Dividend

Government launches scheme to encourage residents to buy shares in local pub

09-Oct-2012 By Gurjit Degun

The Government is helping to save local pubs by launching a new scheme to help residents claim a stake and become part-owners of local assets.

Restaurant Group refinances on sales uplift

10-Nov-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

The Restaurant Group (TRG), owner of the Brunning & Price pub chain, Frankie and Benny’s and Chiquito brands, has completed a refinancing exercise that has given the business a new five-year, £140m bank facility.

Capital: London pub market remains strong

18-Apr-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Capital Pub Company, the London-based pub group, has reported a 24% increase in revenue for the year to 26 March 2011, driven by organic growth in...

Mitchells & Butlers posts 26 per cent profits rise

23-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ

High profile TV ad campaigns for a number of its pub brands have helped managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) post a 26 per cent...

Pre-tax profit up 7.3% at Wetherspoons

10-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report

JDW has this morning unveiled record sales of £996.3m and a 7.3% increase in profit before tax and exceptional items of £71m, up from £66.2m.

Greene King to raise £207m via rights issue

23-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ

Suffolk brewer Greene King has announced plans to raise more than £200m through issuing new shares to investors.The group said it was issuing nearly...

Capital Pub Company suspends dividends for shareholders

01-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ

London pub group Capital Pub Company (CPC) is the latest operator to declare it is suspending dividend payments to shareholders in order to shore up...

MyShout

04-Oct-2007

The smoking ban presents an opportunity to attract potential pub-goers, says David Elliott I was lucky enough to be able to buy a couple of tickets...

West Country

18-Jan-2007

Peter and Angela Gatling Merry Harriers, Clayhidon, Devon Peter and Angela Gatling had specific ideas on the type of freehouse they wanted to run....

M&B estate valued at £5.5bn

31-Aug-2006

Rising property prices have pushed the value of Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) estate to more than £5.5bn.The UK's biggest managed pub group,...

JDW out of ideas' analyst claims

28-Oct-2004

by The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon, which is due to give a trading update next week, may well report its first ever six-month period of static sales...

Market forces?

12-Dec-2003

We ask which companies will be winners in 2004.As former Aussie rugby union ace David Campese can testify, trying to pick winners is a sport littered...