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The MA Podcast – Ep 4

Fuller's boss Simon Emeny on the future of the pubco

13-Feb-2020 By MA Podcast

In the fourth episode of The MA Podcast, Ed Bedington talks to Fuller's boss Simon Emeny about the pubco's future, threats to the trade and why we should be celebrating success.

Fuller’s reports 4.3% rise in like-for-like festive sales

30-Jan-2020 By Alice Leader

Fuller’s had a merry Christmas and a cheery new year as it saw like-for-like sales in managed pubs and hotels rise 4.3% during the festive period.

Stonegate buys beloved gay venue

22-Jan-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Stonegate has acquired a beloved LGBTQ+ venue on Manchester’s famous Canal Street that it plans to reopen next month.

More sites next year says Revolution boss

21-Jan-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Revolution Group chief executive Rob Pitcher has confirmed the bar chain still aims to open new sites in the near future after closing a handful of underperforming venues.

Stonegate on verge of winning Best New Wellbeing Strategy

15-Jan-2020 By Alice Leader

Stonegate Pub Company could be named Best New Wellbeing Strategy, due to its focus on improving staff and work culture.

Brewhouse & Kitchen celebrates boost in ‘experience-led’ sales

10-Jan-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Multiple brewpub operator Brewhouse & Kitchen said it was keen to further grow its experience-led offers while also reporting a boost in food and drink sales over the Christmas period.

The MA podcast

Tanner brothers open to new pubs / JW Lees boss on the trade

03-Jan-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

JW Lees managing director William Lees-Jones gives his view on issues in the pub trade and confirms there are no plans to sell the brewery, following similar sales in the trade this year.

Oakman Inns CEO predicts ‘Brexit bounce’ in consumer confidence

18-Dec-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Peter Borg-Neal celebrated a boost in like-for-like sales at his pub company and predicted pubgoers would be more confident now there was a “clear direction of travel” over Brexit.

Rising optimism across hospitality businesses

17-Dec-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Optimism in across the UK pub, bar and restaurant market has risen to its highest point for 18 months, research has revealed.

Festive pub partnership aims to call time on loneliness for elderly

09-Dec-2019 By Stuart Stone

Housing and care charity The Abbeyfield Society, Age UK County Durham, and northern pub operator The Inn Collection Group have joined forces to host a three-course Christmas dinner for elderly people at risk of isolation.

Opinion

Could awarding shares to pub employees help the sector’s recruitment and retention crisis?

05-Dec-2019 By Catherine Gannon

Catherine Gannon, founder of Gannons Solicitors, reviews the option of share schemes as an employee incentive.

Moorhouse’s Brewery back in profit after seven years

04-Dec-2019 By Alice Leader

Moorhouse’s Brewery has hit top form once again after its turnaround plans resulted in a £37,000 pre-tax profit.

‘2020 will be the year of stability for the pub sector’

03-Dec-2019 By Alice Leader

Despite high levels of pub insolvencies over the past 10 years, Hawthorn Leisure chief executive Mark Davies says the current “robust economy” is stabilising the sector.

NewRiver buys Bravo Inns for £17.9m

03-Dec-2019 By Alice Leader

Hawthorn Leisure has ramped up its managed estate after its owner – NewRiver – acquired community pub company Bravo Inns Limited for £17.9m, which represents an EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation) multiple of 6.8x....

Community pubs plea for recognition in election

25-Nov-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Many community pubs act as a lifeline for residents of rural areas with little else around them. Ahead of the general election on 12 December, The Morning Advertiser asked the volunteers and publicans behind the bar at these sites what they would say...