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Young people eager for clubbing return with 20% planning 'ASAP'

13-Jul-2021 By Emily Hawkins

Almost all young Brits (94.3%) plan to visit late-night venues once restrictions are completely lifted and nightclubs allowed to reopen, a survey has revealed.

Inception Group: isolating staff is 'number one concern'

07-Jul-2021 By Emily Hawkins

Recovery for Inception Group’s central London sites will not be “an overnight big bang,” according to the group’s co-founder.

Adventure Bar acquired by Nightcap

04-May-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Recently formed hospitality group Nightcap has completed its second purchase by acquiring the owner of brands including Blame Gloria and Tonight Josephine, Adventure Bar Group.

Peach Pubs on the acquisition hunt after record-breaking reopening sales

27-Apr-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Multiple operator Peach has seen record-breaking sales figures since reopening for outside trading this month (April) and is looking to add a number of new sites to its existing portfolio over the next nine months.

Revolution: ‘Bring our ‘national day of freedom forward'

13-Apr-2021 By Stuart Stone

Revolution Bars Group chief executive, Rob Pitcher, has implored the Prime Minister to ‘follow the data, not dates’ and lift legal limits on social contact before Monday 21 June.

City operator dubs insurer 'morally reprehensible' after no pay-out

13-Apr-2021 By Emily Hawkins

A multiple site operator has been “left with no choice” but to press legal action against an insurer after it claimed its insurer backtracked on a pledge to pay out.

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MA500 May 2021 agenda unveiled

12-Apr-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

The next MA500 conference is set to take place on Thursday 13 May and we can now reveal the topics we will cover at the online event.

MA's Review of the Week

'Sustainability more important than ever'

01-Apr-2021 By Ed Bedington

The Morning Advertiser editor Ed Bedington spoke with Darwin and Wallace boss Mel Marriott on the headlines of this week

Property round-up

RedCat set to acquire 40 Stonegate pubs, Inn Collection and Oakman expand, Brighton Pier Group downsizes

30-Mar-2021 By Stuart Stone

In addition to news of planned RedCat and JD Wetherspoon expansion, the Inn Collection Group and Oakman have added landmark sites.

Revolution to reopen almost a third of sites in April

05-Mar-2021 By Stuart Stone

Nationwide operator Revolution Bars Group has announced plans to reopen 20 sites for outdoor guests in April ahead of the resumption of trade across its full estate a month later.

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What can pubs learn about marketing during the pandemic?

11-Feb-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Brand expert Mark McCulloch has revealed the businesses he thinks have used marketing to their advantage during the past 12 months.

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How sector reopens and start date ‘mission critical’

11-Feb-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Getting a clear plan of how the sector will exit lockdown measures and a date to reopen is “mission critical”, one trade body boss has said.

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How have operators expanded portfolios in the pandemic?

11-Feb-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Taking advantage of closure periods due to the coronavirus crisis is just one of the ways operators have managed to growth their estate, trade bosses have revealed.

Future planning focus for first 2021 MA500

02-Feb-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The first MA500 conference of 2021 is set to take place this month (Thursday 11 February) when we will be looking to help operators gear up for the year ahead.

MA’s Review of the Week

I don’t accept potential ‘lag’ between non-essential retail and pubs reopening

29-Jan-2021 By Ed Bedington

The Morning Advertiser's Ed Bedington speaks with the Bath Pub Company’s managing director Joe Cussens to reflect on the week's biggest headlines.

Property round-up

Former pubco bosses launch new ventures, Red Oak grows to 180 sites

20-Jan-2021 By Stuart Stone

This week’s pub property news includes reports that former Greene King CEO Rooney Anand is to embark on a £200m pub investment project, the launch of Valiant Pub Company, and a trio of new acquisitions for Red Oak.

New pubco set to launch by trio of industry veterans

19-Jan-2021 By Ed Bedington

Three top operators are set to re-enter the UK pub market with the launch of the Valiant Pub Company.

Opinion

Insurance ruling prompts ‘rise of PPI type companies' offering claims review

19-Jan-2021 By Steven Swift, Sector Associates

Hospitality insurance specialist Steven Swift of Sector Associates gives his verdict on the Supreme Court’s recent business interruption ruling.

MA's Review of the week

‘People want to support us, but we just can’t operate’

11-Dec-2020 By Ed Bedington

The Morning Advertiser's Ed Bedington speaks with PS the Pub Company’s Carlos Maidana to discuss the big issues from the pub sector this week.

Hawthorn Leisure unveils community-focused rebrand

30-Nov-2020 By Stuart Stone

Real estate investment trust NewRiver’s 700-strong pub arm will rebrand as ‘Hawthorn: The Community Pub Company’ as it seeks to become the UK’s number one community operator.

Revolution CVA approved, six sites to close

16-Nov-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Revolution Bars Group has had a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) for subsidiary Revolution Bars Limited approved.

Deltic Group 'put up for sale'

02-Nov-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Late-night operator Deltic Group has launched a merger and acquisition process in a bid to help its future, The Morning Advertiser understands.

Pub hits back at Government by changing its name to ‘the Three B******s’

15-Oct-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

A pub in Wirral, Liverpool has temporarily changed its name to 'the Three B******s' in protest against the city region’s strict lockdown restrictions.

Coronavirus pushes Whiting & Hammond into administration

14-Oct-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Multiple pub operator Whiting & Hammond entered into administration at the end of last month (30 September), it has announced.

Oakman records highest sales quarter in group history

09-Oct-2020 By Stuart Stone

A trading statement from multiple operator The Oakman Group covering the 13 weeks to 4 October has revealed record-breaking first quarter trading.

