Floor

Pub hunt: pubs in London

07-Dec-2015 By Ben Winstanley

Pub hunt this week seeks out pubs across London. 

Advice

Legal Q&A: changing floor layouts

02-Nov-2015 By Poppleston Allen

This week's legal Q&A focuses on minor floors and variations of licence. 

Pub Awards: Best Turnaround Pub – The Study Room, Lancaster

10-Sep-2015 By PMA

The Study Room’s owner Mick Horan has had years of experience in hospitality, most recently in the Living Room group. Together with his wife Laura they launched The Study Room in April 2014 to great success.

Operators

Publican Awards 2015 winner to open new venue in Liverpool

15-Jun-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

New World Trading Company (NWTC), the Chris Hill-led group, is set to open new bar and restaurant concept the Club House on Liverpool ONE’s Chavasse Park.

Law firm says applications can succeed in saturation zones

18-Aug-2014 By James Wallin

A law firm is celebrating success in a rare case of a licence being granted in a ‘saturation zone’ despite objections by the police.

City Pub Company snaps up another two sites

03-Apr-2014 By John Harrington

City Pub Company has continued its expansion with the acquisition of a flagship Brighton pub for £4.5m and the leasehold of a west London site.

Blackpool Walkabout re-opens after fire

04-Nov-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

The Walkabout bar in Blackpool city-centre has re-opened after it was destroyed by a fire earlier this year.

M&B opens landmark Toby/Harvester sites

22-Dec-2011 By Mark Wingett

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has opened the first dual-branded and combined sites under its Harvester and Toby Carvery brands and is set to launch its first Toby Sandwich Express unit.

ETM enters West End with ninth site

07-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

London-based gastropub company ETM Group has taken on its ninth venue, which will be its first in the West End.

Loungers continues expansion drive

14-Mar-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Loungers, the Bristol-based pub and bar group, has opened its 17th site and confirmed it has a further seven openings in the pipeline. The group,...

Cockburns open second gastropub

07-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Tim and Nic Cockburn opened their second gastropub in London's Mill Hill Village at the beginning of December. They took on a lease at the Adam and...

£1m refurb for Cubitt's Orange

11-Nov-2009 By Gemma McKenna

Upmarket pub operator Cubitt House has just opened its third site, the Orange in London's Belgravia, following a £1m refurbishment. Owners Barry...

S&NPE selling landmark London pub

30-Jul-2009 By Gemma McKenna

Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises is selling the freehold of landmark Thames-side pub the Star & Garter for an asking price of £4m. The...

Jokers paint pub pink .. and send landlord a bill

30-Mar-2009

A historic pub was given an overnight makeover - and the landlord is far from tickled pink. Pranksters turned up in the dead of night and transformed...

Fired up into action

13-Aug-2008

Publicans hoping to develop new business ideas may find a visit to the National Licensed Business Show (NLBS) helpful. For Robert Stratford, his trip...

Falkland Arms

27-Mar-2008

Great Tew, Oxfordshire Wadworth managed house The Falkland Arms in rural Oxfordshire is a picturesque 16th-century building that remains a vibrant...

Legal advice: Guarding against slipping and tripping

13-Jun-2007

Statistics show slipping and tripping to be the single most common cause of injuries in UK workplaces.During 2006, slips and trips resulted in:-...

Pick of the pubs

05-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore

The Anchor Inn is a 16th-century pub in the village of Harland on the North Devon coastline. It has two bars, a separate 54-cover restaurant or...

Property round-up

12-Apr-2005

Oddy's in Stratford-Upon-Avon (right), is reputed to have been the place where the local free-masons used to meet. The premises is now up for sale....

Property briefs

10-Sep-2003

Fleurets is handling the sale of Rosie McCanns, a traditional-style pub in Holloway, London. The property is a three-storey semi-detached building...

How venue is a quay attraction

13-Feb-2003

An acclaimed wine bar and restaurant overlooking Hamble Quay in the Hampshire coastal yachting village of Hamble is for sale. The Key and Bar Du Port...

Property briefs

11-Nov-2002

The former Abbaye Bar and Brasserie in Canal Street, Manchester, is up for sale following a rationalisation of owning company Tragus Holdings. The...