24-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) to spend around £24m up-grading a further 175 of its Vintage Inn sites to return the brand to organic growth next year.
M&B set for joint- venture pubs sale
24-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) looks set to sell most of its freeholds to a 50/50 joint-venture property company owned by itself...
22-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) expects to sell around 20 pubs in the second half of its financial year in a move expected to raise £20m.
22-May-2007 By The PMA Team
M&B set to sell most of its freeholds to a 50:50 joint venture property company
M&B blames SIA for fewer doorstaff
10-May-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) security chief Andrew Nicholls has said that the new doorstaff licensing scheme has led to a shortage of...
Collyer: M&B joint venture an option
05-Apr-2007 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) could follow the example of Tesco by creating a joint venture property company that crystallises property value but...
30-Mar-2007 By The PMA Team
Analyst says Mitchells & Butlers could follow Tesco by creating a joint venture property company but avoiding conversion to a real estate investment trust (Reit)
Tchenguiz pushing M&B on Reit status
22-Mar-2007 By The PMA Team
Iranian property magnate Robert Tchenguiz has upped his campaign to persuade Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) to convert to real estate investment...
20-Mar-2007 By The PMA Team
Iranian property magnate Robert Tchenguiz has upped his campaign to persuade Mitchells & Butlers to convert to real estate investment trust (Reit) status.
Mitchells & Butlers unruffled by Tchenguiz reports
19-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers is "on track" to update shareholders on its future plans, including whether or not to convert into a real estate investment...
13-Mar-2007 By Lucy Britner
Ember Inns is urging customers to drink pink this month to help raise money for a breast cancer charity. Pub goers will raise a glass of rosé wine...
M&B conversions ahead of schedule
08-Feb-2007 By The PMA Team
Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is in line to complete the conversion of the former Whitbread pubs it bought last summer to its...
Mitchells & Butlers sees quiet start to 2007
01-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) saw a slow build up to Christmas and has a seen quiet start to the New Year in some of its divisions, investors...
29-Jan-2007 By The PMA Team
Iranian property magnate Robert Tchenguiz has lifted his stake in Mitchells & Butlers, the company for which he launched an unsuccessful...
Much at stake for M&B's new steakhouse
18-Jan-2007
A lot rests on the trading success of the Dick Turpin, situated in less-than-inspiring Ilford in Essex. It's a former Beefeater that was converted to...
M&B in 50-pub Xmas rebrand
14-Dec-2006 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) will have 50 former Whitbread pubs converted to its own brands by this weekend - in time for the busy Christmas...
Smoke ban 'set to slow sales growth', warns M&B
07-Dec-2006 By Andrew Pring andrew.pring@william-reed.co.uk
Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) chief executive Tim Clarke says next year's smoking ban will slow overall sales growth at his 2,000-strong group....
Smoking ban will slow growth at Mitchells & Butlers
29-Nov-2006 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) expects sales growth in an English non-smoking environment to be "significantly lower" than its track record of the...
Pub food pays off for Mitchells & Butlers
29-Nov-2006 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers' switch towards food-led pubs has paid off with the managed pubco's latest financial results, according to the...
29-Nov-2006
Pub operator Mitchells & Butlers says it is confident about its future prospects after seeing its emphasis on food sales pay off. It said pre-tax...
26-Sep-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Mitchells & Butlers has announced strong performance but warned about the impact of increasing energy costs and the minimum wage.
07-Sep-2006 By John Harrington
A total of around 220 Mitchells & Butlers food-focused pubs are now non-smoking, the Morning Advertiser has learnt. The move means M&B is now...
Will Tchenguiz come calling again at M&B?
07-Sep-2006
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) shareholders have had an excellent six months. Thanks must go in no small part to Iranian property tycoon Robert...
M&B estate valued at £5.5bn
31-Aug-2006
Rising property prices have pushed the value of Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) estate to more than £5.5bn.The UK's biggest managed pub group,...
M&B to segment Vintage Inns brand
31-Aug-2006 By Mark Stretton
Mitchells & Butlers is to segment one of the most profitable casual-dining brands in Europe as part of the ongoing development of its country pub...
03-Aug-2006 By The PMA Team
Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers is to convert 11 of its newly acquired 239 Whitbread venues to a new steakhouse brand. The company has been...
