14-Oct-2014 By Jo Bruce
Stonegate Pub Company's Yates’s new menu has taken inspiration from street food, customisation, ‘dirty burgers’ and Americana.
12-Aug-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Pub chain Yates's has sponsored a ground-breaking initiative to help its customers get home safe in licensed taxis. Am I Safe is a web-based service...
20-Jun-2011 By Lesley Foottit
High street brand Yates's relaunched its website earlier this month alongside an offer for a free cheeseburger every time a new member signed up....
09-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
High-street consolidation is back on the cards — but does it make sense, asks MA editor The PMA Team.
Portsmouth pubs urged to ditch shots
13-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Police are urging Portsmouth bars to stop selling shots after a spate of violence in the area.
18-Jun-2010 By Jo Bruce
Town & City Pub Company is running a series of food offers with The Sun newspaper as part of a World Cup campaign for Yates. The first promotion...
24-Feb-2010 By Jo Bruce
Yates's is offering breakfast for £1 in a promotion run in the News of the World across its 67 outlets.
Yates's staff help wounded soldiers
06-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Staff at Yates's pubs across the country have been throwing themselves into a host of activities to raise funds for wounded soldiers. To mark its...
04-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
The Yates's brand is still sizeable with 65 sites — and is celebrating its 125th birthday this month. The PMA Team reports.
Admiral bails out for now
03-Apr-2008
Admiral Taverns boss Gary Landesberg has withdrawn from buying pubs while the economic climate remains so uncertain. The alternative-use value for...
Private equity and the pub trade
31-Aug-2007 By Hamish Champ
Why does private equity get into the pub market in the first place? Pub estates are like any other property in terms of investment; being asset...
Mixing it up in
19-May-2005
the high street Multiple managed house operators are putting cocktails at the heart of a strategy to take city-centre venues more upmarket. Emma...
Death incident pub could close
18-May-2005
Yates Group has failed in its Crown Court battle to save one of its sites from closure following a violent incident there last year.The site in...
Yates ups ante in funding police to tackle alcohol-related d
14-Apr-2005
by John Harrington High-street bar operator Yates is to increase its annual "community fund", to help local authorities tackle problems caused by...
Yates to pay for police in responsibility drive
10-Mar-2005
New plans aim to show commitment to safety By Ewan Turney High-street bar operator Yates Group has offered to pay for policing in Swinton in...
Yates's bar loses licence after violence
24-Feb-2005
A Yates's Wine Lodge in Swinton, Greater Manchester, has had its licence application rejected by Salford magistrates after they heard that police had...
Yates pub refused licence as 'threat to public safety'
24-Feb-2005
Yates Group is appealing to the crown court against a decision by magistrates to refuse a licence at its site in Swinton, Lancashire.It was refused...
Yates hits high street with two-for-one meal deals
11-Nov-2004
by John Harrington High-street managed company Yates Group has started offering two-for-one meal deals across its Yates's outlets, except for its...
Yates first to adopt minimum price scheme
14-Oct-2004
Yates has become the first pub company to enforce a minimum price scheme across its estate. As part of its nine-point BarSafe strategy the managed...
JDW and Yates in curry-war battle
14-Oct-2004
by Ewan Turney The curry war between highstreet operators JD Wetherspoon and Yates scaled new heights last week as Wetherspoon's attempted to hijack...
Yates offers Skint card to uni students
09-Sep-2004
Hard-up students are set to save cash at Yates's outlets with the launch of a new student discount card for the high street bar chain. The managed...
Thorium stands by Yates offer deadline
21-Jul-2004
Buyout group Thorium has reconfirmed its offer deadline for Yates Group after family members suggested the business has been undervalued.Thorium, led...
Yates family puts MBO in doubt
21-Jul-2004
Members of the Yates family have thrown the planned management buy-out of Yates Group into disarray, saying they believe it undervalues the...
Yates directors approve share plan to go private
11-Jun-2004
Independent directors at Yates Group have given the green light for a management buyout of the business, backed by a Californian private equity...
Yates in talks on management buy-out
03-Jun-2004
Pub operator Yates is in talks with a private bidder backing a possible management buy-out of the business.Chief executive Mark Jones is leading the...
It's us and Lloyds No 1
04-Mar-2004
Mark Jones was the highly successful chief executive with mighty Pizza Hut. Yet, 18 months ago, he took charge at Yates Group, a much smaller fish...
Geoffrey Hartridge
15-Jan-2004
Geoffrey Hartridge, licensed trade campaigner and managing director of Hartridge's Soft Drinks between 1955 and 1982, has died at the age of 85. He...
Yates's cashes in on fashionable Atkins
07-Jan-2004
High-street bar chain Yates's is cashing in on the thousands of people making New Year resolutions to shift some weight.It has launched a...
Yates pub sale is £6.5m book loss
13-Nov-2003
by The PMA Team Yates Group is to sell 11 sites at a book loss of almost £600,000 each. The pubs three freeholds and eight leaseholds will be...
Low prices here to stay, says Yates
10-Oct-2003
It's official: price discounting on drinks is now normal practice at town centre pubs, according to Yates Group. Putting out a trading update, chief...
Compass set to secure more pub franchises
24-Jul-2003
By Tony Halstead Contract catering operator Com-pass is looking to tie up more franchise deals with pub retailers on key destination sites at...
Yates pilots airport bar for Leeds
17-Jul-2003
A second Yates's franchised bar operation is to be opened by contract catering company, Compass, at Leeds-Bradford International Airport. The new bar...
Yates soars on buy-out gossip
16-Jul-2003
Yates Group has poured cold water on suggestions that it is in talks over a venture capital (VC) funded management buy-out, after City rumours pushed...
Cutting it on the high street
04-Jul-2003
Britain's town centres are over-pubbed, with operators desperately discounting in order to compete. By Mark Stretton.There have been enough column...
Yates's wannabes hit the right note
15-May-2003
Three months ago, we mentioned that Yates's was running a talent contest to find Britain's newest pop star. Would you believe more than 12,000...
Bar goes online
15-May-2003
A new bar in Camden is breaking new ground by offering wireless internet access for local business clientele. The Lockside Lounge opens today in the...
Fuller's and Yates put pub packages on the market
16-Aug-2001
London brewer Fuller's and bar operator Yates Group are shaking up their pub estates by putting packages on the market.Fuller's has put its six...
Yates presses on after takeover talks end
24-Jun-2001
Yates Group is pressing ahead with its expansion plans and a management shake-up after the end of talks over a possible takeover offer.It has...
