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London-based operator Young & Cos Brewery has appointed Savills to handle the potential sale of its tenanted pub business. The tenanted arm of Young’s, known as the Ram Pub Company, comprises just over 50 pubs, and accounts for 5% of total revenue. Its managed pubs division comprises in the region of 200 sites.  The pub company made the statement to the London Stock Exchange following a report by Sky News explaining that it had appointed the property agent about t...

A grandmother who claims she broke her leg when she slipped on spilled champagne ice and birthday cake in a gastropub is suing for £200,000.  Anne Andlaw, 69, claims she slipped in a puddle of ice from champagne cooling buckets and greasy foodstuffs at the Cherry Tree in Dulwich while at a friends birthday party in October 2016.  The pensioner spent weeks in hospital and rehabilitation after the fall left her with a broken leg and fractured knee cap.  Now classed as disabled following the ...

Northern pubco the Inn Collection Group has added a 21 st​ site to its portfolio in the form of art deco site the Park Hotel at North Tyneside’s Longsands beach.  The growing pub group – which boasts sites in Northumberland, County Durham, Teesside, Yorkshire, Cumbria, Lancashire and Wearside – completed on the 53-bedroom venue in an undisclosed deal.  “We are absolutely delighted to be welcoming the Park into our pubs with rooms family,” managing director of the Inn Collection G...

Friday Five: the weeks top news This weeks main hospitality news stories include Russell Normans new restaurant announcement, Karen Jones joining Deliveroo, and The Cinnamon Club paying tribute to hero waiter Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole. - Russell Norman is opening a new Italian restaurant and bar in central London​​ this summer. The restaurant will be called Brutto, after the Italian word for ‘ugly’, with Norman saying that it will be a place of passion and ...