Mitchells & Butlers

Toby Carvery: set for expansion

M&B boosted by food sales

By Ewan Turney

Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers has announced a 1.8% increase in like-for-like sales on last year for the 33 weeks to 15 May. M&B,...

M&B: regrets December sacking

M&B says sorry to sacked non-executives

By The PMA Team

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed pub operator, has expressed regret for the sacking last December of four non-executive directors it...

M&B: 300 pubs up for sale

M&B hires Sapient to sell 300 pubs

By The PMA Team

Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has hired boutique finance firm Sapient Corporate Finance to sell 300 or so wet-led pubs, according to reports.

M&B: fined over incident

M&B pub fined over electric shock

By Gemma McKenna

Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers has been fined £10,000 after a three-year-old boy suffered an electric shock at one of its Lancashire pubs....

M&B: Wants to add 25 sites to All Bar One

M&B looks to triple Browns estate size

By The PMA Team

Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is looking to triple the size of its Browns brand and to almost double its All Bar One chain.

M&B: brave new strategy

Lovering's brave new vision for M&B

By The PMA Team

Managed company Mitchells & Butlers unveiled a new business strategy last week. The PMA Team looks at the plan. Welcome to the brave new world...

M&B: results of review announced

Mitchells & Butlers to sell up to 300 pubs

By The PMA Team

Mitchells & Butlers is likely to sell between 10 and 15% of its estate — 200 to 300 wet-led pubs — to fund investment in growing key food-led brands.

Harvester: set for grwoth

M&B to 'rapidly reshape' to food-led

By Ewan Turney

Mitchells & Butlers is to "rapidly reshape" into a food-led business and plans a withdrawal from the more price sensitive drinks-led business....

M&B: review details announced on 24 March

M&B to reveal review details next week

By Martyn Leek, M&C Report

Mitchells and Butlers (M&B), the embattled managed pub group, has revealed that it will release details of its latest strategic review next week.

Tradeteam: new deal with M&B

Tradeteam nets five-year M&B deal

By Ewan Turney

Drinks logistics firm Tradeteam has signed a five-year extension to its deal with pub group Mitchells & Butlers (M&B). The new deal will...

What's Your Wine: customers can get recommendations

Ember Inns asks What's Your Wine?

By Lesley Foottit

Pub group Ember Inns is launching a What's Your Wine quiz alongside its new wine menu, to encourage customers to try a new tipple.

M&B: Townsend is leaving pub operator

Townsend resigns at M&B

By Martyn Leek, M&C Report

Jeremy Townsend, finance director, of the managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers has resigned to join Rentokil Initial,

Grogan: concerns over M&B

MP voices concerns over job losses at M&B

By Mark Stretton, M&C Report

Labour MP John Grogan has again voiced concerns about job losses at pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) ahead of a review of the business...

M&B: under fire at annual general meeting

Mitchells & Butlers: the latest instalment

By Gemma McKenna

Gemma McKenna reports on the mood in the room at Mitchells & Butlers' volatile annual general meeting last week. It bore all the hallmarks of an...

M&B: new chairman appointed

M&B: Laffin out, Lovering in

By M&C Report

Simon Laffin has been voted out of the Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) boardroom this afternoon and will be replaced by John Lovering as chairman.

Charity: wants result from M&B meet

M&B set for boardroom blitz

By The PMA Team

High noon in the on-going battle of wills between M&B management and rebel shareholders is set for the company's annual general meeting today.

M&B plans to double growth at its six key brands

M&B to double six key brands

By Mark Stretton, M&C Report

Mitchells & Butlers, the pub and restaurant operator, has this morning unveiled plans to double six key brands within its business. In a...

M&B: long running spat with Piedmont takes another twist

Cable consults FSA over M&B row

By Martyn Leek, M&C Report

Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor, is writing to the chairman of the Financial Services Authority over the M&B saga.

M&B: Takeover panel dismissed its case

Takeover Panel dismisses M&B claims

By Martyn Leek, M&C Report

The battle for control of Mitchells & Butlers has taken another twist after it was revealed that the Takeover Panel has dismissed the pub group's...

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