Star Pubs & Bars

Priory Inns North West adds 10th site to estate

09-Sep-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Multiple operator Priory Inns North West has a double-digit portfolio after acquiring a site in Greater Manchester.

North-west operators reopen local after £380,000 revamp

23-Apr-2019 By Emily Hawkins

North-west pub operator CJW Pubs has reopened a Greater Manchester pub after a £380,000 refurbishment in partnership with Star Pubs & Bars.

Star’s £500k investment will create 15 jobs

14-Mar-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

Pubco Star Pubs & Bars is investing half-a-million pounds with a Bristol operator into the refurbishment of the Langton Court Hotel in St Anne’s this month, with a view to opening in May.

Star Pubs & Bars to pump millions into T&L estate

27-Feb-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

Heineken-owned Star Pubs & Bars is prepared to pump millions of pounds into its tenanted and leased estate this year, managing director Lawson Mountstevens has indicated.

Star launches leased and tenanted business booster

18-Feb-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

Heineken-owned pubco Star Pubs & Bars has announced a raft of new tools to help tenants and lessees increase sales.

Northants licensee takes on ninth pub

04-Sep-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A licensee based in Northamptonshire has added a ninth pub to his growing estate, with the acquisition of a pub in Daventry.

Star Pubs & Bars to revive pub closed after brutal attack

30-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A Croydon pub will target families and young professionals as it is set to be reopened following an assault on a refugee near the premises last year.

Rotational craft beer scheme for Star Pubs & Bars

11-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Star Pubs & Bars has introduced a new scheme that will allow its pubs to widen their variety and feature changing guest beers.

Fine & Country Inns and Star plough £430,000 into pub

03-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A joint £430,000 investment by Fine & Country Inns (F&C) and Star Pubs & Bars will see the reopening of a traditional Rotherham pub.

Ei and Star join forces for National Pub Fortnight 2018

14-Jun-2018 By Claire Churchard

Two of the biggest pub groups, Ei Publican Partnerships (EiPP) and Star Pubs & Bars, have joined forces to promote and grow the 2018 National Pub Fortnight, a 14-day celebration of the great British pub.

Operators Whelan and Star to open their first Irish bar in south-west London

11-Jun-2018 By Claire Churchard

Multiple operator Austin Whelan is working with Star Pubs & Bars to open a new site in Kingston-upon-Thames.

Pub struggles with slower delivery regime under new pubco

11-Jun-2018 By Claire Churchard

A Lancashire pub has struggled with a new 96-hour ordering and delivery regime after the site moved from Punch to Star Pubs & Bars as part of the deal to acquire almost 1,900 pubs.

PCA: discussions ongoing with pubcos over waiving confidentiality

30-Apr-2018 By Michelle Perrett

The office of the pubs code adjudicator (PCA) has said discussions are ongoing with pub-owning businesses concerning its call to waive confidentiality in arbitration awards.

Stalwart licensee lands top food role at Star Pubs & Bars

14-Nov-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Star Pubs & Bars has appointed its new food strategy and implementation manager.

Star Pubs & Bars licensees ‘positive’ about year ahead

25-Oct-2017 By Claire Churchard

A survey of Star Pubs & Bars licensees has revealed they are optimistic about the year ahead in spite of the uncertainty surrounding Brexit and the UK economy.

D&G Pub Company and Star Pubs & Bars invests £300,000 in two Darlington pubs

08-Aug-2017 By Fred A'Court

Two Darlington pubs are having a £300,000 makeover to better cater for drinkers' and diners' changing tastes.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Turnaround Winner - The White Mare, Beckermet, Cumbria

22-Sep-2016 By MA

The White Mare in the north-west of England, is the first site taken on by husband and wife Iain and Dianne Irving (pictured with Jean-Christophe Novelli on the opening day).

FOOD DEVELOPMENT

Star Pubs & Bars launches new menu development programme

06-Sep-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Star Pubs & Bars is to introduce a programme of professional menu development tools and initiatives for licensees who want to grow food sales. 

Training

Pubcos offer A-level graduates alternatives to university

22-Aug-2016 By Sara Hussein

After students received their A level results last Thursday (18 Aug), 424,000 university places have been offered to those who achieved the right grades. But for those who wish to enter the hospitality industry there are alternatives to university.

Star Pubs & Bars pumps a further £75,000 in chef training

18-Feb-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Star Pubs & Bars will pump £75,000 into its food chef consultancy programme, rolling it out to 100 licensees, following its success in 36 pubs in 2015.

Pub Sales

Greene King exchanges on 16-strong pub package

01-Sep-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Allegra Foodservice

Greene King has exchanged contracts on the sale of the 16 pubs it was required to dispose of by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), with the bulk of them going to Star Pubs & Bars.

Distinctive Inns opens third site in first partnership with Star Pubs & Bars

10-Jul-2015 By Oli Gross

Distinctive Inns has opened its third site in its first partnership with Star Pubs & Bars.

