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Enterprise close to £1bn loan deal

Enterprise close to £1bn loan deal

By Gemma McKenna

Enterprise Inns is close to agreeing a refinancing deal of its £1bn bank loan, reports the Sunday Times. Shares in the pubco fell by 11% on Friday...

Punch: launching West Coast Grill

Punch to launch West Coast Grill brand

By Mark Stretton, M&C Report

The managed pub arm of Punch Taverns is to launch a new bar brand called West Coast Grill to replace the Old Orleans name.

Charity: change at every major company

What we all need to know

By The PMA Team

Mitchells & Butlers' decision to sell its 300 high-street and town-centre wet-led pubs is an historic moment, says The PMA Team.

Barworks snaps up Living Room site

Barworks snaps up Living Room site

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...

Marston's: new format

Marston's to open first 'Magnum' pub

By The PMA Team

Marston's managed division, Inns & Taverns, is to open its first managed pub in a larger format it calls "Magnum", at a location in Dover this...

A good World Cup could net pubs £124m

Enterprise Inns' World Cup boost

By Gemma McKenna

Enterprise licensees are being offered a hat-trick of schemes worth £1m to keep tills ringing in the run-up to the World Cup. The pubco has...

Ward: teaming up with country singer Bob James

Music single to help save the pub

By Ewan Turney

An American-based country singer is to release a single in support of the Great British pub. British born country singer and record producer Bob...

Dyke Pub and Kitchen: set to open in June

Webb set to open sixth Brighton site

By Gemma McKenna

Serial entrepreneur Martin Webb is set to open his sixth Brighton pub in September — the Portland is on track to open in September.

Slug & Lettuce: 25 years old

Slug & Lettuce celebrates 25th birthday

By Ewan Turney

Slug and Lettuce is celebrating 25 years on the high street by offering customers a range of drinks and dishes from the 80s. The first Slug and...

Dyson: will take over at Punch

M&S man to take helm at Punch Taverns

By Ewan Turney

Marks & Spencer finance and operations director Ian Dyson is to become chief executive of Punch Taverns. Dyson has previously been finance...

Wetherspoon: money back from VAT man

JDW nets £14.9m machine tax refund

By Ewan Turney

Managed pub operator JD Wetherspoon has claimed back £14.9m in overpaid VAT on gaming machines in its pubs. The money has been claimed back from HM...

M&B: 300 pubs up for sale

M&B hires Sapient to sell 300 pubs

By The PMA Team

Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has hired boutique finance firm Sapient Corporate Finance to sell 300 or so wet-led pubs, according to reports.

La Tasca: brand is up for sale

Bay Restaurant Group up for sale

By The PMA Team

The Bay Restaurant Group, which operates La Tasca and Ha Ha Bar and Grill, has been put up for sale by its owners Kaupthing and Commerzbank for an...

Avalon: busy despite poor weather

Pubs report strong bank holiday trading

By Lesley Foottit

Pubs enjoyed a busy bank holiday despite the wash out weather over most of the UK. Whiting & Hammond pub the Little Brown Jug in Tonbridge,...

M&B: fined over incident

M&B pub fined over electric shock

By Gemma McKenna

Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers has been fined £10,000 after a three-year-old boy suffered an electric shock at one of its Lancashire pubs....

Halsey: benefited from increased penetration into the local free trade

Sales soar at Purity Brewing Co

By Ewan Turney

Contracts with Mitchells & Butlers, Punch Taverns and Adnams have helped boost trade to record levels at Purity Brewing Co. Warwickshire-based...

CAMRA: backing local ciders and perries

CAMRA crowns cider and perry of the year

By Ewan Turney

Stanford Orchards Cider has been crowned best cider in Britain by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). Winner of the Perry Gold medal was Hartlands...

Roberts has acquired fourth pub

Roberts buys Rose Valley pub

By The PMA Team

A Norfolk pub entrepreneur has bought her fourth pub — Sarah-Jane Roberts has acquired the Rose Valley Tavern in Norwich.

JD Wetherspoon: hotel openings

JDW snaps up three hotels

By The PMA Team

Managed operator JD Wetherspoon is buying three hotels as part of its plan to open 50 pubs a year for the next five years. The company has...

Turner: new depot

Old Gales site to be redeveloped

By The PMA Team

The old Gales brewery site in Horndean — now owned by Fuller's — is set to be the subject of a £20m redevelopment scheme that will create 100...

Blumenthal: may do a steak bar at the Crown

Heston buys second pub in Bray

By Ewan Turney

Celeb chef Heston Blumenthal has bought a second pub in Bray — opposite his Fat Duck restaurant. Blumenthal, who already also owns the Hind's Head...

Taybarns: rollout on hold

Taybarns rollout on hold

By Martyn Leek, M&C Report

Whitbread has put the rollout of its Taybarns brand on hold and will assess further expansion later this year, M&C Report can reveal. The...

Number of UK nightclubs down by 13%

Recession takes toll on nightclub trade

By Mark Stretton, M&C Report

The nightclub sector is struggling even more than the pub sector. Mark Stretton take a look at what's going on. Analysts tend to make company profit...

Pre-loading is a problem

78% pre-load before going to pub

By Ewan Turney

Over 78% of 18-34 year-olds regularly drink at home before going out — a trend that is causing serious damage to the pub trade. New research from...

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