Buckinghamshire

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.

First Greene Room for No Saints

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

No Saints, the bar and restaurant group run by ex-Luminar boss Stephen Thomas opened its first site under its cabaret concept — the Greene Room —...

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...

Brakspear up 12% after pub reopenings

08-Feb-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Brakspear has attributed a 12% increase in turnover in the final quarter of 2010 on the previous year to the reopening of several "high-trading"...

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...