City Pub Company

City Pub Co to double size of estate to 100 pubs

23-Sep-2021 By Michelle Perrett

City Pub Co has revealed it wants to double the size of its estate to 100 pubs focusing on a cluster strategy, Clive Watson, executive chairman has told The Morning Advertiser.

Pubs opt to continue 'relaxed' table service

16-Jul-2021 By Emily Hawkins

Almost half of The Morning Advertiser’s (MA) readers have said they will continue with table service beyond next week and the relaxation of Covid-secure trading measures.

'Change in emphasis' to boost City Pub Group expansion

13-May-2021 By Stuart Stone

City Pub Group’s executive chairman, Clive Watson, explains that the operator’s definition of ‘high quality’ pub opportunities has changed slightly as the Group emerges from lockdown.

City Pub Group ‘significantly improved over the past year’ despite 57% revenue drop

11-May-2021 By Stuart Stone

Despite pandemic restrictions hitting its revenue for £34.2m in the 52 weeks ended 27 December 2020, City Pub Group is in an ‘excellent position’ as the country reopens according to its executive chairman.

Jobs round-up

City Pub Group increases Mosaic stake, Risk appoints Curious senior team

29-Apr-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

The past week has seen Risk Capital Partners make senior hires at Curious Brewery, while City Pub Group has acquired more shares in the Galaxy, Pioneer and Sovereign City Pub Companies.

Jobs round-up

Marston’s CEO to step down, new City Pub Group director

11-Mar-2021 By Stuart Stone

This week’s round-up includes news that Marston’s CEO Ralph Findlay is to leave his role after 20 years, City Pub Group has hired a former Walmart boss, and the founder of Seafood Pub Company is to lead a new Oakman division.

The MA’s Review of the Week

‘Forget’ overseas tourists this summer

12-Feb-2021 By Ed Bedington

The Morning Advertiser's Ed Bedington speaks with City Pub Group chairman Clive Watson to reflect on some of the week's biggest headlines.

City Pub Group chiefs defer 25% of salary until pubs reopen

26-Jan-2021 By Stuart Stone

The operator of 48 pubs across southern England and Wales reported that revenue for the 52 weeks to 27 December plummeted from £60m to £25.7m – a 57% dive.

City Pub Group revenue recovers to ‘around 80%’ of pre-lockdown levels

30-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

The City Pub Group's chairman has lauded the operator’s ‘encouraging’ post-lockdown performance after revenues bounced back from a 55% hit taken during 15 weeks of enforced closure.

City Pub Group ‘in excellent shape’ to reopen sites post-lockdown

12-Jun-2020 By Stuart Stone

The City Pub Group has announced that it is well-placed to reopen "a reset, more efficient, streamlined business" post-lockdown after announcing strong trading performance during 2019.

City Pub Group subdued results down to ‘political uncertainty’

13-Jan-2020 By Emily Hawkins

The City Pub Group has warned its profits have been hit by a cocktail of external factors, including consumer uncertainty about politics and bad weather at the tail end of the year.

Beer

City Pub Co supports Redemption Brewery for Small Business Saturday

17-Nov-2016 By James Evison

The City Pub Company is getting behind Small Business Saturday by supporting a local north London-based brewery.

EU Referendum

Clive Watson on Brexit: "The trade would suffer"

09-May-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

A pub entrepreneur believes we should remain in the EU as the hospitality sector will suffer.

Summer of Sport

Staff-time pep talk: 5 top tips on building a winning team

04-May-2016 By Emily Sutherland

Big crowds and a busy bar can put extra pressure on staff, so they need to be prepared for the challenges ahead. Here are five top tips on building a winning team 

City Pub Company

Cambridge college 'strongly opposed' to third City Pub Company site

05-Jun-2015 By Emily Sutherland

The City Pub Company is facing heated opposition from Cambridge University after bidding on a site opposite student bedrooms.

My pub

The Three Blackbirds in Woodditton

18-May-2015 By Michelle Perrett

The Three Blackbirds in Woodditton, near Newmarket, was purchased last year by farmer Guy Taylor, who has made some dramatic changes to his local pub.

Chefs

Fuller's chef joins City Pub Companies

14-Apr-2015 By Jo Bruce

Pub companies City Pub Company East & City Pub Company West have appointed a new executive chef.

City Pub Co EBITDA nears £1m in 'transformational' year

06-Jun-2014 By John Harrington

City Pub Company, the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)-backed operator, has reported EBITDA of £912,166 in a “transformational” year to 29 December.

The Big Interview: Clive Watson, City Pub Company

03-Dec-2013 By Mike Berry

Entrepreneur Clive Watson has an enviable record of founding and selling pubcos – and his latest venture, City Pub Company, is shaping up very well so far. Mike Berry finds out what fuels Watson’s vision.

City Pub Company aims for seven new sites after £10m fundraising drive

21-Nov-2013 By John Harrington

City Pub Company, the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)-funded pub operator, expects turnover to reach £7m in 2013 and is targeting seven acquisitions under its new £10m fundraising drive, co-founder Clive Watson has said.

City Pub Co appoints chief executives and buys three new pubs

07-May-2013 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

City Pub Company, the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)-funded pub operator founded by Clive Watson and David Bruce, has appointed chief executives to its two operational arms, so far raised £9.6m through its most recent round of fundraising and acquired...

