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BACK: Joycelyn Neve with two of her pubs, The Alma Inn and Forest Inn THE founder of an award-winning chain of gastropubs which fell into administration has spoken of her excitement at getting a second chance to make a success of six venues after a rescue deal was struck. The Seafood Pub Company collapsed last May in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, casting questions over several landmark Lancashire pubs which had been owned by the company and their founder Joycelyn Neve. However earlier this year the Oakman Group – an operator based in the south of England – bought six of the...

Friday Five: the week's top news This week's main hospitality news stories include Jollibee's plan to invest £30m in UK expansion; Oakman acquiring six former Seafood Pub Company sites; and the extension of commercial rent protections. - Filipino fast food chain Jollibee is planning to open 10 new restaurants in the UK this year as part of a £30m expansion drive​​. The group, which currently operates three sites in London, Liverpool and Leicester respectively, wants to be in 'every major city in the UK'. Last year Jollibee announced plans to open 50 restaur...

Derby Arms in Longridge - Credit: Kirsty Thompson Five Lancashire dining pubs have been saved after a recent acquisition by a regional pub chain.  The Alma Inn in Colne, The Derby Arms in Longridge,  The Farmers Arms in Great Eccleston, The Fenwick Arms in Claughton and The Forest Inn in Fence, were all part of the award-winning Seafood Pub Company which faced trading difficulty in during the lockdown in 2020.  A deal to purchase the five Lancashire pubs along with  The Fleece Inn, Addingham, West Yorkshire has been agreed with Home Counties-based operator, The Oakman G...

A deal to purchase six pubs previously operated by the Seafood Pub Company has been agreed with Home Counties-based operator, The Oakman Group, in a…

Six former Seafood Pub Company sites have been acquired from administrators by the Oakman Group, with its founder Joycelyn Neve joining Oakman to oversee a new Seafood Pub division.