Operators

Roxy Leisure seeks nationwide expansion after £7.5m investment

09-Jan-2020 By Stuart Stone

The operator behind the Roxy Ball Room and Roxy Lanes concepts has secured £7.5m worth of investment from infrastructure and private equity investment firm Foresight Group.

M&B rings in new year with festive sales boost

09-Jan-2020 By Alice Leader

Trade at Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) pub sites soared during the three-week festive period, with like-for-like value sales growing 5.6%.

Marston’s sediment dispute case ‘closed’

07-Jan-2020 By Finn Scott-Delany

Marston’s has attempted to draw a line under a dispute with a tenant, insisting the matter was now closed following an investigation by the pubs code adjudicator (PCA), according to The Morning Advertiser's sister title MCA.

JDW unveils final picture of £7m pub expansion plan

06-Jan-2020 By Alice Leader

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has revealed what its £7m investment will transform the Moon Under Water pub, Wolverhampton, into with a freshly revised pub plan.

Arc Inspirations ‘smashes all records’ with Christmas sales

06-Jan-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Premium bar operator Arc Inspirations has announced a record festive sales performance, hitting its best-performing individual sales day and week.

Marston’s overcharged licensee on beer and rent, PCA rules

06-Jan-2020 By Stuart Stone

Brewer and pub operator Marston’s has been judged to have broken pubs code legislation following what the pubs code adjudicator (PCA) has described as ‘significantly deficient’ treatment of one of its licensees.

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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.

JDW slashes drinks prices by up to 30p

03-Jan-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub behemoth JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has dropped its prices by between 10p and 30p per product in its January sale.

Big interview

The prospect of Loungers becoming a really big business is 'terrifying'

03-Jan-2020 By Stuart Stone

The Loungers group is no slouch when it comes to opening new Lounge and Cosy Club sites. Chief executive Nick Collins talks staff ownership, his career and the group’s future.

Ei supports licensees in £380k pub refurb

24-Dec-2019 By Alice Leader

The Bay Horse Inn pub has been restored to its former glory after licensees Mark and Clare Oglesby and Ei Publican Partnerships pumped £380,000 into its refurbishment.

What were the biggest deals in the pub sector in 2019?

20-Dec-2019 By Stuart Stone

With a number of the sector’s biggest players making moves in 2019, we look back at some of the most significant mergers and acquisitions from the pub sector in the last 12 months.

Greene King goes green with its crackers

18-Dec-2019 By Alice Leader

This year, Greene King is pulling a greener Christmas as it offers an eco-friendly cracker to its customers as a step to reduce its environmental impact.

TV faves Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford front Heineken beer campaign

18-Dec-2019 By Alice Leader

Sparking the festive season, morning TV hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford are fronting the fourth year of Heineken’s Brewing Good Cheer campaign to help boost community spirit in UK pubs.

JDW back serving pigs in blankets again

18-Dec-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub bemouth JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is serving pigs in blankets again after a problem with supply meant a handful of pubs didn’t have them for a short time.

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.