07-Jun-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
A second package of former Laurel Pub Company pubs comprising 21 town centre sites has been placed on the market as freehold investment...
11-Apr-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Over 80 properties that were part of the former Laurel Pub Company are set to come to the market over the next 12 months as investment opportunities....
09-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
High-street consolidation is back on the cards — but does it make sense, asks MA editor The PMA Team.
Government considers crackdown on pre-pack administrations
22-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
The government is considering a crackdown on the practice of 'pre-pack administrations', which sees businesses that have collapsed, often owing...
10-Dec-2009 By The PMA Team
Town & City Pub Company, which operates the Yates's chain, reported a "very successful" first 11 trading months, qualified by exceptional...
17-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Breakfast sales at Town & City pubs have increased 479% since the company emerged from the pre-pack administration of Laurel Pub Company in early...
17-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon is to re-open another former Laurel Pub Company site — the White Swan in Portsmouth. The venue, which was called the Muddy Duck and...
2008 - A Year To Forget?
10-Jan-2009 By Hamish Champ
Few in the pub and brewing sectors will forget 2008. Rising beer duty, higher energy bills and an economy headed for the U-bend merely fuelled what...
Tchenguiz buys another 80 former Laurel sites
13-Aug-2008
The former owner of the defunct Laurel Pub Company, Robert Tchenguiz, has bought back another 80 sites through his newly-formed Town & City Pub...
Sale of Laurel sites slow going
19-Jun-2008 By The PMA Team
Wetherspoon is only buyer so far Sources close to the administration process at Laurel Pub Company expect to sell only a fraction of the 90 sites....
12-Jun-2008 By The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon has added a fifth site to the four it has already acquired from the 90 or so Laurel Pub Company sites in administration. The company...
JDW picks the bones
05-Jun-2008
JD Wetherspoon benefits from the high street end game, says The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has been, historically, unique in plumping for organic...
Andrew Meadowcroft: So much to focus on
21-Apr-2008
The gods have not been smiling on our pubs since I last wrote. The Budget did the industry no favours, the weather across the UK over the Easter...
Tchenguiz pumps in £50m
03-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team
Tycoon acquires Laurel assets with new equity Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz placed Laurel Pub Company in administration last Thursday, before...
The agent Neil Morgan, Head of pubs, Christie+Co
03-Apr-2008
The news that Laurel Pub Company, owned by Robert Tchenguiz, has called in insolvency specialist Kroll to handle a "pre-packaged" administration is a...
28-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz placed Laurel Pub Company in administration last night before immediately buying out the majority of its sites to be...
27-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Industry rumours suggest Laurel will split into two companies
New groups buy Laurel Pub Company operations
27-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Laurel Pub Company owner Robert Tchenguiz has put the group into administration and two new companies have immediately repurchased 293 sites. The two...
27-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
MA deputy editor The PMA Team considers the savage shake-out on the high street
Administration for Laurel just days away
20-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Laurel Pub Company is poised to enter a controlled administration after opting to close another 60 high-street pubs. The move means the company has...
Business Opinion
20-Mar-2008 By with The PMA Team
Budget turns the screws on tenants Last week's Budget saw the Government placing a very hard kick in the sector's soft parts. The decision will...
'Robert Tchenguiz to call in administrators'
19-Mar-2008
Robert Tchenguiz, the Iranian property tycoon, is to put his Laurel pub company into administration in a move likely to spark anger among landlords,...
'Laurel Pub Company to call in administrators'
18-Mar-2008
Robert Tchenguiz, the property entrepreneur, is poised to place his entire Laurel Pub Company in the hands of administrators after failing to find...
Laurel Pub Company considers administration
18-Mar-2008
The owner of Laurel Pub Company is reported to be ready to call in the administrators for the whole group after failing to sell 95 loss-making pubs,...
Back to Basics: Preventing underage drinking
18-Mar-2008
Beating the problem of serving to underage drinkers is a top priority for licensees - especially since the recently announced government plan to...
Laurel Pub Company closes 60 pubs
17-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Laurel Pub Company has today closed 60 of the 65 trading pubs it has on the market.A spokesman for the group, owned by property tycoon Robert...
