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Orchid Group lining up to buy Premium Bars & Restaurants

08-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ

The future of Premium Bars & Restaurants (PBR), which operates more than 50 pubs and bars covering brands including the Living Room and the Bel...

'Pupils excluded from school for drinking'

02-Nov-2008

Tens of thousands of pupils are being excluded from school for drinking, according to new research which undermines the government's claims that its...

Orchid groups pubs in seven segments

14-Dec-2006 By The PMA Team

The Orchid Group, the managed operator backed by private equity firm GI Partners, is to divide its estate into seven major segments. The company,...

Orchid has the ideas to match the cash

14-Dec-2006

Many an eyebrow was raised in not-so-mild disbelief earlier this year when GI Partners splashed out £571m to buy 290 Spirit managed pubs from Punch....

City Comment: Hamish Champ

11-Sep-2006 By Hamish Champ

Has the bubble burst, or begun to deflate somewhat, on private equity involvement in the pub market? If not, has the sector at last become wise to...

Punch confirms sale of 290 pubs for £570million

08-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil

Punch Taverns has confirmed the sale of 290 former Spirit pubs for £571million to US firm GI Partners. GI Partners is understood to have beaten off...