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NewsBarkby completes reverse takeover of Workshop Coffee
The Barkby Group, the premium gastropub operator, has completed the reverse takeover of a group of companies controlled by Charles Dickson, including coffee roaster and wholesaler Workshop.
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Analysis & InsightStonegate is buying Ei Group in a stunning £2.96bn deal. It’s a big one, but is it a good one?
The acquisitive Stonegate has just made its biggest acquisition yet. Buying Ei Group transforms Stonegate into the biggest pub operator in the UK overnight, less than a decade after it was founded in August 2010 by TDR Capital to purchase 333 pubs from Mitchell & Butler.
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NewsAnalysts corner: Greene King
Following Greene King’s full year results announcement yesterday, analysts from Hargreaves Lansdown and Goodbody give their reactions on the numbers.
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NewsStonegate planning to utilise Tank & Paddle name in York conversion
Stonegate Pub Company is looking to convert the Missoula bar and grill in York to its Town Pub & Kitchen format under the name Tank & Paddle.
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NewsToby Smith steps down as Novus CEO; Badelek appointed
Toby Smith has stepped down as chief executive officer at Novus Leisure after four years in the role, with Sharon Badelek appointed to the role.
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NewsStonegate converts three Yates bars to Slug & Lettuce
Stonegate is to open four additional Slug & Lettuce site – three of which were formerly Yates bars, and the fourth a Stonegate pub called The Goose, in Doncaster.
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OpinionInside track: That’ll shake things up
Mark Wingett looks at the double swoop from Stonegate Pub Company on Be At One and a part of Novus Leisure, what it means for all three businesses and for others
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OpinionOn a walkabout with Stonegate
Stonegate chief executive Simon Longbottom talks to Georgi Gyton about the company’s strategy of building a presence in city and town centres through its stable of brands and formats.
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NewsCarluccio’s appoints new marketing director
Carluccio’s, the Landmark Group-backed, Mark Jones-led chain, has appointed James Backhouse as its new marketing director
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Carluccio’s strengthens Marriott relationship
Carluccio’s, the Mark Jones-led chain, is to further strengthen its relationship with Marriott Hotels
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OpinionLandmark gambles on new playmaker
As it enters its eighth year of owning Carluccio’s, the Dubai-based Landmark Group has decided to make a key substitution, bringing in Mark Jones, the outgoing chief executive of Goals Soccer Centres and former head of Mecca Bingo, in a move it hopes will steady the ship and move it towards an eventual exit.
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NewsJones to replace Wickers as Carluccio’s CEO
Mark Jones, the current chief executive of Goals Soccer Centres, is to become the new chief executive of Carluccio’s, replacing Neil Wickers
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NewsStonegate to introduce Walkabout to Isle of Wight
Stonegate is to open the first Walkabout bar on the Isle of Wight.
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Jones to step down from Goals
Goals Soccer Centres has announced that former Whitbread executive Mark Jones is to step down from his role as chief executive.
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OpinionIn the mixer
When Revolution Bar Group’s shares plummeted nearly 40% back in May it felt very much like a case of when, rather than if, Stonegate Pub Company would make its move for the Mark McQuater-led bar chain. With that steep decline in share price in mind, Stonegate’s 200p a share offer looks likely to lead to a positive outcome for all involved
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Analysis & Insight
Spend set to double in emerging F&B markets
Global growth in consumer spending on eating out is driving an increasing presence of food and beverage options in shopping centres – often accounting for more than 20%, according to a new report from Cushman & Wakefield.
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Analysis & Insight
Operators falling short on seafood sustainability
High street restaurants and pubs need to do more to prevent seafood being overfished
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Stonegate investment package sold for £23m
A package of 13 freehold pubs has been sold off-market by Aprirose Real Estate Investors to BlackRock, in an off-market deal, for £23m.
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OpinionThe form horse
Seven years on from its creation, Stonegate Pub Company continues to disprove the notion that you cannot thrive as a wet-led, late-night bar operator. The TDR Capital-backed group is now garnering deserved sector-wide recognition for its approach to developing complementary town and city-centre concepts and engaged teams
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Levick heading up Walkabout
Ben Levick, the former operations director at TCG, is heading up the Walkabout brand following its acquisition by Stonegate, MCA understands.