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.

  • Jan- 2019 -
    11 January
    Pub operator Ei Group to sell 370 properties for £348m

    Pub operator Ei Group to sell 370 properties for £348m

    Ei Group, the largest owner and operator of pubs in the UK, has announced it has agreed to sell 370 properties to Tavern Propco for the cash consideration of £348m. The group closed 2018 with 412 properties and the disposal of the sites will be comprised of public houses and…

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  • 10 January
    Pubs and restaurants provide boost as consumer spending reaches low

    Pubs and restaurants provide boost as consumer spending reaches low

    Consumer spending grew 1.8% year-on-year in December, the lowest rate of growth seen since March 2016. With inflation at 2.3%, this equated to a contraction in real terms. Data from Barclaycard, which sees nearly half of the nation’s credit and debit card transactions, revealed essential spending growth dipped to just…

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  • 10 January
    Tech entrepreneurs Michael and Xochi Birch reopen 17th Century pub

    Tech entrepreneurs Michael and Xochi Birch reopen 17th Century pub

    The Farmer’s Arms, a Grade II listed, thatched roof local pub dating back to the mid-17th Century, has undergone a major renovation as part of a wider rejuvenation of the village of Woolsery in north Devon. The former blacksmiths-turned-inn has been transformed into a pub and restaurant, with two bars,…

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  • 8 January
    Greene King Christmas day sales hit £7.7m record despite cost cutting

    Greene King Christmas day sales hit £7.7m record despite cost cutting

    Greene King has announced it hit a record sales figure of £7.7m for Christmas day despite cost cutting amid food price inflation, rising rates and wage increases. The pub chain also confirmed that it had seen like-for-like sales for the the last two weeks of 2018 rise by 10.9%. Greene…

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  • 4 January
    Man ordered to demolish ‘secret’ garden pub

    Man ordered to demolish ‘secret’ garden pub

    A Kidderminster man has been ordered to demolish his “secret” pub located in his garden after inspectors claimed it was “not being used for personal use” and that alcohol had been sold on the premises without a licence. Carl Roberts, 49, had spent £6,000 on The Dick Inn, installing pub…

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  • 2 January
    Award winning licensees to reopen and refurbish Oxfordshire pub as second site

    Award winning licensees to reopen and refurbish Oxfordshire pub as second site

    Kate Hayden and Paul Warriner are taking their second site with Star Pubs & Bars – The Hare at West Hendred in Oxfordshire – for a joint £500,000 investment, which will reopen the pub in March after a four-year closure. The Hare is the only pub in West Hendred, and…

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  • Dec- 2018 -
    20 December
    Wine bar pair to open third Hackney site

    Wine bar pair to open third Hackney site

    Wine bar owners chef Will Gleave and businessman Phil Bracey are set to open their third Hackney site in addition to the existing P Franco and Bright sites. The new bar will be named Peg, after a Steely Dan song of the same name, and is set to open on…

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  • 20 December
    Confidence ‘under pressure’ across eating and drinking-out market

    Confidence ‘under pressure’ across eating and drinking-out market

    Business confidence among leaders of Britain’s eating and drinking-out market remains strained, the latest edition of the CGA Business Confidence Survey, produced in partnership with Fourth has revealed. While 63% – slightly down from the last poll in July – are optimistic about their own businesses’ prospects for next 12…

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  • 18 December
    Graffiti Spirits Group appoints executive chef

    Graffiti Spirits Group appoints executive chef

    Brian Humphrey has been appointed executive chef by Liverpool-based independent owned cocktail bar and restaurant company, Graffiti Spirits Group, effective immediately. The former senior operations head chef at Living Ventures will create new concepts for Graffiti Spirits Group’s eight venue strong collection of restaurants and bars, which includes Santa Maluco,…

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  • 18 December
    Record number of Brits to dine out on Christmas Day

    Record number of Brits to dine out on Christmas Day

    The number of British people going to a restaurant or pub for their Christmas Day dinner is due to increase significantly this year, according to an AA survey. According to the AA Populus poll of over 20,000 members, while only 3% usually eat in restaurants for their Christmas dinner, an…

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