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Star Pubs has completed its largest Just Add Talent (JAT) refurbishment of the year, reopening the Horse & Jockey in Waddington following a £750k investment and taking its managed operator estate to 220 sites.
Greene King has invested more than £6m in its managed pubs across London so far this year, with 14 sites reopened in 2025 following major refurbishments.
A village pub has opened a community café in a bid to support local residents and provide a meeting place for those living alone.
Midlands-based managed pub operator, Pub People Company, will continue to prioritise capital investment across its estate, with MD Andy Crawford confirming the group remains focused on refurbishment and sustainability projects despite cost pressures.
Urban Pubs & Bars has acquired Albion & East, adding four all-day venues to its growing London estate and strengthening its position as the capital’s largest independent pub group.
Admiral Taverns will keep capital investment broadly steady this year, targeting growth-led refurbishments across its 1,350-strong community pub estate while stepping up spend on energy-efficiency measures.
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Robinsons Brewery will continue to invest across its pub and brewing operations despite mounting cost pressures, with capital spend focused on refurbishments, small extensions and efficiency-driven technology.
90-strong pub group RedCat remains committed to growth and reinvestment despite rising operational costs and inflation, with an £8m capex programme continuing across its estate.
Red Engine, the group behind Flight Club and Electric Shuffle, has secured an increased lending facility of £10m, bringing the total to £70m.
Independent operators across the UK are expanding through Star Pubs & Bars’ leased model, with multiple licensees taking on second, third and even tenth pubs in 2025.
JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has announced more than £25m of investment across its UK estate so far in 2025, reflecting sustained confidence in long-term growth despite cost pressures facing the wider sector.
The team behind popular Edinburgh restaurant The Palmerston is joining forces with Newbarns brewery to revive a pub in the Scottish capital that has been closed for a decade.
Pub company and brewer Greene King has invested almost £42m into more than 100 of its pub and smokehouse restaurants in the first half of 2025.
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This week’s property round-up features Urban Pubs & Bars, Marston’s, Heartwood and more.
PROPERTY ROUND-UP
This week’s property round-up features investments from Admiral Taverns, Star Pubs, Thwaites and more.
Venus Wine and Spirits Merchants is looking to expand its role in the on-trade with the opening of its fifth distribution centre in Birmingham.
Sky Business and Admiral Taverns have expanded their collaboration, with aims to bring Sky TV to an additional 200 Admiral Taverns pubs under the Proper Pubs division across England, Scotland and Wales.
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This week's property round-up includes investments from Laine Pub Company, Punch Pubs, Kirkstall Brewery, Bristol Beer Factory and more.
Punch Pubs & Co has acquired the Milton 3 portfolio, adding 24 pubs to its 1,300 estate.
Brewing industry veteran Rupert Thompson has agreed an investment deal with London-based craft brewer Mondo, securing the future of the latter’s brands, brewery and taproom.
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This week’s property round-up features investments from Admiral Taverns, Fuller’s, and Mitchells & Butlers (M&B).
PROPERTY ROUND-UP
This week's property round-up features acquisitions and refurbishments from Fleurets, Fuller's, M&B and more.
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This week's property round-up features Heartwood Collection, Punch Pubs, Robinsons brewery, Fuller's and more.
Punch Pubs & Co has acquired a trio of Leicestershire pubs from Steamin' Billy into its leased and tenanted division.
Wine retailer Majestic has bought Vagabond Wines out of administration, securing the future of nine bars and saving more than 170 jobs.
Northern Monk Brew Co. enters “exciting new era” as it increases its brewing capacity by a fifth after injecting half-a-million pounds into its main brewery.
PROPERTY REFURBS
This week's property refurbs round-up includes investments from Robinsons, Admiral Taverns, Punch Pubs, Hydes and more.
The hospitality sector has said there is “much to be pleased about”, after the Government announced it would invest in apprenticeships.
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The Harbour Beer House will open its doors in summer, but in more recent news, Heartwood Collection has launched a new site and gastropub the Guinea Grill has reopened in London.
PROPERTY REFURBS
This week's property round-up includes refurbishments from Shepherd Neame, Punch Pubs, Slug & Lettuce, Admiral and more.
Anglian Country Inns (ACI) has acquired a Grade II listed pub on the north Norfolk coast.
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An Italian seafood bar is set to open in the capital, while a Welsh pub reopens under new ownership and Inception Group launches a new site.
Nightcap – the operator of 46 bars under brands including The Cocktail Club, Barrio Familia and the Adventure Bar Group – has acquired live entertainment concept The Piano Works.
PROPERTY REFURBS
This week's property refurbs round-up includes investment from Star Pubs & Bars, Mitchells & Butlers, Punch Pubs and more.
Access Hospitality, a division of The Access Group, has acquired Wireless Social, the UK’s leading provider of guest wi-fi, analytics and marketing solutions.
Community pub company Admiral Taverns ploughed more than £27m into refurbishments and updates across its Proper Pubs and tenanted and leased estate in England, Scotland and Wales last year.
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This week's property refurb round-up includes investments from sports bars operator Brotherhood, pub with rooms brand Inn Collection and Shepherd Neame.
An increased level of activity in the property market signalled the potential of a dynamic market in 2024, a new report has revealed.
Red Oak Taverns has begun its 2024 acquisition programme by adding a further four pubs to its portfolio from Marston's Pub Company.
Investment firm The Breal Group has acquired the assets of Warwickshire-based business Purity Brewing Co for an undisclosed sum.
Blackrose Pubs has been bought back following the purchase of the business brand by former managing director Daren Knipe.
Admiral Taverns has ended the year with a nearly £700,000 investment project across two pubs in the north east on the same road.
Admiral Taverns has invested close to £1m in the renovation and reopening of four of its pubs in the past month.
Three in five hospitality leaders plan to invest in new technology solutions in 2024 – with employees being their main area of focus.
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Three friends have come to the helm of a Shepherd Neame pub, while another venue has launched a fish & chip shop as operators expand their estate.
Independent family brewer and pub company Shepheard Neame has expanded its tenanted estate with the acquisition of a historic seafront pub in the South-East.
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Nightcap, Loungers and Hydes have recently launched new sites across the country.
The Government is “walloping” the pub sector on business rates and stifling the willingness for companies to invest into sites and new developments, the chief executive of Fuller’s has warned.
Multi-site operator Red Oak Taverns has procured some 25 pubs across the country so far this year, bringing its total number of venues to more than 200.