Publican celebrates triple achievement
Star Pubs licensee and managing director of The Healy Group Pubs – Donal Healy – is celebrating 40 years in the pub trade, 20 years as a Star publican and his 75th birthday.
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Roseacre grows pub portfolio to 10 sites
Midlands-based Roseacre Pub Company has taken its seventh pub with Star Pubs, increasing its estate to 10 sites – and it has plans to expand further.
Licensees recognised for two decades at pub
Licensees of Newcastle-under-Lyme-based pub, the Waggon & Horses have been awarded Star Pubs prestigious ‘dedication award’ to mark their 20th anniversary as operators of the site.
MY PUB
MY PUB: The Ship Tavern, Holborn, London
Dating back to 1549, the Ship Tavern in Holborn in London is among the oldest pubs in London.
Star opens 200th JAT venue after £350k investment
Pub company Star Pubs has opened its 200th Just Add Talent (JAT) managed operator site following a £350,000 investment.
Star Pubs honours one of its longest serving licensees
Heineken UK’s pub arm, Star, has awarded one of its longest serving licensees after two decades behind the bar.
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MY PUB: The Venture Inn, Reigate, Surrey
In the affluent town of Reigate – just south of the M25 – you will find the Venture Inn, which cites low & no beers as one of its key drivers.
MY PUB
MY PUB: The Rose & Crown, Wolston, Warwickshire
With a spacious garden and TV sports galore, the Rose & Crown has something for everyone.
Star introduces online darts tournament for pubs
Heineken UK’s pub arm, Star Pubs, has announced the launch of a UK-wide darts tournament for its leased and tenanted sites with darts teams.
Blind Tiger Inns opens 20th pub
Blind Tiger Inns has announced the opening of its 20th site, the Grey Man in Greater Manchester.
Operators takes on second Star site
South Yorkshire operators Simon Woodcock and Richard Hepplestone are taking the lease on their sixth pub as they look to build a 10-strong estate in the region.
Star vows to invest £4.6m in gardens and outside spaces
Star Pubs is investing £4.6m in revamping the gardens and outside areas of its pubs this year with 156 pubs set to benefit.
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My Pub: The Ashford Arms, Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire
The Ashford Arms is pubco Longbow Venues’ third site.
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My Pub: The Fox, Birmingham
Andy King has been at the helm of the Fox on Lower Essex Street in Birmingham since 1997 and is the longest serving publican in the city’s gay village.
BIG INTERVIEW
The Big Interview: Lawson’s rule is to ‘be yourself’
Be yourself and make sure you switch off when you are not at work – that’s the advice Star Pubs & Bars managing director Lawson Mountstevens has for anyone wanting to further their career.
Pubs can’t work with business rates ‘ambiguity’
Star Pubs & Bars managing director Lawson Mountstevens wants to see action on business rates because pubs can’t work with such “ambiguity” in the trade.
Heineken UK unveils £39m plan to upgrade pub estate
Heineken UK has revealed plans to inject £39m into upgrading and reopening sites in its Star Pubs & Bars tenanted and leased estate to attract remote workers.
Town’s longest serving licensee celebrates 20-year anniversary
The longest serving licensee in Penrith, Cumbria has marked 20 years at the town pub and been presented with an award.
Star unveils 'biggest ever' events support package
Star Pubs & Bars has announced its “biggest-ever” package of events support for its licensees, set to launch later this month.
Star invests more than £50m into pub estate
Star Pubs & Bars has injected more than £51m into its pub estate since September last year.
Star licensee marks 40th anniversary
Operators at a village pub in Lincolnshire have been recognised for their service to the community on their 40th anniversary at the helm.
Star injects more than £1.5m into Welsh pubs
Star Pubs & Bars has revealed a new look for its flagship site in Cardiff, Wales, following a £1.4m renovation project, its biggest single investment this year, and plans to plough a further £730k into Welsh venues.
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Why the JAT model is a Star for Heineken’s pubco
In the week Star Pubs & Bars announced it was set to boost the number of it Just Add Talent model pubs by 67%, operations director Mick Howard explained more about the move and what he would like to see from the current Government to help the sector.
Star to increase JAT pubs by 67% in 3 years
Star Pubs & Bars is set to accelerate openings of its Just Add Talent (JAT) managed operator pubs business to 250 sites within three years.
Star ploughs £60k into online help for licensees
Pub company Star Pubs & Bars has invested more than £60,000 in creating a one-stop online support platform for its licensees that it said is tailored to their pub’s offer.
