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Community acquisitions: Punch acquires two sites

Punch snaps up 2 pubs

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Punch Pubs & Co has acquired two new community pubs to add to its 1,300-strong portfolio.

Acquisitions and revamps: Big news for Punch, Electric Star, Admiral Taverns and Hydes

PROPERTY ROUND-UP

Electric Star & Punch announce new pubs

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Electric Star and Punch have added pubs to their portfolios, while Hydes and Inn Collection Group sites have reopened after revamps.

Village people: the Urban Village Pubs team celebrates victory at the Publican Awards in March 2023

The three keys to Urban Village Pubs’ success

By Gary Lloyd

Making a community a stronger place is one of the reasons why Urban Village Pubs won Best Community Pub winner at the Publican Awards, according to the pubco’s co-founder Ian Grundy.

Wait and sea: Brighton Pier Group is eyeing strategic acquisitions in the long term (credit: Getty/Ron Bambridge)

Brighton Pier Group lfl sales fall 11% in 2023

By Gary Lloyd

Like-for-like (lfl) sales for the first three months of 2023 at Brighton Pier Group were down 11% versus 2022 with 76% of the shortfall coming from its Bars division.

Call to step in: BBPA CEO Emma McClarkin says energy suppliers are being allowed to profiteer

BBPA: Ofgem is acting too slowly to save UK businesses

By Gary Lloyd

Energy regulator Ofgem is moving at “glacial pace” when it comes to disciplining suppliers and putting hundreds of thousands of businesses on the verge of collapse, according to the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).

Last orders: A JDW pub in Essex has ceased trading (credit: JD Wetherspoon)

JDW pub shuts for good

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

A JD Wetherspoon (JDW) pub in Essex remains on the market after closing its doors over the weekend.

City certainty: Newcastle has a rich cultural history (image: Getty/ChrisHepburn)

MA LEADERS CLUB

What is Newcastle like to run pubs in?

By Nikkie Thatcher

With the next MA Leaders Club event set to hit the streets of Newcastle in under a month (Thursday 18 May), The Morning Advertiser has taken a look at the area in more detail and what it is like to trade in.

Community focus: director of Admiral Taverns’ Proper Pubs division Mark Brooke

BIG INTERVIEW

FEATURE: Communities reliant on last bastion

By Gary Lloyd

Pubs are the “last hub standing” in UK communities, says director of Proper Pubs Mark Brooke, and it is vital they are allowed to continue doing what they do.

No choice: number of pubs demolished or repurposed increases by 60% (Credit: Getty/AndyRoland)

More than 150 pubs lost so far this year

By Rebecca Weller

More than 150 pubs disappeared from English and Welsh communities during the first three months of 2023, new figures from real estate intelligence firm Altus Group have revealed.

Star showing: Danni Fraylich and Tim Galligan

FEATURE – Business development managers

FEATURE: Why the BDM is a Star attraction

By Gary Lloyd

One of the most important people in the life of a licensee is their business development manager (BDM), in this feature we learn a little about two people and their roles in the Star Pubs & Bars set-up.

Non-Domestic Rates bill: the workload passed to ratepayers will increase and counter the pledge made by Tory leaders says Colliers (credit: getty/andresr)

Business rates reform will cost sector even more

By Gary Lloyd

The promised reform of business rates will not cut costs for the sector but will, conversely, include a 7.1% increase in rateable values, according to property expert Colliers.

New beginnings in Spring: Plenty of pubs open doors in time for Easter

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Golf Fang launches 6th site, pubs open after revamps

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The Big Fang Collective has launched its sixth UK site in Wales after a £1.5m makeover, and Fuller's and Inn Collection Group sites have also opened their doors.

Oakman update: the group will have 40 sites by July 2023, including the recently opened Grand Junction in Buckingham

Oakman CEO demands VAT reform as sales rise

By Gary Lloyd

Oakman Group chief executive Peter Borg-Neal took a shot at the Government over sky-high tax as the business announced a rise in sales in a trading update for the first 38 weeks of its financial year (FY) 2022-23.

Double win: sport will help increase footfall and licensees can win prizes too (credit: Getty/The Good Brigade)

Sporting days out for licensees up for grabs

By Gary Lloyd

Licensees who have a Sky Sports subscription are in with a chance of driving a Formula 1 car or watching a day of Ashes cricket and will be able to drive footfall with increased summer sporting content.

Accommodation info: research surveyed both consumers and operators on the pubs with rooms market (image: Getty/structuresxx)

60% of consumers prefer staying in a pub to anywhere else

By Nikkie Thatcher

Six in 10 consumers who have stayed in a pub in the past two years would prefer to stay overnight in the on-trade rather than other types of accommodation for the same spend and location, new research has revealed.

Shoot for the stars: Manager Arber Hasani outside the new pub

JD Wetherspoon opens O2 pub

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

A new JD Wetherspoon (JDW) pub has opened at The O2 today (Tuesday 21 March) after a whopping £2.9m investment.

New venture: Celeb chef launches gastropub foregrounding premium, seasonal dishes

James Martin launches pub

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

TV chef James Martin has launched a pub in a 16th century venue located in Broadway, the Cotswolds.

Exciting ventures: Mojo and Concept Taverns to launch sites, Chickpea opens fifth pub

PROPERTY ROUND-UP

Mojo & Concept Taverns to launch sites

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

There are new sites coming soon from Mojo and Concept Taverns, and a village pub and city cocktail bar have been brought to market.

Commercial choice: JDW backs out of Wirral revamp

JDW pulls plug on £3m revamp

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has backed out of a £3m development in New Brighton, Merseyside, leaving land up for sale.

Threat of closure: Lack of energy support for businesses in Budget comes under fire (Getty/ simonkr)

SPRING BUDGET 2023

Axed energy support may cause mass closures

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Music Venue Trust (MVT) has warned the Government’s failure to extend the business energy relief scheme in yesterday’s Spring Budget would lead to mass venue closures.

Calls ignored: business rates were not mentioned in the Spring Budget (Credit:Getty/mammuth)

SPRING BUDGET 2023

Failure to address business rates reform will ‘anger’ sector

By Gary Lloyd

Despite industry-wide calls for reformation to business rates, the Conservative Party’s Spring Budget failed to offer anything new to the under-pressure on-trade, which would “frustrate and anger” the sector.

New adventures: The family behind London-based community pub say their goodbyes

Family to vacate pub after 9 years

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The family at the helm of award-winning north London pub the Chandos Arms are set to vacate the venue next month (April) after nine years.

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