Operators

Fuller’s acquires Cotswold pubs package for £40m

23-Oct-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Pub chain Fuller’s has acquired a collection of pub and hotel sites in the Cotswolds in a £40m deal.

Admiral completes acquisition of 150 Star pubs

22-Oct-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

The acquisition of 150 tenanted community Star Pubs & Bars sites by Admiral Taverns has now been completed.

Food-led sites to drive pub and bar growth past £19bn mark

21-Oct-2019 By Stuart Stone

According to the latest report by chartered accountancy firm Gerald Edelman, the food-led pub sector is expected to stabilise overall industry performance in the coming years.

Five lessons from Stonegate’s success

18-Oct-2019 By Simon Longbottom

Five years and 12 major acquisitions after chief executive Simon Longbottom joined the business, Stonegate Pub Company is on the cusp of becoming the UK’s largest pub operator. Here he reveals five lessons underpinning the company’s growth.

Charity thanks pub chains for promoting staff support

18-Oct-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Staff support organisation the Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) has praised two pub chains for their work promoting the charity’s grants to their employees.

Mosaic Pub & Dining: a picture of health

17-Oct-2019 By Georgi Gyton

Having reached close to 30 sites over the past four years, MCA Insight’s Georgi Gyton met with the joint chief executives of Mosaic Pub & Dining to find out more about the pub operators’ growth so far and what the future holds.

Loungers revenue increases by 22%

16-Oct-2019 By Stuart Stone

Loungers’ ‘broad, value-for-money proposition across multiple occasions’ has yielded year-on-year increases in both revenue and like-for-like sales according to its latest trading update.

Reducing net debt by £200m is Marston’s ‘principal focus’

15-Oct-2019 By Stuart Stone

Alongside a sixth consecutive increase in annual like-for-like sales, Marston’s revealed net debt of £1.39bn.

Maintaining price point key for gastropubs’ future

15-Oct-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Peach Pubs managing director Hamish Stoddart said maintaining accessible prices and competing against the lure of the stay-at-home economy are the biggest challenges for gastropubs.

CMA investigating Stonegate/Ei Group merger

14-Oct-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the anticipated acquisition by of Ei Group by Stonegate Pub Company.

GK staff consider strike action after ‘insulting’ pay offer

11-Oct-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Greene King staff will vote on whether to take strike action after its union dubbed the company’s approach to pay negotiations “insulting”.

Big interview

'Please judge us on our track record' says Stonegate boss

11-Oct-2019 By Ed Bedington

It’s been a tumultuous year in the pub trade on the acquisition front but the news that Stonegate was bidding for the much larger Ei Group still caught many by surprise. One of the leading architects of the deal Simon Longbottom reveals all.

Oakman Inns reveals 5.1% like-for-like sales boost

10-Oct-2019 By Stuart Stone

Multiple operator Oakman Inns has revealed total sales of £10.9m for the 13 weeks to 29 September in its latest financial results.

Greene King deal approved

10-Oct-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

The £2.7bn deal for Hong Kong firm CK Asset (CKA) to take over Greene King’s almost 3,000 pubs portfolio has been approved by the pubco and brewer’s shareholders.

Arc Inspirations profits climb to £3.7m

09-Oct-2019 By Stuart Stone

Premium bar operator Arc Inspirations recorded increased profits and like-for-like sales in what its chief executive has described as the ‘most successful year in the company’s history’.