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Operators across the pub sector are preparing for Halloween 2025 with a mix of themed menus, family events and late-night parties designed to boost footfall over the final weekend of October.
Stonegate Group has appointed Nigel Sherwood as its new managing director of the managed business, succeeding Carol Campbell who joined in 2024 and has stepped down from the role.
Stonegate, the UK’s largest pub company, has announced plans to sell 23 free-of-tie sites as part of a portfolio review.
Stonegate has assured trade will not be impacted at the Famous Three Kings in Fulham, London, despite the freehold being sold for a seven-figure sum.
Stonegate Group has converted 200 of its managed pubs over to leased and tenanted and operator-led models, such as Craft Union, as part of its transformation strategy.
The UK’s biggest pub company Stonegate Group has reported a 90% sales increase in its managed sites during the Women’s Euros final.
An award-winning licensee is exiting one of his pubs citing the “crazy” costs of doing business.
Stonegate has bought the remaining stake in Frontier Pubs, its joint venture with Pioneer Hospitality.
Craft Union managing director Frazer Grimbleby explains how the pub operating model has tripled weekly sales with its seven-days-a-week, daypart-spanning wet-led offer
After more than a decade at the helm, the operators of a West Sussex pub are bidding farewell with two weeks of live music events to mark their departure.
Stonegate has announced plans to cut a number of roles in a bid to reflect the decreasing size of its managed estate and tackle rising costs.
The operators of a Lancashire pub are set to leave the site after 12 months of running it, citing rising costs as a reason why.
Stonegate’s Craft Union arm has marked a decade of business.
The iconic Slug & Lettuce brand turns 40 this month (May).
Stonegate has said it is committed to the future of historic pub the Hole in the Wall in Torquay, Devon, after publican Richard Rossendale-Cook ceased trading.
Stonegate Group has praised the resilience of the great British pub despite the ongoing challenges faced by the hospitality sector.
The UK’s biggest pub company Stonegate Group has launched a new concept that will house 220 pubs.
Stonegate Group’s six-figure investment into Rita’s Beerhall and Ballroom ‘highlights how the business is evolving its brands and formats’, boss David McDowall has said.
The UK’s largest pub company Stonegate Group announced record-breaking figures in its festive trading update.
New openings and a multitude of revamps by Stonegate Group has seen the pubco invest more than £100m into its 4,500-site estate during 2024.
Stonegate opened the new cocktail beerhall themed site in Leeds on Friday 6 December.
The UK’s biggest pub company Stonegate Group has invested £150,000 into two new pub formats within its managed estate.
Stonegate has unveiled plans to give away 3,000 pints of Guinness next month to celebrate the opening of a new sports pub.
The UK’s biggest pub company Stonegate Group has revealed two new ‘significant’ appointments.
Following news Stonegate pumped another six figure sum into rebranding and refreshing its estate last week, The Morning Advertiser (MA) has looked back at the investments made over the past year.
Stonegate boss David McDowall has added his voice to the calls for rates relief ahead of the Government’s budget next week.
Stonegate Group has invested a six-figure sum into a new concept launching in Leeds city centre.
Stonegate Group, the UK’s largest pubco, has launched a new brand to customers through its pub estate called Social Pub & Kitchen.
BIG INTERVIEW
Stonegate CEO and former BrewDog COO David McDowall truly is a working-class lad done good.
Stonegate CEO David McDowall said the pubco will invest £150m into its pubs in the next year as the business bids to “evolve and elevate the pub and guest experience”.
Stonegate has placed a portfolio of 20 free-of-tie sites on the market with a combined asking price of almost £19m.
Stonegate’s MiXR app has hit 1m downloads and seen £1.8m in points redeemed since it was launched just nine months ago.
Stonegate Group has announced the agreement of its debt refinancing requirements with a £250m shareholder contribution from TDR Capital following positive discussions with bondholders.
Cocktail bar brand Be At One is set to open its second Liverpool location, following an £800,000 cash injection.
Stonegate Group has announced the opening of Slug & Lettuce in Albert Square, Manchester as part of the company’s recent £2.6m investment in four of its sites.
Following a successful Easter campaign, Stonegate’s Group’s Pub and Dining sites, ‘Kids Eat for £1’ initiative has been re-introduced.
Stonegate has seen early signs that its data-led strategy is working, as the pub group undertakes proactive management of its estate.
Stonegate Group, Britain’s largest pubco, has reported a “very strong” first half of its financial year that has given the business “real confidence” for the future.
Former Stonegate commercial director Suzanne Baker has been appointed as non-executive director of Market Taverns.
Stonegate has reported a “highly respectable performance”, with positive like-for-like growth, most notably in Craft Union, its fast-growing operator managed business.
Stonegate Group, Britain’s largest pubco, has announced the relaunch of its ‘Kids Eat for £1’ initiative this Easter.
The UK’s biggest pub company Stonegate Group has announced appointments to its operating board after new hires and promotions.
The UK’s biggest pub company Stonegate Group has announced Helen Charlesworth has decided to step down as managing director for its managed business.
Stonegate Group’s managed cocktail bar division Slug & Lettuce has announced its second new look venue is set to open after a £650,000 transformation.
Community focused pub group Craft Union is celebrating another year of charity success having brought joy to children and their families last December.
More than 650 Stonegate pubs could be put at risk as its parent company seeks to refinance £2.5bn worth of debt, though the firm claims it is “well-placed” to deliver on its long-term objectives.
The Big Interview
After more than 50 years in the pub trade, Stonegate founder and chairman Ian Payne is hanging up his bar blade. The MA met up with him to chat over 50 amazing years in the trade.
Stonegate chairman and founder Ian Payne MBE has decided to retire at the end of January 2024 and step down from his role with the group after 13 years.
Slug & Lettuce, the managed cocktail bar division of Stonegate Group, has reopened its flagship venue in Deansgate following a £680,000 investment.
Stonegate Group has received backlash following its announcement to introduce dynamic beer pricing.