21-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Whitbread has this morning announced the sale of 239 pub/restaurants to Mitchells and Butlers for £497million. The deal, for 235 open pubs and 4...
M&B's shifts in retail emphasis
06-Jul-2006
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has won a reputation in recent years as the UK pub industry's foremost centre of managed retail innovation.
29-Jun-2006 By Mark Stretton
Violet Capital, the vehicle used by Robert Tchenguiz to build a stake in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), has declared that it no longer has a notifiable stake in the pub and restaurant group.
Mitchells & Butlers favourite to win surplus Whitbread pub restaurants
29-Jun-2006 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is being lined up as the likely victor in a bidding war for Whitbread's non-core Beefeater and Brewers Fayre...
25-May-2006 By The PMA Team
Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers has unveiled a new pub concept code-named Windsor. Last night saw the opening of the sixth Windsor venue,...
25-May-2006 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers boss Tim Clarke has called for the speedy publication of the smoke ban regulations for England to avoid the 'utter administrative shambles' of the Licensing Act.
Mitchells & Butlers - gamekeepers turned poachers?
25-May-2006 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), which today announced half year sales up nearly three per cent and operating profits up 4.4 per cent to £143m, is...
Mitchells & Butlers announces half year results
25-May-2006 By Hamish Champ
Announcing its results for the 28 weeks to April 15 2006, Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) said overall revenues rose 2.7 per cent to £887m, with...
08-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Robert Tchenguiz' R20 investment group says it will not now be making an offer for Mitchells & Butlers. After months of specualtion the group...
M&B: Buyout proposal undervalues company
04-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil
M&B says Tchenguiz' 550pence a share proposal 'undervalues' the business.
Michells & Butlers reports healthy sales growth
28-Apr-2006
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has thrown down the gauntlet to potential buyers with market-leading sales growth.In the three months to April 22,...
21-Mar-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Bob Ivell, executive chairman of Regents Inn, confirmed he has been approached to head up a bid for Mitchells & Butlers (M&B).
Doubt over R20 move on M&B
17-Mar-2006
While Robert Tchenguiz's R20 was forced to admit its interest in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) this week, industry watchers remain unconvinced he...
15-Mar-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Robert Tchenguiz could make a bid for Britain's biggest managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers as early as next week say experts. The Iranian...
13-Mar-2006 By The PMA Team
R20, the investment vehicle of Iranian property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz, has admitted it has been looking to mount a bid for Mitchells & Butlers...
Bumper Christmas for Mitchells & Butlers
02-Feb-2006
A strong Christmas helped boost Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) start to its financial year, the group told investors today.Speaking at the...
M&B and SA Brain back pubwatch
13-Oct-2005
Managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers and brewer SA Brain are the latest companies to pledge a donation to National Pubwatch. M&B,...
M&B host scoops top franchisee award
13-Oct-2005
by Ewan Turney Mitchells & Butlers franchisee Jon Bassett of the Queen's Vault in Cardiff has been awarded a cheque for £3,000 after finishing...
Food-led smoking ban will not work claims M&B
29-Sep-2005
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) claims a trial smoking ban at its pubs in Grimsby has illustrated the disastrous consequences that will arise if...
M&B lashes food-based Government smoke ban
29-Sep-2005
by Ewan Turney One of Britain's largest managed operators has told the Govern-ment that a total smoking ban is preferable to its current proposals...
Mitchells & Butlers marches on
27-Sep-2005
Mitchells & Butlers continued to eat up market share during 2005 and expects overall trading for the year to be at the top end of expectations.In...
Spirits rise at Punch and Mitchells & Butlers
12-Sep-2005
Bid speculation surrounding a possible move by Punch Taverns and Mitchells & Butlers for Spirit Group boosted the pair's share prices today.Punch...
M&B loses appeal over manager's hours
07-Jul-2005
Mitchells & Butlers has lost its appeal against a court's decision to award damages to a manager for being forced to work excessive hours. The...
M&B takes its Grimsby food pubs smoke-free
23-Jun-2005
by The PMA Team Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers is to launch a non-smoking trial across 12 food pubs in a single town, Grimsby in North...
