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Admiral spends £320,000 to reopen community pub

06-Mar-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

Pub operator Admiral Taverns has pumped more than a quarter of a million pounds into the 18th century pub the Borough Arms, allowing the newly refurbished pub to reopen.

Loss of brew contracts offset by managed growth at Shepherd Neame

06-Mar-2019 By Stuart Stone

Shepherd Neame's latest interim results have revealed that while its managed pub division accounts for almost half of group revenue, the cancellation of contracts with Lidl and Asahi have seen its brewed beer volume shrink by almost a third.

Revolution Bars Group to halt new site openings

01-Mar-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Cocktail bar group Revolution Bars Group has blamed a slump in profits for a lack of investment into its Revolution sites, in its interim trading report.

The Alchemist targets extra £30m in sales by 2021

28-Feb-2019 By Stuart Stone

The Alchemist's managing director, Simon Potts, revealed that the Palatine Private Equity-backed cocktail bar and restaurant concept was working towards a sales target of £70m in 2021.

Potential for 500 Loungers’ sites

27-Feb-2019 By Stuart Stone

Loungers boss Alex Reilley has claimed the café bar group can easily compete with the likes of JD Wetherspoon, Pret and Greggs for scale, with plans to launch sites at a rate of 25 a year.

11-strong pubco appoints former Stonegate boss

25-Feb-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

Investors behind three small pub groups has appointed a new chairman and managing director to head its 11 sites.

£1m revamp at former 'cannabis factory' pub

20-Feb-2019 By Robert Mann

A disused pub that was raided by police after a tip-off it was a site for cannabis production is set to reopen following a big investment.

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‘We started selling beer from our living room and now we have a pub’

19-Feb-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

Minnie Miggins and her husband Frank launched London’s Old Moon in the 1830s. While recent changes in law have thrown a few hurdles in the way of the business, new styles of beer and increasing footfall have seen things go from strength to strength.

Pubs see January sales slump worsen

18-Feb-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Managed pub and restaurant sales fell in January 2019, following a strong Christmas, according to new figures.

Stonegate plans more ‘targeted’ acquisitions

12-Feb-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

Stonegate will seek more acquisitions in the year ahead, after growing its portfolio to almost 800 sites, the pub company’s latest financial results state.

Award-winning freehouse on sale for £900k

11-Feb-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

After 15 years of ownership, husband and wife team Ashley and Kelly McCarthy have decided to sell the Ye Old Sun Inn, Colton, North Yorkshire, for £900,000 to pursue “numerous other business interests”.

Inn Collection Group ‘pubs with rooms’ portfolio hits double figures

11-Feb-2019 By Stuart Stone

North-east UK-based operator, The Inn Collection Group has expanded to 10 sites with the purchase of the Queens Hotel in Ambleside, Cumbria – its second property in the Lake District.

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14 pubs of historical significance

11-Feb-2019 By Stuart Stone

For as long as modern society has been shaped by pivotal decisions, there have been pubs for those wielding power to ponder them in.

Cornish pub handed award after sheltering stranded motorists

08-Feb-2019 By Stuart Stone

The Jamaica Inn in Cornwall has been presented with a special welfare award by Highways England after it provided a safe haven for motorists trapped in heavy snow.

Pub puts up over 100 snow-trapped travellers in makeshift beds

01-Feb-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

A Cornwall pub came to the rescue of more than 100 people yesterday (Thursday 31 January) by taking in travellers trapped by heavy snow – an act that undeniably shows the true spirit of the great British pub.