All Pubs articles – Page 297
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Neame issues statutory pubco code warning
Statutory regulation in the pub company model could “stifle investment, crush job growth and curtail entrepreneurialism”, British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) chair Jonathan Neame has warned
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JW Lees targets 200-strong estate
The company is looking to grow to 200 pubs and is able to secure a further £10m in growth funding from the bank, managing director William Lees-Jones has told M&C Report
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Six ex-Botanic pubs sold for £4.3m
Six Belfast pubs that were formerly part of the Botanic Inns group have been bought by two brothers, reports the Belfast Telegraph
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Fleurets valued Rovers Return for ITV
Property agent Fleurets advised a researcher from ITV on what a realistic asking price would be for the Rovers Return pub in Coronation Street as part of a storyline for the soap
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Living Ventures joins ALMR
Living Ventures, the bar and restaurant group led by Tim Bacon, has joined the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR)
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Joule's completes £4m funding deal; names new chairman
Joules, the Shropshire brewer and pub operator, has completed a £4m funding deal with NatWest and has named Mark Heappey, formerly a partner at 3i, as its new chairman, M&C Report has learnt
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Rent on new pub leases averages c£25k
The average annual pub rent for new leases in England and Wales was £25,187 per annum during the first quarter of 2013, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ Pub Benchmarking Survey
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Sports Bar & Grill acquires Soho site
Sports Bar & Grill, the sports-focused bar and restaurant group led by Dave Evans, has secured the site of the former Little Sicily restaurant in London’s Soho for its latest opening, M&C Reportunderstands
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Pub companies urged to review e-cig policies
Anti-smoking campaigners are urging pub operators to keep their policies on electronic cigarettes under review as controversy grows around the devices, which deliver nicotine without burning tobacco and produce vapour rather than smoke
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NewsCollyer downgrades forecast for Marston's
Leading analyst Geof Collyer has downgraded his forecast for Marston’s after its update yesterday, saying the company has a “dull medium term outlook relative to most peers”
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Parliament to debate pubcos
A debate in Parliament on the leased pub company business model is to take place on Monday (14 October)
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NewsMarston's to sell 400 pubs over two years
Marston’s, the brewer and pub operator, hopes to sell up to 400 pubs over the next two years and is seeing increased interest in its sites recently due to an apparent upturn in the property market, chief executive Ralph Findlay has told M&C Report
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Arc Inspirations sets out growth plans
Arc Inspirations, the 10-strong Yorkshire bar operator, hopes to add five or six sites over the next five years and will focus on its Pit and Banyon brands, managing director Martin Wolstencroft has told M&C Report
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Everards eyes farm shops in pubs
Everards, the Leicestershire brewer and pub operator, is to open a farm shop at a tenanted pub which could act as a template for further developments at its rural pubs
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OpinionSpirit enters the premium league
Spirit Pub Company last month launched its second Premium Pub site with the conversion of a former Chef & Brewer in Kew, south-west London, which re-opened as the Cricketers. John Harrington spoke to Martin Braisby, brand director of the Premium Pub concept, and the Cricketers’ general manager Paolo Corgiolu, about Spirit’s move into a more premium territory
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NewsH&W PBT and sales grow in 'important' year
Hall & Woodhouse, the Dorset brewer and pub operator, says it has facilities of £60m in place for potential acquisition opportunities as it reports a rise in sales and profits in an “important” year
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Revere wants more independent sites
Revere Pub Company, the Marston’s-owned premium pub and restaurant operator, plans to acquire more high street independent sites, managing director Colin Sadler has said
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Rhino Pubs looks to exit trade
A South Yorkshire multiple operator is “stepping back” from the trade because he says he’s had enough of the Government and councils blaming alcohol-related disorder on pubs and clubs
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NewsJDW pub named world's best airport bar
The Red Lion at Gatwick Airport’s north terminal (airside) has been named the best worldwide airport bar at the Airport Food and Beverage Awards
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Robinsons to import wines
Cheshire-based Robinsons Brewery is introducing a range of new-wave Argentinian wines following an exclusive deal with winery Casarena Bodega Y Vinedos