By Angela Green, Content Executive, H&C News: Motherwell pub receives 40th anniversary award. The licensees of a Motherwell pub have received an award to mark their 40th anniversary. The award, from the pub’s owner Star Pubs & Bars, recognises the contribution the Ross family have made to Motherwell since taking over The Railway Tavern – or the The … [Read more...]
Oakman Group release financial year 2021/22 results
By Angela Green, Content Executive, H&C News: Oakman Group release financial year 2021/22 results. The Oakman Group Plc has ended its financial year 2021/22, ending 3rd July 2022, and released the following statements. Total Group sales for 21/22 were £65.1m Total sales vs 2020/21 +79.0% LFL sales vs 20/21 + 51.2% Total sales vs 2018/19 + 55.4% LFL … [Read more...]
The Village People pub group launched by Clement Ogbonnaya
By Angela Green, Content Executive, H&C News: The Village People pub group launched by Clement Ogbonnaya. Landlord of the Prince of Peckham Clement Ogbonnaya has announced plans to continue his rejuvenation of South London’s community pub scene with the launch of his new pub group, The Village People. With a goal of opening five new locations over five years, the … [Read more...]
Pub industry regulation to be examined by government’s BEIS Committee
By Angela Green, Content Executive, H&C News: Pub industry regulation to be examined by government’s BEIS Committee. Five years on from the creation of the Pubs Code, the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee will question industry leaders on how the system of regulation is working. The Code was created in 2017 to govern the relationship … [Read more...]
Stonegate reported to be lining up sale of 75 pub portfolio
By Denis Sheehan, Publisher, H&C News: Stonegate reported to be lining up sale of 75 pub portfolio. Sky News City Editor, Mark Kleinman is reporting Britain's biggest pub operator Stonegate Group, controlled by private equity firm TDR Capital exploring the sale of 75 pubs, code-name Project Silver. Kleinman quotes city sources saying that real estate investment bank … [Read more...]
Bath based pub operators take on second pub with Greene King
By Angela Green, Content Executive, H&C News: Bath based pub operators take on second pub with Greene King. Bath based pub operators Daniel and Simona Matica have taken on their second pub in the city, The Old Crown, following a £165,000 joint investment with Greene King Pub Partners. Daniel and Simona, a husband-and-wife team, have been operating pubs for 30 … [Read more...]
The Savoy announces new Head Bartender for the American Bar
By Angela Green, Content Executive, H&C News: The Savoy announces new Head Bartender for the American Bar. The Savoy team has appointed Chelsie Bailey to the role of Head Bartender at the American Bar, joining on 19 July from London bar Happiness Forgets, where she is currently General Manager. Bailey began her career in the south west of England, … [Read more...]
Pedalling for Pubs powers £274,000 for leading hospitality charities
By Angela Green, Content Executive, H&C News: Pedalling for Pubs powers £274,000 for leading hospitality charities. Pedalling for Pubs has announced raising an incredible £274,000 for the Licenced Trade Charity and Only a Pavement Away. Created in recognition and support of disadvantaged people from around the pub, brewery and wider hospitality sectors, Pedalling for … [Read more...]
Historic England Protection given to 11 remarkable pubs
By Angela Green, Content Executive, H&C News: Historic England Protection given to 11 remarkable pubs. Historic England, the public body that helps people care for, enjoy and celebrate England’s spectacular historic environment has given Protection status to 11 really remarkable pubs across England. Whitelock’s Ale House in Leeds, one of a small number … [Read more...]
Chestnut confirms acquisition of The Wiveton Bell
By Angela Green, Content Executive, H&C News: Chestnut confirms acquisition of The Wiveton Bell. Chestnut, an operator of pubs, inns, and restaurants in East Anglia has announced the acquisition of The Wiveton Bell in North Norfolk. The Wiveton Bell is situated a few miles inland from the coastline and has been one of the area’s leading food destinations for more … [Read more...]
P&G Professional reveal what pub-goer’s look for most, when choosing a pub
P&G Professional reveal what pub-goer’s look for most, when choosing a pub The top priorities pub-goers look for when choosing the perfect pub are good food (#1), cleanliness (#2) and being dog friendly (#3), according to a new survey commissioned by P&G Professional. The study of 2,000 adults who visit pubs has revealed their top priorities, which also … [Read more...]
Spitfire ensures always on connectivity for Antic London’s pubs across the capital
Spitfire ensures always on connectivity for Antic London’s pubs across the capital Spitfire Network Services, a provider of telecoms and IP engineering solutions to UK businesses, today reveals how its delivery of a combination of broadband and mobile backup solutions has completely transformed the operations of Antic London, a pub-management company with over 30 pubs … [Read more...]
North Yorkshire pub operator takes on fifth Star site
By Angela Green, Content Executive, H&C News: North Yorkshire pub operator takes on fifth Star site. North Yorkshire multiple operator, J&S Pub Company has taken on its fifth Star Pubs & Bars pub, Mist in Scarborough, bringing its pub estate to seven. It has just completed £205,000 joint refurbishment with Star, transforming the wet led high street pub into … [Read more...]
The Rabbit and The Seal, set to open in Troon
By Angela Green, Content Executive, H&C News: The Rabbit and The Seal, set to open in Troon. On a stunning waterside location on the Ayrshire coast, a new restaurant, The Rabbit, and its sister bar, The Seal, are set to open within the landmark Marine Troon, part of the Marine & Lawn Hotels & Resorts collection. This newest addition to Troon’s dining scene … [Read more...]
Stonegate Group celebrate career landmark graduation with employees
By Angela Green, Content Executive, H&C News: Stonegate Group celebrate career landmark graduation with employees. Stonegate Group has celebrated the graduation of 38 team members from its internal Accelerator Programme at Stonegate’s Academy, in Birmingham. The qualification, which is part of the company’s award-winning Albert’s Theory of Progression, earmarks … [Read more...]