Star on track to invest £30m in estate and eyes first managed pub

02-Jul-2015 By Ed Bedington

Dutch brewing giant Heineken has announced plans to invest up to £30m into its Star Pubs and Bars estate and is also on course to open its first managed pub site.

Operators

Standards rise across Star pubs estate

18-Jun-2015 By Mike Berry

Retail standards rose 3% across the Star Pubs & Bars estate in the first half of 2015.

Carvery Heaven grows to 14 with Star lease

07-Apr-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Carvery Heaven has opened its 14th site – its 11th with Star Pubs & bars and its first with an American themed food offer.

Star to buy big ticket items for new lessees

02-Apr-2015 By Mike Berry

Star Pubs & Bars has said it will pay for big ticket items such as ovens, fridges and grills for lessees taking on new pubs.

Business Support

Star Pubs & Bars launches compliance training for licensees

12-Mar-2015 By Mike Berry

Star Pubs & Bars has launched a new e-learning package to give its tenants and lessees a low-cost way of meeting their obligations to train staff in due diligence and legal issues.

Star Pubs & Bars increases drinks discounts for lessees

08-Jan-2015 By Naomi Larsson

Star Pubs & Bars will increase the discount it gives to its lessees on Heineken’s cider and beer brands for the next three years from 16 March.

Star Pubs & Bars announces annual award winners

28-Nov-2014 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Star Pubs & Bars has praised its outstanding lessees at its annual awards, with multiple operators scooping a quarter of the gongs.

Third time lucky for Star’s refurb plans

10-Sep-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Star Pubs & Bars is celebrating planning victory after receiving permission for a refurbishment of one of its sites following two failed attempts.

Star trains mystery shoppers to spot pint perfection

19-Aug-2014 By Mike Berry

Star Pub & Bars is training 80 mystery shoppers to be able to recognise the perfect pint across the pub company’s estate.

Star deal with Kimbo ‘will finally allow pubs to take on high street coffee chains’

31-Jul-2014 By James Wallin

Star Pubs & Bars has signed a “groundbreaking” deal with coffee supplier Kimbo.

Star Pubs & Bars launches online food training course

17-Feb-2014 By Lesley Foottit

Star Pubs & Bars has launched an online food training course to boost lessees’ pub food sales.

Eighth case heard by PICA-Service

13-Dec-2013 By Michelle Perrett

The eighth PICA-Service hearing took place at the Sheffield Cathedral Conference Centre on Friday, 22 November, 2013.

ALMR announces Operations Managers Awards 2013 finalists

03-Oct-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has announced the finalists of its Operations Managers Awards 2013.

Star hails surge in substantive leases

11-Jul-2013 By John Harrington

Star Pubs & Bars, the Heineken-owned leased pub operator, has seen a 50% rise in licensees taking substantive leases since the launch of its new agreement and support package in November.

Star reveals pub disposal plans

10-Jul-2013 By John Harrington

Star Pubs & Bars hopes to dispose of 50 sites this year and could look at significant acquisitions once the “uncertainty” around the proposed statutory code for the sector is lifted, trading director Chris Jowsey has said.

Tenanted Pub Summit: Star Pubs & Bars targets minimum tenant income of £30K a year

24-Jun-2013 By John Harrington and Michelle Perrett

Star Pubs & Bars is targeting minimum tenant income of £30,000 a year within seven years.

Statutory code: New entrants and investments will be the hardest hit

13-Jun-2013 By Michelle Perrett

New entrants to the trade and investments in pubs will be the hardest hit by Government plans for a statutory code and adjudicator.

Star Pubs & Bars multi-million pound Bristol investment

12-Jun-2013 By John Harrington

Star Pubs & Bars, the Heineken-owned leased pub operator, is to re-open nine pubs in the Bristol area during the remainder of the year after a combined investment of more than £3.6m.

Star Pubs & Bars rolls out lessee business-building events

22-May-2013 By John Harrington

Star Pubs & Bars, the Heineken-owned leased pub operator, is set to run more business building and networking area meetings for its lessees.

Star Pubs & Bars to roll out new mystery visitor programme

21-Feb-2013 By Michelle Perrett

Star Pubs & Bars is rolling out a new mystery visitor programme to help its lessees ensure their retails standards are of the highest quality.

Star Pubs & Bars helps licensees register for Machine Games Duty

07-Jan-2013 By Adam Pescod

Star Pubs & Bars is helping its lessees register for the new Machine Games Duty (MGD) with the implementation date only days away.

Star Pubs & Bars in Nescafe coffee link up

21-Dec-2012 By Mark Wingett

Star Pubs & Bars, the Heineken-owned lease operator formerly known as Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company, has partnered with Nescafe to offer its lessees a unique coffee support programme following successful trials in 135 pubs which have seen sales...

Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company rebrands and offers new support for tenants

15-Nov-2012 By M&C Report

Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company (S&NPC) has been renamed Star Pubs & Bars and has launched a new three-year agreement that offers low-cost entry to the trade