Mitchells & Butlers

Brewhouse & Kitchen Enterprise Investment Scheme

Brewhouse & Kitchen raises £5m for growth

By John Harrington

Brewhouse & Kitchen, the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) venture led by Convivial Pubs chief executive Kris Gumbrell and former Mitchells & Butlers (M;B) executive Simon Bunn, has completed its £5m fundraising drive as it targets three more...

Engineer: Harry Enfield is backing campaign to save the pub

Stars back Primrose Hill pub in M&B row

By Adam Pescod

A number of celebrities have thrown their weight behind the licensees of a popular Primrose Hill pub, after Mitchells & Butlers announced it...

Travelodge: pub plans

Travelodge in £100m pub group link up

By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Travelodge is to link up with several pub groups, including Greene King and Mitchells & Butlers, as part of a £100m expansion programme.

Harvester: breakfast trials

M&B to expand Harvester breakfast trial

By The PMA Team

M&B, the managed pub and casual dining operator, is to expand a breakfast trial at its Harvester brand, which has around 176 sites.

Harvester: two sites open on retail parks

Bumper Christmas fuels M&B growth

By Ewan Turney

Strong food sales and a bumper Christmas helped Mitchells & Butlers increase like-for-like sales 3.1% for the 17 weeks to 22 January.

M&B: signed a deal with Brakes Group

M&B unveils seven-year deal with Brakes

By The PMA Team

Mitchells & Butlers has unveiled a seven-year partnership with Brakes Group worth over £200m, delivering significant savings for the company.

2010 in the pub trade

Pub trade 2010: rolling with the punches

By Tony Halstead

There's no doubt about it, 2010 was a tough 12 months, but there were some laughs along the way. Tony Halstead takes a look. January The year...

Charity: good opportunities for multi-site operators

The evolution of proper pubs

By The PMA Team

The ranks of multiple retailers are growing as the sector throws up increasing site opportunities, says The PMA Team.

Charity: more leaseholders could buy freehold

Given the will, there's a way

By The PMA Team

Many freehold pubs are changing hands despite talk of hamstrung banks unwilling to lend money, says The PMA Team.

M&B payout is largest yet for PPL refunds

M&B claims £1m from PPL

By John Harrington

The UK's largest managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has claimed back £1m in overpaid music licence fees from PPL.

Ice cream: big summer seller

10 ways to boost dessert sales

By Sheila McWattie

Sheila McWattie speaks to licensees around the country about tempting sweet-toothed customers with something a little bit different. Funky twist...

M&B: regrets December sacking

M&B says sorry to sacked non-executives

By The PMA Team

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed pub operator, has expressed regret for the sacking last December of four non-executive directors it...

M&B: fined over incident

M&B pub fined over electric shock

By Gemma McKenna

Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers has been fined £10,000 after a three-year-old boy suffered an electric shock at one of its Lancashire pubs....

Tradeteam: new deal with M&B

Tradeteam nets five-year M&B deal

By Ewan Turney

Drinks logistics firm Tradeteam has signed a five-year extension to its deal with pub group Mitchells & Butlers (M&B). The new deal will...

M&B: Townsend is leaving pub operator

Townsend resigns at M&B

By Martyn Leek, M&C Report

Jeremy Townsend, finance director, of the managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers has resigned to join Rentokil Initial,

M&B: under fire at annual general meeting

Mitchells & Butlers: the latest instalment

By Gemma McKenna

Gemma McKenna reports on the mood in the room at Mitchells & Butlers' volatile annual general meeting last week. It bore all the hallmarks of an...

Charity: wants result from M&B meet

M&B set for boardroom blitz

By The PMA Team

High noon in the on-going battle of wills between M&B management and rebel shareholders is set for the company's annual general meeting today.

Major shareholders at M&B revealed

Major shareholders at M&B revealed

By Gemma McKenna

A further three racing magnates have been revealed as major shareholders in Mitchells & Butlers. Together Michael Tabor, Dermot Desmond and...

M&B: appointment blocked

M&B approaches Takeover Panel

By Ewan Turney

Mitchells & Butlers is to approach the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers to rule whether its largest shareholder has been trying to gain control of...