Amber Taverns

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The art of keeping things simple!

12-Apr-2024 By Ed Bedington

The MA's Ed Bedington caught up with Livelyhood non-exec director and business consultant Karen Bosher for her take on the weeks news which has seen a number of results and mergers

Amber Taverns reports strong festive trading

04-Jan-2024 By Shwetali Sapte

Amber Taverns has reported strong trading over the festive period across its pub portfolio, with like-for-like sales up 20% in the period spanning 18 December to 1 January 2024.

Amber Taverns to reach 170 sites with four openings

13-Dec-2023 By Gary Lloyd

Amber Taverns will open pubs at four new locations in spring 2024.

Amber Taverns reports 70% revenue increase, earmarks 16 new openings

15-Sep-2023 By Rebecca Weller

Amber Taverns has announced a 70% increase in revenue with between 14 and 16 new openings earmarked before the end of this year.

Industry mourns the passing of Bryan Wardman

12-Sep-2022 By Ed Bedington

The industry is mourning the loss of Bryan Wardman, former joint managing director of Amber Taverns, who passed away peacefully at home on August 19.

Amber Taverns follows twin-track growth

30-Oct-2014 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Amber Taverns managing director James Baer has told the Publican's Morning Advertiser's sister title M&C Report the company is building its high street portfolio.

Amber Taverns like-for-like sales grew 16% during 12 days of festive period

21-Jan-2013 By John Harrington

Amber Taverns, the LGV Capital-backed operator of wet-led community pubs, says like-for-like sales across its 80-strong estate grew 16% across the 12 days of the festive period and revealed that it has acquired its 81st site.

MA250: Pub finance is a bigger issue than beer duty, says Amber Taverns MD

03-Oct-2012 By Gurjit Degun

Pub finance is a bigger issue for the pub sector than beer duty, the smoking ban and supermarket pricing — that’s the view of James Baer, managing director of multiple operator Amber Taverns.

Wet-led Amber Taverns shows value of doing simple things well

19-Apr-2012 By Rob Willock

Reports of the demise of the regional community pub have been greatly exaggerated, as I was explaining to DJ Paul Braithwaite on BBC Radio Cumbria’s Drivetime show just the other day (the PMA is big in the Lake District, don’t you know).

Amber Taverns secures new funding

21-Nov-2011 By Mark Wingett

Amber Taverns, the Preston-based operator of wet-led freehold pubs, has secured £5m in new funding to enable it to push towards its aim of operating a 100-strong estate by 2014.

Amber Taverns acquires Castleford pub

12-Jan-2011 By Ewan Turney

Preston-based pub group Amber Taverns has acquired the Lamplighters pub in Castleford, West Yorkshire for an undisclosed sum. The Lamplighters is a...

MA200 members make Fast Track 100 list

06-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney

Two members of the MA-200 club — Grand Union and Amber Taverns — have been listed in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list. The list is made up...

Wet-led pubs are dead? Tell that to these guys

16-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ

When Clive Preston, chairman of Amber Taverns, told me last week his company wanted little to do with food-led pubs and that what really floated his...

LGV Capital backs Amber Taverns buyout

13-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ

LGV Capital, the private equity firm that backed the management buyout of Channel Island-based brewer and pub operator Liberation Group in 2008, has...

LGV backs MBO at Amber Taverns

13-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney

Private equity firm LGV Capital, the original backers of Enterprise Inns, has backed a management buy-out of Amber Taverns. LGV has backed the...

Amber Taverns gets green light to expand

01-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ

North West pub operator Amber Taverns is to hit the acquisition trail in the coming months after securing further financing from its bank. The pubco,...

New pubs for Amber Taverns

18-Aug-2010 By Gemma McKenna

Northern managed operator Amber Taverns, headed by former Honeycombe Leisure directors, has acquired two pubs in the past month.

Green light for Amber Taverns

16-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team

Amber Taverns, managed operator of 47 pubs, has reported a strong surge in turnover and profits.

Amber Taverns sells on four former Cains pubs

27-Aug-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire

Preston-based pub company Amber Taverns has sold for an undisclosed amount four of the pubs it bought from Cains in April. The pubs, which include...

Pubco snaps up former Cains outlets

21-Apr-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Blackpool-based pub company Amber Taverns has nearly doubled in size after buying 23 former Cains pubs. The company, which already runs 30 venues in...