All Pubs articles – Page 197
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McMullen and tenants invest £275k in pub revamp
McMullen has completed a £275,000 renovation of the former Ram pub in Hertford, including opening five boutique rooms above the pub.
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OpinionThe real prescription for a healthy pub
Breaking the beer tie means less investment, more pub closures and a vicious cycle of decline, not a virtuous circle of growth, argues David Forde, UK managing director of Heineken
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NewsM&B FY lfls up 0.6%
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has this morning reported a 0.6% increase in like-for-like sales for the 52 weeks to 27 September 2014, while total revenue climbed 4% to £1.97bn
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NewsFY EBITDA up 3.8% at Admiral
Admiral Taverns, the tenanted pub operator, has reported a 3.8% increase in underlying EBITDA to £21.5m for the year to 31 May 2014
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Enterprise reveals managed estate details
Enterprise Inns has revealed the locations of its 10 initial managed sites, which includes at least two “semi-managed” pubs
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NewsCozy Pubs eyes further growth
Cozy Pubs is looking to add further sites to its four-strong estate, after reporting a 4% rise in like-for-like sales to the half year
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NewsFuller’s: trading, complimentary businesses, coffee
M&C Report talks to Fuller’s chief executive Simon Emeny about the trading environment, training, coffee, complimentary businesses and the pub code
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NewsDraft House seeks FD
Draft House, the London-based craft beer bar concept, is seeking a new finance director to aid the business with its next stage of growth
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Analyst corner: Brumby on Punch Taverns part two
Mark Brumby at Langton Capital gives a further take on what Punch could do next, suggesting it could swap chunks of its estate at book value with regional operators for shares
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Heartstone confirms double deal
Heartstone Inns has taken its estate to 11 sites, with the confirmation it has acquired two further sites
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NewsYoung’s: Food mix, expansion, investment opportunities
M&C Report talks to Stephen Goodyear and Peter Whitehead, chief executive and finance director of Young’s about the group’s trading performance, food mix, expansion and investment opportunities, plus new “on the go” site The Curious Pig
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NewsFuller’s H1 managed lfl sales up 6.5%
Fuller’s has this morning reported a 6.5% increase in like-for-like sales across its managed pubs and hotels division
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NewsCollyer: Brewers will be the biggest winners
Leading analyst Geof Collyer Deutsche Bank has said that brewers will be the biggest winners from yesterday’s vote against the beer tie, and said he would be surprised if more than 20% of pubs took up the market rent only option
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Gov.t accepts decision on MRO
The Government has accepted MPs’ decision to vote for a market rent only clause for tied tenants in the pubs code and will not seek to challenge it
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NewsPender named BII chairman
Yummy Pub Company co-founder Anthony Pender has been unveiled as the new chairman of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII).
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Fine & Country Inns close to deal on two new sites
Fine & Country Inns founder Gary Hunt has said he is close to securing two new sites in Yorkshire.
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NewsBradford Brewery confirms first pub site
Bradford Brewery, the Yorkshire brewing company that is bringing brewing back to Bradford city centre, has confirmed its first site will open in February 2015 with a Pieminister kitchen
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Heartstone acquires 10th freehold
Heartstone Inns, the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)-backed freehold pub operator, has acquired its 10th freehold site – Cockhaven Manor in Bishopsteighnton, south Devon
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Analyst corner: Brumby on Punch
Mark Brumby at Langton Capital asks what if Punch scrapped Beer Tie, became a Prop Co, beefed up Buying Club, distributed 25% of it free to tenants & listed remainder on the Stock Market?
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NewsAbolishing beer tie would be terrible news for pub-goers
Punch Taverns chairman Stephen Billingham has said that abolishing the beer tie would be terrible news for UK pub-goers