All Pubs articles – Page 125
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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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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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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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Opinion
Pubco 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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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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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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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.
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West Berkshire Brewery raises more than £1m towards £1.4m target
The West Berkshire Brewery has raised more than £1 million towards the company’s £1.4 million goal on capital raising platform Asset Match.
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Harry Ramsden’s unveils pub model
Harry Ramsden’s chief executive Joe Teixeira has told MCA he expects its new licensed trade format to represent a significant part of its ambitious growth pipeline.
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Star rolls out retail skills workshops for licensees
Star Pubs & Bars is rolling out its series of free retail skills workshops for its licensees and their key staff.
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Fleurets director appointed as pubs code adjudicator
Fleurets director Paul Newby is understood to have been appointed as the pubs code adjudicator.
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CAMRA praises £3.6m community pub ownership initiative
The Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA) has lauded the announcement of a £3.6 million Community Pub Business Support Programme as “a major boost to prevent the threat of closure for local pubs in England through support for community ownership”.
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Humble Grape confirms second site
Humble Grape, the London-based wine merchant, will open a second wine bar and shop near Fleet Street in May.
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Rectory Hotel and Potting Shed sell for £2 million
The Rectory Hotel at Crudwell and sister business the Potting Shed have been sold for £2 million.
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Hawthorn strengthens senior team
Hawthorn Leisure has appointed a new chief financial officer and head of marketing, MCA has leant.
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Bloomsbury to roll out Pelt Trader model
Bloomsbury Leisure founder Jonathan Dalton has told MCA the group will replicate its beer, pizza and charcuterie format The Pelt House at a new site in London’s Smithfield market.
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Revolution eyes South End
Revolution Bars has submitted a licensing application for a former HMC shop in South End.