Buckinghamshire

Sarah Hayward: Keep breakfast ‘simple but tasty’

01-Sep-2023 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

A Michelin-starred gastropub in Marlow launched its new breakfast menu last month, and its head chef advises on why and how pubs should be selling that first meal of the day.

Michelin Young Chef Award ‘shock’ for Sarah Hayward

03-Apr-2023 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The shock of taking home the Young Chef accolade at the prestigious Michelin Awards is still sinking in for the Coach’s Sarah Hayward, but celebrations are well underway.

Husband and wife celebrate 4 decades at community pub

14-Mar-2023 By Nikkie Thatcher

A married couple is marking 40 years of running their local community pub in Buckinghamshire.

GBPA 2022

Meet the finalists for Best Country/Rural Pub sponsored by Everard Cole

23-Sep-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

We’ve taken a deep dive into the 2022 Great British Pub Award shortlist for the Best Country/Rural Pub category.

Kerridge: ‘Hospitality is being hung out to dry yet again’

16-Dec-2021 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Celebrity chef Tom Kerridge has revealed 654 cancellations at one of his sites to shine light on industry-wide problems caused by the UK Government’s “mixed messages” about the Omicron variant.

Property round-up

Five Points ‘committing to Hackney’, JDW plans £5m cinema conversion

19-May-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

The latest round of pub property news includes updates from Five Points, Oakman Inns, and JD Wetherspoon.

How I got here: Margriet Vandezande-Crump

18-May-2021 By James McAllister, Big Hospitality

The Belgian co-owner of the Greyhound in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, which was recently named ‘One to Watch’ at the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs, spoke to Big Hospitality to reflect on her career to date.

Thousands more pubs plunged into tier 3

17-Dec-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Many more pubs will be forced to close for Christmas, with the exception of offering takeaways, as eight more regions are moved into tier three.

Joint venture between Charles Wells and Little Gems Country Dining unveiled

01-Nov-2017 By James Wallin

Charles Wells and Little Gems Country Dining have signed heads of terms to run a combination of the Little Gems and Charles Wells’ Apostrophe Pubs.

Raymond Blanc's latest pub plans refused

04-Sep-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Raymond Blanc’s White Brasserie Company has had development plans for the historic King's Head pub in Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, refused by the local council.

Fifteen-year fight to reopen Walnut Tree pub succeeds

05-Jul-2017 By Fred A'Court

One of the UK’s longest-running battles to reopen a defunct village pub has finally succeeded.

Tom Kerridge: how the celebrity pub chef became who he is today

04-Jul-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Celebrity chef Tom Kerridge opened his first gastropub in 2005, gaining his first Michelin star within a year. The Morning Advertiser charts some of the highlights of his career.

Action group 'on the verge' of regaining pub

27-Jun-2017 By Fred A'Court

Villagers may be on the verge of getting their pub back after a 14-year battle involving a brewery, their local MP, a five-day public enquiry and council planning officers.

Mad new name and expansion plans for Red Squirrel microbrewery

20-Feb-2017 By Nicholas Robinson and Daniel Woolfson

Red Squirrel microbrewery has changed its name to Mad Squirrel ahead of plans to expand operations and produce its beers in new formats.

city news

Oakman Inns reports growth - but issues Brexit warning

05-Jul-2016 By James Evison

Publican Award winner Oakman Inns reports like for like growth in Q1 of 5.1% - but issues Brexit warning as well.

CAMRA calls for ACV protections to apply to all pubs

12-Apr-2016 By Oli Gross

The Campaign for Real Ale has called for planning protections given to assets of community value (ACV) to apply to all pubs, after latest figures showed 1,500 venues now hold the status.

McMullen pub forced to remove 'unneighbourly' outdoor lighting

07-Jul-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

McMullen’s managing director has spoken out about being penalised by the “long arm of bureaucracy”, after a local council ordered one of his pubs to remove its outdoor lighting.

Missoula ‘bias’ in Stonegate site conversions

26-Feb-2014 By John Harrington

Stonegate’s conversions of its Living Room sites will have a “bias” towards Missoula, the group’s new US-inspired venture, according to chief executive Toby Smith.

Milton Keynes rejects late-night levy

29-Aug-2013 By Gurjit Degun

Pubs, clubs and bars in Milton Keynes may not be subject to paying a late-night levy, after the licensing sub-committee recommended that such a fee should not be adopted.

