23-Nov-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
The administrators of Regent Inns have asked property agents to market three more leasehold sites.
15-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
Trade creditors of Regent Inns, which was restructured via a pre-pack administration in October, are owed £4.05m, according to documents filed by...
Jongleurs brand name to return to founder
30-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Ten Jongleurs venues acquired by new company Intertain after Regent Inns went into administration, will trade under the same name until January 2....
30-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Intertain, the company which acquired the majority of Regent Inns' outlets following its pre-pack administration, is to lose the licence for...
Nine ex-Regent Inns leases up for grabs
22-Oct-2009
Christie + Co is looking for takers on nine ex-Regent Inns sites the bar operator relinquished as part of its pre-pack administration deal announced...
21-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Regent Inns has gone through a pre-pack administration with 60 sites emerging in a new company, Intertain, led by previous management. Three...
Regent Inns sold in management buyout
21-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
Regent Inns chief executive John Leslie has led a management buyout of 60 of the group's venues from administrators in a pre-pack deal. Leslie headed...
Old Orleans could return to Punch Taverns
19-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns could find itself running a number of Old Orleans restaurants if Regent Inns is the subject of a pre-pack administration this week...
24-Apr-2009 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Regent Inns has reportedly asked shareholders about the possibility of delisting the company.
Regent Inns says banks "remain supportive
27-Feb-2009
Walkabout operator Regent Inns said today it had the full support of its banks despite being forced admit there was "material uncertainty" over the...
27-Feb-2009 By The PMA Team
Just before Christmas, Regent Inns held a meeting with its worried suppliers to stress it was not on the verge of going bust. The company was not...
Regent Inns outlook remains grim
17-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ
Walkabout bar operator Regent Inns, which failed to find a buyer for the business earlier this year, has warned shareholders today that its...
City Diary: 30 October
31-Oct-2008 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
24-Oct-2008 By The PMA Team
The restaurant division of Regent Inns, overwhelmingly made up of Old Orleans sites, emerged as the company's worst performer in the year to 28 June....
Luminar denies making informal bid for Regent Inns
21-Jul-2008 By Hamish Champ
Luminar, the nightclub operator, has denied press speculation it has tabled an informal offer for troubled Regent Inns, which runs the Walkabout...
Regent sales talks end
03-Jul-2008
Walkabout operator Regent Inns has revealed that sale talks have ended because of problems for bidders in raising finance in current market...
Debt burden prompts Walkabout deal
04-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Reducing the group's debt burden lay behind Regent Inns' decision to put seven of its Walkabout freehold sites on the market in a sale and leaseback...
03-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Christie + Co has been instructed by Regent Inns to offer for sale a £25m portfolio of seven Walkabout bars on a sale and leaseback basis
'Toughest trading conditions in 30 years, says Regent Inns boss'
06-Feb-2008
The chairman of Regent Inns Bob Ivell said yesterday that the industry was suffering some of the toughest trading conditions of his 30-year career -...
15-Jan-2008
Regent Inns has received a number of preliminary approaches for the company
Regent Inns says it has received bid interest
15-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Regent Inns has received what it described as a "number of preliminary approaches" with a view to buying the company.In a statement today the group,...
Epub: a host of benefits
17-Jul-2007
THE MARCH of progress continues at Regent Inns where 100 sites are using all-singing, all-dancing technology that offers customers free internet...
Back to basics: coping with stress?
20-Jun-2007
IT IS a sad fact that many pub staff will encounter some form of violence in their working lives. It could be witnessing aggressive customers...
Swing when you're winning
16-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
The Publican's annual HQ Golf tournament, held for the second year running in the luxurious Spanish resort of La Manga, went off with a real...
06-Feb-2007 By The PMA Team
Regent Inns has expanded further into the dining market with a £500,000 investment in Indian restaurant, Asha's.
No half measures
07-Dec-2006
Morning Advertiser held its Responsible Drinks Retailing 2006 awards to honour those licensees who go the extra mileManaged chain Winner: Regent Inns...
Regent Inns still looking for a buyer or a target
26-Sep-2006 By Hamish Champ
Regent Inns' remains on the lookout for either a company to buy or a group to sell as the high street market gets increasingly tougher and the need...
21-Sep-2006 By Graham Ridout
High-street operator Regent Inns is turning away business potentially worth around £4m per year in pursuit of its responsible retailing campaign....
City Comment: Hamish Champ
24-Jul-2006 By Hamish Champ
Operating drinking establishments on the nation's high streets is not for the faint-hearted. Regent Inns's Bob Ivell suggested as much this week,...
29-Jun-2006
The Walkabout pub in Islington, London, will keep its licence providing it only uses plastic glasses and ashtrays. Police called for a review of the...
What the Sunday papers said
19-Mar-2006
Bob Ivell, head of Regent Inns, is being courted to head up a bid for Mitchells & Butlers. Mr Ivell has been approached by a rival consortium to...
Seizing the Laurel crown
24-Feb-2005
Laurel Pub Company is now owned byproperty tycoon Robert Tchenguiz. The PMA Team meets new chief executive Julian Sargeson, who will imminently...
What the Sunday papers said…
10-Jan-2005
Troubled pub company Regent Inns, owner of the Walkabout and Jongleurs bars, is understood to have issued redundancy notices to 27 of the 87...
Regent in legal spat with Luminar over new opening
14-Oct-2004
Regent Inns is considering an appeal after its plans for a £4m Walkabout in Oxford were blocked by rival Luminar. Regent, which had applied for a...
Ex-Regent man Thiele heads for Oz
12-May-2004
Michael Thiele, who quit Regent Inns two weeks ago, is heading for Australia to run a pub and hotel chain.The former operations director is leading...
Regent discounts to halt sales slide
05-Feb-2004
Regent Inns has not escaped the tough climate of the high street and has introduced more discounting to re-affirm a competitive edge during weekday...
Regent finds third brand in Stone House
03-Sep-2003
Regent Inns is to press ahead with the roll-out of a third brand called Stone House.It will open four sites this year and run the brand alongside...
Licensing Bill clause could halt new-build expansion
06-Feb-2003
A clause in the Licensing Bill could spell chaos for expanding pub companies and herald the end of new-build pub developments.The bill, which is...
Regent revises profits down and cuts expansion plans
11-Dec-2002
Regent Inns, operator of late-night high street venues, has downgraded profit expectations and cut back expansion plans.The board said its profits...
Having a laugh
07-Nov-2002
Regent Inns has just sold the last of its unbranded pubs and will now focus on the roll-out of Jongleurs, Pals and Walkabout. By Mark Stretton.When...
Regent disposals to hit 2003 profits
27-Jun-2002
Regent Inns, the publicly-quoted company that operates Walkabout and Jongleurs, has scaled back profit forecasts for 2003 in the wake of its...
Property agents optimistic for 2002 after bright start
05-Feb-2002
The licensed property market is expecting to have a busy and successful 2002, according to agents.Many licensed property agents are optimistic about...
Regents Inns forges ahead with Walkabout
06-Sep-1999
Regent Inns is pushing its Australasian bars when other companies are holding back.Another crocodile stares down from above the bar as Regent Inns...
