M&B's revolving door management policy continues apace
21-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
"Is it me, or has everybody gone mad?" The sage words of Brian Potter, the fictional owner/operator of the Phoenix Club, sprang to mind as I digested...
16-Mar-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), Britain's biggest managed pub and restaurant operator, has announced that chief executive Adam Fowle is to leave the company by mutual consent after a period of two years in the post.
Adam Fowle quits Mitchells & Butlers
16-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has announced that Adam Fowle, its chief executive, is to leave the group "by mutual consent". The shock move comes...
03-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team
The Ha Ha Bar & Grill venue in Victoria will re-open as a Browns on 15 April. The venue, now owned by M&B, closes today for refurbishment.
18-Feb-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers has launched an iPhone app that will show the location of its Vintage Inns.
M&B appoints new chairman
11-Feb-2011 By James Wilmore
Former Hamleys boss Simon Burke has today been unveiled as Mitchells & Butlers new chairman, replacing John Lovering. Lovering, who had been in...
11-Feb-2011 By M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers, the pub and restaurant operator, has announced the appointment of Simon Burke as its new non-executive chairman. He...
10-Feb-2011 By The PMA Team
Stonegate Pub Company is close to finishing the debranding of 78 sites trading formerly as Mitchells & Butlers brands.
08-Feb-2011 By The PMA Team
M&B, the managed pub and casual dining operator, is to expand a breakfast trial at its Harvester brand, which has around 176 sites.
07-Feb-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Crown Carveries has produced the first portrait of Wills and Kate ahead of their April wedding — using only foods found in a traditional roast dinner.
31-Jan-2011 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is reported to be close to selling its 55 franchised pubs.
Mitchells & Butlers: Snow? What snow?
27-Jan-2011 By Hamish Champ
The recent poor weather appears not to have dented Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) trading, with the All Bar One reporting like-for-like sales up...
27-Jan-2011 By Ewan Turney
M&B announced a 3.1% like-for-like sales increase for its latest period — an analysts conference call shed more light on its strategy.
24-Jan-2011 By Ewan Turney
John Lovering has announced he is to quit as chairman of Mitchells & Butlers after just 12 months in the role. He will step down later inn the year when a suitable successor is found by the non-executive directors.
M&B's John Lovering to step down as chairman
24-Jan-2011 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has announced that John Lovering is to step down from his role as chairman and director of the managed pub group by...
10-Jan-2011 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Managed pub chain Mitchells & Butlers has launched an iPhone app that will show the location of the nearest Vintage Inns restaurant.
Mitchells & Butlers pays out £200k to ex-directors
23-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
All Bar One operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has shelled out £100,000 each to two former directors of the business. Denis Jackson and Ray...
23-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Mitchells & Butlers paid £100,000 each to two former directors who were sacked in last December's dramatic boardroom showdown. M&B's annual...
22-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers has unveiled a seven-year partnership with Brakes Group worth over £200m, delivering significant savings for the company.
M&B sells former Lakota bars
07-Dec-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has sold 10 former Lakota bars at the centre of a legal tussle with a Bristol nightclub over ownership of the name.
What next for M&B?
29-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) skill at running pubs has long been regarded as among the best there is. If not the best. Even the highly public -...
Mitchells & Butlers fined £14,000 for asbestos failings
29-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has been fined £14,000 after building workers refurbishing one of its pubs were exposed to asbestos. Work was...
23-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has opened its first two "smaller footprint" Harvester and Toby Carvery sites today.
23-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is planning to open "at least" 50 new-build pubs a year in the coming years.
23-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
M&B reported like-for-like food sales up 4.7% in the year to 25 September and up 6.9% in the most recent eight weeks.
Mitchells & Butlers posts 26 per cent profits rise
23-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
High profile TV ad campaigns for a number of its pub brands have helped managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) post a 26 per cent...
M&B shares rise on rosy outlook for managed pubs
15-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) were outperforming the market today, boosted by good trade numbers across the managed pub sector and news...
08-Oct-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers is to unveil its first two retail park locations for Harvester, its mid-market family dining brand, this November — in Bristol and Staines.
23-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers has 45 site acquisitions in its property pipeline as it seeks to double the size of its six core brands.
M&B to ramp up investment as sales rise
23-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) plans to spend £200m in the coming financial year on buying new pubs and renovating existing ones. This will mean...
23-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
M&B has hailed a "very encouraging" performance with like-for-like sales up 4.4% on last year for the nine weeks to 18 September.
17-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has bought the Ha Ha Bar & Grill brand from Bay Restaurant Group for £19.5m.
Mitchells & Butlers buys Ha Ha Bar & Grill for £19.5m
17-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
In a surprise move Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has snapped up the Ha Ha Bar & Grill chain from Bay Restaurant Group for £19.5m. The deal...
Bianca Dexter-Burnell: is M&B's sell-off the start of a new trend for the sector?
14-Sep-2010
Following Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) sale of 333 premises for £373m to TDR Capital, the inevitable question is whether this is the beginning...
Faucet Inns snaps up six M&B pubs
07-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
South East pub operator Faucet Inns has acquired six pubs from Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) for £17.5m, thepublican.com understands. The sites...
06-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) chairman John Lovering has suggested that the company may have set itself too restrictive a strategy.
02-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
The UK's largest managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has claimed back £1m in overpaid music licence fees from PPL.
25-Aug-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers, the managed pub and casual dining group, is to unveil a brace of new All Bar One locations — the first openings under the...
23-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers has sold 333 wet-led pubs. Morning Advertiser editor The PMA Team looks at what now lies ahead for the managed operator...
M&B's sold pubs could be merged with Town & City
23-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
Stonegate Pub Company, the new outfit which will run the 333 wet-led pubs Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) announced last week it is selling, could...
20-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has sold 333 wet-led pubs to TDR Capital for £373m — in line with M&B's strategy to withdraw from drinks-led market.
Mitchells & Butlers sells 333 pubs to private equity firm
20-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers has taken another step in its strategy of selling off non-core, wet-led pubs by announcing it has agreed to dispose of 333...
12-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
M&B is to open its first Browns Brasserie in more than half a decade after deciding it wants to treble the size of the brand to 50 sites.
10-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is investigating one of its Hampshire pubs that allegedly forced a group of mothers and babies to leave.
09-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
Mitchells & Butlers has sold its 24 Hollywood Bowl sites to AMF Bowling for £39m as part of its move to dispose of non-core assets.
M&B sells Hollywood Bowl for £39m
09-Aug-2010
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has continued its sale of non-core assets with the disposal of its Hollywood Bowl chain for £39m. Rival chain AMF...
05-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers has accepted individual offers for 15 pubs from 13 franchisees. Franchisees who had submitted bids for...
22-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers is making "good progress" on achieving the objectives laid out in its strategic plan.
World Cup dulls M&B food sales
22-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Harvester operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) said today the World Cup had had a "negative impact" on the group's food sales, as customers...
22-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
M&B has yet to sell any of its 300 wet-led pubs on the market — as it decides how best to package up the pubs.
