Alistair Darby

M&B reveals growth ambitions for brands

04-Dec-2014 By James Wallin and Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Mitchells & Butlers’ leading brands — Harvester, Toby Carvery, All Bar One and Miller & Carter — have the potential to grow from a combined 455 to 1,200, the company has said.

Wingett: M&B gets there in the end with Alistair Darby's appointment

13-Sep-2012 By Mark Wingett

After 18 months of speculation, name-dropping and “progress” reports from chairman Bob Ivell, Mitchells & Butlers has finally found its new CEO in the shape of Marston’s chief operating officer Alistair Darby.

'Pubs harder to let under codes of practice'

21-Jan-2011 By Ewan Turney

New codes of practice have made it harder to let pubs, two of Britain's top pubco bosses have revealed. Marston's Pub Company boss Alistair Darby...

Darby: time for CAMRA to move on

14-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney

Marston's Pub Company boss Alistair Darby has urged the CAMRA to get back to what it is good at — promoting the virtues of cask ale — after the...

Alistair Darby: as many as 10,000 pubs to close

23-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team

The number of pubs in the UK could drop by around 8,000 to 10,000 over the next five years, according to Marston's Alistair Darby.

Marston's price deal offers growth

25-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team

Marston's Pub Company has unveiled two initiatives aimed at providing its 1,600 tenants with a chance to grow their businesses. Division boss...

Put your questions to pubco boss Alastair Darby

12-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team

Marston's Pub Company boss Alistair Darby will take the hot seat as guest editor of the Morning Advertiser later this month.

Marstons: managed machines are best

21-Jan-2010 By John Harrington

According to a trial carried out by Marstons Pub Company, gaming machine income is 10% higher at pubs where units are managed by the pubco. The result is now being used to justify the existence of the AWP tie.

Industry must try harder, says Marston's Alistair Darby

14-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ

Speaking to the Business, Innovations and Skills (BIS) Committee last week Marston's Pub Company boss Alistair Darby admitted relationships between...

Darby: let's get back to business

22-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney

Now is the time to draw a line under the pubco-tenant divide and work together to improve the trade, says Marston's Alastair Darby.

Marston's to roll-out free-trade price rent deals

18-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ

Marston's Pub Company (MPC) plans to trial a new lease agreement later this year which it believes will boost profitability for its licensees,...

Brewing industry set for further consolidation

17-Apr-2008

Leading figures in the brewing industry have suggested that further consolidation in the cask ale industry is inevitable.Speaking less than a month...

Beer to drive sales post smoking ban

23-Mar-2007 By Ewan Turney

Hosts should not underestimate the impact good quality beer can have on driving profits after the smoking ban, according to cask-ale think tank Why...

Ale lovers 'will pay for quality'

25-Aug-2006 By The PMA Team

Pubs need to recognise the opportunity that now exists to charge more for high-quality, premium cask-ale brands, according to Wolves & Dudley...

Trade Talk: Alistair Darby

29-Sep-2004

Alistair Darby, managing director of W&DB Brands, asks why, if fresh food is advertised, fresh beer is not promoted too?How many pubs can you...