Marston's to transfer nearly 50 managed pubs
03-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Midlands brewer Marston's is set to transfer nearly 50 of its managed pubs over to leased businesses.The group has identified 47 of its managed...
Marston's first half profits under pressure
03-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Marston's, the Midlands brewer, has reported sliding wet and machine income sales across its managed pub estate for the first 24 weeks of the current...
03-Apr-2008
Drinks sales at Marston's managed houses fell 3.1% for the 24 weeks to 15 March. Machine income also saw a drop of 10.3% on a like-for-like basis but...
01-Apr-2008
Marston's Pub Company has launched its annual awards to recognise the best in its estate. In addition to the prestigious top prize of Marston's Pub...
Marston's appoints team of business opportunity co-ordinators
19-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Marston's Pub Company has appointed a new team of business opportunity co-ordinators, to help provide a dedicated, fast and efficient service for its...
28-Feb-2008
Marston's Pub Company has announced further dates for its trade shows in Spring. The first event is at Haydock Park Racecourse on April 16, followed...
19-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney
Marston's has been crowned Champion of Carbon Saving Champions at the first Low Carbon Performance Awards. The awards are run by The Chartered...
31-Jan-2008 By The PMA Team
A senior City analyst has expressed concern about the investment levels needed to create forward momentum at Marston's. The company has moved to...
Marston's goes cash-negative
31-Jan-2008 By The PMA Team
A senior City analyst has expressed concern about the investment levels needed to create forward momentum at Marston's. The company has moved to...
Marston's warns on outlook for 2008
25-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Marston's has reported lower drink and machine income across its estate as the impact of the smoking ban and consumer confidence pressures...
22-Jan-2008
Independent Dorset brewer Hall & Woodhouse has sold its free trade to Marston's. The brewer said its free trade business had become squeezed...
Hall & Woodhouse sells its free trade business to Marston's
21-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Dorset brewer Hall & Woodhouse has sold its direct free trade business to Marston's for an undisclosed sum.The brewer, whose brands include...
Marston's cautious despite sales growth
30-Nov-2007
Marston's has reported strong sales growth in both its managed and tenanted estates, but sounded a warning note as consumer caution bites.The...
30-Nov-2007
Marston's, the brewer and pub operator, has reported a 3.4% drop in underlying pre-tax profit to £98.0m for the year to 29 September 2007. The...
Marston's completes £300m-plus refinancing deal
19-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Marstons has bolstered its spending power by more than £300m following a new refinancing deal, with a view to buy back more shares or acquire pub...
01-Nov-2007 By The PMA Team
Pubco responds to calls for flexible contracts to suit individual needs
Marston's pushes coffee machines
25-Oct-2007
Marston's Pub Company has sourced a range of coffee machines, to help licensees broaden their daytime drink offering. The machines come with support...
Marston's names new marketing managers
19-Oct-2007
Marston's Beer Company has appointed two new marketing managers as part of its drive to "capitalise on Marston's high profile sponsorship of the...
New appointments for Marston's property team
11-Oct-2007
Marston's Pub Company has made four new appointments in its property team. Iain Jackson has been promoted to the role of estates director, having...
New retail appointments at Marston's Pub Co
09-Oct-2007
Marston's Pub Company has created two new positions within its marketing and development team. Peter Crabbe, who has worked in the industry for more...
Marston's profits hit by flooding costs
04-Oct-2007 By Hamish Champ
Marston's, the Midlands-based brewer, has warned that its pre-tax profit will be "slightly below" original expectations as a result of the wet...
Mike McMinn, director of IT, Marston's
30-Aug-2007
What has been the most important technological advance to your business in the last few years, and why? I would say that it was probably the...
29-Aug-2007 By John Harrington
Marston's Pub Company is looking for new licensees to run four "flagship" pubs it bought this week from the Rutland Pub Company for £5.5m.
Marston's buys Rutland Pub Company
28-Aug-2007
Marston's Pub Company has bought Rutland Pub Company's four sites for £5.5m.This latest deal involves high-quality, English pubs in rural locations...
26-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
Flooding in the West Midlands could could cost Marston's £11m in repairs, a City analyst has claimed.
26-Jul-2007 By Tony Halstead
Marston's has cut off beer supplies to a number of wholesalers in an attempt to reduce the number of kegs being lost in the supply chain. Wholesalers...
