All Brakspear articles
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Interviews
Brakspear: ‘We’re seeing more opportunities come into the market’
The 125-strong pub operator looks to add high quality assets to both its tenanted estate and Honeycomb Houses vision, CEO Tom Davies tells MCA
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Brakspear acquisitive despite hit to profitability
Underlying EBITDA declined from £11.2m, to £10.9m in 2023, but CEO Tom Davies is pleased with its performance and actively looking to acquire sites
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Senior team changes at Brakspear
CFO David Nathan becomes chief operating officer, while property manager Tony Lewis has been promoted to property director
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Interviews
Brakspear: ‘Threat of business rates rises hanging over sector’
Brakspear chief executive Tom Davies has described impending business rates rises as the ‘Sword of Damocles’ hanging over the sector
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Brakspear invests £2m in L&T estate
Brakspear will refurbish leased and tenanted pubs The Leicester Arms in Penshurst and The White Bear in Warlingham after signing agreements with Little & Large and Friendship and Beer
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Brakspear appoints Honeycomb Houses operations manager
Rawling joins the group within its 10-strong managed pubs division, after 19 years at Fuller’s
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Brakspear: ‘It’s tough, but we want to grow the business’
The pub company and brewer remains on the lookout for acquisition opportunities for its tenanted and managed estates, despite challenging bottom-line economics, CEO Tom Davies tells MCA.
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Brakspear boosts senior team at Honeycomb Houses
John Gormally, former head of operations at Pitcher & Piano, joins as interim operations director, while Simone Brown has been appointed to the newly-created role of head of people.
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Loungers’ Alex Reilley highlights ‘obscene’ energy price rises
The business, which hedged its energy costs last May, until 2024, said entering a hedge today would have cost it an extra £17m
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Brakspear: ‘We are back in survival mode’
The 120-strong pub operator may still be seeing good levels of trade, but the focus now is on keeping costs in check in order to ride out the storm of cost pressures, CEO Tom Davies has told MCA
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Brakspear boosts managed pub estate
Brakspear has acquired the Golden Ball pub near Maidenhead, taking its total managed estate to 15 sites.
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Brakspear’s managed pubs boost revenues
Brakspear parent company J T Davies & Sons increased turnover by 12%, to £31.8m, during 2018.
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Brakspear adds site number 14 to managed estate
Brakspear has acquired the Nag’s Head in Abingdon from a private landlord, which will take its expanding managed estate to 14 sites, MCA has learnt.
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Brakspear tenant taking Joker pub brand to Croydon
Brakspear tenant Daniel Wright is opening a second venue under The Joker pub brand.
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Brakspear FY managed lfls up 5%
Brakspear saw turnover grow 11% in 2017 to £28.3m, with EBITDA down 7% to £7.7m.
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Brakspear opens biggest managed house
Brakspear, the pub operator and brewer, is opening the Frogmill near Cheltenham after an eight month refurbishment.
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Brakspear appoints new business development manager
Brakspear appoints new business development manager
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Brakspear confirms Wendlebury pub acquisition
Brakspear has confirmed it has purchased The Lion pub in Wendlebury, just outside Bicester, as flagged up by MCA earlier this week.
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Brakspear takes on 11th managed pub
Brakspear has secured its 11th managed site after taking on the Lion in Wendlebury, Bicester, MCA has learnt.
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Brakspear strengthens managed team
Pub operator and brewer Brakspear has made two key appointments to its managed house team - a retail marketing manager and an executive chef.