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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Dec- 2022 -6 December
Marston’s returns to profit in FY22
Marston’s has returned to profit in the year ended 1 October 2022, with pre-tax profits hitting £163.4m, up from a loss of £171.1m the prior year, as the group welcomed a return to normalised trading. It comes as like-for-like sales reached 99% of 2019 levels despite a disrupted Christmas trading…
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5 December
Energy costs ‘biggest threat’ to pubs’ viability, report finds
Energy bills returning to their regular rate post-March would put pubs and brewers at a loss of 20% on average, according to a new report by Frontier Economics, produced for the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA). The report found that energy costs were currently the biggest threat to their…
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5 December
Cat and Wickets Pub Company acquires former Everards pub
Cat and Wickets, the pub company founded by cricketers Stuart Broad and Harry Gurney, has announced the acquisition of its second venue, The Griffin Inn in Swithland, from Everards brewery. News of the acquisition follows recent approval for an investment from Lee Cash, the founder of Peach Pubs, to purchase…
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2 December
ETM Group secures £11m funding deal
Sports and roof-top bar operator ETM Group Limited has secured over £11m in funding from alternative lender ThinCats. The funding has enabled the ETM to refinance the entirety of its bank loans as well as providing “suitable” working capital headroom to underpin further growth. ETM was founded in 2000 and…
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2 December
Lane7 founder sells second Sedgefield pub to Trust Inns
Tim Wilks, the founder of Lane7, has completed the sale of his second Sedgefield pub, The Corner House, to the Lancashire-based pub company Trust Inns for an undisclosed amount. The sale follows Wilks’ decision to focus on his growing bowling alley chain, Lane7. It is reported that The Corner House,…
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1 December
Hospitality associations call for ‘urgent resolution’ amid rail strikes
Hospitality bodies have written an open letter to the negotiating parties in the rail dispute stressing the “urgent need for a resolution” ahead of the festive period. The British Beer and Pub Association, British Institute of Innkeeping, Night Time Industries Association, Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street and the…
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Nov- 2022 -30 November
Barkby Group looks to dispose of pub estate
Barkby Group is reportedly looking to dispose of all of its non-core businesses, which includes the Barkby Pub Company, as it looks to focus on roadside property development and investment. The news that Barkby Pub Co. Ltd will not form part of the group moving forward comes as revenue is…
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28 November
Chateau Denmark to open new bar and club
Chateau Denmark has announced plans for a new bar, Thirteen, along with a new basement club dial8. Located at No. 1-3 Denmark Street in Soho, Thirteen and dial8 will mark the newest addition to Chateau Denmark. They are set to open in February 2023 and will be operated by CAW…
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25 November
New London bar Florattica set to open
A new rooftop bar in East London bar, Florattica, is set to open with views stretching across iconic London landmarks from St Pauls, to Canary Wharf and the Thames. The cocktail menu is designed and created by head mixologist, Serena Carrino, previously of Nightjar, and has been developed with premium…
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17 November
Fuller’s revenues hit £169 in H1
Fuller’s has seen revenues increase to £168.9m in its half-year results, up from £116.3m the prior year, as trade recovered from the impact of Covid restrictions. Over the period, like-for-like sales rose by 20% compared to the prior year, with Central London sales growing by 67%. Adjusted profit before tax…
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