Blind Tiger Inns snaps up 2 pubs with Star
North West pub operator Blind Tiger Inns is taking the leases of two new pubs with Star Pubs & Bars.
Star ploughs £6.8m into outdoor makeovers
Star Pubs & Bars is investing £6.8m in developing premium outdoor areas and revamping pub exteriors in 2023, benefitting 220 pubs.
‘Great leased and tenanted pubs are at the heart of communities’
Pub bosses discussed leased and tenanted sites at the MCA Pub Conference yesterday, celebrating the "resilience" of the model.
Village pub reopens after £240k revamp from Star
Star Pubs & Bars has invested £240,000 into an overhaul of a Buckinghamshire village pub that reopened at the weekend.
New Star operators plan to have six pubs within two years
West Midlands pub operators Russell Moreton and Melissa Nicholls have gone multiple after taking on a pub with Star Pubs & Bars – and have plans to run six sites within two years.
Heineken ploughs £40m into pub estate
Heineken is pumping £40m into almost a quarter of its sites in its pub estate – Star Pubs & Bars – this year.
Star aims to run net zero estate by 2040
Star Pubs & Bars has revealed its ambition to decarbonise its estate of 2,400 pubs by 2040.
FEATURE – Business development managers
FEATURE: Why the BDM is a Star attraction
One of the most important people in the life of a licensee is their business development manager (BDM), in this feature we learn a little about two people and their roles in the Star Pubs & Bars set-up.
Star ploughs £60k into coronation weekend
Star Pubs & Bars has invested more than £60,000 worth of support for the King’s Coronation and accompanying May bank holiday weekends for its licensees.
Operator honoured for over 30 years’ service
An Essex licensee was rewarded with a prestigious accolade to honour her long-standing service.
Star invests £200k into free pint initiative
Large pubco Star Pubs & Bars has invested £200,000 into free pint vouchers to boost trade across its estate.
Whelan’s & Star plough £1.35m into 6th site
Whelan’s Pub Company is opening the Fox at Palmers Green, north London, this week after a joint £1.35m refurb with Star Pubs & Bars.
Smart meters rolled out to 1/3 of Star pubs
Star Pubs & Bars is installing gas and electricity smart meters at a third of its pubs to help reduce their energy consumption as utility costs soar and Government help is set to be vastly reduced withdrawn.
Star pumps £60k into Six Nations support
Large pubco Star Pubs & Bars has invested £60,000 into a free Six Nations 2023 Championship promotional package for its licensees.
PCA probes insurance issue after Star admission
The pubs code adjudicator (PCA) is investigating an insurance breach after Star Pubs & Bars admitted non-compliance over the matter.
Mental health charity takes over Star pubs
HUMEN, a charity dedicated to reducing the number of male suicides, has partnered with 15 Star pubs to raise awareness for its ‘Rise Against Suicide’ campaign.
Work from pub packages new avenue for income
More than 95% of consumers who usually work from home would be interested in a ‘work from the pub package’, presenting businesses with a new avenue for potential income, recent research conducted on behalf of Star Pubs & Bars has revealed.
Rent hike pushes licensees to leave pub after 30 years
A couple has called time after 30 years behind the bar, with a rent increase by Star Pubs & Bars hammering in “the final nail in the coffin”.
£650k pumped into traditional pub
Multiple operator Roseacre Inns and Star Pubs & Bars have jointly invested £650,000 in the upgrade of a Midlands pub.
Star Pubs & Bars strikes energy deal for its licensees
Star Pubs & Bars has used its bulk-buying power to thrash out a money-saving energy deal for its licensees that will last for a year.
J&S takes on 5th Star site
North Yorkshire multiple operator, J&S Pub Company, has taken on its fifth Star Pubs & Bars pub, Mist in Scarborough, north Yorkshire, bringing its pub estate to seven.
Star pumps £42m into pub refurbs
Heineken pub arm Star Pubs & Bars has announced it will invest £42m into upgrading more than a quarter of its estate during 2022 with particular focus on pub gardens in suburban areas as well as those on high streets and near residential neighbourhoods.
Star boosts social media support with new training package
Star Pubs & Bars is ramping up its social media support on existing platform Avocado Social, as licensees label help with social media a top priority.
Star warns licensees to start Jubilee weekend preparations early
Pub operator Star Pubs & Bars has warned licensees to get ready well ahead of the Platinum Jubilee weekend celebrations in early June by launching a support package for its licensees.
Southwest multi-site operator takes on Star lease
Multi-site Southwest pub operator TQ2 Limited has taken on the lease for a Star Pubs & Bars site in West Devon.