There are no signs of short-term post-Brexit woes in the pub property market, as figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker show that pub and restaurant sales have increased in July 2016 compared to July 2015.
The Cornwall Project has re-opened Fitzrovia pub the Newman Arms, with the aim of turning it into a “classic West End boozer” with a menu showcasing high quality Cornish produce.
Stonegate, the managed pub and bar operator, is looking to nearly double the size of its Slug & Lettuce estate and is believed to have earmarked a further 65 sites for the brand across the UK.
Intertain has put Walkabout in Shepherd’s Bush, west London, onto the market, with the aim of using the proceeds to kick-start its acquisition programme and fund the remainder of its refurbishments.
JD Wetherspoon will have to increase prices as one response to rising costs that are affecting the company, chairman Tim Martin has told the Publican's Morning Advertiser's sister title M&C Report.
Cocktail bar chain Be At One has firmed up its pipeline of openings for the next few months, after securing its fourth site in a matter of weeks in Islington.
A property agent has hit out at property developers who are trying to push out their pub tenants by increasing the rent, upping the wholesale price of tied products, or supplying substitute products that do not suit the customers.
The plans by the Government to ease planning restrictions are to be eased temporarily should be viewed as good news and an opportunity for pubs, according to a leading advisor.
An operator has given up running pubs to set up a training and recruitment firm after being frustrated with a lack of quality employees provided by agencies.