Marston's acquires £19.2m Ringwood
19-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
Marston's has bought Hampshire-based Ringwood Brewery for £19.2m. The brewery, which was founded by Peter Austin in 1978, produces around 30,000...
Marston's host gets MBE for war work
19-Jul-2007
A 22 year-old Marston's licensee has been awarded an MBE for her work in war-torn Sierra Leone. Ex-soldier Aly-Joy Howarth, tenant of the Tavern in...
Marston's buys Ringwood
12-Jul-2007
Marston's has bought Ringwood Brewery Limited for £19.2m. As well as seven freehold pubs, the deal includes Ringwood's award-winning brands Ringwood...
Marston's
28-Jun-2007
Andrew Andrea Operations director Marston's Pub Company Peter Dalzell Operations director Marston's Inns & Taverns How many pubs do you operate?...
Marston's tones up sales with its 'F-Plan'
31-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Marston's has revealed its "F-Plan" to exploit positive market trends and beat the smoke ban. Food, families, females and the over-50s make...
Strong sales growth at Marston's
25-May-2007
Brewer and pub operator Marston's has reported a rise in profits after sales grew across all three of its business units in the six months to the end...
25-May-2007 By Mark Wingett of M&C Report
Marston's has reported underlying pre-tax profit of £41.6m for the 26 weeks ending 31 March, a 1.5% increase on the same period last year. The...
AAIM in talks to buy Marston's pubs
03-May-2007
Former Ultimate director of development Colin Rowlinson is to head a new sector entrant tipped to win the auction to buy 279 Marston's pubs currently...
Marston's new pub pie concept
05-Apr-2007
Marston's Pub Company, the company's tenanted division, has launched a new pie concept to help its licensees get into food. The made-to-order pies,...
Capex sets Marston's for the ban
28-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
Marston's says it doesn't expect to spend "much more" on facilities for its smoking customers than the near-£20m it has already shelled out on its...
28-Mar-2007
Midlands brewer and pub operator announces trading statement
Marston's prepares to steam clean its Welsh pubs
22-Mar-2007
Licensees in Wales are preparing to push a new broom through their pubs when the smoking ban comes in next week.With the legislation due to be...
15-Mar-2007 By The PMA Team
Pubco response to TISC inquiry sees raft of support for new licensees
Que pasa Marston's?
05-Mar-2007
Leafing through a Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries (W&DB) annual report from 1990 triggers memories of the political climate of the time....
Marston's scores a hit with EP
02-Feb-2007
It's hard to say what proved more interesting about Marston's - neé Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries - recent swoop on EP, formerly Eldridge...
Marston's identifies right fit to lift quality
01-Feb-2007
Marston's, unveiling pub acqusition deals with Eldridge Pope and Sovereign Inns this week, has broken, albeit temporarily, the 2,500 pub barrier (558...
Marston's completes Sovereign Inns takeover
26-Jan-2007
Marston's has confirmed the completion of another pub takeover, adding the 33-strong Sovereign Inns business for £19.4m.At its annual meeting, the...
25-Jan-2007 By Mark Wingett
Marston's has acquired Eldridge Pope, the bar and pub operator, from Michael Cannon, for £155.1m.
Marston's High Street sites to get Que Pasa treatment
25-Jan-2007 By Hamish Champ
Marston's says it expects to convert up to a dozen of its own unbranded High Street bars into Que Pasa sites, following today's purchase of EP.The...
Marston's brewery undergoes refit
20-May-2005
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries has spent £2m on an upgrade of the historic Marston's brewery in Burton.The investment to the brewhouse and...
New brewing contracts boost Marston's 60%'
07-Oct-2004
by The PMA Team Three new beer-supply contracts will see beer volumes at Wolver-hampton & Dudley's Marston's Brewery increase by around 60% in...
Marston's takes the creamy route
29-Jan-2004
by Andrew Pring A new beer called Marston's FC Finest Creamy has been launched into the on-trade smooth market. WDB Brands, the beer division...
This week sees Marston's embark on a three-stage advertising
12-Dec-2002
The theme of the campaign is "No compromise" and relates to the Wolverhampton & Dudley-owned brewer's pledge that Pedigree will continue to be...
