All Stonegate Pub Company Limited articles – Page 2
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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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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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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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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
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EventsCraft Union: growth and strategy within Stonegate’s operator-managed model
MD Frazer Grimbleby will outline how the business has become a key growth engine within Stonegate Group, at MCA’s Pub Conference
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Analysis & InsightStonegate sees low and no alcohol sales up +30% in Q1
Sales were strongest in London, at 27% of regional sales followed by 11% in the North West, South East and Yorkshire and Humber, according from data from Stonegate’s MiXR app.
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NewsStonegate blames beer price hikes on ‘considerable economic uncertainty’
The 4% increase in beer prices affects Stonegate’s Pub Partners and will be effective from Friday 2 May, The Morning Advertiser reports
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EventsFuture trends, AI, robotics and loyalty at Hostech 2025
Leading hospitality brands reveal the strategies, technologies and investment priorities shaping the future of guest experience next month
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Analysis & InsightDemand for premium spirits helps boost embattled late-night sector
Consumers continue to trade up to premium spirits and cocktails despite pressures on spending and a challenged late night segment. MCA explores how the bar sector is responding, and how suppliers are helping meet demand for elevated occasions
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Analysis & InsightStonegate’s Social Pub & Kitchen taps into Ed Sheeran’s fan base
The pub group has collaborated with the artist’s hot sauce brand, Tingly Ted, to refresh its menu and increase brand visibility
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NewsStonegate delivers £1.7bn revenue
The 4,370-strong pub company said sales were favourable compared to the prior year, demonstrating the “resilience of its high-quality pub portfolio”
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NewsStonegate launches The People’s Pub format
The move will see 220 pubs, previously grouped under Stonegate’s Proper Pubs format, brought together under a new consumer-facing brand, with a new food and drink menu launching today
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Event NewsHeadline sessions revealed for Hostech 2025
Burger King, Azzurri Group, Tortilla, Creams, Bill’s and Big Table Group are among the businesses speaking at the MCA conference on 22 May
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InterviewsBe At One plans to refurbish around 12 sites with £3m investment
The Stonegate Group-owned cocktail bar brand is focusing on refurbishments while considering expansion into Scotland and key northern cities
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NewsStonegate launches dancefloor-filler campaign
The group launches its ‘Get Britain Dancing’ campaign this Friday, with free entry to events at select venues and free drinks for guests who sign up via its MiXR app
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NewsStonegate’s managed pubs achieve strong festive like-for-likes
The company achieved like-for-like sales growth of 9.7% in its managed estate over the Christmas period, with its bars and venues seeing a 4.1% increase
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NewsStonegate Group invests £100m in 2024
The figure includes investment into new concepts, such as Rita’s Beerhall and Ballroom in Leeds, transforming a former Walkabout site with a £1m investment