All Stonegate Pub Company Limited articles – Page 5
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NewsStonegate’s data focus a ‘significant step forward’
The pub company’s enhanced focus on data insights has led to a material shift in its strategy and the management of its large estate, CEO David McDowall tells MCA
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InterviewsHow Stonegate is adopting a retailer’s mindset with its MiXR network
The pub company has ambitions to create the “UK’s biggest retail media network” harnessing data from its new loyalty app, and 4,500 digital screens across its estate, to create targetable audiences and deliver revenue from advertising impressions.
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NewsStonegate completes £638m refinance
The pub company has completed the refinancing of a 1,034-strong pub portfolio, with debt provided by US private equity firm Apollo Global Management
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NewsStonegate set to complete Apollo-backed refinancing
The private equity firm is reportedly nearing a deal to provide as much as £630m of debt, allowing the pub chain to pay down existing borrowings
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Analysis & InsightRaising a glass to Ian Payne for a lifetime in pubs
As the Stonegate founder and chairman announces his retirement, MCA pays tribute to a 50-year career operating, buying, selling and chairing pubs
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NewsAutumn Statement provides ‘lifeline’ for pubs
Pub operators welcomed the decisions to extend business rates relief and freeze alcohol duty, while calling for long-term reforms to reduce costs and tax burden on hospitality
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InterviewsStonegate: ‘We’re excited about what MiXR will do for us’
Speaking at the Peach 20/20 Leaders Summit, MD Helen Charlesworth discussed how the new app will help Stonegate understand customer behaviour “better than ever before”
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NewsIan Payne MBE to retire
The Stonegate chairman and founder has decided to retire at the end of January 2024 and step down from his role with the group after thirteen years
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NewsStonegate launches ‘gamechanging’ digital platform
MiXR will connect consumers to the entire managed estate via a new app with bookings, rewards and experiences; while also providing brand partners with an advertising channel across 4,500 screens
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NewsVultures circle for Stonegate pubs
Funds are circling a portfolio of 1,000 British pubs as the country’s biggest operator grapples with the fallout from soaring interest rates on a multibillion-pound debt pile, The Sunday Times reports
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NewsStonegate to raise new debt
Stonegate Group is working on options to raise new debt against 1,000 pubs, as plans to sell off the portfolio have so far been unsuccessful
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InterviewsVagabond: AI has massive potential for our business
The self-pour wine bar concept is exploring the role of AI in enhancing the guest experience, operations director Christobell Giles said
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NewsSlug & Lettuce reveals brand repositioning
The Stonegate-owned cocktail bar chain has reopened its flagship venue in Deansgate, Manchester, the first of its sites to experience a redesign aligned with an “evolved brand vision”
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Analysis & InsightDynamic pricing could ‘alienate’ customers
MCA examines the controversial move, which has caused some publicans and business owners leap to Stonegate’s defence - albeit some consumers have lashed out against the pubco’s policy to raise prices by 20p during busy hours
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NewsStonegate receives backlash for dynamic pricing move
CAMRA chief executive Tom Stainer called the move ‘troubling’, while Loungers chairman Alex Reilley said the pubco was being criticised for its transparency
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NewsStonegate introduces dynamic pricing during peak trading
Customers are being charged 20p more for a pint of beer over the weekend, to cover the costs of washing glasses, staff, plastic cups and door staff
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Analysis & InsightTDR Capital: ‘These guys are ninjas, I wouldn’t bet against them.’
Following the private equity group’s £50m backing of Popeyes UK, MCA looks at the background of the investor behind Stonegate, EG Group and Gondola Holdings
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NewsStonegate to re-structure central functions and ops teams
Following a stratgic review, the group is consulting over making 260 roles redundant
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NewsStonegate and City Pub Group join BBPA
The British Beer and Pub Association, whose members collectively represent over 20,000 UK pubs, has welcomed 13 new members this year
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NewsCraft Union delivers ‘standout performance’
Stonegate said it delivered a “highly respectable performance” during the 28 weeks to 9 April, with group revenue up 9.3% to £904m