All Pubs articles – Page 229
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Whiting and Hammond wins tourism award
Whiting and Hammond, the multiple operator led by Brian Whiting, has been named Tourism and Hospitality Business of the Year at the Kent Excellence in Business Awards
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Chelmsford late-night levy a step closer
Late-night pubs and bars in Chelmsford may have to begin paying a levy from November, after the council’s licensing and regulatory committee recommended introducing the fee
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LHG opens third Apple & Parrot
Lifestyle Hospitality Group (LHG) is opening its third Apple & Parrot live music bar under franchise agreement in Blackpool
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NewsGreene King: 2020 vision, acquisitions, tenanted approach, analysts
M&C Report takes a closer look at the full-year results to 4 May for Greene King and talks to chief executive Rooney Anand
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NewsOperators to make airport debuts at Stansted
Coast to Coast, Itsu, Harris + Hoole and high-profile chef James Martin are all set to open their first airport sites after securing units at Stansted, as part of the transport hub’s £80m terminal upgrade
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Snug Bars accelerates growth plan
Snug Bars, the Hertfordshire-based up-market bar operator, looks likely to exceed its growth forecast for the year as it eyes up a seventh site, according to managing director Giles Fry
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NewsMinister fears 'unpredictable' impact of free-of-tie option
The Government has chosen not to introduce a mandatory free-of-tie option into the tenanted pub sector over fears that it could “undermine the tied model” and have an “unpredictable” impact on the wider industry, a minister has told Parliament
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Hostel operator critical of pubcos
A hostel chain says its attempts to work with tenants to give their pubs a new lease of life has been thwarted by pubcos
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New pubco VCP to get “as big as possible”
VCP Taverns Limited, the pub company set up by a Manchester Business School student, is to grow as big as possible according to its founder Chris Payne who bought the leaseholds of two Manchester city centre pubs
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Analysis & InsightA return to good pub grub
One of BDO’s top 10 predictions in December 2013 was that growth in consumer spend in pubs would rise by more than growth in spend in restaurants. Here the advisory firm’s Mark Edwards looks at the reason for this and why he feels the pub sector will continue to provide a real challenge to restaurant operators
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NewsGreene King FY PBT grows 9.4%
Greene King, the brewer and pub operator, has reported a 9.4% rise in pre-tax profits to £173.1m in the 53 weeks to 4 May, with the company saying it has now delivered four years of record results
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NewRiver develops Marston’s portfolio into c-stores
NewRiver Retail, the specialist REIT focused on the UK food and value retail sector that bought 202 Marston’s pubs last November, has announced it is “progressing well” on the conversion of the pub portfolio
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Burning Nights adopts Orderella mobile ordering app
Burning Nights, the operator of bars within Bierkeller entertainment complexes in Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds, is the latest operator to introduce the Orderella, the mobile ordering app
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Mitchells of Lancaster eyes more craft beer bars
Mitchells of Lancaster, the Lancashire-based pub and hotel operator, says it hopes to rollout its fledgling craft beer concept Tap House while also looking to make additional property disposals as a condition of completing a financial restructure of the business
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NewsPunch stakeholders make key restructure commitment
Stakeholders of Punch Taverns have made a key commitment to ensure that the proposed restructure of the pub company’s debt is not hampered if they chose to trade their bonds
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NewsCollyer: JDW FY to be in line
Leading analyst Geof Collyer says he expects JD Wetherspoon’s full-year results to be in line but he’s “cautious” on the Q4 outcome
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NewsLuke Johnson acquires stake in InnBrighton
Serial sector investor Luke Johnson’s vehicle Risk Capital Partners has invested in InnBrighton, the Brighton-based pub company led by Gavin George, which has been renamed the Laine Pub Company, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsPeach appoints new FD
Peach Pub Company, the multiple operator headed by Lee Cash and Hamish Stoddart, has appointed its new finance director, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsJDW introduces on-line customer ordering
JD Wetherspoon has launched a service to sell items directly to consumers from its website, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsDraft House spirits bar could be rolled out
Draft House, the London-based craft beer concept, could expand its new Bump Caves spirits bar concept to other existing venues and to upcoming acquisitions, founder Charlie McVeigh has told M&C Report