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Coaching Inn Group hits 17-site mark and Camden Town Brewery reveals new-look ‘home of Hells’

18-Feb-2020 By Stuart Stone

Coaching Inn Group, Nicholson’s, Shoreditch Bar Group and Gibney’s revealed new additions to their pub estates, while Stonegate and Punch both completed pub projects in the region of £300,000.

B&K boss to sue council over ‘agony’ roadworks

12-Feb-2020 By Alice Leader

Brewhouse & Kitchen is set to sue a council after it claimed roadworks that lasted more than a year outside one of its sites saw the business make a ‘material loss in trade’.

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Stonegate spends £400,000 at Epsom, St Austell adds two sites and palatial pub joins exclusive club

12-Feb-2020 By Stuart Stone

Our latest property round-up features St Austell Brewery adding two hotels to its 182-strong south-west operation, Stonegate splashing the cash at Epsom and a Liverpool pub joining Buckingham Palace with Grade I-listed status.

Regional Report

Essex appeal: what makes Essex a good place to run a pub?

07-Feb-2020 By Michelle Perrett

Forget the stereotypes that are associated with Essex. There is plenty of opportunity to make it big in this affluent county.

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Harry and Meghan gin pub sold, Rooster’s spreads its wings with £850,000 home and Prince of Wales pub makeover

07-Feb-2020 By Stuart Stone

An entirely accidental royal-themed round-up includes a new owner for Windsor’s Queen Charlotte, a £260,000 facelift for the Prince of Wales and a Constitution change in Camden – plus £850,000 brewery plans come home to roost.

Delay to business rates discount

03-Feb-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

The business rate relief for thousands of pubs that was announced by the Government last month (January) will be delayed for some councils due to ‘software changes’.

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Hawthorn adds Marston’s sites, Peach sells four freeholds, immersive bingo experience to open

30-Jan-2020 By Stuart Stone

In addition to Hawthorn Leisure purchasing a 29-pub package from Marston’s, Peach Pubs offloaded four freeholds and Midlands-based Roseacre Pub Company took its fourth Star site.

Legal Q&A: advice for using outdoor space

28-Jan-2020 By Poppleston Allen

The latest legal Q&A from specialist licensing solicitors Poppleston Allen discusses how to best user front, rear and pavement pub space.

Thousands of pubs to get £1k discount on business rates

27-Jan-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

The Government has announced pubs with a rateable value of below £100,000 will have their business rates bill reduced by £1,000 from April.

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Inn Collection Group adds 13th site, Punch buys seven pub package

23-Jan-2020 By Stuart Stone

Punch, Daniel Thwaites and The Inn Collection Group have all made recent additions to their pub portfolios.

Regional report

Why owning a pub in Brighton rocks

23-Jan-2020 By Michelle Perrett

Brighton and Hove has been known as a diverse and fun seaside city for many years and it also boasts a young population that supports a varied licensed trade

Innovation to continue from freehouse sector in 2020

22-Jan-2020 By Stuart Stone

While Stephen Owens – managing director, pubs and restaurants at Christie & Co – predicts that the freehouse sector will continue to grow and offer a source of diversity in the on-trade, he forecasts evolution rather than revolution in 2020.

Regional report

Why own a pub in Sheffield?

21-Jan-2020 By Michelle Perrett

Once nicknamed Steel City in recognition of its rich industrial past, Sheffield remains a working city with a large student population and a range of other industries.

Why is the local pub still under threat?

20-Jan-2020 By Alice Leader

Despite a busy year in the sector that has included highlights such as huge pub chain acquisitions, there are still concerns of how to uphold the traditional, British institution of the local pub.

Private equity investors will continue to seek pub portfolios in 2020

17-Jan-2020 By Stuart Stone

Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has predicted private investors will continue to seek tenanted, managed and franchised pub portfolios alongside consolidation opportunities in the next 12 months.