28-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A West Midlands licensee is hoping to open five more pubs in as many years despite the difficult trading conditions. Balwinder Thukral has built up...
26-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Multiple pub operator Heartstone Inns has boosted turnover to nearly £3m in its most recent financial year. The company made a pre-tax loss of...
08-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Channel Islands pub and drinks business The Liberation Group has bought a nightclub site from Luminar. The venue, the Bar, is located on Jersey's...
Batemans buys pub at auction
06-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Batemans, the independent family-run Brewery based in Lincolnshire, has bought the Cross Roads Inn pub, East Barkwith, at auction.
Giles Thorley's replacement to be announced "at the end of April
30-Mar-2010 By Caroline Nodder
Punch chief Giles Thorley said he expects his successor to be named by the end of April, and confirmed that final interviews were taking place...
22-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Cavendish Bars is opening its fourth Wahoo Bar & Grill site at the former Bar Risa, Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford. As the previous Wahoo sites, it...
Luminar profits likely to fall 80 per cent
12-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Luminar, the nightclub operator, is expected to announce annual pre-tax profits down 80 per cent as fun-loving punters lost their jobs or found other...
12-Mar-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Luminar, the embattled nightclub operator, is to start a rigorous cost reduction exercise after revealing it had seen no upturn in recent trading and...
08-Mar-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Luminar, Britain's biggest nightclub company, is to cut around 40 head office positions as part of a cost reduction exercise, M&C Report...
3DE leases pose us no threat, says Luminar
01-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
The economic downturn marked another victim last week as 3D Entertainment (3DE), the nightclub operator part-owned by Luminar Group, became the...
Charles Wells given thumbs up from licensees
26-Feb-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Support for Charles Wells tenants and lessees is getting better, according to results from a survey of the pub company's licensees. More than 100...
26-Feb-2010 By Becky Paskin, Big Hospitality
G1 Group is to open a new flagship pub and live entertainment venue in Edinburgh in March, following a multi-million pound investment. The...
24-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Tailor Made Steaks (TMS), the pub operator that specialises in steak, has opened a small hotel in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire.
24-Feb-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Shares in Luminar reached a new low yesterday of 32p following fears that Simon Douglas would have to launch a fresh rights issue.
Thomas out, Douglas in at Luminar
23-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
Stephen Thomas, the founder and chief executive of nightclub operator Luminar, is to step down from the top job at the end of this month, to be...
23-Feb-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Simon Douglas, the former head of music retailer Zavvi, is set to takeover from Steve Thomas as Luminar's new chief executive. He will takeover the helm of Britain's biggest nightclub group next month.
22-Feb-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
A succession programme has been underway for some time at Luminar with boss Steve Thomas set to announce his departure, says Mark Stretton.
19-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Luminar boss Steve Thomas, the man who once ran notorious all-you can drink deals, is now leading the calls for a minimum price to be introduced on...
12-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
The Orchid Group has set up a new company, Parkmill Pub Management, to acquire and develop both individual sites and larger acquisitions, such as...
05-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Urban & Country Leisure founder Ross Sanders is to open a £2m celebrity hang-out nightclub in Soho, London. Sanders, who founded Urban &...
04-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
Two more tenanted pub companies have pledged to help licensees by keeping a lid on price rises. Marston's tenanted division boss Alistair Darby...
04-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Suffolk brewer and pub operator Adnams is to freeze the price of its beers to all its tenants and free-trade customers for a second year running....
04-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
Batemans, the Lincolnshire based independent brewer and retailer, has enjoyed record beer sales during 2009. The brewery benefited from a 5%...
iNTERTAIN names new non-exec chairman
01-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
iNTERTAIN, the leisure group formed from the ashes of Regent Inns, has announced the appointment of a non-executive chairman. Stephen Lambert has...
28-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Manchester brewer JW Lees plans to freeze the wholesale and retail price of its beers during 2010. The brewer said it would be "cynical" to raise...
