Companies

Lounges chain will open up to 25 more sites

15-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Loungers' retro-inspired restaurant and bar brand Lounges is set to expand across the UK, with four sites opening this month.

Pergola announces new rooftop bar at London Olympia

15-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Pergola will open its first permanent site on the roof of Olympia London, as part of the exhibition centre’s substantial re-imagining.

Imagine Inns breaks ground on £400k development

14-Aug-2018 By Stuart Stone

North-west pub company Imagine Inns has begun work on the redevelopment of the Railway at Bromley Cross, Greater Manchester, in partnership with Star Pubs & Bars.

The MA500 crowd is coming to Sheffield

14-Aug-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Multi-award-winning business The New World Trading Company opened one of its Botanist sites under two years ago in Sheffield – where the MA500 meets in September – and chief executive Chris Hill reveals the peaks and troughs of operating in the city.

Brakspear turnover increases by 11%

14-Aug-2018 By Stuart Stone

JT Davies & Sons, the parent company for Henley-based brewer and pub operator Brakspear, has reported its financial results for the year ending 31 December 2017.

Administration for Leeds deli bar company

13-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Friends of Ham, a continental-style bar with venues in Leeds and Ilkley, has been placed into administration.

Stonegate invests £205,000 in London pub garden

09-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A London pub has opened its new garden after a substantial investment by operator Stonegate Pub Company.

Female licensees receive Star treatment

09-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Star Pubs & Bars treated some of its top female licensees to a spa day as a reward for their hard work in a historically male-dominated industry.

The lowdown on Cambscuisine

09-Aug-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Crowdfunding to expand one of its brands, multiple operator Cambscuisine highlights the changing market and how to stay afloat in Cambridge.

Revolution growth plan will target Millennials

09-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Bar group Revolution is set to open six new bars during the next 12 months, with a new marketing strategy focused on those aged between 20 and 40.

Wetherspoon Brexit beer mats support ‘no deal’

08-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

JD Wetherspoon have launched a Brexit beer mat outlining the pubco's view that the UK should not strike a deal with the EU and opt out of EU tariffs.

Arc Inspirations invests £1.4m in new Leeds venue

08-Aug-2018 By Stuart Stone

The operator behind chains such as Manahatta and Banyan Bar & Kitchen, Arc Inspirations, is ploughing £1.4m into a new site for bar brand The Box.

Pub dress code angers industry chiefs

08-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A pub has sparked a debate on dress codes after a picture of its rules was posted on social media.

Inn Collection Group tops out £4m Amble Inn

08-Aug-2018 By Stuart Stone

The Inn Collection Group (ICG) has completed structural building work of the £4m Amble Inn in Coquet Enterprise Park in Amble, Northumberland.

Chestnut Group acquires two Suffolk coastal inns

07-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

East Anglia-based pubco Chestnut Group has added two pubs to its portfolio.

Wear Inns bought by Aprirose for £22.4m

07-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

North-east pub group Wear Inns has been bought for £22.4m by specialist UK real estate investor Aprirose.

Charles Wells to invest £8m into French estate

06-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Brewer Charles Wells will invest €9m (£8m) into the growth of its French estate of managed pubs over the next three years.

Autographed Nigel Farage photo stolen from pub

03-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A pub has pleaded for the return of a signed picture of former United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage after it was stolen this week.

Ego Restaurants agree second site with Ei Group

03-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A free-of-tie lease for a Cheshire pub was agreed between Ei Group’s Commercial Properties business and Ego Restaurants.

Punch returns to the acquisition trail

03-Aug-2018 By MCA

Punch has made its first individual pub acquisitions for 11 years, as it continues to grow its Mighty Local and Champs formats.

Arc Inspirations' funding doubled to almost £7m by bank

02-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Arc Inspirations has received almost £7m funding through a new senior debt deal with banking partner Santander.

Blind Tiger Inns takes on 13th site

01-Aug-2018 By Stuart Stone

North-west community pub operator Blind Tiger Inns has announced that it will take over the lease of the Rose & Crown in Chorley, Lancashire.

Oakman Inns' Royal Foresters pub reopened with help of Royal Foresters

31-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A pub in Ascot was reopened with an arboreal ceremony by a group of Royal Foresters.

JDW chair Tim Martin calls for industry to back pubco’s Tax Equality Day

31-Jul-2018 By Stuart Stone

JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has called on pub and restaurant operators to support a UK-wide Tax Equality Day on 13 September to tackle "inequality and unfairness" in the tax system.

Star Pubs & Bars to invest £6m revamping pub exteriors

30-Jul-2018 By Stuart Stone

Pub operator Star Pubs & Bars is to double what it spent in 2017 on pub exteriors by investing £6m in upgrading the outdoor areas of 260 UK pubs.

Star Pubs & Bars to revive pub closed after brutal attack

30-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A Croydon pub will target families and young professionals as it is set to be reopened following an assault on a refugee near the premises last year.

