M&B launches pub finder iPhone app

Managed pub chain Mitchells & Butlers has launched an iPhone app that will show the location of the nearest Vintage Inns restaurant.

Managed pub chain Mitchells & Butlers is dipping its toe in the world of computer applications, or 'apps', with the launch of an iPhone app that will show the location of the nearest Vintage Inns restaurant.

The free app — a small program downloadable to Apple's iPhone — will be launched this month.

It will let users search an area for pubs, or use the phone's satellite technology to find the nearest of the 221 inns.