26-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
A former Joseph Holt's pub manager has been awarded £43,500 in compensation after being sacked over accusations of watering down beer. Trade union...
22-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Scottish pub and restaurant operator Maclay Inns plans to open five new venues in 2010 after reporting strong sales over the Christmas period....
21-Jan-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Urban & Country Leisure, the managed multiple operator headed up by Ross Sanders, has taken on a new site, bringing its estate to 14 pubs. The...
Luminar issues profit warning
14-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Luminar Group were trading more than 11 per cent down today at 42.25p after the nightclub operator issued a profits warning and admitted...
14-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
The Orchid Group has taken on a lease at the Crown Point Inn in Sevenoaks, Kent after its sale to Quercus Partners. Quercus purchased the pub from...
BrewDog hits share subscription target
11-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Maverick Scottish brewer BrewDog says it has hit the target for its proposed £2.3m fund raising exercise to go ahead. The Aberdeen-based brewer,...
BrewDog needs £47,000 to complete share issue
06-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
BrewDog, the controversial Scottish brewer, revealed today it is nearly £47,000 short of what it needs to complete a multi-million pound share issue...
04-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Peach pub company operations director Paul Cutsforth is to leave the company to join the board of managed operator Orchid at the end of March. Peach...
15-Dec-2009 By The PMA Team
Orchid Group, the managed pub operator, is expected to announce the acquisition of the troubled Premium Bars & Restaurants (PBR) business.
Orchid buys Premium Bars & Restaurants venues
15-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Orchid Group, the private equity-backed pub operator announced today it had bought 43 venues from the administrators of Premium Bars &...
01-Dec-2009 By Tony Halstead
Peach has acquired the freehold of the Richard Onslow at Cranleigh, Surrey — its third new site in as many weeks.
Wine bar operator Davy's is selling two sites
27-Nov-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Wine bar operator Davy's is selling two sites — the Dock Blida in Central London and Croydon's the Wine Vault.
19-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Urban & Country Leisure, the managed multiple headed by Ross Sanders, has opened three new pubs to take its estate to 12 sites. It has...
17-Nov-2009 By Tony Halstead
Peach has unveiled the latest addition to its pub estate, an £800,000 investment in a new build site the Almanack in Leicester city centre.
Tavistock to run Alexandra pub as managed house
17-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
North East operator Tavistock Leisure will now run the Alexandra in Grangetown, Sunderland as a managed house. Tavistock acquired the Alexandra for...
12-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Loungers has opened a new site in a suburban part of Southampton and has two openings lined up for the next six months.
09-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
Managed pub company Tattershall Castle Group is re-opening nine sites in as many weeks after refurbishments.
29-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
One key relationship in the pub sector is the one between pubcos and their multiple tenants. The PMA Team looks at the results of a Morning...
21-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Foundation Inns is gearing up to open its sixth site, following a £500,000 refurbishment at a pub in Oxfordshire. The King's Head & Bell, at...
Be At One group sales rise by 37%
20-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Nine-strong bar group Be At One has reported six month like-for-like sales growth from £2.32m to £2.69m. All mature sites are showing growth,...
BrewDog looking to raise £2.3m from share sale
20-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
BrewDog, the maverick brewery responsible for producing the UK's strongest beer, is to invite the public to invest in the company via the internet....
20-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Controversial micro-brewer BrewDog is hoping to raise £2.3m through a share rights issue to fund a carbon neutral brewery in Aberdeen.
Wye Valley Brewery named overall winner at SIBA Brewing Business awards
16-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
Herefordshire brewer Wye Valley Brewery bagged a brace of awards at the SIBA Brewing Business Awards last night, winning the overall award and...
13-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Orchid boss Rufus Hall has said that the company will look to re-open a base in the north-east for Premium Bars and Restaurant (PBR) after Orchid completes its take-over plan.
Suburban Style Bars goes into administration
09-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
Bradford-headquartered Suburban Style Bars (SSB) is currently on the market after going into administration. The business, formerly owned by Andy...
