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Ei looks to boost managed portfolio by 15 pubs

14-Feb-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Ei Group is seeking partners outside London to open three pubs per year, for the next five years, to its Managed Investments division of the business.

JDW boss hits back at Guardian journalist

12-Feb-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) founder Tim Martin has lambasted claims made by a journalist Owen Jones from The Guardian, who criticised the wages the pub group pays.

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.

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Kate Nicholls: is Brexit worth it?

08-Feb-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls will be revealing where we are at with Brexit and what the pub sector should expect with the various scenarios on the horizon, when she addresses MA500 at Stamford Bridge, west London, this week (13 Feb). Here...

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.

Ei Group to convert 62 more tenanted and leased sites to managed pubs

07-Feb-2019 By Stuart Stone

In a trading update for the 18 weeks to 2 February 2019, Ei Group set out plans to expand its estate of managed pubs to 460 sites.

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MA500 London study tour

07-Feb-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

The all-important study tour for the MA500 business club in London this month (February) can now be revealed.

Greene King smashes £5m target for Macmillan Cancer Support

06-Feb-2019 By Robert Mann

Greene King has raised a staggering £5m for Macmillan Cancer Support – in just six years.

NewRiver completes Hawthorn Leisure integration

05-Feb-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Retail estate investment business NewRiver has announced it has finished the integration of the Hawthorn Leisure pub and leisure business, eight months after its acquisition.

Charles Wells to double size of UK managed estate

05-Feb-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Last year saw Charles Wells move forward with a huge rise in profit and a dedication to investment. The group reveals what is in store over the next 12 months

The Old Spot Pub Company to open two new venues

05-Feb-2019 By Stuart Stone

The Old Spot Pub Company, an Ei Managed Investments venture, is poised to open two new venues in the next month.

Greene King vows to improve social mobility

01-Feb-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Pubco Greene King has pledged to challenge the barriers of social mobility and provide a commitment to create the best opportunities from all backgrounds in hospitality, a new report has revealed.