All Barracuda articles

  • Ted Kennedy
    News

    Kennedy takes 12 ex-Bramwell sites

    2014-02-05T07:57:00Z

    Pub entrepreneur Ted Kennedy has been appointed to manage 12 former Bramwell Pub Company sites on behalf of the landlord, M&C Report has learnt

  • News

    ​Varsity Bars builds team

    2014-02-05T07:38:00Z

    Varsity Bars, a new company that in December secured 18 former Bramwell Pub Company venues, has appointed a former Bramwell executive as area manager for its northern sites, M&C Report has learnt

  • Wild Lime, Banbury
    News

    Bramwell owed £60.6m at collapse

    2014-01-10T08:04:00Z

    Bramwell Pub Company collapsed owing £60.6m to creditors, according to a new report that says the decision to put the company in administration followed a deterioration of trade and was sparked by one of its suppliers reducing its credit terms and demanding phased payments totalling £2.2m

  • Bramwell Pub Company
    News

    Varsity Bars targets growth

    2014-01-03T07:51:00Z

    Varsity Bars, a new company that last month secured 18 former Bramwell Pub Company venues, is targeting an estate of 30 sites and will look to diversify the retail offer, operations/area manager Christian Kent has told M&C Report

  • Bramwell Pub Company
    News

    Final 67 Bramwell pubs placed on market

    2013-11-21T07:51:00Z

    The final 67 pubs that were part of the former Bramwell Pub Company estate have been placed on the market with Christie + Co

  • Bramwell Pub Company
    News

    More departures likely from Bramwell

    2013-11-12T08:14:00Z

    M&C Report understands that more departures from Bramwell Pub Company are likely over the next few weeks, after the group built up an experienced management team since its formation last year

  • Wild Lime, Banbury
    News

    Pitcher swaps Bramwell for M&B

    2013-11-12T07:59:00Z

    Rob Pitcher has become the first senior member of the management team at Bramwell Pub Company to leave the group to join Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) as its new brand operations director for its Sizzling Pubs and Oak Tree Pubs formats,

  • News

    High levels of interest in Bramwell sites

    2013-11-12T07:55:00Z

    Christie + Co, which was appointed by Zolfo Cooper, the administrators of Bramwell Pub Company, to dispose of the leasehold interest in 35 of its sites has said it has already received high levels of interest in the bars

  • News

    Bramwell sites on market spread across UK

    2013-11-07T07:52:00Z

    The 35 former Bramwell Pub Company sites that have been placed on the market with Christie + Co are located in a fairly even split across the country

  • Wild Lime, Banbury
    News

    Further Bramwell closures expected

    2013-11-06T07:54:00Z

    Further closures of pubs operated by Bramwell are expected after another six of the group’s sites were closed and placed on the market, following the company being placed into administration last week

  • Wild Lime Bar & Kitchen
    News

    Bramwell placed in administration

    2013-10-31T14:25:00Z

    Bramwell Pub Company, the 185-strong managed operator, which was formerly Barracuda, has been placed in administration

  • Wild Lime, Banbury
    News

    Bramwell faces uncertain future as Stonegate eyes core estate

    2013-10-29T16:07:00Z

    Bramwell Pub Company, the c180-strong managed operator, is in talks to sell the better performing parts of its estate to rival operator Stonegate Pub Company, a little more than a year after undergoing a financial restructure and appointing a new management team

  • Wild Lime Bar & Kitchen
    News

    Bramwell to serve Xmas and dessert pizzas

    2013-09-12T07:50:00Z

    Bramwell Pub Company, the managed operator, has announced new additions to its pizza menu, including Christmas-themed and dessert pizzas, along with a Christmas drinks range

  • News

    Bramwell builds marketing team

    2013-09-11T07:03:00Z

    Bramwell Pub Company, the managed operator, has appointed former Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) senior marketing manager Derek Avington to the role of head of sales and marketing

  • Wild Lime, Banbury
    News

    Bramwell opens second Wild Lime

    2013-07-25T11:06:00Z

    Bramwell Pub Company, the managed operator, has opened the second of its three pilot Wild Lime Bar & Kitchen sites in Banbury, Oxfordshire

  • News

    Bramwell signs up strategic logistics partner

    2013-07-12T07:44:00Z

    Bramwell Pub Company has appointed DHL’s drinks logistics arm, Tradeteam, as its strategic logistics partner

  • News

    Wild Lime: brand focus

    2013-06-18T07:34:00Z

    M&C Report takes a closer looks at the new Wild Lime brand from Bramwell Pub Company, including its three zoned areas, café/deli format and design.

  • News

    Bramwell: no number in mind for Wild Lime

    2013-06-14T16:51:00Z

    Roger Moxham, chief executive of Bramwell Pub Company, has stressed that the company has not target numbers in mind for its new Wild Lime concept

  • News

    Bramwell RoIs 'north of 60%'

    2013-06-14T16:32:51.513Z

    Bramwell Pub Company has achieved returns on investments “comfortably north of 60%” since its investment programme began following refinancing in September, M&C Report learns

  • News

    Bramwell targets 12 premium London conversions

    2013-06-14T07:52:00Z

    Bramwell has about 12 sites that would suit conversion, CEO Roger Moxham tells M&C Report as the company prepares to launch a new version of the format