Property round-up

New sites for Trust Inns and Arc Inspirations

07-Oct-2020 By Stuart Stone

While multiple operators Trust Inns and Arc Inspirations have both announced expansions, brewer and pub operator Greene King announced the closure of more than half of its Loch Fyne sites.

The Alchemist to exchange food bank donations for free cocktails

06-Oct-2020 By Stuart Stone

Premium restaurant and cocktail bar operator The Alchemist has joined forces with Grey Goose and social enterprise Foodinate to offer visitors to two of its sites in Leeds, a free cocktail in exchange for food donations.

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How can pubs make the most of outside space for winter trade?

05-Oct-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

With the weather turning colder, operators should look into every way they can maximise outdoor space, the trade has been urged.

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Why are some operators continuing a discount scheme?

02-Oct-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

The Government-backed Eat Out to Help Out (EOTHO) scheme helped push trade and some operators have continued their own discount initiatives into winter.

Hawthorn Leisure non-executive chairman David Lockhart passes away

02-Oct-2020 By Stuart Stone

New River REIT has announced David Lockhart, the company’s co-founder and a non-executive chairman of its pub arm, Hawthorn Leisure, has died.

MA500

‘Consumer confidence is most important aspect for operators’

01-Oct-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Building customer confidence in a safe space should be a top priority for the trade, operators, suppliers and experts urged in a virtual MA500 conference today (Thursday 1 October).

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Christmas isn’t cancelled, as long as you do it right

01-Oct-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

Christmas celebrations in pubs, as long as coronavirus guidance and rules don’t re-escalate, will happen and could be lucrative for operators who get it right.

One third of operators ‘won’t survive six months with curfew in place’

01-Oct-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Some 35% of operators won’t survive six months with the 10pm curfew in effect, an industry poll has found.

City Pub Group revenue recovers to ‘around 80%’ of pre-lockdown levels

30-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

The City Pub Group's chairman has lauded the operator’s ‘encouraging’ post-lockdown performance after revenues bounced back from a 55% hit taken during 15 weeks of enforced closure.

Property round-up

Star Pubs & Bars and Hook Norton Brewery revive listed pubs

30-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

Heineken's pub arm pledged more than £600,000 to reopening a Dundee pub which has been closed for the last four years while Oxfordshire-based Hook Norton Brewery has put wheels in motion at a 17th century coaching inn.

Mosaic pieces together £2.5m from share offering

30-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

Mosaic Pub and Dining Group has raised an extra £2.5m from a recent share offering in a bid to bolster its balance sheet amid the ongoing pandemic.

Operator confidence slips in just 7 days

28-Sep-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Hospitality operators' confidence levels have fallen by 10% in just a week, the latest results from an industry survey has found.

Robinsons vows to grow managed business despite ‘cautious’ view of 2021

28-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

Cheshire-based brewer and pub operator Robinsons has pledged to continue site investment and acquisition as the 182-year-old family run business weathers the ongoing pandemic.

Revolution Bars Group considers CVA

28-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

The nationwide operator of 74 Revolution and Revolucion de Cuba bars has confirmed it is working with advisors to secure its long-term viability.

'I am appalled with Government strategy' says Peach Pubs boss

25-Sep-2020 By Ed Bedington

The Morning Advertiser's Ed Bedington speaks with Peach Pubs managing director Hamish Stoddart to find out how the new restrictions have impacted the business.

Whitbread to cut 6,000 jobs

22-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

The operator behind brands such as Brewers Fayre, Beefeater and Premier Inn has announced that as many as 6,000 members of staff could face redundancy following a collapse in sales during the coronavirus crisis.

Jobs round-up

EOTHO created an extra 821 years’ worth of work, Brighton Pier Group announces layoffs, sector jobs under threat

17-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

The latest hospitality jobs data has found that while the Government-backed Eat Out to Help Out scheme saw a 44% increase in scheduled hours in August, hundreds of thousands of the sector’s jobs remain at risk.

EOTHO boosts Loungers’ summer sales by a third

16-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

According to café-bar operator Loungers’ latest trading update, like-for-like sales grew by 29.9% between 4 July and 13 September largely as a result of the Government-backed Eat Out to Help Out discount scheme.

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‘When we show football here, it's a community event’

15-Sep-2020 By MA Editorial

Clement Ogbonnaya of south London pub, the Prince of Peckham, explains how he’s successfully introduced live sport to his inclusive, community venue on the border between north and south Peckham.

BrewDog posts £8.1m losses due to pandemic

14-Sep-2020 By Finn Scott-Delany

BrewDog made a net loss of £8,151,071 in the six months to 30 June 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

MA500 October to focus on maximising winter trade

11-Sep-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

The next virtual MA500 conference is set to take place on 1 October, highlighting the ways operators can make the most of winter trade safely.

NFL pub experience ‘lends itself well’ to Covid-secure trading, says GBPA winner

11-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

The manager of the 2019 Great British Pub Awards’ Best for Sport winner believes that the existing playbook on American Football screenings makes the NFL well suited to post-lockdown pubs.

Pushing pens and pulling pints: would remote workers be comfortable working from a pub?

08-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

While around half of Brits have returned to their office in some capacity following Covid-19 lockdown, one-in-three would be comfortable doing a days’ work from a ‘pub office’ according to new research.

Deltic to axe more than 400 jobs in redundancy consultation

07-Sep-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Late-night operator The Deltic Group is set to slash 402 jobs in a redundancy consultation across its estate after a prolonged period of closure with no reopening date announced yet, reports have stated.

B&K plans £2.5m rights issue to offset lockdown losses

07-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

Nationwide brewpub group Brewhouse & Kitchen is seeking funds to counteract sales lost during lockdown and the subsequent recovery period.