Finance – Page 293

  • News

    Moorhouse's turnover rises 18%

    2013-08-13T07:48:00Z

    Moorhouse’s, the Lancashire brewer and pub operator, saw sales continue to rise last year, with turnover up 18% to £4.5m in the 12 months to 30 September 2012

  • News

    French downgrades Whitbread

    2013-08-13T07:48:00Z

    Analyst believes Costa and Premier Inn will reach saturation in the UK earlier than anticipated, while ROIC at Whitbread Hotel & Restaurants is static

  • News

    Jack: Cineworld to outperform market

    2013-08-13T07:47:00Z

    A leading analyst has said that he expects the cinema market’s attendance to be flat, but that Cineworld should outperform

  • Living Room
    News

    Stonegate completes Living Room acquisition

    2013-08-12T19:03:00Z

    Stonegate Pub Company has completed the acquisition of 13 Living Room sites from Premium Bars & Restaurants (PBR) in a deal thought to be valued at around £10m

  • News

    Living Ventures in Gusto funding talks

    2013-08-12T06:52:00Z

    Living Ventures, the north west-based restaurant and bar group, is in talks to secure new funding to roll out Gusto, its high street Italian restaurant brand

  • News

    Pembroke backs La Bottega rollout

    2013-08-12T06:52:00Z

    Pembroke, the venture capital trust, which was launched earlier this year, has backed the £5m management buyout of La Bottega, the London-based chain of upmarket Italian delicatessens

  • News

    Chameleon PBT falls 23.2%

    2013-08-09T16:42:00Z

    The northern England-based pub operator saw full-year pre-tax profits fall 23.2% to £84,242 and revealed that wet income now accounts for less than half of its sales

  • Coal Bar and Grill
    News

    Charterhouse EBITDA grows 50%

    2013-08-09T16:20:00Z

    Pre-tax losses narrow for the Coal Grill and Bar operators as it confirmed plans to open five more sites over the next few years

  • News

    Analyst corner

    2013-08-09T15:55:00Z

    Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley looks ahead to the Q4 trading update from Spirit, which is due on 5 September and says that he expects the group’s trading to have improved markedly in July and August but LfL sales to slow once capex levels normalise

  • News

    McDonald’s sales in Europe fall 1.9%

    2013-08-09T08:08:00Z

    McDonald’s has reported a modest increase in total like-for-like sales in July, up 0.7%, despite a 1.9% decline in sales across Europe during the month

  • Joseph Holt
    News

    Holts PBT falls 3%

    2013-08-09T08:06:00Z

    The brewer and pub operator has reported a 3% fall in pre-tax profit to £3.6m amid “tough trading conditions” in 2012, despite “significant efforts” to develop its business

  • News

    Batemans PBT and sales rise

    2013-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Batemans, the Lincolnshire brewer and pub operator, saw pre-tax profits grow from £73,580 to £239,687 on turnover up 5.7% to £15.4m in the year to 31 January

  • News

    Analysts mixed on Enterprise

    2013-08-09T07:42:00Z

    Geof Collyer said he expected to see earnings per share growth in 2014 for the first time since 2006, while Douglas Jack cut his full-year forecast by 4%

  • Ted Tuppen Summit
    News

    Enterprise reports improving trends

    2013-08-08T07:52:00Z

    Enterprise Inns has reported like-for-like net income for the total estate down by 2.7% in the 18 weeks to 3 August 2013 against a decline of 4.2% in H1, and like-for-like net income growth in the first five weeks of its final quarter

  • Harvey Smyth
    News

    Cinven weighs up Gondola options

    2013-08-08T07:51:00Z

    Cinven, the private equity group, has been reportedly weighing up a sale of Gondola Group, operator of the PizzaExpress, Zizzi, Ask Italian and Byron brands

  • News

    Cabana secures fourth site; new funding

    2013-08-08T07:43:00Z

    Cabana has secured its fourth site in London at the Designer Outlet, Wembley, and raised £3.5m of new funding

  • News

    YO! Sushi extends Frobishers deal

    2013-08-08T07:26:00Z

    YO! Sushi has extended its two-year contract with Frobishers, the premium juices brand, by another two years

  • News

    Molson Coors Q2 Europe volumes dip 2%

    2013-08-08T07:26:00Z

    Molson Coors has reported a 2% decline in volumes across Europe in three months to 30 June, although net sales per hectolitre grew nearly 5%

  • News

    Adnams: performance, tenancies, beer volumes, hotels

    2013-08-07T07:39:00Z

    Adnams has reported a “difficult” half-year, with operating profit for the six months at £668,000 against £857,000 in H1 2012

  • News

    Papa John's reports global sales lift

    2013-08-07T07:36:00Z

    The US-based firm has reported a 7.5% rise in comparable sales outside North America in the six months to 30 June as it announced a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share