Individual Restaurant Group in hunt for development cash
13-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Individual Restaurant Group (IRC), which runs the Piccolino and Restaurant Bar & Grill eatery chains, is looking for ways to raise cash to expand...
Castle Rock Brewery to raise £600,000 to develop pub
01-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
An award-winning Nottingham brewery is looking to raise £600,000 via an Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) in order to buy a run-down working men's...
31-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
Longshot has acquired the four-strong Bel & Dragon group of pub restaurants from the Orchid Group.
Orchid Group sells Bel & The Dragon chain
31-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
Orchid Group has sold its Bel & The Dragon gastro pub chain to Longshot, the London-based leisure group which formely owned the Groucho Club....
26-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
The south-west café-bar company Loungers is set to open a new casual-dining and drinking concept called the Cosy Club in Taunton next month.
23-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
Industry veteran Ian Payne is set to become the new non-executive chairman of Stonegate Pub Company, which acquired 333 wet-led pubs from Mitchells...
20-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
Hartlepool-based Camerons Brewery has won a five-year deal to contract brew for Carlsberg. Camerons, which has 85 staff at its Lion Brewery site, is...
05-Aug-2010 By Phil Mellows
Glasgow pub and bar operator G1 Group is spending an unprecedented £5.7m on a dramatic transformation of the Corinthian.
05-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
Multi-site operator TM Steaks has opened its third Brakspear pub — the iconic Chequers in Marlow, Bucks. The pub was formerly tenanted by Massive...
Town & City Pub Co reaps rewards from value-for-money deals
04-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
Offering competitive food and drink deals to cash-strapped customers helped Town & City Pub Company (T&C) drive like-for-like turnover up by...
02-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
New licensees can run a pub for 12 months with no long term financial commitment under a "Try before you Buy" scheme, launched by Hertfordshire...
30-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Wiltshire-based brewer and operator Wadworth has acquired the Black Horse at Sowton, near Exeter — its first pub in Devon. The Black Horse will be...
ALMR: Pubs 'footing the bill' for BSkyB's growth ambitions
29-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
UK pubs and bars are "footing the bill" for Sky TV's ambitions to build itself into a larger, more profitable business, according to a leading pub...
22-Jul-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Steve Thomas, the founder of nightclub group Luminar, is to enter the restaurant sector, resurrecting the Chicago Pizza Pie Factory brand in the UK,...
16-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
Wiltshire brewer and retailer Wadworth's has reported turnover up, but profit down for its most recent year. The company saw turn-over rise from...
Luminar loses out to World Cup
13-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Spain may be celebrating their first ever World Cup win but Luminar Group, the UK nightclub operator, will be glad to see the back of the month-long...
13-Jul-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Luminar, the embattled nightclub operator, this morning revealed the full impact of the World Cup on its sales. In an interim management statement...
08-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
The shortlisted finalists for the MA200 awards for multi-site managed pub companies have been unveiled. In the Best Food Offer category, Anglian...
29-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Hertfordshire brewer and pub operator McMullen's has reported increased sales but operating profit down in its most recent financial year. Sales...
16-Jun-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Analysts at Goldman Sachs have warned that Luminar, Britain's biggest nightclub group, is in danger of breaching banking covenants. The banking...
Orchid Group to buy 150 pubs over next two years
08-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
Orchid Group, the privately-backed managed pub operator which recently acquired the Premium Bars & Restaurants business, is looking to add a...
02-Jun-2010 By Ewan Turney
Orchid has bought the freehold of the Peeping Tom in Coventry and plans to convert the site to its Value Carvery format. The Peeping Tom, a former...
27-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
The speaker line-up for the next free Morning Advertiser seminar for members of our managed multiples club, MA200, has been unveiled. The meeting,...
24-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
North West brewer and pub operator JW Lees has acquired two ex-Mercury Inns pubs out of administration. JW Lees bought the freeholds of the Red Lion...
24-May-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Luminar, Britain's biggest nightclub group, has approached the majority of its landlords with a request for a significant reduction in rents — as...