Pubs turning to bring-your-own-food to boost revenues

21-May-2012 By Lesley Foottit

Pubs are turning to bring-your-own-food to boost their revenue and combat increasing prices.

Charles Wells puts six pubs on market

11-May-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Bedfordshire brewer and pub operator Charles Wells has placed a portfolio of six freeholds on the market. The sale of the pubs is understood to be...

No Saints' cabaret club bid

07-Feb-2011 By The PMA Team

No Saints, the company run by ex-Luminar boss Stephen Thomas, aims to open a site in a Berkshire town. The company is reported to have put in a...

Redcomb re-opens Punch pub

06-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team

Redcomb Pubs, the company headed by former Urban & Country Leisure executive Dan Shotton, is to re-open a Punch pub in Bucks.

TM Steaks reopens Chequers

05-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team

Multi-site operator TM Steaks has opened its third Brakspear pub — the iconic Chequers in Marlow, Bucks. The pub was formerly tenanted by Massive...

Pub chef wins mains on Great British Menu

11-Jun-2010 By Lesley Foottit

Michelin-starred pub chef Tom Kerridge cooked at a banquet for HRH the Prince of Wales after winning the main meal round of BBC Two's Great British...

Salisbury Pubs buys fifth site

16-Mar-2010 By Gemma McKenna

Multiple operator Salisbury Pubs has bought its fifth pub — the Black Horse in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire. David and Becky Salisbury have taken on...

Pub saved from change of use

09-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna

A village pub in Buckinghamshire will not be converted into a private dwelling after plans were rejected at a public meeting last week. The Bull in...

Little Gems Country Dining restructures to fund expansion

29-Oct-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire

Small operator Little Gems Country Dining has undergone a restructure and transferred its assets to a new, and as yet unnamed, company in order to...

Little Gem restructures

29-Oct-2009 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report

Steve Wilkins, the serial bar and restaurant entrepreneur, has led a restructuring of the Little Gems Country Dining business. M&C understands...

Barracuda ops director to oversee new Punch division

14-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team

Graham Jones, operations director at Barracuda, has joined Punch to oversee the roll out of Punch Pub Company's new concepts.

Award-winning licensees take on new pub

27-Aug-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire

Award-winning licensees Jane and Anthony Mears have bought the freehold of the Beckford Inn Hotel and Restaurant in Gloucestershire. The pub, near...

Award-winning licensee opens second pub

06-Apr-2009

Multiple Publican Award winner Matthew O'Keefe, licensee of the Royal Standard of England, has purchased his second pub and formed a new pub group...

The Swan

27-Mar-2008

Denham, Buckinghamshire Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) leasehold In late 2002 when David and Becky Salisbury took over the...

Food pub aims to repeat success

07-Jan-2008

The award-winning team behind the Bricklayers Arms in Flaunden, Hertfordshire aims to repeat its success at a second food-led pub.Owner Alvin...

Milton Keynes pub wins CAMRA award

06-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman

A Milton Keynes pub has beaten more than 300 others to win the 'Pub of the Year' award from the Milton Keynes and North Bucks branch of the Campaign...

Unearthing a hidden treasure

15-Feb-2007

Before the snows came and on a day of bright sun and fleecy clouds, with the Chiltern Hills dusted with frost, I drove to Buckinghamshire with my...

Canalside Lion is poised for new era

07-Sep-2006

A canal-side pub and restaurant with its own deli and café in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, has been placed on the market with the Milton Keynes office of Christie+Co.

Barracuda plans to opens 30 new sites

19-Jan-2006 By John Harrington

Managed operator Barracuda Group plans to open 30 further sites this year to nudge the estate close to 200 outlets. The move represents an investment...

Entire GK estate to joinPubwatch by year-end

24-Feb-2005

by John Harrington Greene King has vowed to get every one of its entire 600-strong estate into a Pubwatch scheme by the end of the year. The...

Home Counties: Ivy House

13-Jan-2005

Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire When Anthony and Jane Mears took over the Ivy House in 1996, their aim was to model the Chiltern pub on those...

Greene King managed hosts in Pubwatch push

09-Dec-2004

by John Harrington Greene King has started a drive to get its managed pubs involved in their local Pubwatch after a survey carried out by them...