24-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Marston's has so far paid more than £200,000 in finder's fees to property agents, as it scours the UK for the best new-build sites. The company has...
Future of 279 ex-Marston's pubs in doubt
14-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Speculation is growing that in a matter of weeks Piccadilly Licensed Properties is hoping to sell the 279 pubs its then-parent company, the...
02-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Marston's, the brewer and pub operator, has poached a senior operator from Pizza Hut UK to join its 500-strong managed pub arm as operations...
19-Aug-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Robin Rowland, the chief executive of Yo! Sushi has been appointed as a non-executive director at Marston's, the regional brewer and pub retailer....
Marston's boosted by new pubs and value offers
04-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
New pub openings and a range of food offers have helped brewer and pub operator Marston's drive growth, despite the economic environment, the...
04-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
Marston's has reported recent trading has been "encouraging" due to the good summer weather rather than the World Cup. Like-for-like sales at its...
19-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Marston's Pub Company has begun its search for its top performing licensees for its Pub of the Year Awards.
02-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
Marston's chief executive Ralph Findlay has told City analysts that the "bar for long-term success" in the tenanted trade has been raised. He...
Marston's joins Pub Tokens scheme
18-Jun-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Marston's is the latest pub company to sign up to a voucher scheme designed solely for use in the on-trade. Pub Tokens, which come in £10 and £20...
17-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Marston's has decided to scrap RPI rent increases in its new lease on the basis that they create too much rent uncertainty for licensees..
17-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Marston's is introducing a free-of-tie option from the start of next month. The company already has an agreement, Advance, that offers pricing...
27-May-2010 By Tony Halstead
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27-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Brewer and retailer Marston's has revealed plans to double the opening programme for new-build managed pubs to 135 in the next six years.
20-May-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Marston's has revealed a 1.4% increase in like-for-like sales at its managed pubs for the 26 weeks to 3 April.
07-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Marston's managed division, Inns & Taverns, is to open its first managed pub in a larger format it calls "Magnum", at a location in Dover this...
Marston's helps PubAid hit £4m mark
19-Apr-2010
Donations registered on industry website PubAid have been boosted with 700 Marston's tenants signing up. The website keeps a running total of how...
16-Apr-2010 By EPA
EPA 3.6% is a light, golden beer bursting with a fruity hop aroma and a refreshing zesty, citrus finish, brewed in the heart of England by Marston's...
Food sales helps Marston's show growth
07-Apr-2010
Marston's delivered growth across its key trading divisions in the first half of the year and confirmed it is on track to complete 15 new build...
07-Apr-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Marston's has revealed improving trading in all three of its divisions, with managed pub like-for-like sales up 1.4% for the 26 weeks to 3 April.
18-Mar-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Marston's Inns and Taverns, the managed arm of the brewer and pub operator, has engaged on a tail trimming exercise as it shifts focus to its new...
25-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
Marston's Pub Company has unveiled two initiatives aimed at providing its 1,600 tenants with a chance to grow their businesses. Division boss...
29-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
Brewer and retailer Marston's has reported that managed like-for-likes were were up 1.5% in the 16 weeks to 23 January. Trading over the Christmas...
21-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
According to a trial carried out by Marstons Pub Company, gaming machine income is 10% higher at pubs where units are managed by the pubco. The result is now being used to justify the existence of the AWP tie.
20-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Marston's Pub Company (MPC) has launched a DVD welcome pack for potential new tenants.
07-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
Marston's Pub Company has pledged its support once more for the National Pub Week run by the Justice for Licensees group. Although Marston's backed...
05-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Digital gaming machines from specialist supplier Games Media are to be rolled out to a further 350 Marston's Pub Company sites. The pubs will get...
04-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
Marston's executive directors were not paid any bonuses in the year to 3 October 2009, the annual report indicates. Chief executive Ralph Findlay...
Industry must try harder, says Marston's Alistair Darby
14-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Speaking to the Business, Innovations and Skills (BIS) Committee last week Marston's Pub Company boss Alistair Darby admitted relationships between...
Marston's boss to speak at follow-up pubco inquiry
04-Dec-2009 By James Wilmore
Marston's Pub Company boss Alistair Darby is due to give evidence to MPs next week as part of the re-opened inquiry into pubcos. Darby, who is also...
03-Dec-2009 By The PMA Team
Marston's has reported "encouraging signs" from trials of new lease agreements in its tenanted division. The company is involved in "intensive...
Marston's reports 13 per cent slide in annual profits
03-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Midlands brewer and pub operator Marston's has reported year pre-tax profits for 2009 more than 13 per cent lower than last year, but said it had...
03-Dec-2009 By Ewan Turney
Operating profit at brewer and pub operator Marston's fell 5.7% to £147.4m for the year to 3 October, reflecting a weaker performance from its...
23-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
Marston's might re-produce Jennings-style beers elsewhere after the Cockermouth site was left out of action for at least a week.
04-Nov-2009 By Jo Bruce
The first pub to offer £1 credit crunch meals, is now offering 50p meals. Licensee Tony Rabbitts, of Marston's leasehold the Four Crosses, in...
04-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Marston's licensee David Ward has scooped a prize worth more than £1,500 for thriving in the tough economic climate. Ward, licensee of the Antelope...
Marston's to open second site with Travelodge
03-Nov-2009 By Chris Druce, M&C Report
Marston's is to open its second site in partnership with the budget hotel operator Travelodge in Wadebridge in Cornwall. Located just outside...
Marstons debuts cask beer festival
19-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Marston's is launching its first ever cask beer celebration with 23 different brews on offer at 425 of its pubs. The celebrations will kick off for...
15-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Marston's has reported that 30 tenants out of a group of 60 licensees offered one of its "Advance" leases has taken up the offer.
15-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Earnings at brewer and pub operator Marston's for the year will be in line with expectations, the company said in a pre-close statement. Overall...
06-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Marston's is offering return customers free kids meals at 300 of its managed pubs to mark the launch of its new menu.
28-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Pub operator Marston's is teaming up with Travelodge, the budget hotel operator, to co-locate pub restaurants alongside hotels. Marston's will...
Marston's is backing National Pub Week
18-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Brewer and pub company Marston's is urging its licensees to get involved in the first National Pub Week. The October 31 to November 7 event, which...
18-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Marston's has thrown its full support behind Inez Ward's National Pub Week and will encourage all its tenants and managers to take part. The Week,...
04-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Marston's has reported a "resilient" performance with further improvement since the end of the first half year on 4 April, despite the recent wet...
Marston's new tenancy deals
23-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Marston's is trialling an innovative reworking of the pubco/tenant relationship. The company is to launch two new schemes — Phoenix and Apollo —...
21-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Fair Pint has condemned a new freetrade prices deal from Marston's for not including a reform of the way in which rents are calculated. It has...
Advancing in the right direction, Marston's style
18-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
Marston's Pub Company (MPC) is to be congratulated for taking the bull by the horns and coming up with 'Advance', its new agreement that reflects the...
17-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Marston's is trialling an innovative re-working of the pubco-tenant relationship in an effort to create more trust and transparency. The company is...
Marston's gets shareholder nod for £175m rights issue
06-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
Executives at Midlands brewer Marston's breathed sigh of relief this morning after the group's proposed £176m rights issue was given the go-ahead by...
06-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
Shareholders have rubber-stamped Marston's £176m rights issue this morning — it plans to use the money to fund new build pubs.
