All Pubs articles – Page 179

  • News

    Yummy seeking partners for growth

    2015-02-27T16:28:00Z

    Tim Foster, co-founder of Yummy Pub Group, has said the company is repairing a strained relationship with Shepherd Neame and is keen to work with more landlords that want to invest.

  • News

    ​M&B closes in on M&C Glasgow

    2015-02-27T16:28:00Z

    Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) will open its second site under its Miller & Carter steakhouse brand in Scotland, in Glasgow, this September

  • News

    Guy Heald joins Adnams board

    2015-02-27T16:28:00Z

    Suffolk-based brewer and pub operator Adnams has appointed Guy Heald as non-executive director.

  • News

    Aspirational Pub Co eyes estate of 10

    2015-02-27T16:28:00Z

    Aspirational Pub co, the Hertfordshire multiple operator, is preparing to open its fifth pub as part of plans to grow an estate of 10 by 2020, M&C Report has learnt

  • News

    Cambscuisine looks to roll out Smokeworks

    2015-02-27T16:27:00Z

    Oliver Thain, the founder of Cambridge-based pub and restaurant group Cambscuisine, has said he expects to roll out his Smokeworks concept and hopes to secure a second site this year.

  • News

    Ten site target for First Aid Box

    2015-02-27T16:27:00Z

    The duo behind Brixton cocktail bar Shrub and Shutter are to open a new concept in South London, which they hope to grow to ten sites in London over the next five years.

  • Parliament
    News

    Home Office rules out locally-set licence fees

    2015-02-27T08:30:00Z

    The Government has decided not to introduce locally-set licensing fees, one year after launching a consultation on the move

  • Blue's Smokehouse Twickenham
    News

    PS Pubco eyes funding for BBQ format rollout

    2015-02-27T08:29:00Z

    Carlos Maidana, the founder of PS – the Pub Company has told M&C Report he has already had discussions with possible investors about backing the rollout of his Blue’s Smokehouse concept.

  • Fuller's CEO Simon Emeny
    Opinion

    The unceasing journey

    2015-02-27T08:28:00Z

    Fuller’s may be defined by its beers, but it is its food that is increasingly attracting customers to its pubs and spurring the company to set the pace for change in an industry that is currently shaking off the shackles of financial stagnation

  • News

    JW Lees' director of managed pubs quits

    2015-02-27T08:28:00Z

    JW Lees, the Manchester-based brewer and pub operator, has announced that Kieran Rabbitt, director of managed house operations, is to leave the company.

  • News

    PICAS ‘is working’, Luff insists

    2015-02-27T08:27:00Z

    Pub industry self-regulation is not dead — far from it. That is the message from Pub Governing Body (PGB) chairman Sir Peter Luff MP following the publication of the PICA-Service (PICAS) annual report.

  • News

    Food & Fuel grows turnover 5.1% in 2014

    2015-02-27T08:04:00Z

    London-based gastropub operator Food & Fuel saw turnover rise 5.1% to £11.4m for the year to 1 June.

  • News

    Revolution Bars sets price range for IPO

    2015-02-27T07:13:00Z

    Revolution Bars, the 58-strong group led by Mark McQuater, has announced the expected price range of its IPO with a prospectus expected to be published later today.

  • Sports Bar & Grill's David Evans & Jane White
    News

    Sports Bar & Grill rejects JDW acquisition bid

    2015-02-26T12:25:00Z

    Bar Holdings – the company behind the Sports Bar & Grill chain – rejected an acquisition bid from Wetherspoons earlier this month

  • News

    Burning Night Group eyes nationwide expansion

    2015-02-26T12:15:00Z

    Burning Night Group, the Leeds-based operator of bars, has lined up its next opening in Cardiff city centre in August as part of plans to open a further eight venues across the UK in the next three years, M&C Report has learnt

  • Analysis & Insight

    On-trade festive food and drink sales up 2%

    2015-02-26T09:20:00Z

    A total of 165m visits were made to pubs, bars and clubs over the festive period - an increase of 15m from the previous year - with total food and drink sales up 2% on the 2013 period

  • News

    Bowland Village Inns completes rebrand to Fayre Inns

    2015-02-26T08:32:00Z

    Bowland Village Inns, the Steven Greenhalf-led pub operator, has completed a restructure and rebrand of its business – splitting into Signature Fayre and Fayre Table.

  • Joseph Evans and Peter Borg-Neal of Oakman Inns
    News

    Oakman could remodel company around Beech House brand

    2015-02-26T08:32:00Z

    Peter Borg-Neal, chief executive of Oakman Inns, has told M&C Report he is seeking a third site for the Beech House concept and that if it continues to succeed in multiple sites the company could be remodelled around the brand.

  • News

    E&Y updates on former Orchid sites

    2015-02-26T08:31:00Z

    Ernst & Young has reported that it has sold 38 of the 49 former Orchid pubs that were placed into administration last June

  • News

    Bespoke Inns grows to three

    2015-02-26T07:24:00Z

    Bespoke Inns, the Derbyshire-based pub operator, has opened its third site - The Boot at Repton.