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.

Jul- 2022 -

11 July

Shaker Group takes on first Star Pubs & Bars lease

Shaker Group, an operator and hospitality consultancy run by husband-and-wife team Adam and Theresa Freeth, has taken on its first Star Pubs and Bars lease, The White Hart in Redditch. The group will work alongside operations manager Victoria Coliandris. The White Hart, which has been closed since the start of…
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6 July

Oakman hails ‘record’ sales in FY22

The Oakman Group Plc has revealed its total sales surged 79% to £65.1m for the financial year ending 3 July 2022 (FY22), reportedly outperforming the Coffer CGA tracker of industry sales. Like-for-like sales are up 51.2% from FY21 and up 19.9% from pre-Covid levels in FY20, while total sales have…
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5 July

BrewDog to open its largest bar in London this August

BrewDog, an independent Scottish craft brewer, is opening its largest bar on 18 August in London Waterloo Station. BrewDog Waterloo will be the biggest BrewDog location in the world at 27,000sq ft, with two floors of craft beer, spirits, food, and entertainment in the centre of the city. The bar…
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5 July

Young’s Q1 revenues increase 39.7%

Young & Co.’s Brewery (Young’s) has announced that in the first thirteen weeks of 2022 (Q1), revenues increased by 39.7% in total and by 34.9% on a like-for-like basis against last year, building on the “strong” trading momentum achieved in the final quarter of 2021. Young’s said that this year…
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4 July

Number of pubs falls by over 7,000 in past decade

The number of English and Welsh pubs fell below 40,000 for the first time during the first half of 2022 with pub numbers having fallen by 7,107 in the last 10 years, new research has revealed. Research by the real estate adviser Altus Group, found that the overall number of…
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1 July

Gen Z spending 68% more in restaurants, pubs and bars

The hospitality industry continues to recover as 58% of UK consumers are spending the same or more each restaurant and bar visit than they were pre-pandemic, with Gen Z driving the return of business, according to a new study from SevenRooms. The research from SevenRooms, which polled over 2,000 UK…
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1 July

BBPA calls for permanent tax relief to boost investment

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has called on the government to introduce a permanent tax relief to encourage more investment by businesses. Responding to the government’s consultation on capital allowances, which closes today (1 July), the BBPA backed calls to introduce a permanent 100% deduction for investment in…
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Jun- 2022 -

30 June

Greene King unveils new recruitment commitments

Greene King has announced the intention to implement new commitments around the recruiting and training of employees from all backgrounds after the brand launched a new report, ‘Untapping Potential: the role of pubs in levelling up skills, jobs and communities’. The company’s commitments will reportedly include adding 5,000 new apprentices…
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30 June

Red Oak Taverns acquires three pubs from Liberation Group

Red Oak Taverns has completed the acquisition of three tied tenanted pubs from the Liberation Group, for an undisclosed sum. The pubs are based in the South West of England and are operated by tenants under substantive agreements. This marks the first portfolio acquisition for Red Oak since the major…
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29 June

Shepherd Neame sales rise 13%

Shepherd Neame has revealed its retail sales grew 13% year-on-year for the six weeks ending 25 June 2022, compared with the same period last year when indoor trading was allowed again on 17 May 2021. Shepherd Neame is Britain’s oldest brewer and owner and operator of 299 pubs in Kent…
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