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This includes a multi-million pound programme featuring 20 refurbishments since the pandemic began last year. According to The Morning Advertiser​’s sister title MCA​, the company has pumped £4m into its estate, which comprises about 240 tenanted and 20 managed sites. The refurbishments include outdoor areas across the portfolio, creating spaces with an increased number of outdoor covers and sheltered spaces alongside refits on indoor areas. Large amount of capex Managing director of t...

Managed pub and restaurant groups recorded a 26% drop in like-for-like sales in April compared to the same month in 2019, data from the latest Coffer CGA Business Tracker show. However the figures, which covers three full weeks of outside-only service in England as well as briefer trading in Scotland and Wales, represents a solid return to trading for the sector, according to the report. Operators enjoyed the benefit of generally good weather and strong consumer con...

St Austell Brewery reopened 18 of its managed houses for outdoor service on 29 April, having made significant investments in its al fresco spaces.

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is preparing to reopen more pubs in England next week (Monday 26 April). This is in addition to the 394 sites the group reopened at the beginning of this week (Monday 12 April), for outdoor trading. The venues including those in Guildford, Ilkeston, Lincoln, Morecambe, Camborne, Driffield, Nottingham, Reading and London. Also next Monday, the pub group will reopen 60 sites in Scotland, and 32 in Wales, in accordance with the rules of th...

NewRiver-owned pub group Hawthorn has announced plans to list on the stock market as a standalone quoted business. Parent company NewRiver stated it will look at the potential for an initial public offering (IPO) of Hawthorn after a strategic review meaning the pub group would launch as a separately-listed company. Other pub companies that also list on the stock market include JD Wetherspoon, Mitchells & Butlers, Marston’s, Fuller’s, Loungers and Revolution Bars....

The next MA500 conference is set to take place on Thursday 13 May and we can now reveal the topics we will cover at the online event. We’re starting to see a few chinks of light at the end of the tunnel, with the Government roadmap to reopening having remained in place for the Monday 12 April allowing those pubs lucky enough to have a garden able to undertake some limited trading as we move towards indoor opening in May and fingers crossed a full re-start in June. ...

Star Pubs & Bars has responded to a petition, which calls upon the pubco to reverse its decision to take back the lease from current licensees at the Red Lion, Enfield Highway, north London, who have been at the site for almost two decades. The petition​, which had more than 5,000 signatures at the time of publication, was started a fortnight ago to help persuade the pub company to change their minds on taking the lease back and changing the pub into a managed oper...

Feel so privileged : we are grateful our customers understand the restrictions, the Trinity Arms general manager Patrycja Bosak said Despite cold weather deterring a number of pub goers from making use of outdoor areas, the Trinity Arms in Jersey has made a positive start to post-lockdown trading, according to general manager Patrycja Bosak. Since 22 February, a number of hospitality venues in Jersey have begun the gradual resumption of trade under a raft of social d...

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) is set to start developing on a Leeds pub, spending £1.8m and creating about 60 jobs in the process. The Stick or Twist in Merrion Way first opened in 1997 but was demolished to create a new unit with student accommodation above. The pub group will start building work on 5 April with the site expected to reopen in the summer (6 July). As part of the refurbishment, the open kitchen will be double its original size and the overall site will be 25%...