Better late than never as Punch moves up
23-May-2002
Punch Taverns, the parent group of the 4,300-strong pub company, enjoyed a successful debut on the London Stock Exchange yesterday.Last week the...
Punch Taverns float resurfaces
21-May-2002
Punch Taverns, the parent group of the 4,300-strong Punch Pub Company, has made a dramatic U-turn, returning to the stock market only a week after it...
Punch pulls flotation
16-May-2002
Punch Taverns, the parent group of Punch Pub Company, has pulled its flotation on the London Stock Exchange - just hours before shares were due to be...
What the Sunday papers said
22-Apr-2002
The BusinessBritain's biggest brewer, Scottish & Newcastle, is studying a proposal to unlock up to £1.2bn from the sale of all or part of its...
Bidvest locks on to £500m Brake Bros
20-Mar-2002
South African buyout group Bidvest is thought to be preparing a £500m bid for Brake Brothers, one of the largest food suppliers to pubs and...
Spirit set for brand extensions
13-Mar-2002
Karen Jones, chief executive of the managed pub business Spirit Group, has identified three concepts that she plans to roll-out through the...
Capital to raise a further £8.8m
11-Feb-2002
The Capital Pub Company is to launch a second enterprise investment scheme (EIS) in a bid to raise a further £8.8m of new money.This will be the...
Kunick set for £120m MBO
29-Jan-2002
Shares in Kunick, the company that runs 45,000 fruit machines for the pub trade, jumped 18 per cent yesterday on the news of a potential management...
What the Sunday papers said - 09 December
09-Dec-2001
The Sunday TelegraphSpearmint Rhino, the controversial chain of lap-dancing clubs, is drawing up plans to float on the London Stock Exchange, a...
Trust sells £6.57m of W&DB shares
01-Nov-2001
A staff trust has sold £6.57m of Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries' shares. The annoucement that Baily Thomas Charitable Trust had disposed of...
SFI: To buy or not to buy?
25-Oct-2001
The name on everyone's lips at the moment is SFI Group, the pubs and bars group that owns the Slug and Lettuce and Bar Med brands. The stock has been...
Is Johnson the mystery Belgo investor?
17-Oct-2001
The mystery investor stalking the Belgo restaurant group may in fact be backed by founder and stakeholder Luke Johnson (pictured), it was rumoured...
Honeycombe Leisure "for sale
19-Sep-2001
North West-based pub chain Honeycombe Leisure has effectively put itself up for sale over frustration with the City's valuation of the...
Keeping up the fight
29-Aug-2001
W&DB won the buy-out battle but now it must deliver results. By Mark Ludmon After a well-earned holiday in Greece, Ralph Findlay is back to run...
Big Beat buyer abandons plan to join stock market
23-Aug-2001
The Mean Fiddler Group, which has bought bar operator Big Beat Group, has abandoned plans to join the stock market through a reverse takeover.The...
Former Greenalls wine business to join stock market
21-Aug-2001
A British wine production and distribution firm is set to become the first dedicated wine company to join the stock exchange.Boutinot, formerly part...
Wolves share offer attacked by Pubmaster
09-Aug-2001
Pubmaster has renewed its attack on Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries (W&DB) with only days to go until the end of its hostile takeover battle. The pub group has tried to win over more shareholders by criticsing the terms of a share buyback announ
Pubco investment fund reveals a rise in returns
01-Aug-2001
An investment fund that specialises in pub companies has revealed that its returns have risen by 11 per cent over the past year.The Taverners Trust...
Former pubco Paramount primed for sale
30-Jul-2001
Former pub company Paramount will be ready to be sold and reborn in a new identity after a restructuring is completed this week.Its founders are due...
Pubmaster raises offer for Wolves
30-Jul-2001
Pubmaster has strengthened its hostile bid for Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries (W&DB) by raising its offer to £485m.On Monday (July 30),...
Young's defeats investor's call to go private
17-Jul-2001
Young's has beaten off an attack from one of its shareholders who was calling for the company to go private.At its annual meeting this afternoon...
Lack of appetite for hospitality drives Gaucho private
02-Jul-2001
The lack of popularity for the hospitality sector on the stock exchange has driven another company to go private.A management team from...
What the Sunday papers say - July 1
01-Jul-2001
Sunday TelegraphNomura Principal Finance Group is launching a strategic review of Unique Pub Company, which could see some or all of the 3,200 pubs...
What the Sunday papers say - June 3
03-Jun-2001
Sunday TelegraphPunch Group is preparing a £4bn demerger as part of a restructuring to prepare both parts of the business for flotation as early as...
Pub stocktakers to float after buy-out
24-May-2001
A firm of stocktakers is to float after being created in a management buy-out from a company headed by Tory Party treasurer Michael Ashcroft.Capcon...
Pubs 'n' Bars hopes for best from stock market
22-May-2001
It's not much fun being a small pub company on the stock exchange.While the bottom may have fallen out of the internet boom, few investors have...
Bar and club bids hit £1billion-mark
30-Apr-2000
Bars and nightclubs belonging to some of Britain's biggest operators are set to change hands this month.Deals worth nearly £1bn have been under...