City Pub Company unveils £10m funds bid

25-Oct-2012 By M&C Report

City Pub Company, the Enterprise Investment Scheme-funded pub operator, is to launch its next fund-raising bid in early 2013 to raise £10m for further expansion, co-founder Clive Watson has told M&C Report.

The Big Interview: David Bruce, City Pub Company

17-Jul-2012 By Phil Mellows

For some reason that now escapes me, having carried our desserts across the level crossing, David Bruce and I are eating them off pub crockery balanced on some sort of electrical junction box at Kintbury railway station, eastbound platform, in Berkshire.

City Pub Company secures two more sites ahead of £8m expansion push

20-Jun-2012

City Pub Company has secured two more sites as it prepares to launch a fresh round of fund-raising to generate c.£8m for further expansion, the PMA's sister title M&C Report has learnt.

City Pub Co buys first three pubs

21-Mar-2012 By John Harrington, M&C Report

City Pub Company, the new Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) funded venture from serial entrepreneurs David Bruce and Clive Watson, has acquired its first three pubs for circa £3.5m.

More small-scale pubcos use EIS

30-Jan-2012 By John Harrington

Increasing numbers of small-scale pub operators are setting up new companies via funding from the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).

Roberts joins Watson and Bruce in new pubco ventures

14-Dec-2011 By Adam Pescod

John Roberts, the former managing director of the Fuller’s Beer Company, has become a founder investor and non-executive director of two new pub companies alongside pub entrepreneurs David Bruce and Clive Watson.

Feed off big boys' ingenuity

03-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team

Pubs can capitalise on the fact that it's good value, and more convenient, for punters to venture out to eat than dine at home, says The PMA Team.

Town and City launches own chef schools

14-Feb-2011 By Jo Bruce

Town and City Pub Company, operators of Yates's and Slug and Lettuce has launched its own chef schools. The two schools offer chefs and kitchen...

Pub regular helps licensee win pie competition

21-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit

A Liverpool pub won Town and City Pub Company's 2011 Pie Competition thanks to the help of a regular. Customer and amateur cook Gill Armstrong...

Pubs slash meal prices to beat January blues

07-Jan-2011 By Jo Bruce

Pub operators have launched a range of January food offers to help drive post-Christmas sales. Town & City Pub Company brand Yates' is offering...

Ian Payne quits as Town & City/Bay Restaurant chairman

30-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ

Ian Payne has resigned as chairman of the Town & City Pub Company and Bay Restaurant Group with immediate effect. Payne, who according to a...

Town and City rewards top managers

22-Nov-2010 By Gurjit Degun

Town and City Pub Company has rewarded 16 of its managers with a four-day trip to New York for "impressive sales" after the World Cup. The pubs...

Exclusive: Slow progress on Stonegate/Town & City merger

15-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team

Talks over merging Stonegate Pub Company with Town & City Pub Company are making very slow progress, sources indicate. Stonegate, backed by...

City Diary — 19 August

19-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team

All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.

Town & City Pub Co reaps rewards from value-for-money deals

04-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ

Offering competitive food and drink deals to cash-strapped customers helped Town & City Pub Company (T&C) drive like-for-like turnover up by...

Town & City trials new look for Slug & Lettuce

27-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ

Town & City Pub Company (T&C) is trialling a new look for some of its Slug & Lettuce bar restaurants after a successful refit of its...

MA200 finalists revealed

08-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team

The shortlisted finalists for the MA200 awards for multi-site managed pub companies have been unveiled. In the Best Food Offer category, Anglian...

Town & City re-opens two pubs

07-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team

Town and City Pub Company has converted a former Hogs Head in Liverpool and a Litten Tree in Old Street, London, into two traditional style pubs....

Flagship London Yates's to re-open

26-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney

Yates's flagship London pub in Leicester Square is set to re-open this week, following a refurbishment. The Town & City Pub Company outlet will...

Town & City embraces Sky's 3DTV

26-Mar-2010

Town & City Pub Company has installed Sky's new 3D system into 20 of its pubs. The pub chain says it will show big Barclays Premier League games...

Pub Bitch: Mint club flirts with ASA, Dusanj bros, Ronnie O'Sullivan, and the big breakfast mystery

08-Jan-2010

Classy establishment Walking the 'decency tightrope' can prove a little difficult with advertisements. But sometimes there's just no excuse. Leeds...

Payne: beer tie not terminal

30-Oct-2009 By Tamara Sender, M&C Report

Bay Restaurant Group and of Town & City Pub Company chairman Ian Payne said he believes the beer tie is not the problem.

Town & City Pub Company restructures

30-Jul-2009 By Tamara Sender, M&C Report

Commerzbank has acquired an equity stake in Town & City Pub Company from Kaupthing, the state-controlled Icelandic bank.

'Recession hits pubco shares'

14-Aug-2008

The Bank of England's warning that Britain is on the verge of a recession has hit pub and leisure shares. Enterprise Inns tumbled 43¼ to 342¾p....

My pub juke box

24-Apr-2008

Ian Payne Chairman of Bay Restaurant Group and Town & City Pub Company, chooses his favourite tracks First record bought: Twisting the Night Away...