16-Jul-2013 By Lesley Foottit
Pubs have been advised to offer good value offers to help parents entertain their children this summer.
12-Jun-2013 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...
Timothy Taylor appoints former Mitchells & Butlers MD to board
23-Apr-2013 By Michelle Perrett
Timothy Taylor, the Keighley based brewer, has appointed Mike Bramley to the company’s board of directors.
Mitchells & Butlers opens in-house training academy
11-Oct-2012 By John Harrington
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed pub operator, has opened its in-house training academy at its retail support centre in Birmingham.
Drake & Morgan reports 44.6% rise in EBITDA
17-Sep-2012 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Drake & Morgan, the highly-regarded London bar-restaurant operator, has reported a 44.6% rise in EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) to £2.07m for the year to 31 March 2012.
07-Aug-2012 By Lesley Foottit
Living Ventures has topped a poll of the UK’s Best Gastropubs with Mitchells & Butlers and Young’s also front runners.
07-Jun-2011 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...
18-Apr-2011 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.
08-Feb-2011 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.
31-Jan-2011 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is reported to be close to selling its 55 franchised pubs.
'Young women drinking dangerous levels of booze'
30-Jan-2011 By Hamish Champ
Government statistics show that girls aged under 15 are consuming an average 11.3 units of alcohol a week, the equivalent of six medium glasses of...
27-Jan-2011 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.
22-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers has unveiled a seven-year partnership with Brakes Group worth over £200m, delivering significant savings for the company.
15-Dec-2010 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...
M&B sells former Lakota bars
07-Dec-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has sold 10 former Lakota bars at the centre of a legal tussle with a Bristol nightclub over ownership of the name.
Mitchells & Butlers fined £14,000 for asbestos failings
29-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has been fined £14,000 after building workers refurbishing one of its pubs were exposed to asbestos. Work was...
M&B shares rise on rosy outlook for managed pubs
15-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) were outperforming the market today, boosted by good trade numbers across the managed pub sector and news...
04-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
The ranks of multiple retailers are growing as the sector throws up increasing site opportunities, says The PMA Team.
28-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
Many freehold pubs are changing hands despite talk of hamstrung banks unwilling to lend money, says The PMA Team.
15-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
Samuel Cooper, a town centre concept trial undertaken by Mitchells & Butlers, is to be discontinued.
23-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
M&B has hailed a "very encouraging" performance with like-for-like sales up 4.4% on last year for the nine weeks to 18 September.
M&B to ramp up investment as sales rise
23-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) plans to spend £200m in the coming financial year on buying new pubs and renovating existing ones. This will mean...
17-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has bought the Ha Ha Bar & Grill brand from Bay Restaurant Group for £19.5m.
Mitchells & Butlers buys Ha Ha Bar & Grill for £19.5m
17-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
In a surprise move Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has snapped up the Ha Ha Bar & Grill chain from Bay Restaurant Group for £19.5m. The deal...
02-Sep-2010 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.
'Kylie can't get brew out of her head'
23-Aug-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Locals at a tiny rural boozer were suspicious when a sign went up claiming Kylie Minogue and Tinie Tempah would be performing that evening....
For TDR the price was right
22-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
Just as I went into print last week musing on the length of time it appeared to be taking Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) to sell the package of...
12-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
10-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is investigating one of its Hampshire pubs that allegedly forced a group of mothers and babies to leave.
Making money or taking the Michael?
31-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
If recent history has taught the pub community anything it is the need to keep a tight rein on costs. It's a key way to protect margins in this day...
08-Jun-2010 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 pays costs to settle row with former directors
14-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has settled a long-running legal row with a number of former directors. M&B has agreed to pay personal costs...
14-May-2010 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...
'Pork scratchings are bursting with nutrients - and could be good for you'
04-May-2010
Surprise superfoods: Forget blueberries. Dieticians say popcorn and pork scratchings are bursting with nutrients - and could be GOOD for you;...
M&B looking to raise up to £500m through pub sell-off
04-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Private equity firms are understood to be lining-up to back operators who want to buy some of the hundreds of pubs being sold by Mitchells &...
04-May-2010 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....
'Mitchells & Butlers rejects suitors'
12-Apr-2010
Mitchells & Butlers, the pub and restaurant operator, has rebuffed preliminary approaches from a number of private equity firms keen to buy its...
09-Mar-2010 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...
05-Mar-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Jeremy Townsend, finance director, of the managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers has resigned to join Rentokil Initial,
04-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Managed company Mitchells & Butlers is about to embark on a trial of five sites branded as Samuel Cooper Freehouses.
17-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
One city analyst has upgraded Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) to buy in the hope that an era of stability will now break out.
05-Feb-2010 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...
28-Jan-2010 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.
City watchdog rejects M&B takeover claims
15-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
City watchdogs have rejected claims by managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) that certain shareholders were acting together - or "in...
Blood & Co argue M&B board case
13-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
The four men whom Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) shareholder Piedmont Inc proposes join the pub operator's board have rejected M&B's...
M&B sees sales lift but profits slide
22-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
Rising consumer confidence since the start of August has helped Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) report improved sales across 2009, but profits are still down.
14-Dec-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A further three racing magnates have been revealed as major shareholders in Mitchells & Butlers. Together Michael Tabor, Dermot Desmond and...
30-Nov-2009 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...
M&B reports a robust performance
26-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Managed pub company Mitchells & Butlers has reported a "robust" performance in challenging conditions for the year to 26 September. Like-for-like...
London trading slows for Mitchells & Butlers
24-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Managed pub group Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) said it had seen a slowing of trade in London and some of its other High Street operations in...