Pubs and Bars
The latest news and updates on pubs and bars, from the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on what’s happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.
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Mar- 2019 -28 March
Star Pubs & Bars opens menus up to leased and tenanted licensees
Star Pubs & Bars (SP&B) has announced it is making its Just Add Talent (JAT) managed operator food menus available to its leased and tenanted licensees, enabling them to benefit from the negotiated discounts and food insight support it provides to its managed operators. Aimed at the company’s community pubs,…
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28 March
Beannchor to ‘bring back conversation’ with £500k bar investment
Northern Irish hospitality group, Beannchor, has announced a £500,000 investment that will transform The Cloth Ear bar and create 10 new jobs. The owners of the bar, which is part of The Merchant Hotel in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, have described the evolution of the venue as a “traditional Irish Victorian…
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27 March
New govt funding boost to support rural pubs
Rural pubs across England will be expanded to include Post Office facilities, grocery shops and libraries thanks to £188,000 of government funding. Minister Jake Berry announced 76 new projects will receive money through Pub is The Hub, an organisation that supports rural pubs to diversify and help pubs bring communities…
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22 March
Warrington multiple operator takes over at third Star Pubs and Bars venue
Warrington-based multiple operator Mark Condliffe has taken on his third site with Star Pubs and Bars, The Red Lion in Moore. Star Pubs and Bars has announced it is investing £240,000 with Condliffe and his partner, Neil Roughsledge, in the project. Work will see a “major upgrade” of the pub…
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21 March
Ridgeview Wines opens new bar in partnership with Exclusive Hotels
Ridgeview Wines has opened a new Ridgeview Beauty Bar as part of a brand new £15m spa by Exclusive Hotels at South Lodge. The company, which claims to have produced the world’s first English sparkling wine, will open the bar alongside the spa’s new Botanica Restaurant, which overlooks the swim…
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21 March
Group of seven pubs brought to market
A group of seven freehold pubs which operate within the Authentic Alehouse brand located across the north east and north west of England have been brought to market. The pubs have been brought to market by specialist business property adviser, Christie and Co on behalf of joint administrators, Quantuma LLP.…
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20 March
Yolo dessert bar opens in Covent Garden
A dessert-only bar, Yolo, has opened in London’s Covent Garden, which aims to specialise in homemade cakes and plant-based desserts, alongside a record shop named RockPopRecords. The bar will bake all of its offering fresh every morning, and vows to use “no nasties or food colourings, just traditional baking techniques”…
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15 March
Disqualified restaurant operator gets second ban
A previously disqualified restaurant director has received a second ban for illegally running a restaurant. Jane Goodfellow, 56, from Yeovil, has received a second ban lasting 12 years and at the same time Clare Watts, 51, also from Yeovil, was banned for five years for allowing Goodfellow to run her…
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15 March
Wetherspoons profits slip amid staff wage increase
Pub group JD Wetherspoon reported a drop in profits before tax for the half-year to 27 January 2019. Despite a 7.1% increase in revenue to £889.4m, the group’s profits before tax fell by 18.9% to £50.3m from £62m the year before. It closed the period with an operating profit of…
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14 March
£500,000 Star Pubs & Bars refurbishment of Langton Court to start mid-March
Langton Court in St Anne’s and is set to undergo a £500,000 refurbishment with Star Pubs & Bars. The pub’s lease has been taken up by Paul Frost, who also operates the Colston Arms in Bristol. The pub is the only one in St Anne’s and will re-open in May…
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