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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Look back: The Morning Advertiser has delved into Mitchells & Butlers through the ages]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Fair opportunity: Tim Martin is calling for tax equality]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Signatures mounting: the petition calls on JDW boss Tim Martin to pay staff double time for bank holidays worked (image: Getty/35007)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Staffing woes: JDW boss Tim Martin also outlined how the business isn't seeing any recruitment issues different to other years at present]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Covid impact: 'With the support of our main stakeholders, we are now well placed to emerge in a strong competitive position and look forward to the removal of remaining trading restrictions,' M&B's Phil Urban explained]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Trading update: the results covered 26 weeks to 24 January 2021 (image: Getty/ Frederica Aban)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Latest cohort: 'This is a very exciting time for the BBPA in its 100-year plus history and we are continuing to significantly grow our membership, BBPA chief executive Emma McClarkin said]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Cash injection: the investment will mean the pub's footprint will increase by a quarter (image: Getty/johan10)]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Finding finance: 'Mitchells & Butlers was a high performing business going into the pandemic and this capital raising and refinancing will provide the business with the certainty of funding that it needs,' M&B chairman Bob Ivell says]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Call to action: Mayor of Hackney Philip Glanville wrote an open letter to JDW boss Tim Martin, demanding the posters were removed]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Equity raise: 'M&B was a high performing business going into the pandemic and with the support of our main stakeholders I have every confidence that we can emerge in a strong competitive position once the current restrictions on us are lifted,' Phil Urban said]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Group meeting: JDW boss Tim Martin will outline his opinion of the Government and the implementation of lockdowns at the company AGM later today]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Uncertain and challenging year: 'With our great estate, balanced portfolio of brands and proven management team, we remain optimistic that we will be able to regain the momentum previously built', M&B's Phil Urban explained]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Closed venues: the sites are a mix of Mitchells & Butlers brands, The Morning Advertiser understands]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Results revealed: JDW chairman Tim Martin spoke to The Morning Advertiser at the group's Hamilton Hall site in London's Liverpool Street station]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[New normal: 'I am particularly impressed by the way in which our teams have made this possible by responding to the challenge of our new operating environment with energy and enthusiasm,' M&B's Phil Urban said]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Transaction data: 'JDW sales were 22.5% below the equivalent Saturday last year. It is clearly not the case pubs are ‘dangerous places to be’,' the pub group boss Tim Martin said]]></image:caption>
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