women’s Euro Final
Smirnoff Red with a mixer was the most popular drink on Sunday, with glasses of Prosecco also featuring in the top drinks sold on Sunday
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OpinionTelegraph tirade ignores diversity of pub sector
Morning Advertiser editor Ed Bedington responds to a recent newspaper hit piece, arguing the pub sector is a far more innovative and dynamic space than the bland, corporate daydream conjured up in The Telegraph
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NewsStonegate appoints new MD for Publican Partners
Dan Castle, previously operations director, has been promted to the role of managing director for Publican Partners, following a decade at Stonegate
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Analysis & InsightThe growth of the third space: How pubs and restaurants can benefit from hybrid working
Coffee shops have traditionally been the go-to place for digital nomads with a desire for caffeine and community, but pubs and restaurants are developing ‘third spaces’ in their venues to capitalise on the number of hybrid workers. MCA takes a deeper look at the trend
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Analysis & InsightPub operators urge government clarity as cost pressures threaten investment
Senior leaders from the UK pub sector gathered for a roundtable with MCA and UKH CEO Kate Nicholls to discuss government engagement, business rates reform, cost inflation and the long-term outlook for operators
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NewsStonegate takes over Frontier Pubs
Stonegate has bought the remaining stake in its joint venture with Dame Karen Jones and Pioneer Hospitality, with 15 sites set to join the group’s Pub Partners business
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NewsCraft Union: ‘We’ve kept our founding philosophy at the heart of the business’
Managing director Frazer Grimbleby explains how the pub operating model has tripled weekly sales with its seven-days-a-week, daypart-spanning wet-led offer
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Analysis & InsightStonegate: ‘Guests are more loyal to the people behind the bar than the brand above the door’
As the group shifts its founding focus away from managed pubs towards hybrid and leased & tenanted models, Simon Brooke explores the consumer and market dynamics behind this move, and how it could unlock new opportunities for entrepreneurial pub operators
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NewsStonegate confirms central support job losses
The group has reduced the size of its managed estate over the past two years, from around 800 pubs to approximately 500 – necessitating a small central support team, it said.
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Weekend PressBritain’s biggest pub company to slash jobs amid debt crunch
Stonegate looks to cut up to 150 jobs in an attempt to reduce costs, The Telegraph reports
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Analysis & InsightHow Stonegate navigates challenging trading periods using MiXR
The app and media network has helped the pub group drive sales and frequency during quieter periods, through personalised and more effective communications