All Pubs articles – Page 169
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NewsBar Sport in talks for Greene King link-up
Bar Sport, the sports-focussed franchised bar brand, is in negotiations with Greene King over a trial at a site near Nottingham, M&C Report understands. Founder Scott Murray told M&C Report he was in talks with Greene King over converting The Commercial Inn, Beeston, into a bar Sport to be run ...
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Analysis & Insight
Why the sector needs more 'lion riders'
New World Trading Company managing director Chris Hill was named one of the sector’s rising stars at this year’s Retailers Retailer Awards. He talks to James Wallin about his path to success and how he has grown NWTC into a national force
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Analysis & InsightBorg-Neal: Industry needs to unite over VAT demands
Oakman Inns chief executive Peter Borg-Neal has said there is no way the new Conservative Government will support a cut in VAT on alcohol sales.
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NewsTim Martin: Election; discounts; coffee wars and GK/Spirit impact
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has backed the incoming Conservative Government as good for the pub sector but said coalition politics helped to create a more measured legislative programme.
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NewsJoule’s reports ‘best ever year’
Shropshire brewer and pub operator Joule’s has recorded its best ever sales year, managing director Steve Nuttall has told M&C Report.
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NewsRevolution Bars signs £100m contract with Matthew Clark
Newly-listed Revolution Bars Group has agreed a new supply deal with Matthew Clark worth over £100m.
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NewsTCG drops televised sport in smaller venues
TCG is reducing the number of its pubs showing Sky and BT Sport because the spiralling costs are outweighing the resulting impact on sales, chief operating officer Nigel Wright has told M&C Report.
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NewsMagnall: I can see 50 St Peter's pubs
Steve Magnall, the newly appointed chief executive of Suffolk-based brewery St Peter’s, told M&C Report he thinks the company has scope to grow a pub estate of 50 branded St Peter’s pubs
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McManus to raise £2m EIS funding for three sites
McManus, the Northampton-based pub operator, is raising £2m through EIS funding backed by Radius Equity to form a new company called McManus Pub Co Ltd to purchase and refurbish three pubs
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Whiting & Hammond to invest £750k in eighth site
Whiting & Hammond, the gastropub operator, has confirmed its acquisition of the Blue Ball in Walton on the Hill in Surrey, which it has said will be the first of two new sites added this year
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Brains to open Cardiff craft beer site
SA Brain, the Welsh brewer and pub operator, is to re-open its Kitty Flynn’s site in Cardiff as a craft beer bar.
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NewsTCG submits three-year business case to owners
Nigel Wright, chief operating officer of managed pub and bar company TCG, has told M&C Report the company is continuing to keep pace with its rivals despite the disparity in the levels of investment.
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Analysis & InsightPoll shows confidence improving among publicans
Publicans are experiencing a more positive trading environment with more than half reporting a rise in turnover during the past year and almost six in 10 licensees planning to invest in their pub in the coming 12 months, according to a poll by M&C Report’s sister title the Publican’s Morning Advertiser.
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Jack: Expect gradual progress from M&B
Leading analyst Douglas Jack, of Numis, has said he expects to see gradual progress from Mitchells & Butlers when it reports its H1 results next week.
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Fuller’s launches London Pride Twitter promotion
Fuller’s has launched a new social media promotion that will see drinkers given a free pint of London Pride in response to a tweet with the hashtag #TweetAt12.
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Spirit’s Bell joins Rank board
Christopher Bell, a non-executive director of Spirit Pub Company, is to be appointed as non-executive director of The Rank Group
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NewsOld Street site will see evolution of Draft House
Draft House founder Charlie McVeigh has told M&C Report that the group’s ninth site – at The Bower development in London’s Old Street – will represent an evolution of the concept.
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NewsParson: GK’s update reminder of Spirit deal importance
Nigel Parson at Canaccord Genuity has argued that Greene King’s “lacklustre” trading statement served as a reminder of the importance of its acquisition of Spirit
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Brumby: JDW should draw clear from the pack
Mark Brumby at Langton Capital has said that JDW now seems to be saying that its like-for-like sales could trend towards flat for the rest of the year
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Marston's rejoins Beer Group
Marston’s has rejoined the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group - three years after withdrawing its backing.