Eldridge Pope

Marston's LFLs up 7% and food up 14%

28-Mar-2007

Midlands brewer and pub operator announces trading statement

One man's business genius is another's asset stripper, it would seem

02-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ

Last week's news that Marston's had bought EP - formerly Eldridge Pope - came as these here pages were already winging their way to our printers....

Eldridge Pope sale nets Cannon £40m

01-Feb-2007 By The PMA Team

Serial pub entrepreneur Michael Cannon has netted as much as £40m after selling Eldridge Pope to Marston's for £155.1m. Cannon, who paid £84m for...

Marston's identifies right fit to lift quality

01-Feb-2007

Marston's, unveiling pub acqusition deals with Eldridge Pope and Sovereign Inns this week, has broken, albeit temporarily, the 2,500 pub barrier (558...

Pinstripe: Smoking. Yes it's bad for you, but I love it

26-Jan-2007

Smoking stuff in a bit.First...farewell then Eldridge Pope. News of the £155m deal, which broke yesterday, reached me as I was attempting to drive...

Marston's acquires Eldridge Pope for £155.1m

25-Jan-2007 By Mark Wingett

Marston's has acquired Eldridge Pope, the bar and pub operator, from Michael Cannon, for £155.1m.

Cannon turns loss into profit at Eldridge Pope

09-Feb-2006 By The PMA Team

Entrepreneur Michael Cannon has made great strides at Eldridge Pope

Cannon: spending to accumulate at Pope

09-Jun-2005

When entrepreneur Michael Cannon bought Eldridge Pope last October his team began an immediate refurbishment programme. The PMA Team met operations...

A very public affair

04-Oct-2004

The City's short-termism has forced a number of publicly-listed pubcos to turn private, as John Porter reports.The City, they say, can be a harsh...

Why did Eldridge Pope give up hope?

23-Sep-2004

A few weeks ago I was on a train to Weymouth. It's a trip I have made many times and I have always looked up when the train stops at Dorchester, for...

Cannon buys Eldridge Pope

23-Sep-2004

Entrepreneur Michael Cannon has won his battle to take control of troubled West Country pub retailer Eldridge Pope. Cannon's offer of 171p per share...

Police launch shatterproof glass campaign after attack

09-Jun-2004

Eldridge Pope is to start using shatterproof glasses in all its late-night venues following the blinding of a 21-year-old girl in one of its...

Pope in Cannon's sights?

19-Feb-2004

The stock market expects take-over action to resume at Eldridge Pope, once a famous brewer, now a struggling bar-and-pub chain. Its shares are among...

Eldridge Pope looks to reverse declines

11-Dec-2003

by The PMA Team Business at Eldridge Pope's Toad brand and its other high-street bars in October and November was 9.3% lower than the year before....

Pope takes a tumble

02-Oct-2003

With the stock market still happy to toast traditional pub-owning brewers, I wonder if the Pope family, which for years successfully conducted the...

New blow hits Eldridge Pope as chairman steps down

24-Sep-2003

Eldridge Pope has announced that chairman Christopher Pope is stepping down due to ill health. The news comes at the same time as Jersey-based pub...

In the spotlight

05-Sep-2003

Mark Stretton meets Eldridge Pope's chief executive Susan Barratt who has been pushed on to centre stage by a series of takeover threats since taking...

Pub entrepreneur Michael Cannon bid scuppered

29-Aug-2003

Pub entrepreneur Michael Cannon has fallen short of his target of acquiring 29.9 per cent of Dorset pubco Eldridge Pope (EP).Mr Cannon's takeover...

Pope rejects CI Traders' bid

28-Aug-2003

West Country pub operator Eldridge Pope has rejected a takeover proposal from Channel Islands-based CI Traders. The Eldridge Pope directors rebuffed...

What the Sunday papers said

26-Aug-2003

The Mail on SundayThe 'ladette' culture of binge drinking has been blamed for a shocking surge in the number of young women being knocked down and...

Pope says no to Cannon overture

21-Aug-2003

by MA Reporter West Country pub retailer Eldridge Pope has urged shareholders to reject an attempt by serial entrepreneur Michael Cannon to build a...

Cannon makes a move on Eldridge

14-Aug-2003

by David Castle Eldridge Pope is said to have been caught "unawares" by pub entrepreneur Michael Cannon's bid to increase his stake in the company to...

Toad's in a hole

23-Apr-2003

Many pub operators have flirted with the idea of a high street bar chain, but Eldridge Pope's Toad concept is an example not to follow, says Mark...

Eldridge Pope fear after poor trading

28-Feb-2003

Eldridge Pope may be forced to consider a break up of its pub estate because of tough trading conditions.Shares in the Dorchester-based pub operator...

Eldridge Pope ready to expand

12-Dec-2001

Eldridge Pope has transformed itself from brewer to dedicated pub operator and is ready to expand. Chief executive Mike Johnson said the company had...

Whitbread boss to take over at Eldridge Pope

18-Jun-2001

Pub operator Eldridge Pope has brought in a former Whitbread restaurants boss to replace chief executive Peter Phillipson.Michael Johnson, 45, has...

Pope grows with hotel acquisition

13-Jun-2001

Dorset-based pub operator Eldridge Pope is continuing with plans to expand the accommodation side of its business with the acquisition of a new hotel...

Bigger pubs push up Eldridge Pope sales

23-May-2001

Average sales at Eldridge Pope's outlets are being driven upwards by selling smaller pubs and buying bigger food-led operations.The weekly figure of...