The UK Government’s response to the Omicron Covid variant has been a “fiasco” that has undermined customer confidence and victimised hospitality, said the owner of the Unruly Pig in Bromeswell, Suffolk.
December is set to be the weakest trading month of the year following the surge in Omicron cases and the announcement of Plan B restrictions causing cancellations, lost revenue, and decreased footfall, according to one Kent-based operator.
The hospitality sector needs to ‘get used to U-turns overnight’ and new restrictions over the festive and new year period due to indecisive leadership and knocks to consumer confidence, according to one West Sussex operator.
Two in three (66%) hospitality leaders were optimistic about the next 12 months for their business, the fourth-quarter Business Confidence Survey from CGA and Fourth has revealed.
Pub operator the Oakman Group has announced its plan to increase its number of sites from 36 to 70 by 2026 after forecasting year-end sales for 2021 to be in excess of £64m.
RedCat Pub Company has acquired the White Horse Hotel in Romsey, Hampshire at an undisclosed price: the sale was completed by Savills on behalf of a private client, and the pub will be operated by the Coaching Inn Group.
Fuller Smith & Turner has a good opportunity to participate in M&A activity within the pub sector, by disposing of its tenanted inns division, and using these funds to acquire City Pub Group (CPC), an analyst note from Panmure Gordon has suggested...
The Inn Collection Group has offered free Christmas lunches for isolated older people and shelter for those affected by Storm Arwen across its pubs in a bid to become the UK’s ‘most festive-spirited pub company’.
The Queen’s Head in Dorking has been named the winner of the overall winner of this year’s Fullers Griffin Trophy as well as winning in the Best Town/Local category.
Brewer and operator Fuller’s has a long history for its pub and brewing business and The Morning Advertiser has taken a deep dive into the company’s merger and acquisition deals.
Independent family brewer and pub operator Frederic Robinson, or better known simply as Robinsons, has been running from its Stockport base for more than 180 years.
In January 2021 45% of meat-eaters aged 25 to 34 had cut down their meat consumption, research by Mintel showed, and the number of Brits adopting a vegan diet in 2020 skyrocketed by 40%, according to Finder, showing the demand for plant-based dishes has...
Not knowing how bookings will be and the worry of restrictions being imposed on the sector are concerns for Christmas, one operator has told The Morning Advertiser.
Young’s boss Patrick Dardis expects the business to benefit from further years of planned capital expenditure, he revealed in the company’s latest trading update.
City Pub Co has revealed it wants to double the size of its estate to 100 pubs focusing on a cluster strategy, Clive Watson, executive chairman has told The Morning Advertiser.
Seven in 10 (70%) pub, restaurant and bar leaders feel optimistic about their businesses’ prospects for the next 12 months, the third-quarter Business Confidence Survey from CGA and Fourth has revealed.
With Stonegate now being the largest pub company in the UK, The Morning Advertiser has taken a deep dive in the company’s history of mergers and acquisitions in its 11-year history.
Brunning & Price, the 55-strong pub chain, run by The Restaurant Group (TRG) is on the acquisition trail looking for is large and period or characterful leasehold or freehold sites in affluent rural, town and city centre locations across England and...
The 10 largest pubs groups are expected to see +7.0% growth with further consolidation in the pub market, the latest data from the Lumina Intelligence Operator Data Index has revealed.
Trading has been mixed but operators are unlikely to know the full extent of the reopening until next April, William Lees-Jones, managing director of JW Lees Brewery has predicted.
Bosses at Scotland’s top pubs, hotels and restaurants have said they are facing the worst recruitment crisis in living memory but believe a generation of ‘silver servers’ could be the saviour.
Urban Pubs & Bars (UPB), the 21-strong pub company run by Nick Pring and Malcolm Heap, has entered a partnership with Davidson Kempner and Global Mutual to expand the business.
Hawthorn, the Community Pub Company chief executive Mark Davies has stepped down as the firm’s CEO following the completion of the purchase by Admiral Taverns.
Adnams, the regional brewer and pub operator, has revealed that despite the pandemic it has all of its pubs let and a ‘waiting list’ of prospective tenants.
Barkby Group, the pub gastro pub operator and diversified business group, said despite the fact its pubs were materially impacted by Covid-19 and national lockdown, it has traded ahead of expectations between 17 May and 30 June 2021, when restrictions...
