Pubs and Bars
The Pubs and Bars section on Catering Today covers the business developments, market trends, and operational challenges shaping the UK’s pub and bar sector. It reports on acquisitions, brand expansions, drinks innovation, and regulatory updates, alongside insights into staffing, sustainability, and consumer behaviour. With expert commentary and commercial analysis, Catering Today provides industry professionals with the intelligence needed to navigate a competitive and fast-evolving on-trade environment.
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Aug- 2019 -9 August
Charles Wells acquires The Oliver Cromwell in St Ives
Charles Wells, the Bedfordshire family brewer, has purchased The Oliver Cromwell in St Ives. Located towards the quayside of the River Great Ouse, The Oliver Cromwell is an 18th Century property and is described as “one of the most significant public houses in St Ives”. The vendors, Ms Jayne Tamblin…
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8 August
Howard Arms reopens after £330,000 renovation
The Howard Arms pub in Carlisle has reopened after a £330,000 joint renovation between operator Dianne Irving and Star Pubs and Bars. The investment sympathetically restored the Grade II listed building whilst installing a new kitchen on the first floor to make extra trading space. The pub has been style…
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6 August
The Sun Inn pub reveals £50,000 revamp
New jobs have been created at the Sun Inn pub in Ulverston, Cumbria, following a £50,000 project to revamp a disused area of its second floor. Room 1780 will open on Sunday 11 August, when Manchester United take on Chelsea in the Premier League. The new venue – named in…
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2 August
Star Pubs and Bars to sponsor 100 apprentices
Star Pubs and Bars has announced plans to sponsor 100 apprentices, in preparation for the first Hospitality Apprenticeship Week. The move is designed to help licensees attract and retain the “best talent” in the kitchen and behind the bar in order to develop future hospitality managers. Prompted by feedback from…
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Jul- 2019 -30 July
Surrey pub group acquires two new properties
Pub group Barons Pub Company has acquired two new properties for a combined fee of £2.3m, taking the groups total properties to nine. The new additions are The Jovial Sailor in Ripley and The Inn at West End, with the latter being a bed and breakfast, the first in its…
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25 July
Experienced operator acquires Wiltshire’s Bell & Crown pub
Bell and Crown in Wiltshire, a period country pub located in Zeals, has been acquired by an experienced hospitality operator. Occupying a prominent roadside position on the edge of the village of Zeals, The Bell and Crown is easily accessible from the A303 and situated just two miles from the…
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24 July
West country operators take on second pub
West Country operators Sarah Pert and Andy Taylor are set to open their second pub, The Five Alls, in Cheltenham, in collaboration with Star Pubs and Bars, the pub is expected to open in September. It is their second refurbishment in 12 months after the partners opened their first pub,…
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24 July
Lunar Pub Company to launch its first site
Lunar Pub Company co-founded by Hubert Beatson-Hird and chef director Oliver Marlowe, will open its first site, The Hunter’s Moon in Chelsea this September. The pub will feature horseshoe booths, skylights, a vintage Aga in the dining room, a caged wine display and downstairs a semi open kitchen sits alongside…
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23 July
MasterChef finalist opens first pub after £180,000 renovation
Award-winning chef and MasterChef finalist Matt Healy and his team Seventh Course to open their first pub, the Beehive in Thorner, after a joint £180,000 refurbishment with Star Pubs and Bars. The revamp has been undertaken by Seventh Course using their contractors and designers Nanu Soda, who have renovated the…
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22 July
40 pub closures a month in 2019, study finds
Around 40 pubs a month, a total of 235, have closed since the start of the year according to the real estate adviser, Altus Group. According to the research the rate at which pubs are vanishing either being demolished or converted into other types of use such as homes and…
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