Laine Pub Company

Laine’s flagship Brighton pub building on market

12-Mar-2024 By Gary Lloyd

The freehold site of Laine Pub Company’s flagship pub has been placed on the market – but the pubco insists the sale won’t affect the pub and it will be business as usual.

Punch announces exec team change

24-Apr-2023 By Ed Bedington

Punch Pubs & Co has announced a shake-up within its executive team, which sees a couple of changes in senior roles.

Laine also acquired by Fortress

15-Dec-2021 By Ed Bedington

The Laine Pub & Brew Co has also been snapped up by US-bank Fortress Investment Group as part of its acquisition of assets from Patron Capital & May Capital.

Tap Takeover returns to Brighton

12-Oct-2021 By Rebecca Weller

Laine Brewing Company has announced the return of the UK’s biggest city-wide beer festival in Brighton from 22 to 24 October 2021.

The MA’s review of the week

Prime Minister still ‘a bit silent’ on pub trading from 21 June

09-Apr-2021 By Ed Bedington

The Morning Advertiser editor Ed Bedington spoke with Laine Pub Company boss Gavin George to discuss the most recent on-trade news.

Laine reports losses of £8.4m

04-Sep-2020 By Finn Scott-Delany, MCA

Laine Pub Company has reported a loss after tax of £7.4m for the 50 weeks to 18 August 2019, following a profit of £1.1m in 2018.

MA500

Amazing pubs with good offers ‘not good enough’

09-Feb-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Pubs of the future will not be able to rely on looking good and providing an outstanding food and drink offer, instead they will have to give customers memorable experiences, delegates at a recent MA500 event in Cambridge heard.

Laine Pub Co acquires Distinct Group

04-Dec-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Regional brewer and operator Laine Pub Company has acquired the four-strong leasehold pub estate of the Distinct Group.

Wetherspoon stops using plastic straws

25-Sep-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Wetherspoon is the latest pub chain to stop using the eco-damaging utensils.

Turnover of largest pub groups continues to outpace inflation

23-May-2017 By Liam Coleman

The average turnover of the 50 biggest pub companies in the UK is continuing to outpace inflation.

City news

Laine Pub Co to take brewing operation "to the next level"

18-Jul-2016 By James Wallin

Laine Pub Company is to launch a full-scale brewery in Sussex as it “moves towards a more vertically integrated business”, MCA has learnt.

Craft brewers to take over Brighton pub taps for beer festival

31-Mar-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Craft brewers from across the UK are set to partner with Brighton pubs for upcoming beer festival, the Brighton Tap Takeover. 

Enterprise reveals new 'premium tenancy' agreement

22-Mar-2016 By MCA

Enterprise Inns has unveiled a new ‘premium tenancy’ agreement and announced it is partnering with Laine Pub Company in its managed division.

The Big Interview: Laine Pub Co's Gavin George

01-Oct-2015 By James Wallin

Listening to Gavin George explain how he runs The Laine Pub Company, you could be forgiven for expecting a formulaic estate of methodically operated pubs.

Campaigns

London licensee fights to revitalise high street

24-Jun-2015 By Emily Sutherland

A London licensee has urged other publicans to follow her lead by organising campaigns to help revitalise their local high streets.

MA300: Laine Pub Company's Gavin George says pubs should reflect local culture

30-Sep-2014 By James Wallin

Operators should take the time to research the culture of an area before opening a site there, according to Laine Pub Company’s Gavin George.

Snug Bars and Laine Pub Company sign up to Tax Equality Day

27-Aug-2014 By James Wallin

Multiple operators Snug bars and Laine Pub Company have agreed to take part in Tax Equality Day on Wednesday 24 September.

Investor Luke Johnson acquires stake in InnBrighton

02-Jul-2014 By John Harrington

Serial sector investor Luke Johnson’s vehicle Risk Capital Partners has invested in InnBrighton, the Brighton-based pub company, which has been renamed the Laine Pub Company, the Publican's Morning Advertiser's sister title M&C Report has...