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03 March 2025
London operator Remarkable Pubs has opened its latest site, its 17th in total, in Leyton. The European is situated on Lea Bridge Road and offers “honest, home cooked, French-inspired food”.
27 February 2025
Brewer and retailer Arkell’s has reported record turnover of almost £30m and said it expects to raise in excess of £2m from planned property sales. Turnover increased 8.4% to £29,145,052 for the
26 February 2025
Independent Liverpool bar operator Ma Pub Group is opening its fourth site in the city. Following a £150,000 investment, the group, which is headed by operator Iain Hoskins, will open Newington Templ
25 February 2025
Property agent Everard Cole has said despite the “alarming” number of pubs shutting for good in 2024, its sales figures show the majority of pubs it sold in the year were for continued use.
24 February 2025
Dawn Donohue has stepped down as group managing director of Nightcap – the owner of The Cocktail Club, the Adventure Bar Group and the Barrio Familia group of bars – Propel has learned. Nightcap p
20 February 2025
South west tenanted pub operator Heavitree Brewery has said the trading environment has remained tough, with the cost of doing business “casting a shadow over the good levels of turnover b
18 February 2025
Greene King Pub Partners – the leased, tenanted and franchise division of Greene King – has opened its tenth Nest Pub – The King & Queen in Warrington, Cheshire, Propel has learned. Having o
14 February 2025
Brewery and pub operator, Lancaster Brewery Company, has reported turnover increased to £7,615,650 for the year ending 31 January 2024 compared with £6,783,515 the previous year. Pre-tax profit was
14 February 2025
Punch Pubs & Co has reported “encouraging” current trading, with profitability ahead of the prior year, and said its new acquisitions are forecast to help it deliver adjusted run-rate Ebitda o
13 February 2025
Greene King Pub Partners – the leased, tenanted and franchise division of Greene King – is set to bring its Hive and Nest franchise pub formats to Scotland for the first time. Both formats will be
13 February 2025
Heineken said it sold more beer around the world last year, with demand for premium brands growing, but warned that pubs and bars in parts of Europe were seeing less demand. Heineken reported a 1.6% i
12 February 2025
The Northern Collective, which operates sites across Sheffield and the Peak District, has added a ninth venue to its portfolio. The company has acquired The Cross Scythes in the Sheffield suburb of To
11 February 2025
A pair of pub/hotel investments based in the north east, which are let to the UK’s largest pub company, Stonegate Group, are being marketed for a combined sum of just under £5m.
10 February 2025
Gerry Carroll, co-founder and chief executive of Valiant Pub Company, the Njord Partners-backed, 80-strong business, has said the group’s plan is to get to “200-300 pubs eventually”, and has not
10 February 2025
Guinness maker Diageo has been accused of imposing unfair price rises on pubs as demand from drinkers soars. Publicans said they were struggling to make a profit from selling Britain’s best-selling
