Operators

Pub dress code angers industry chiefs

08-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A pub has sparked a debate on dress codes after a picture of its rules was posted on social media.

Inn Collection Group tops out £4m Amble Inn

08-Aug-2018 By Stuart Stone

The Inn Collection Group (ICG) has completed structural building work of the £4m Amble Inn in Coquet Enterprise Park in Amble, Northumberland.

Chestnut Group acquires two Suffolk coastal inns

07-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

East Anglia-based pubco Chestnut Group has added two pubs to its portfolio.

Wear Inns bought by Aprirose for £22.4m

07-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

North-east pub group Wear Inns has been bought for £22.4m by specialist UK real estate investor Aprirose.

Charles Wells to invest £8m into French estate

06-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Brewer Charles Wells will invest €9m (£8m) into the growth of its French estate of managed pubs over the next three years.

Autographed Nigel Farage photo stolen from pub

03-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A pub has pleaded for the return of a signed picture of former United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage after it was stolen this week.

Ego Restaurants agree second site with Ei Group

03-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A free-of-tie lease for a Cheshire pub was agreed between Ei Group’s Commercial Properties business and Ego Restaurants.

Punch returns to the acquisition trail

03-Aug-2018 By MCA

Punch has made its first individual pub acquisitions for 11 years, as it continues to grow its Mighty Local and Champs formats.

Arc Inspirations' funding doubled to almost £7m by bank

02-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Arc Inspirations has received almost £7m funding through a new senior debt deal with banking partner Santander.

Blind Tiger Inns takes on 13th site

01-Aug-2018 By Stuart Stone

North-west community pub operator Blind Tiger Inns has announced that it will take over the lease of the Rose & Crown in Chorley, Lancashire.

Oakman Inns' Royal Foresters pub reopened with help of Royal Foresters

31-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A pub in Ascot was reopened with an arboreal ceremony by a group of Royal Foresters.

JDW chair Tim Martin calls for industry to back pubco’s Tax Equality Day

31-Jul-2018 By Stuart Stone

JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has called on pub and restaurant operators to support a UK-wide Tax Equality Day on 13 September to tackle "inequality and unfairness" in the tax system.