All Pubs articles – Page 261
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News
Fuller’s appoints agency to highlight food credentials
Fuller’s has appointed brand and marketing agency WE ARE Spectacular to oversee a long-term brief to make ‘Fuller’s even more famous for food’
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NewsPunch targets restructure agreement in weeks
Punch Taverns says it’s aiming to agree the terms of a consensual restructuring of its debt over the next few weeks
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NewsOrchid reveals investment plan; eyes ownership options
Orchid Group, the managed operator, says it plans to invest a “millions more” in 13 sites this financial quarter, with more to follow in the remainder of 2014, as it outlines its options regarding its future financing and ownership structure
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NewsEmeny: service is the new battleground
Service is the “new battleground” for pubs, and an area where the sector has not necessarily improved noticeably since the 1970s, Fuller’s chief executive Simon Emeny told the Future Pub Conference
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News
Ex-M&B director launches Pug Pubs
Nigel Pinegar, former retail director at Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), has launched a new pub venture called Pug Pubs
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NewsJack: JDW PBT to grow 6%
Leading analyst Douglas Jack has forecast that JD Wetherspoon will report a 6% rise in pre-tax profit to £37m, with earnings up 9%, at its interim results next Friday (14 March)
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NewsSheps growth accelerates
Shepherd Neame, the Kent-based brewer and pub operator, saw growth accelerate across its tenanted and managed pubs, its hotels and core brands in the 26 weeks ended 28 December, with managed like-for-likes up 7.5% in the period
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Greene King and Stonegate make apprenticeship commitments
Greene King and Stonegate have announced UK-wide apprenticeship schemes to boost the skills profiles of their employees as part of National Apprenticeship Week
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NewsToby Smith to leave Stonegate
Stonegate, the managed operator, has announced that chief executive Toby Smith is to leave the company as soon as a suitable successor can be appointed
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NewsDarby: sector must be 'bigger, braver, bolder'
The pub industry needs to be “bigger, braver and bolder” to encourage young people to seek a career in the sector, according to Mitchells & Butlers chief executive Alistair Darby
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NewsBrewDog secures Cardiff licence; opens in Tokyo
BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, has been granted a licence for a new bar in Cardiff as it opens its third venue overseas, in Tokyo
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News
New owners found for Singer Inns sites
Administrators from FRP Advisory have announced they have already found owners for three of the six Singer Inns sites, after the company was placed into administration last month following a period of “unsustainable pressure on the company’s cash flow”.
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News
Stonegate investments continue
Stonegate has continued its investment programme by spending £160,000 refurbishing the Wellington in Wolviston, County Durham
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NewsPunch demands Cable meeting
Punch Taverns executive chairman Stephen Billingham has written to Vince Cable demanding a meeting after the Business Secretary’s ‘gaffe’ last week
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NewsM&B pledges 1,000 new apprenticeships
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has pledged it will recruit 1,000 new skills-based apprentices over the next two years, to work across its brands as part of its commitment to developing young talent
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NewsBath Ales unveils Colston Hall concepts
Bath Ales, the brewer and pub operator, has unveiled its two new venues housed at Bristol’s Colston Hall
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Analysis & Insight
Net pub closures reach 28 per week
The number of net pub closures in the UK has risen from 26 to 28 per week, with leased and tenanted pubs accounting for 16 of those closures, according to figures from the latest CGA-CAMRA Pub Tracker
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OpinionHow democracy works
Tim Martin, chairman of JD Wetherspoon, provides an update on the latest from the VAT Club and how progress is being made with politicians on some of its key points
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NewsWadworth focuses on rooms
Wadworth, the Wiltshire brewer and pub operator, is making accommodation a primary focus for its investments, M&C Report has learnt
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NTWC on track with 2014 pipeline
New World Trading Company, the Tim Bacon and Jeremy Roberts-led pub group, is on target to add five more sites to its estate this year