06-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Two members of the MA-200 club — Grand Union and Amber Taverns — have been listed in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list. The list is made up...
29-Nov-2010 By Gurjit Degun
Luminar Leisure is launching dedicated karaoke rooms at its flagship Oceana nightclub in Milton Keynes. Running under the Go Go Karaoke brand,...
26-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Tom McMullen has joined McMullen & Sons as company secretary, marking a sixth generation commitment to the family business.
25-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
JW Lees has promoted Simon Cross to the board as finance director — the first non-family director in 30 years. Cross joined JW Lees as director of...
18-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Sources at Stonegate Pub Company report that Graham Jones, the current Punch operations director, will join the company in February 2011.
15-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Talks over merging Stonegate Pub Company with Town & City Pub Company are making very slow progress, sources indicate. Stonegate, backed by...
12-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Steve Haslam, founder of TLC Inns, was crowned Best Individual at last week's MA200 Awards for the best independent multiple retailers. Haslam...
12-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Brighton & Hove licensed multiple retailer InnBrighton has posted a 13.6% increase in Ebitda for the financial year to 30 June 2010.
McMullen's: Seeking silver linings
08-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Given the economic clouds hanging over the UK consumer, silver linings might be in short supply in the coming months. But despite fears of what...
05-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
A Luminar club in Swindon has proposed closing earlier on nights where it runs drinks promotions, after police called for a licence review. Liquid...
04-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Steve Haslam, founder of TLC Inns, has been crowned Best Individual at the MA 200 Awards for the best, independent multiple retailers. Haslam...
25-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney
Multiple operator Loungers is set to open two more Cosy Club sites in Bath and Exeter, following its success in Taunton. The company is aiming to...
Luminar posts £36m first half loss
22-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ
Nightclub operator Luminar Group said it believes it can reverse its declining fortunes after announcing a £36m loss for the first six months of the...
21-Oct-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Luminar confirmed this morning that it was continuing to see a "difficult trading environment" as it reported a like-for-like sales decline of 20.2%.
20-Oct-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Jongleurs, the comedy club brand, has received £2m in funding from Ingenious Media and has announced a tie-up with Luminar.
14-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
Stonegate Pub Company has dismissed rumours that the company has poached Wetherspoon executives Paul Harbottle and Keith Down.
LGV Capital backs Amber Taverns buyout
13-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ
LGV Capital, the private equity firm that backed the management buyout of Channel Island-based brewer and pub operator Liberation Group in 2008, has...
Liberation Brewery: The freedom to grow
11-Oct-2010
The Channel Islands might constitute a relatively small land mass, but to visit 65 of its pubs three or four times each during a four-month period is...
30-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Stephen Thomas, the founder of Luminar, is to launch a new "up market, all seated and fully waiter serviced bar" concept called the Greene Room,
Robinsons reborn
27-Sep-2010 By Caroline Nodder
Rugby player-sized commercial director Oliver Robinson breezes through the main doors of the brewery that bears his surname, joking with reception...
27-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Luminar, the UK's largest nightclub operator, has reversed its decision to only use polycarbonate glassware in its estate. The group went fully over...
16-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
A top line-up of speakers has been unveiled for the November meeting of the MA200 club for managed multiple retailers. The event, on Wednesday, 3...
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...
