MA500 Business Club

City Pub Group subdued results down to ‘political uncertainty’

13-Jan-2020 By Emily Hawkins

The City Pub Group has warned its profits have been hit by a cocktail of external factors, including consumer uncertainty about politics and bad weather at the tail end of the year.

Fugitive Motel goes dry

10-Jan-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

London’s Fugitive Motel is celebrating low and no-alcohol by going dry for one night only this month (Saturday 18 January).

Sales rise for Urban Village

10-Jan-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

South-east-based Urban Village Pub Company has reported like-for-like sales growth of 13.1% for the five-week festive period in December.

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MA500 in 2019: a year of insights and networking

09-Jan-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

We take a look back at what 2019 has brought for the exclusive MA500 crowd – a collection of multiple site operators, hungry for advice and inspiration from peers.

Roxy Leisure seeks nationwide expansion after £7.5m investment

09-Jan-2020 By Stuart Stone

The operator behind the Roxy Ball Room and Roxy Lanes concepts has secured £7.5m worth of investment from infrastructure and private equity investment firm Foresight Group.

Arc Inspirations ‘smashes all records’ with Christmas sales

06-Jan-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Premium bar operator Arc Inspirations has announced a record festive sales performance, hitting its best-performing individual sales day and week.

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The prospect of Loungers becoming a really big business is 'terrifying'

03-Jan-2020 By Stuart Stone

The Loungers group is no slouch when it comes to opening new Lounge and Cosy Club sites. Chief executive Nick Collins talks staff ownership, his career and the group’s future.

What were the biggest deals in the pub sector in 2019?

20-Dec-2019 By Stuart Stone

With a number of the sector’s biggest players making moves in 2019, we look back at some of the most significant mergers and acquisitions from the pub sector in the last 12 months.

Fuller’s reveals £164.5m profit from beer business sale

12-Dec-2019 By Stuart Stone

Pub operator Fuller, Smith & Turner has revealed that it made a £164.5m profit from the £250m sale of Fuller’s Beer Business to Asahi in April.

Thornbridge to open Leeds and Birmingham venues

06-Dec-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Multiple operator Thornbridge & Co is set to open its Leeds and Birmingham sites this month (December).

The secrets behind Barworks' success

06-Dec-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

The trio of businessmen behind Barworks unveiled their first site more than 20 years ago but the ethos is still to make places look great and offer great value for great food.

Robinsons Brewery acquires Individual Inns

05-Dec-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Cheshire-based Robinsons Brewery has announced the acquisition of Individual Inns, which comprises six sites.

‘Having a specific, very niche offer and keeping on-trend can be dangerous’

04-Dec-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

When private funding came in for The Inn Collection Group in 2013, its expansion was fast.

Hawthorn Leisure plans £3m investment in pub estate

22-Nov-2019 By Stuart Stone

NewRiver REIT’s pub arm, Hawthorn Leisure, is poised to ramp up investment in its pub portfolio to the tune of “at least £3m” in the next six to 12 months, according to CEO Mark Davies.

NewRiver income from pubs rises by 27%

21-Nov-2019 By Stuart Stone

Hawthorn Leisure, the community pub operating arm of NewRiver REIT, has revealed a 5.5% increase in like-for-like income per pub in its latest half-year results.