Companies

NWTC to launch new brand of pub in Birmingham

13-Jul-2017 By Georgina Townshend

The New World Trading Company (NWTC) has announced it will be launching an all-new brand of pub, and its second Birmingham site, next month.

Private equity firms bidding for Admiral

13-Jul-2017 By MCA

A number of private equity bidders are in the running to acquire Admiral Taverns, the c800-strong Cerberus-backed pub group.

Northern pub chain Beerhouses buys sixth site

12-Jul-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Beerhouses, the five-strong pub chain in Yorkshire and Cheshire, has purchased the Symposium pub in Idle, Bradford, from Market Town Taverns (MTT).

Young's reports like-for-like sales increase

11-Jul-2017 By by MCA

Young’s has reported like-for-like sales in its managed houses up 8.6% in the first 13 weeks of the year, with revenues for the division up 10.8%.

My Pub: GBPA sports pub winner 2016, Famous Three Kings

10-Jul-2017 By Tommy Leighton

You can leave the sports pub management stereotypes at the door when you walk into award-winning Stonegate pub Famous Three Kings. General manager Paul Eastwood talks about the pub that is always a winner with customers.

Wickwar Wessex acquires Cascade pub estate

07-Jul-2017 By Finn Scott-Delany, MCA

Wickwar Wessex Brewing Company has announced the acquisition of Wiltshire-based Moles Ales and the six-strong Cascade pub estate.

London pub reopens following £100,000 Punch investment

06-Jul-2017 By Helen Gilbert

A London pub has reopened following a £100,000 investment from Punch Taverns and with two new publicans at the helm.

London-based LGBT+ venues halve within a decade

06-Jul-2017 By Helen Gilbert

The Mayor of London is urging pubcos to sign up to a new charter aimed at safeguarding LGBT+ venues in the capital after research revealed they had more than halved in the past decade.

Robinsons Brewery invests £500,000 for pub revamp

06-Jul-2017 By Helen Gilbert

A Cheshire pub has reopened sporting a new ‘contemporary country pub look’ following a refurbishment exceeding £500,000.

Heineken launches compact draught dispense system

06-Jul-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Heineken is launching a new compact draught dispense system for areas in pubs that cannot readily be served from the cellar, enabling licensees to offer “consistently great-quality cold draught beer”.

Stonegate Pub Company reopens its 'pub on the Thames'

06-Jul-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Stonegate Pub Company has officially re-opened the Tattershall Castle, “the pub on the Thames”, following extensive works.

Marmalade Pubs announces first three sites

06-Jul-2017 By James Wallin, MCA

Marmalade Pubs, the joint venture between Ei Group and Marylebone Leisure, has announced its first three sites.

Mitchells & Butlers sells 73 pubs to Aprirose

04-Jul-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Pubco Mitchells and Butlers (M&B) has sold more than 70 pubs to a real estate investment company as it looks to “rebalance its estate”.

Armed police praise JD Wetherspoon staff following ‘gun discovery’

04-Jul-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Police have praised the staff members of a Southampton JD Wetherspoon pub after armed officers rushed to the site following reports of a man with a gun.

Hall & Woodhouse sells Old Brewery for housing redevelopment

04-Jul-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Hall & Woodhouse has sold the Old Brewery, which is part of its brewery site in Dorset, to the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).

Dress code

What JD Wetherspoon wants its customers to wear

04-Jul-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Following reports in national and local press, The Morning Advertiser has revisited the dress code for customers at JD Wetherspoon pubs.

Affinity Bars & Restaurants sites closed

03-Jul-2017 By Ed Bedington

London-based Affinity Bars & Restaurants appears to have shut down operations with all four sites, including three pubs closed.

Future Trends: Beer and Cider

The future of craft beer: fruit?

03-Jul-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Sales of fruit beer in the US’s well-established craft beer market account for 13% of total craft sales, which can be matched here in the UK, according to a leading buyer in the category.

Is JD Wetherspoon opening the ‘biggest pub in the UK’?

29-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

JD Wetherspoon claimed it would be opening “probably” the biggest pub in the UK this summer.

Greene King reports strong annual results

29-Jun-2017 By MCA

Greene King has this morning reported a 1.5% increase in like-for-like sales across its managed division in the 52 weeks to 30 April 2017, driven by a good Christmas, a stronger fourth quarter and a strong performance from its Greene King Locals pubs.

Greene King fined £24k after child's anaphylactic shock from dessert

27-Jun-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Greene King has been ordered to pay £24,000 after an 11-year-old boy suffered an anaphylactic shock in one of its pubs after he ate a dessert containing egg.

Heineken to sell a number of pubs as part of Punch deal

27-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Heineken has offered to sell a number of pubs in 33 areas across the UK “to preserve competition and ensure customers in these locations do not lose out” as part of its Punch deal.

Wetherspoon announces ‘biggest single investment’ in new Dublin pub

26-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Wetherspoon is to embark on what it claims to be its biggest-ever investment, converting a row of “derelict” properties into a new pub and hotel, chairman Tim Martin has announced.

