All Pubs articles – Page 123
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News
Kornicis strengthens team ready for May re-brand
Kornicis has strengthened its senior management team and is on track to launch its rebrand in late Spring.
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News
Ellis & Rimmer to open The Viking
Roy Ellis and high-profile chef Simon Rimmer will open the second site under their Flying Pig & Lobster vehicle this summer in West Kirby
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Analysis & Insight
Pubco relations improve again
Ratings for pub companies have improved despite a turbulent year in the tenanted sector, according to research by MCA (formerly M&C Allegra Foodservice).
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News
D&W confirmed for Battersea development
Darwin & Wallace has confirmed it will open a site as part of Battersea Power Station’s multi-million pound Phase One development - ’Circus West’, early next year
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News
Speratus Group places £11.5m-package on the market
Speratus Group has placed six of its freehold sites on the market, with offers in excess of £11.5m sought for the whole package
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News
Adventure Bar Co outlines expansion plans
The Adventure Bar Co is launching a new concept in Covent Garden next month and plans to open another site this year, MCA understands.
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News
Banwell House sells Tobias & The Angel site
Banwell House Pub Company has sold the lease of its Tobias & The Angel site in Bath, MCA has learnt.
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News
Pubs want to take on hotels in accommodation market
Pub accommodation providers want to market themselves as a viable alternative to cheap hotel chains.
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News
B&K targeting retail developments
Kris Gumbrell, managing director of Brewhouse & Kitchen, has told MCA the company is increasingly targeting retail development sites and has strengthened his team to allow for rapid expansion.
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Opinion
No stone left unturned
Just under a year and a half since his appointment, Simon Longbottom, chief executive of Stonegate Pub Company, is continuing to build on the managed operator’s growth momentum, while looking to give the business even more impetus. He talks to Mark Wingett about honing the group’s business strategy
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News
Shepherd Neame launches 100% gluten-free menu
A Maidstone pub has launched a 100% gluten-free menu following a £130,000 refurbishment last year.
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News
East Street Pub Co rolls out Rio Grande
Devon-based East Street Pub Co is rolling out its Rio Grande Tex Mex Bar & Grill offer.
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News
ETI has invested £11.5m in estate this year
Enterprise Inns has invested over £11.5m on upgrading its pub estate in the first few months of the company’s new financial year.
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OpinionPubco Galacticos know it’s all to play for
The pub sector is emerging from a period of significant transition with difficult decisions taken by some of the biggest players in the sector on the fundamental nature of their businesses. The work on the training ground has now been completed and it is time for the sector to deliver results. In June MCA introduces a brand new event – THE Pub Conference – in which these themes will be discussed by the Pubco Galacticos – Greene King’s Rooney Anand; Enterprise Inns’ Simon Townsend; Punch’s Duncan Garrood and Marston’s Ralph Findlay. Here MCA examines the opportunities and challenges facing each, and what it means for the eating and drinking out sector.
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News
Pivovar launches smokehouse concept
Craft beer pub operator and beer importer Pivovar has launched a new smokehouse and craft beer concept which it wants to roll out to more sites, MCA has learnt.
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News
Arc Inspirations eyes joint ventures
Leeds-based bar operator Arc Inspirations is eyeing joint ventures with national operators as it seeks to roll out its three core offers, MCA has learnt.
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News
Chestnut Group eyes managed rollout
The Chestnut Group has designed a ‘blueprint’ for pub management which it intends to roll out alongside its strategy of acquiring freehold pubs, MCA has learnt.
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News
JDW CEO: Estate could shrink this year
JD Wetherspoon’s chief executive John Hutson has said this financial year could be the first in which the company’s estate shrinks.
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News
Five minutes with… Keith Marsden, BII and Humble PubCo
This week MCA takes five minutes with Keith Marsden, the current BII Licensee of the Year and founder of Birmingham-based Humble Pub Company. He talks about his passion for cigars, coffee house gripes and the best rum tasting experience of his life.
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News
Be At One to make Manchester debut
Be At One is to make its debut in Manchester, with a site in the Barton Arcade, Deansgate.