Good month bad month
01-Mar-2008
Good month for... Grilling: Orchid and Spirit Group launch new grill concepts with a focus on top quality British meat and fish. Both companies...
27-Feb-2008 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Laurel has instructed agents to sell almost 100 wet-led leasehold pubs
Laurel Pub Company puts 94 sites on the market
26-Feb-2008 By Hamish Champ
In an anticipated move, Laurel Pub Company has put 94 of its struggling leasehold sites on the market.The properties predominantly include wet-led...
Burdens and shocks
25-Feb-2008 By Hamish Champ
Despite seeing his 550p a share bid for Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) politely but firmly escorted out of the room a couple of years ago, it...
21-Feb-2008 By The PMA Team
MA deputy editor The PMA Team gives expert commentary on the Laurel controlled administration Laurel Pub Company is pondering the best way to ditch...
21-Feb-2008 By The PMA Team
Robert Tchenguiz's Laurel Pub Company is to close 22 pubs next week
Business Opinion
21-Feb-2008 By with The PMA Team
Laurel's slippery slope of toxic leases Laurel Pub Company is pondering the best way to ditch its toxic leases, which are bleeding cash. A controlled...
18-Feb-2008 By The PMA Team
Laurel considers controlled administration
Equipment focus: Quick, quick flow
15-Feb-2008
LAUREL PUB Company has put an increased focus on food in its 460-strong town-centre pubs and bars over the past two years, through a major upgrading...
17-Jan-2008 By The PMA Team
All the latest City Gossip
Laurel in talks with banks about debt
13-Nov-2007 By The PMA Team
Discussions are underway between Laurel Pub Company and its banks with a view to restructuring the company's borrowing facilities. The company made...
Laurel float in 2008?
08-Nov-2007 By The PMA Team
Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz is looking to chop his Laurel Pub Company in half towards the end of next year and float the food-led division. The...
Refurb and Interiors: Table service
31-Oct-2007
ANDREW GORDON was nervous. He was in a basement with five other contestants awaiting his turn on hit BBC show Dragons' Den. Standing at the bottom of...
City diary
11-Oct-2007 By The PMA Team
Dome is sound home for Slug No one could have known whether the new 02 concert venue on the site of the Millennium Dome would be a good place to site...
29-Aug-2007 By Mark Stretton
Julian Sargeson, the former Laurel Pub Company chief executive, is to take the helm at Herald Inns & Bars. He will join the 40-strong managed...
Laurel acts early on smoke-ban schedule
25-Jan-2007 By The PMA Team
Managed operator Laurel Pub Company expects to have about 50 non-smoking pubs before the ban is introduced in England on 1 July. The company, owned...
Calm after the storm spurs Laurel's growth
25-Jan-2007
It looks like a corner has been turned at Laurel Pub Company, the high-street operator with an estate of just under 400 venues. It's been a...
East and West Midlands
11-Jan-2007
Litten Tree Hereford, Herefordshire Value for money and attention to detail are the watchwords at the Litten Tree in Hereford. It's a policy that's...
Laurel renames Ha! Ha! to suit clientele
16-Nov-2006 By The PMA Team
Laurel Pub Company, the managed division of Robert Tchenguiz's pub empire, is undertaking a re-branding tweak at three of Ha! Ha! Bar & Canteen...
Laurel Pub Company managers hit Rio
30-Oct-2006
A group of Laurel Pub Company managers are setting off for the trip of a lifetime to the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.The 14 managers have won all...
27-Oct-2006 By Ewan Turney
Laurel Pub Company has appointed Chris Keen as chief financial officer and Steve Rogers as managing director of Ha! Ha! Bar & Canteen. The...
Talks to sell end as Laurel restructures
05-Oct-2006 By The PMA Team
Laurel Pub Company has signalled the end of talks to sell as many as 150 sites by re-structuring its business. The company had been involved in...
Laurel Pub Company gets its second major shake-up in a year
28-Sep-2006 By Hamish Champ
Laurel Pub Company's new chief executive Paul Symonds has revealed details of the pub and bar group's second major divisional overhaul in less than a...
25-Aug-2006 By The PMA Team
Laurel Pub Company, the managed pub operator owned by Robert Tchenguiz, has confirmed it has been talking to a large number of companies about a...
