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Opinion: 50 ways to avoid an MRO

09-Jun-2017 By Phil Dixon CBII industry adviser

Last Saturday in my fifty first season in senior cricket, I was skippering the mighty Cookley Thirds in the Worcestershire League. 

People visiting pubs increases 12.5% on past year

12-Apr-2017 By Finn Scott-Delany

People visiting the pub rose 12.5% year on year to March 2017, the latest data from Barclaycard has shown.

Buoyant trade in London boosts ETM

02-Dec-2014 By James Wallin, M&C Report

ETM Group, the London-based gastropub operator led by Tom and Ed Martin, has completed its disposals as it focuses on larger sites, including its microbrewery in Ealing and a second Botanist.

TRG pubs deliver ‘outstanding performance’

29-Aug-2014 By John Harrington, M& C Report

The 50-strong pub restaurant business operated by The Restaurant Group delivered an “outstanding performance” in the 26 weeks to 29 June, with “significant increases” in both revenue and profit.

Publican urges Enterprise to rebuild fire-hit pub

21-May-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

A Shropshire licensee says she is “still in the dark” over whether Enterprise Inns will rebuild her pub, after its roof was destroyed by a fire earlier this year.

Marston's expects trading to be down

17-Apr-2013 By John Harrington

Marston’s, the brewer and pub operator, has said it expects trading in the three months to the end of March to be slightly below last year, as it gives details of how it will segment its pub estate for trading updates.

Third set of 93 pubs up for sale, include ex-Pubfolio sites

20-Sep-2012 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

A third package totalling 93 closed freehold and long-leasehold pubs, which include sites from the former Pubfolio and Goldtry estates, has been placed on the market.

Consumer spending on eating out expected to stay stable

28-May-2012 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Two-thirds of consumers say they intend to spend the same amount of money on eating out over the coming 12 months as they did in the previous year, with over 40% of 18 to 24-year-olds saying they will spend more, according to new figures from research...

London gastropub Elk in the Woods buys next site

21-May-2012 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Bar Chocolate Ltd, the company behind the popular gastropub Elk in the Woods in London, has secured its second site in the capital.

Spirit "could grow to 1,200 pubs"

02-Mar-2012 By John Harrington, M&C Report

Spirit Pub Company, the demerged managed house arm of Punch Taverns, has the potential to grow to an estate of at least 1,200 pubs, according to chief executive Mike Tye.

Westcoast snaps up pub

26-Apr-2011 By M&C Report

Westcoast Concepts, which operates a hybrid restaurant-bar-cinema in Balham, south London, has bought a free-of-tie pub that it plans to operate as a...

Capital Pub Company reports 'strong' London trading

16-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney

Capital Pub Company has reported "strong" trading in London as it delivered a 16% sales increase on last year for the first 22 weeks of the financial...

M&B sells 15 franchise pubs

05-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team

Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers has accepted individual offers for 15 pubs from 13 franchisees. Franchisees who had submitted bids for...

Town & City unveils 9.5% sales growth

04-Aug-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report

Town & City Pub Company, the privately-owned high street bar operator led by Toby Smith, has revealed like-for-like sales growth of 9.5% in the...

Thwaites: encouraging start to the year

03-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney

Lancashire brewer and pub operator Thwaites has reported an "encouraging" start to the year. At its Annual General Meeting, managing director Peter...

Greene King: leased pub sector stabilising

28-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney

The average profit per leased pub in the Greene King estate fell 3.4% on last year but has begun to stabilise. The super regional brewer and pub...

Michelin star chef joins industry

06-Feb-2009

A former chef from the Michelin starred restaurant Auberge du Lac in Hertfordshire has bought the lease of the Rose & Crown pub in North...

Enterprise Inns' solvency "not in question", says Tuppen

23-Jan-2009 By Hamish Champ

Enterprise Inns boss Ted Tuppen has responded to growing concerns among his licensees that their rental deposits will be at risk if the company ran...

Greene King's Anand launches attack on duty hike

02-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ

Greene King chief executive Rooney Anand has warned that 2009 would be "even tougher" than the current calendar year, but declined to outline his...

Cains administrators close 24 pubs

26-Aug-2008 By Hamish Champ

Administrators to the collapsed Cains Beer Company have now closed nearly a quarter of the group's retail estate.PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said...

Administrators start closing Cains pubs

21-Aug-2008 By Matt Eley Matt

Administrators have started to shut pubs in the Cains estate that have been making a loss. The Liverpool brewery and pub company went into...

'£7bn food scam exposed'

24-Apr-2008

Cheap food is being dressed up as top-quality produce in a vast fraud costing shoppers £7billion a year, it is claimed today. There is mounting...

Q & A with Richard Podesta

09-Aug-2007

What are the key things you have learnt through the Sell More, Save More project so far?Suppliers will fall over backwards to help you if you stock...

Wetherspoon: Sales positive since ban

18-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team

Wetherspoon pubs see positive like-for-like sales since the start of English smoke ban

Tchenguiz plans to use Laurel for dining consolidation

10-Apr-2007 By The PMA Team

La Tasca deal has Laurel eyeing consolidation of the casual dining market

Wine supplier urges staff to boost sales

27-Jul-2006

Wine supplier Constellation Europe sent an email urging staff to buy the company's wine in JD Wetherspoons to help them win a supply contract to the...

Punch to focus on managed pub business

22-May-2006 By Hamish Champ

Announcing results for the six months to March 4 2006, which saw overall group turnover up 53 per cent and pre-tax profits up 13 per cent to £116m,...

Contract Negotiating

04-Apr-2006

Any help or advise on this would be very gratefully received, my business partners & I are in the process of negotiating a lease on a listed...

InBev buys back Becks UK distribution rights

27-May-2005

InBev has bought back the UK rights to distribute Beck's from Scottish & Newcastle.InBev, which bought the Beck's brewery in 2001, will pay...