Over 100 delegates, including multiple pub operators and other key industry figures, turned out for the MA250 Business Seminar in Windsor yesterday, hosted by the Publican’s Morning Advertiser.
Labour’s shadow business minister Toby Perkins has said he’ll “make the case” to his party for alcohol duty to be reduced, but fell short of explicitly supporting the move.
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) and NVM Private Equity have announced they plan to invest £10m into Wear Inns, the north-east England-based pub operator, to further aid its growth strategy.
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) and NVM Private Equity (NVM) have announced they plan to invest £10m into Wear Inns, the North east England-based pub operator, to further aid its growth strategy.
If they love you, then you’re made,” says Loungers’ main man Alex Reilley. And the bar and restaurant company is certainly well-loved by its customers.
Peach Pub Company, the multiple pub operator, has received initial financing worth half a million pounds from brewer Molson Coors, with an option to secure more at a later date.
Tadcaster Pub Company, the northern England-based pub operator, has revealed that it has converted four of its tenanted pubs to managed and is looking to convert two more sites in the near future.
Livelyhood Venues, the London-based pub and restaurant operator, has appointed its first operations director as it announces plans to grow to 15 pubs over the next three years.
Imbiba Partnership, the investment company behind Drake & Morgan, plans to launch a new bar and restaurant concept called Darwin & Wallace with the first funds raised through its recently launched Enterprise Investment Scheme, M&C Report understands.
Batemans, the Lincolnshire brewer and pub operator, has opened its first managed pub and is looking to run more sites on a managed basis in the future, M&C Report has learnt.
Former Regent Inns executive and Momo Leisure co-owner Jeremy ‘Jez’ King has teamed up with entrepreneur David Cappendell to acquire the Norfolk-based Animal Inns business from owner Henry Watt for an undisclosed sum.
Pub People Company, the Midlands-based multiple pub operator, has signed a deal with a local brewer to produce bespoke beers that will be available exclusively in its outlets.
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Momo Leisure, the firm run by former Regent Inns executives David Elphick and Jez King, is in talks with around six late-night bar operators about rolling out Jongleurs comedy clubs into their outlets, M&C Report has learnt.
A multiple operator is offering customers ready meals to take home as part of its Stuff the Supermarkets campaign, in a bid to compete with the retail giants.
Forty years ago Peter Salussolia fulfilled an ambition to run his own business. Since then Glendola Leisure has become a star player among the UK’s multiple operators. But, as he tells Phil Mellows, there’s more to the company than pubs.
Piper, the private equity group, which formerly backed Pitcher & Piano and Las Iguanas, has taken a significant minority stake in Loungers, the fast-growing cafe/bar restaurant group led by Alex Reilley.
The first round bids are due by end of play today for TCG, the 96-strong pub and bar operator, which was placed on the market by its private-equity backer Alchemy Partners at the start of the year.
City Pub Company, the new Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) funded venture from serial entrepreneurs David Bruce and Clive Watson, has acquired its first three pubs for circa £3.5m.
So you think you’ll make a good multiple operator? As Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company narrows down the common factors behind what works in its estate, Phil Mellows asks questions about acquiring that difficult second pub
Corney & Barrow, the City of London-based wine bar operator, is to rebrand its entire estate as C&B Bars over the next three years and launch a new concept aimed at transport hubs this June called C&B Cabin.
Loungers, the privately-owned group bar led by Alex Reilley, has secured a further two sites for its Cosy Club format in Cardiff and Salisbury, in Wiltshire.
Living Ventures (LV), the north west-based restaurant and bar company led by Tim Bacon, is planning to invest c.£8m on new openings next year, including the rollout of its Oast House pub concept.
Novus Leisure, the privately-owned bar and club group led by Steve Richards, has reported a rise in full-year sales on the back of its pre-bookings and continued investment in its existing estate.
A new group led by industry veteran Peter Marks, who was formerly chief executive at Brook leisure and Sports Café, has completed the acquisition of nightclub operator Luminar out of administration in deal worth around £45m.
Young’s, the London-based pub operator, has reported a rise in half-year sales on the back of its acquisition of Geronimo Inns last December, good trading in its existing estate and strong growth in profits across it hotels.
Amber Taverns, the Preston-based operator of wet-led freehold pubs, has secured £5m in new funding to enable it to push towards its aim of operating a 100-strong estate by 2014.
Be At One, the 12-strong London-based cocktail bar chain, has reported a 40% rise in pre-tax profits on turnover up 24% to £8.58m in the year to 31 March 2011.
Living Ventures Management, the restaurant and bar company led by entrepreneurs Tim Bacon and Jeremy Roberts, will open its latest venture in Manchester — Peppermint Bay, a café-deli concept — next week.
Stonegate, the TDR Capital-backed managed pub operator, is understood to be running a slide rule over Barracuda Pub Company, the c.200-strong pub group, prior to a possible bid for the business, the PMA has learnt.
Apartment Group, the north east-based bar and restaurant company, is eyeing further growth in the region after a securing an £8.65m loan from the Co-operative Bank.
David Myers, industry veteran and current chairman of Premium Bars & Restaurants and La Tasca, has been appointed as the new chairman of Walkabout operator Intertain.
The administrators of Luminar and its subsidiaries have taken steps to close 11 loss making clubs as part of their ongoing strategic review of the business.
Market Town Taverns, the Yorkshire-based operator led by Ian Fozard, has been acquired by Heron & Brearley, the Isle of Man’s biggest hospitality operator, for an undisclosed sum.
Piper, the private equity group, which formerly backed Pitcher & Piano and Las Iguanas, has taken a significant minority stake in Be At One, the London-based 12-strong cocktail bar chain.
