All Pubs articles – Page 136
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Oak Taverns to roll out retail arm across estate
Oxfordshire-based pub company Oak Taverns is planning to follow the lead of casual dining brands by offering own-brand products to take away across the group’s 24 sites.
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OpinionA good fit for the king
In a busy year for M&A activity in the sector, Greene King’s acquisition of Spirit Pub Company was one of the standout deals – creating the country’s largest managed estate and third biggest collection of tenanted and leased pubs. Publican’s Morning Advertiser editor Ed Bedington talks to chief executive Rooney Anand about the challenge of assessing which of the combined brands have a future, his philosophy on recruitment and the challenges of coping with an increasingly disloyal customer base.
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Analysis & Insight
Eating out at Christmas to cost £340
The average cost for a family eating Christmas dinner in restaurants, carveries and pubs will reach £340.57 this year
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Thorley: Transitional period well underway
Phil Thorley, operations director of Kent-based Thorley Taverns, has told M&C that the company’s transition from a wet-led nightclub operator to a food-led business is almost complete.
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NewsNewRiver would consider managing its own pubs
NewRiver Retail, the UK REIT which owns 360 pubs, would consider directly managing its own pubs, after appointing former Punch director, M&C has learnt.
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NewsJDW pulls out of VAT Club
JD Wetherspoon has announced it has pulled out of the VAT Club Jacques Borel
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The best business lessons learnt by multiple operators this year
As the year draws to a close, M&C’s sister title the Publican’s Morning Advertsier asked some of the industry’s top multiple site operators to cast their mind back over 2015 and share the one business lesson they know now that they wished they’d known at the start of the year.
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NewRiver Retail strengthens pubs team
NewRiver Retail has added to its pub team with the appointment of Jackie Moody-McNamara as pub portfolio director.
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Brown swaps Wasabi for BrewDog
James Brown has stepped down as operations director of Wasabi to join former G1 Group colleague David McDowall at BrewDog
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co secures Loch Fyne sites
Brasserie Bar Co is to launch its White Brasserie Pubs format and Brasserie Blanc brand in the North West
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Enterprise scraps plans to amend bond terms
Enterprise Inns has scrapped plans to amend the terms on a number of bonds.
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NewsAdmiral ‘an acquisitive business again’
Kevin Georgel, chief executive of Admiral Taverns, has told M&C the group remain ‘unapologetically committed’ to the tied model but is considering other operating formats for the first time.
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NewsCity PubCo raises £8m, seeks AIM listing by 2017
City Pub Company has announced it has raised more than £8m via its 6% Convertible Preference Share offer.
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Analyst corner: Collyer on Marston’s
Leading analyst Geof Collyer at Deutsche Bank has said that following last week’s full-year update from Marston’s, he expects a relatively modest impact from the National Living Wage
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NewsWay Out West Pub Co eyeing multiple concept rollouts
Burning Nights co-founder Alex Hazzard has said he is eyeing multiple concepts as he seeks to a rollout for his new business Way Out West Pub Co.
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Stonegate to re-open JDW site after £400k spend
Stonegate Pub Company will re-open The Swan in Haslemere, which it recently acquired from JD Wetherspoon, next week after a £400k investment
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Jebson swaps GK for Matthew Clark
Steve Jebson, who stepped down as group commercial director of Greene King earlier this year, has joined sector wholesaler Matthew Clark
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NWTC lines up Knutsford opening
New World Trading Company has further strengthened its openings pipeline, after securing a further site in Cheshire
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Coaching Inn Group ramps up growth after new appointment
The Coaching Inn Group is to rapidly accelerate its growth after the appointment of Jill Matthews, formerly of SA Brain, as its head of operations.
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NWTC restructures operations team
New World Trading Company has appointed its first operations director and created a Brand Business Development team as it targets a pipeline of six new sites a year.