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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Dec- 2023 -14 December
Amber Taverns to open four new pubs amid expansion plans
Amber Taverns, the operator of 170 freehold community, wet-led pubs, has announced that it has completed another four new sites, further expanding the company’s presence to four new locations, Derby, Bridgend, Airdrie and Motherwell in Scotland. A value-focused pub group, which is uniquely focused on the hybrid operator-managed business model,…
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13 December
UK hospitality groups welcome 4% sales growth in November
Britain’s leading hospitality groups achieved year-on-year sales growth of 4% in November, a new CGA RSM hospitality business tracker reveals. Restaurant and bar groups have now achieved 14 months of like-for-like sales growth in a row. November’s figure marks an increase from October’s figure of 3.2% and is close to…
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13 December
Proper Pubs opens 200th pub in Glasgow
Proper Pubs, the community wet-led operator division of Admiral Taverns, has opened its 200th pub, the Chrystal Bell, in Gallowgate, Glasgow, ahead of Christmas. The news of the group’s 200th opening comes after Proper Pubs invested over £10m into its estate to support local communities, with 17 pubs having opened…
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7 December
July wine bar to open on Charlotte Street in spring 2024
Alsatian-inspired restaurant and wine bar July is set to open on Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia in spring 2024. Open all day, the space will serve breakfast pastries and coffee in the morning, a concise lunchtime offering, and an evening menu featuring bar snacks, small plates, charcuterie and cheese. The kitchen will…
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6 December
Drake and Morgan EBITDA slides amid ‘record’ xmas bookings
Drake and Morgan has seen its adjusted EBITDA fall to £4.1m for the year ended 26 March 2023, down from £5m in the same period last year. However, the company saw its turnover increase to £43.3m up from the £35.9m it posted last year. The company put the EBITDA fall…
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5 December
Marston’s falls to £20.7m loss despite strong revenues
Pub chain Marston’s has fallen to a £20.7m loss despite reporting a 9.1% increase in revenues to £872.3m for the 52 weeks ending 30 September 2023. The loss comes in the face of a £163.4m profit a year earlier with the pub group attributing the performance to being hit by…
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4 December
Drinks sales fall 5% on tough comparatives, says CGA
Drinks sales were down by 5% year-on-year in the week ended 25 November as a result of tough comparatives with last year, according to data from CGA. Trading suffered when compared with late November 2022, which brought the start of the football World Cup. This kept sales on Monday 20…
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4 December
Greene King launches estate-wide energy-saving initiative
Greene King has launched an initiative to install energy-saving technology in 600 managed pubs by the end of 2023, with further sites planned to benefit from the scheme in 2024. The voltage optimisation technology that will be installed at each pub will help to regulate the incoming power supply by…
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4 December
New licensees reopen Shepherd Neame’s Woolpack Inn
Shepherd Neame is set to reopen its 600-year-old Woolpack Inn in Chilham after undergoing a two-month refurbishment. The new licensees, Gordon and Sharon Thompson, have put their four decades of hospitality experience into the project, along with their children and their partners. The two-month renovation has seen the building’s period…
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1 December
RMT accepts pay offer ending strikes until at least spring 2024
The RMT has announced that it has accepted a pay deal from the Rail Delivery Group, ending strike action until at least spring 2024. Members of the union have accepted a 5% pay increase which is backdated to 2022-2023 alongside a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies until the end of…
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