MA500 Business Club

What’s next for St Austell after its two big new recruits?

11-Apr-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

Family-owned south-west pubco and brewing heavyweight St Austell has drawn attention to itself with two big appointments in as many months, leading some to enquire about its future intentions.

MA500 Manchester line-up revealed

05-Apr-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

The second MA500 event of 2019 is shaping up nicely and we can now announced the stellar line-up for the conference at the Principal hotel in Manchester.

A look into the Liberation Group

05-Apr-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

From its conception in 2008, the Liberation Group has grown far and wide with expansion of the brand and its sites.

Lincoln Green increases portfolio to six pubs

02-Apr-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Lincoln Green Brewing Company has added a sixth site to its expanding pub portfolio, with a pub in Amber Valley, Derbyshire.

Loungers to join stock market

01-Apr-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Multiple operator Loungers has announced its plan to float on the London Stock Exchange’s market for smaller, growing companies – Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

Craft Union awards £100k to community champions

25-Mar-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Ei Group managed arm Craft Union Pub Company has celebrated the work of its operators across the nation at its annual awards.

Regional focus on... Greater Manchester

19-Mar-2019 By Stuart Stone

What pub properties are on the market in Greater Manchester?

Former Champs founder unveils new sports concept

11-Mar-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Former founder of sports-focused brand Champs has launched a new concept with plans to roll out more venues.

Stay Original pumps £5m into historic pub

11-Mar-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Multiple operator Stay Original has invested £5m into the refurbishment of a pub that is famed for its literary links to novelist Thomas Hardy.

Victoria Hunt: my life in the trade

11-Mar-2019 By Victoria Hunt

Multiple operator Victoria Hunt runs two busy pubs in Norfolk – the Lodge Griddle & Grill in North Tuddenham and the Fox at Lyng. She reveals how she got to where she is today.

Manchester MA500: a city united

11-Mar-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

The next MA500 business club meeting will be taking place in Manchester this spring (Thursday 16 May).

International Women’s Day

The women who lead in the on-trade

07-Mar-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

There are too few women at the top level in business across the world and the UK. While pubs and bars can't escape that fact either, here we tell the stories of nine women at the top in the on-trade.

Pub bosses cautiously optimistic about future

01-Mar-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Confidence levels in hospitality are varied in early 2019, with business leaders in the pub sector showing cautious optimism about what the next 12 months will bring, research has found.

Multiple operators spill the beans on tenancies

28-Feb-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

His first experience of a pub tenancy left Mark Robson, co-founder of Red Mist Leisure, “feeling scarred”, having been advised to remain guarded and to keep any sniff of financial success from reaching the site's landlord.

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Businesses must blame themselves for poor trade, says McVeigh

15-Feb-2019 By Robert Mann

With the casual-dining market recently experiencing upheaval and challenges, experienced pub operator Charlie McVeigh says losing sight of their customer is the reason businesses are suffering.