City Pub Group spends £8.1m on four new sites

30-Jul-2018 By Stuart Stone

The City Pub Group has announced the acquisition of three London pubs and the exchange of contracts on a seafront Brighton venue.

How the Staith House’s John Calton launched a second site

27-Jul-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Five years in and the dynamic trio behind the success of the Staith House, in North Shields, Tyne & Wear, are setting their sights on the future of the gastropub, which has come a long way from its beginnings as a ramshackle quayside boozer.

Stosie Madi: 'Our location gives us scope to do a lot'

27-Jul-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

The Parkers Arms in Clitheroe, Lancashire, may be off the beaten track, but chef-patron Stosie Madi uses this to her advantage.

Microbrewery expands with bar in York suburbs

26-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A York-based brewery is looking to expand its ventures by opening a bar in the suburbs.

Greene King dismisses ‘arson day’ letter as a hoax

26-Jul-2018 By Stuart Stone

Pub operator and brewer Greene King has dismissed a letter posted to neighbours of a pub in Preston, Lancashire, as a hoax.

Fuller's managed and tenanted sales up 4% in Q2 update

25-Jul-2018 By MCA

Fuller’s, the London brewer and pub company, has reported like for like sales in its managed pubs and hotels rising 4% for the 16 weeks from 1 April to 21 July 2018.

Seaside site for Brewhouse & Kitchen portfolio

24-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Brewhouse & Kitchen have purchased a site in Portsmouth for the latest addition to their brewpub portfolio.

North West bar operator receives £10m investment for new sites

24-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A North West bar group has received an investment of £10m to help them open new sites across the country.

Stonegate acquires Be At One and 15 Novus Leisure sites

23-Jul-2018 By Stuart Stone

Stonegate Pub Company has today (23 July) agreed the acquisition of Be At One alongside the purchase of 15 London venues from Novus Leisure – both for undisclosed sums.

New pub village shop to cater for 'isolated residents'

20-Jul-2018 By Stuart Stone

With the help of a £3,000 grant from Pub is the Hub, licensees Julie and Alastair Musgrave of the Greyhound Inn in Cotehill, Cumbria, were able to open a village shop on their premises after the previous one closed down.

Young Chef of the Year: what the chefs cooked

19-Jul-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Young chefs battled it out in an Oxfordshire kitchen earlier this month for the chance to be crowned the UK’s Young Chef of the Year at the John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards (GBPA).

Bolton Inns partners with Star Pubs & Bars on West Midlands pub

19-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Multiple operator Bolton Inns has partnered with Star Pubs & Bars in the relaunch of a West Midlands pub.

Brewhouse & Kitchen launches Hoxton’s first on-site brewpub

18-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Brewhouse & Kitchen is set to officially open Hoxton’s first onsite brewpub and brewery, with doors opening tomorrow (Thursday 19 July).

Chef of the Year finals: what the chefs cooked

18-Jul-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

The cook-offs for the John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards Chef of the Year competition were held this week in Didcot, Oxfordshire, where five chefs battled it out for the title of the UK’s best chef.

Deltic reports 4.9% increase in like-for-like sales

17-Jul-2018 By Finn Scott-Delany

The Deltic Group has reported like-for-like growth of 4.9% for the full year to 24 February 2018.

Multiple operator to open sixth site following £400,000 investment

17-Jul-2018 By Stuart Stone

Austin Whelan, the man behind the Irish pub chain Whelan’s, is to open a fourth Whelan’s pub in Croydon at the end of August – his sixth site in partnership with Star Pubs & Bars.

Bramley Bars acquire third pub in south-west

13-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

West Country-based operator Bramley Bars has added a third site to its operations list with the acquisition of a whimsical village pub.

Brakspear opens flagship managed site after biggest investment to date

13-Jul-2018 By Stuart Stone

Pub operator and brewer Brakspear has reopened the Frogmill, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, after a £3.5m investment, taking its total number of managed sites to 12

Welsh pub named Ei Group’s pub of the year

12-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A south Wales pub has earned top honours at Ei Group’s Awards for Excellence.

JDW like-for-like sales increase by 5.2%

11-Jul-2018 By MCA

JD Wetherspoon has reported a 5.2% increase in like-for-like sales for the 10 weeks to 8 July 2018, with total sales for the period up by 5.6%.

Rotational craft beer scheme for Star Pubs & Bars

11-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Star Pubs & Bars has introduced a new scheme that will allow its pubs to widen their variety and feature changing guest beers.

One of London’s oldest pubs closes after legal bill

11-Jul-2018 By Stuart Stone

A west London pub dating back to 1547 has closed its doors after succumbing to financial pressures, including a £16,000 legal bill.

Revolution Bars Group underpays workers

10-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Revolution Bars Group were among more than 200 employers that had not paid staff the correct wages, according to Government findings.

Glasgow pub hosts RuPaul's quiz to fundraise to combat classroom homophobia

09-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

A Glasgow pub is hosting a special RuPaul’s Drag Race themed quiz in order to fundraise for a campaign tackling homophobia in schools.