29-May-2008 By Tamara Sender, M&C Report
Charles Wells Pub Company is looking to more than double its existing estate in France to 10 sites within the next three years. The group currently...
Wells' long-term boost for Mercury
24-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team
Tamworth-based multiple Mercury Inns has re-opened the Old Coach House in Ashby St Ledgers, Daventry, Northants, in a joint investment with Charles...
Charles Wells picks up top business award
17-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Charles Wells has been named private company of the year in the 2007 Business Weekly Awards for East Anglia. In the last year, the parent company of...
Charles Wells profits hit as costs take their toll
24-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Reorganisation costs and rising raw material prices combined to dent Charles Wells' profitability in 2007.But despite a 17 per cent drop in pre-tax...
Profit on a plate
17-Jan-2008
First-time foodie Jo-Ann Neal tells Lucy Britner how she and her husband Kelvin introduced food at their Lincolnshire pub, the Vine Jo-Ann Neal is...
Hamish Champ: "The French, pubs and darts
02-Dec-2007 By Hamish Champ
A glass of claret or a pint of cask ale? Fois gras or bangers and mash? Arsene Wegner or Sam Allardyce? The stark differences between the French and...
The English Beer Revolution
29-Oct-2007 By Hamish Champ
On entering the director's boardroom of Charles Wells there is no escaping the beady eye of the man who founded the Bedford brewer in 1846, the...
MyShout
23-Aug-2007
Room for improvement? Colin Wellstead looks at the increasing popularity of letting rooms
Wells taps into beer portfolio
24-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Charles Wells Pub Company is capitalising on access to an enhanced beer portfolio by launching a "speciality beer house" in partnership with one of...
24-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Charles Wells Pub Company is capitalising on access to an enhanced beer portfolio by launching a "speciality beer house" in partnership with one of...
Profits surge at Charles Wells
25-Jan-2007 By Andrew Pring andrew.pring@william-reed.co.uk
Charles Wells' pre-tax profits rose an impressive 44% to £9.9m last year compared to £6.9m the year before. The Bedford brewer and pub company saw...
28-Sep-2006
"An elegant solution" was the reaction of Alistair Darby, head of Wolverhampton & Dudley's beer and brands, when Young's announced it would be...
28-Sep-2006 By Andrew Pring
The new Wells & Young's Brewing Company starts trading next Monday with plans to increase combined barrelage by 20,000 to well over 500,000...
So, farewell Young's
04-Sep-2006
As I write this nearly a hundred employees at Young's Brewery have received their letters of redundancy. Soon, the brewery will come to a shuddering...
15-Jun-2006 By John Harrington
Pub companies are having to second guess the smoking ban guidance as they look to adapt their pubs for the ban. Charles Wells is to trial different...
The Drinks Editor says...
01-Jun-2006
I'm not sure the beer and pub fraternity has cottoned on to how big a story the merger of Charles Wells and Young's brewing concerns actually is....
Wells and Young's: good news for licensees
25-May-2006
Licensees look set to be the big winners from the brewing and brands merger between Young's and Charles Wells' breweries last week.Production is to...
23-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has expressed its shock and disappointment at the news Young's is to close its Ram brewery in Wandsworth.
23-May-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Young's and Charles Wells are to merge brewing operations to form a new company called Wells and Young's. The move clears the way for Young's to sell...
09-Feb-2006 By The PMA Team
Bedford-based brewer Charles Wells has set a target of increasing its pub estate by 20% by September 2008.
Charles Wells to offer franchise agreements
01-Dec-2005
by John Harrington Bedford pub operator Charles Wells is offering all new and existing licensees the chance to become franchisees after a successful...
Charles Wells boss hits out at clubs exemption
03-Nov-2005
by Ewan Turney Bedford brewer and operator Charles Wells has blasted the Government for giving private clubs a smoke-ban exemption and forecast a...
Cricket - the game for brewers and the MA
15-Sep-2005
England's Ashes joy this summer, in case you're the only one who hasn't noticed, has been played out against a backdrop of Red Stripe billboards at...
Nigel McNally
28-Jul-2005
Charles Wells If cask ale is the quintessential English drink, then Charles Wells has been very clever in associating its Bombardier cask bitter with...
Summer of Sport: Driving forces
12-May-2005
Phil Mellows looks at how to enhance your Formula One coverage and how to enjoy the summer weather even when there's a match on TV.Formula One motor...
Charles Wells gives staff cash after £3m windfall
03-Feb-2005
by The PMA Team Bedford brewer and retailer Charles Wells has given its entire staff an extra week's pay after a windfall profit of £3.1m with the...
Six Nations preview: A team effort
14-Jan-2005
Let the big brands help you bring the rugby to life. By Phil Mellows.Big drinks brands are throwing their weight into the Six Nations scrum like...
Charles Wells' new £1.5m Eagle Centre is symbolic of the gia
22-Apr-2004
Visit the Charles Wells brewery and the first thing you might notice is a modern steel and glass complex that wouldn't shame the swankiest City...
Charles Wells recognised at CBI Awards
05-Dec-2003
It was close but in the end there was no cigar: brewer Charles Wells narrowly missed out last night in the CBI / Real Business Growing Business...
Reaching for the stars
03-Dec-2003
From 450 entries, Charles Wells is now on a five-strong shortlist for the CBI/Real Business Growing Business Awards 2003. Paul Wells tells Mark...
Rugby fans catch on to TV bashing tactic
30-Oct-2003
It seems Charles Wells is not alone with its idea of encouraging English fans to throw objects at the television set whenever opponents have the...
Red Stripe heads for the surf
08-May-2003
Red Stripe, a lager that has long been associated with students and musicians, hopes to boost its "cool" credentials and widen its appeal through...
Karaoke nights: The show must go on
16-Apr-2003
Karaoke is a guaranteed success, says Phil Mellows.By the end of the show the pub was a hot terrine of 200 sweating bodies pressed against the stage,...
Life in the
27-Mar-2003
fast lane A classic case of being the right man at the right time has seen Nigel McNally become a rising star at Charles Wells. Mike Bennett reports...
Charles Wells hosts are Star performers
06-Feb-2003
Charles Wells has hosted its annual Eagle Star Awards night, aimed at recognising and rewarding the best licensees throughout the Bedford brewer's...
Once-troubled brewer Charles Wells is convinced a fairer dea
17-Oct-2002
Anthony Wallis, retail director of Charles Wells, is refreshingly honest about the problems that beset the Bedford brewer and pubco a couple of years...
Family fortunes
19-Jul-2002
With ready-mix cocktails, mini casks and banana beer, Charles Wells is making a brave move away from traditional brewing. By Lorna HarrisonImages...
New advertising campaign for Bombardier takes the biscuit
07-Mar-2002
Charles Wells has stepped up support for its Bombardier brand with the launch of a new advertising campaign.The Bedford-based brewer's crusade to...
Charles Wells and the Queen's Award for Export
26-Jun-2000
Charles Wells has won the Queen's Award for Export. We attended the presentation ceremony. Charles Wells is one of the biggest independent brewers in...
Charles Wells shows its true international class
14-Feb-2000
With an international chain of pubs, licences for Japanese, Jamaican and Mexican lagers, and stakes in top music venues, Charles Wells is a family...
Change of sales strategy for Charles Wells
16-Feb-1998
Bedford brewer Charles Wells has been feeling the squeeze as a result of the influx of cheap imports. Lorna Harrison discovers how the company is...
