Cricketing duo expand pub group
The Cat & Wickets Pub Company was formed in 2016 and opened the Tap & Run in Upper Broughton, Leicestershire in 2018.
On the latest acquisition, a post on Gurney’s Instagram said: “At times, a really challenging year is ending with some very exciting and positive news.
“Stuart Broad and I have finally got our bands on a second pub and what a cracker it is too. The Griffin is iconic to anyone like me who grew up in the Charnwood area."
Team assembly
He added: “We are thrilled and honoured [to] take the baton from John and Jay who ran the place so passionately for 20 years.
“Our festive a la carte menu has launched this week. Regular guests to the Tap & Run will see the familiar two for £12 cocktails on Friday nights, our award-winning Sunday roasts now with Aubrey Allen meat and many familiar faces as the old gang is rapidly being assembled.
“Thank you to Tanwood Construction, which have performed a miracle with a two-and-a-half-day refurbishment.
“Paint was literally still drying on the walls when the first pint was poured. We can’t wait to show you what we have done with the place.”
Business growth
Earlier this year (October), founder of Peach Pubs Lee Cash invested in The Cat & Wickets Pub Company.
After two years working as a consultant in the Nottinghamshire-based business, predominantly coaching Gurney in his role as managing director, Cash has now acquired a stake in the business and is taking up an official non-executive role.
This came just after the Tap & Run was destroyed by a fire in June. However, work has started to bring the pub back to life.
On the future plans for the business, Gurney previously told The Morning Advertiser: “I’m hoping that between now and when the Tap & Run reopens in April, we will be opening another pub – so by April, we’ll be up to two,” he said. “And then, this time next year, my intention would be to have a third in the pipeline if things go well and the economy is not too scary.”