Anglian Country Inns acquires eighth pub

23-Jun-2017 By James Wallin, deputy editor, MCA

Anglian Country Inns has brought in investors from outside the Nye family for the first time to acquire its eighth site the Redcoats Farmhouse Hotel & Restaurant between Hitchin and Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

Shepherd Neame honours its pub of the year

23-Jun-2017 By Michelle Perrett

The Belle Vue Tavern in Pegwell Bay, Kent, has been named as the Shepherd Neame pub of the year.

Toby Carvery to give away free meals to troops

21-Jun-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Mitchells & Butlers brand Toby Carvery has announced it will be serving free carvery dinners to military personnel for Armed Forces Day this Saturday (24 June).

Bar proprietor turns detective to find owner of lost wedding ring

21-Jun-2017 By Fred A'Court

Cocktail bar owner Jason Hole is determined to find the owner of a wedding ring discovered inside pipework under a sink in his bar, That Place, in Swansea marina.

BrewDog makes amends with Wolf bar by collaborating on gin

20-Jun-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

BrewDog has made amends with the owners of an independent Birmingham bar after the Scottish brewer came under fire for forcing the venue to change its name by threatening it with legal action.

London Bridge pubs to receive 'discretionary' rates relief

20-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Pubs affected by the police cordon that closed a large area of London Bridge and Borough Market following the terror attack on 3 June are being offered business rates relief from Southwark Council.

Police appeal after petrol bomb thrown at bar

20-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Owners of a South Shields bar have been left “shaken” after a petrol bomb was thrown through the window of their venue on Sunday night.

A breath of fresh air: how the smoking ban has changed the pub trade

19-Jun-2017 By Claire Churchard & Georgina Townshend

The smoking ban became a fact in England on 1 July 2007 with an unprecedented impact for pubs. But how has the trade changed in the past 10 years since it came into force?

OBE honour ‘recognises work of many people’ says Beds & Bars founder

19-Jun-2017 By Claire Churchard

The Queen unveiled her birthday honours list at the weekend with the news that she has awarded Beds & Bars CEO and founder Keith Knowles an OBE for services to the community and charity.

Greene King pledges zero waste to landfill by 2020

19-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Greene King has set a new target of sending zero waste to landfill by 2020, as the pubco predicts the issue of waste will become “more and more pressing” for the sector.

Coventry pub receives £110,000 investment from Ei

19-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Ei Publican Partnerships has invested more than £110,000 to “fully revitalise” a community pub on the outskirts of Coventry.

All Bar One to phase out plastic straws

16-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

All Bar One has said it will be phasing out plastic straws to help reduce its impact on the environment by kicking off its #StrawsSuck campaign this week.

Pubs are most popular late-night venues

16-Jun-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Pubs were the most popular late-night activity for adults of all ages, with just under a quarter (24.2%) of people spending the most money in pubs each month, new research from late-night operator Deltic has revealed.

BrewDog international bars manager steps down

16-Jun-2017 By by James Wallin at MCA

BrewDog’s international bars manager, Neil Taylor, has left the group, The Morning Advertiser sister title MCA understands.

New World Trading Company to open 15th Botanist bar

15-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

New World Trading Company (NWTC) will be opening its 15th Botanist bar in Nottingham this summer.

Wetherspoon invests £2.5m in 52nd hotel

15-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Wetherspoon is opening its 52nd hotel at one of its pubs in Hull following a development project that cost more than £2.5 million.

Star Pubs & Bars to invest £650,000 reviving Derbyshire sites

15-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Star Pubs & Bars plans to spend £650,000 to revive three Derbyshire pubs this year.

Brewhouse & Kitchen to open 17th site after £600,000 investment

15-Jun-2017 By Claire Churchard

Pub and brewery operator Brewhouse & Kitchen plans to open its latest site, the Nottingham Brewhouse & Kitchen, in Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Father’s Day (18 June) after investing £600,000 transforming the venue.

Best Bar None appoints new chairman

14-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Best Bar None (BBN) has revealed its new chairman will be Philip Smith – Lord Smith of Hindhead – as the initiative moves to its next stage of growth and development.

Top 50 Gastropub takes top spot at National Restaurant Awards

13-Jun-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Top 50 Gastropub the Sportsman has been named the UK’s best restaurant in the 2017 Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards.

CMA finds Heineken-Punch deal ‘reduces competition in 33 areas’

13-Jun-2017 By Claire Churchard

Heineken’s proposed acquisition of 1,900 Punch pubs “could reduce competition in 33 areas across Britain”, according to an initial investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

New Government needs a ‘flourishing pub sector’, says Fuller’s boss

12-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Fuller’s brewery and pubco chief executive Simon Emeny highlighted the importance of a “flourishing pub sector” for the UK economy as he urged the new Government to tackle the three biggest issues for the pub industry.