Mergers And Acquisitions

Pub sales volumes up more than 100%

20-Jan-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Transaction volumes for the pub sector rose by 103% in 2021, a new report from business property adviser Christie & Co has revealed.

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.

Portobello snaps up former Antic pubs

08-Nov-2021 By Ed Bedington

Portobello Brewery has announced the acquisition of 12 freehold pubs it had been managing across the London area.

The MA's Review of the Week

‘People have to recognise when costs go up, so do prices’

29-Oct-2021 By Ed Bedington

The Morning Advertiser's Ed Bedington caught up with Blind Tiger's Chris Tulloch to pick apart some of the bigger headlines of the week, from the budget to latest mergers.

CMA greenlights revised Heineken deal to buy Punch pubs

18-Aug-2017 By Georgina Townshend

The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has accepted proposals from Heineken to address concerns that its purchase of 1,900 Punch Taverns would undermine competition in certain areas.

Booker calls on CMA to 'fast track' probe into Tesco merger

29-Jun-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Foodservice wholesaler Booker has urged the UK competition regulator to “fast track” the review into its merger with Tesco.

Punch-Heineken deal to be investigated by CMA

16-Feb-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially launched an investigation into Heineken’s proposed acquisition of 1,900 Punch pubs.

Booker merges with Tesco in £3.7bn deal

27-Jan-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Booker and supermarket giant Tesco have announced they have agreed terms to merge in a huge £3.7bn deal.

Company News

CMA reveals verdict on Greene King/Spirit deal

11-May-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Allegra Foodservice

The Competition and Markets Authority has found Greene King’s proposed £773m acquisition of Spirit Pub Company raises competition issues in “a small number of areas”.

Redcomb Pubs eyeing a war chest of £15m

18-Nov-2014 By Ruth Williams, M&C Report

Redcomb Pubs, the operator run by Dan Shotton and Mark Draper, has a war chest of £5m and is “aggressively” looking to acquire pubs while seeking £10m through the Enterprise Investment Scheme to build an estate of 25 in five years.

Luminar makes first acquisition since 2011

25-Sep-2013 By John Harrington

Nightclub company Luminar has made its first acquisition since it was bought out of administration in 2011.

MA250: Pub market M&A activity dependent on reduction in red tape

01-Oct-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Certain conditions need to be met to ensure the overall mergers and acquisitions market returns to strength, claimed Peter Hansen, founder of Sapient Corporate Finance.

Stonegate-Town & City merger confirmed

23-Jun-2011 By The PMA Team

TDR Capital, the private equity firm, has confirmed the merger of Stonegate Pub Company and Town & City Pub Company, as revealed by the...

Stonegate and Town & City merge

22-Jun-2011 By The PMA Team

Stonegate Pub Company and Town & City Pub Company have merged and will take on the Stonegate name, the PMA understands.

Greene King buys Realpubs for £53.1m

27-Apr-2011 By The PMA Team

Suffolk-based brewer and operator Greene King has bought London-based Realpubs, which runs 14 pubs, for £53.1m.