Shepherd Neame’s focus on revitalising its managed pub estate through investment and acquisition has provided great profits for the Kent-based operator, but that does not signal the demise of the independents.
James Dickson, chairman of beer-flow monitoring company Vianet, has said recent developments in the pubs code and increasing M&A activity in the sector could affect the company’s growth.
Craft beer is in danger of following the gastropub phenomenon and being misrepresented to consumers, Craft Beer Co’s Martin Hayes claimed at the MA300 Business Club in Brighton.
Mitchells & Butlers has reported flat like-for-like sales in its third quarter (14 weeks to 19 July) – with a 0.6% rise in food sales offset by a 0.5% decline in drinks.
The arrival of an application to review your premises licence is almost certainly the most stressful time that you will face as a premises licence holder or designated premises supervisor (DPS). Even well-run premises can be reviewed but it is not necessarily...
The Government risks creating a “two tier” system for the level of support offered to pub tenants under plans to introduce a statutory code for only those firms with more than 500 sites, Heineken has warned.
Drinks wholesalers and suppliers have been picking up extra business in the wake of the WaverleyTBS failure as pub companies have struggled to fill their wine and spirits orders.
The plans by the Government to ease planning restrictions are to be eased temporarily should be viewed as good news and an opportunity for pubs, according to a leading advisor.
Greene King will re-open the doors of the Hop Holes pub in Brighton under new management on 20 June, despite two former licensees expressing an interest in taking back the leasehold of the premises.
WaverleyTBS has reported a 5.5% rise in pre-tax profits to £4.2m following a company restructure in its first full year of trading since being bought from Heineken in 2010.
Drinks promotions in pubs won’t be affected in the short term by the Government’s new alcohol crackdown, although a fresh round of sting operations targeting sales to drunks could be imminent.
Corney & Barrow, the City of London-based wine bar operator, is to rebrand its entire estate as C&B Bars over the next three years and launch a new concept aimed at transport hubs this June called C&B Cabin.
JD Wetherspoon, the managed pub operator, is reportedly planning to scale down its pub opening plans, blaming the tax burden being forced on the industry.
If the latest pronouncements are to be believed then pubcos, like all forward thinking companies, are currently re-evaluating their business model in...
Anti-beer tie lobby group Fair Pint is looking for a pub in Westminster to act as its new HQ. Revenue from the pub — to be called The Fair Pint — will help fund the group.
Nothing it seems, stirs the emotions or provokes quite the same level of hostility that this seemingly innocuous little word does; reactions such as...
Sounding a cautionary note on future trading prospects, Punch Taverns said today it plans to transfer a further 450 of its struggling leased pubs to...
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has held a series of meetings with pub company chiefs in the wake of the Campaign for Real Ale submitting a super-complaint.
Brewer and pub operator Marston's hopes to raise £176m through the issue of 299m new shares to fund the opening of around 30 new build pubs. The company will use approximately £140m of the money to acquire and develop new build pubs.
What are the upsides of the ban? Pubs smell, look and feel cleaner. No one really liked smoke in pubs, even the smokers. The ban has driven operators...
London brewer Young's has opened its second entirely smoke-free pub following a £1m refurbishment. Managed house the Duke's Head in Putney is one of...
Busy location on coastal main road
Extensively renovated detached public house
Five trade areas (100)
Sizeable refurbished 4-5 bedroom accommodation
Newly created beer garden (125)
Established and popular business...