InnBrighton buys flagship Old Orleans site in Brighton
13-May-2010 By The PMA Team
InnBrighton has added a flagship site to its 43-strong estate — the city's former Old Orleans outlet in the Lanes area.
13-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Nightclub company Luminar has reported a loss of £123.1m for the year to 25 February with trade worsening in its current year — like-for-like...
Luminar Group finance boss quits
13-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Robert McDonald is to quit his job as finance director of Luminar Group, the nightclub operator, at the end of next month to "pursue other...
07-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Barworks, the London-based late-night operator behind the Electricity Showrooms in Hoxton Square, has acquired its 12th site. The privately owned...
28-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Castle Rock Brewery, the Nottingham real ale brewer and pub operator, is to triple its capacity following a £600,000 investment in a new brewery.
28-Apr-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Novus Leisure, the late-night bar and club group, has appointed a new finance director to succeed Jane Holbrook, who is leaving the Tiger Tiger...
28-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A West Midlands licensee is hoping to open five more pubs in as many years despite the difficult trading conditions. Balwinder Thukral has built up...
26-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Multiple pub operator Heartstone Inns has boosted turnover to nearly £3m in its most recent financial year. The company made a pre-tax loss of...
08-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Channel Islands pub and drinks business The Liberation Group has bought a nightclub site from Luminar. The venue, the Bar, is located on Jersey's...
Batemans buys pub at auction
06-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Batemans, the independent family-run Brewery based in Lincolnshire, has bought the Cross Roads Inn pub, East Barkwith, at auction.
Giles Thorley's replacement to be announced "at the end of April
30-Mar-2010 By Caroline Nodder
Punch chief Giles Thorley said he expects his successor to be named by the end of April, and confirmed that final interviews were taking place...
22-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Cavendish Bars is opening its fourth Wahoo Bar & Grill site at the former Bar Risa, Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford. As the previous Wahoo sites, it...
12-Mar-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Luminar, the embattled nightclub operator, is to start a rigorous cost reduction exercise after revealing it had seen no upturn in recent trading and...
3DE leases pose us no threat, says Luminar
01-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
The economic downturn marked another victim last week as 3D Entertainment (3DE), the nightclub operator part-owned by Luminar Group, became the...
Charles Wells given thumbs up from licensees
26-Feb-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Support for Charles Wells tenants and lessees is getting better, according to results from a survey of the pub company's licensees. More than 100...
26-Feb-2010 By Becky Paskin, Big Hospitality
G1 Group is to open a new flagship pub and live entertainment venue in Edinburgh in March, following a multi-million pound investment. The...
24-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Tailor Made Steaks (TMS), the pub operator that specialises in steak, has opened a small hotel in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire.
24-Feb-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Shares in Luminar reached a new low yesterday of 32p following fears that Simon Douglas would have to launch a fresh rights issue.
Thomas out, Douglas in at Luminar
23-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
Stephen Thomas, the founder and chief executive of nightclub operator Luminar, is to step down from the top job at the end of this month, to be...
23-Feb-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Simon Douglas, the former head of music retailer Zavvi, is set to takeover from Steve Thomas as Luminar's new chief executive. He will takeover the helm of Britain's biggest nightclub group next month.
22-Feb-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
A succession programme has been underway for some time at Luminar with boss Steve Thomas set to announce his departure, says Mark Stretton.
19-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Luminar boss Steve Thomas, the man who once ran notorious all-you can drink deals, is now leading the calls for a minimum price to be introduced on...
12-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
The Orchid Group has set up a new company, Parkmill Pub Management, to acquire and develop both individual sites and larger acquisitions, such as...
05-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Urban & Country Leisure founder Ross Sanders is to open a £2m celebrity hang-out nightclub in Soho, London. Sanders, who founded Urban &...
04-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
Two more tenanted pub companies have pledged to help licensees by keeping a lid on price rises. Marston's tenanted division boss Alistair Darby...
