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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Jan- 2022 -19 January
Former Michellin-starred chef to head up The Horns Inn
Former Michelin-starred head chef, Sean Wrest, is to head up The Horns Inn, a new restaurant at a historic inn near Preston set to open in March 2022. It revealed Wrest left his role as head chef at Tommy Banks’ Roots in York last summer and since that time has…
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18 January
The Star Inn brought to market for £465k
The Star Inn, a pub-restaurant with letting rooms located in the village of Weaverthorpe, has come to market for £465k. The property is positioned to take advantage of the Yorkshire Wolds region and some of North Yorkshire’s most visited holiday resorts and tourist destinations. It comprises a 55-cover restaurant and…
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17 January
Brighton Pier Group H1 sales top £23m amid strong NY trading
Brighton Pier Group has reported total sales of £22.7m for the 26-week period ending 26 December 2021, up 177% on the same period in 2020. Whilst trading was impacted in December due to the restrictions announced by the government, over New Year the bars recovered, trading 9% higher than in…
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13 January
Hospitality recovery dampened by Omicron as December takes £3bn hit
The hospitality sector has suffered “devastating” sales falls in the last week of the year, according to the latest pub, bar and restaurant market figures from UKH and CGA. The wider hospitality sector witnessed a 40% drop in sales for the month versus the same period in 2019, as depleted…
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13 January
Mitchells and Butlers Q1 sales hit by Omicron impact
Mitchells and Butlers saw like-for-like sales decline by 6% during the 15-week period ending 8 January 2022 as the impact of the Omicron variant hit. The group said that the impact was particularly felt in the most recent four weeks, over the festive season, during which like-for-like sales have been…
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10 January
Nightcap sees H1 sales increase 46% to £15.5m
Nightcap has announced that during the 26-week period ending 26 December 2021, group net sales reached £15.5m. The results were 46.2% higher than in the same period in 2019 and showed a 22.4% like-for-like increase compared with the same period in 2019. Although more than 7,500 bookings for the Christmas…
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7 January
Vaulkhard Leisure expands estate through The Diamond lease
Newcastle-based leisure operator, Vaulkhard Leisure, has taken on a lease for The Diamond pub in Ponteland, bringing its estate to 20 pubs, bars and cafes. The group is co-investing £350,000 with Star Pubs and Bars to modernise the pub, which has 12 ensuite wi-fi fitted letting rooms and a function…
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7 January
Everards reports £3.4m loss in FY21
Everards has reported an operating loss of £3.4m for the financial year ending September 2021, along with a £1.3m loss for the year ending September 2020. The company said that trading restrictions for nine months of the year is the reason behind the loss, which was reportedly driven by a…
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6 January
Restrictions see Welsh hospitality trading 25% below English counterparts
The executive director of UKHospitality Cymru has called for additional financial support for Welsh Hospitality businesses after revealing that businesses are currently trading 25% below their counterparts across the border. He said an “immediate” increase in financial support and the lifting of trading restrictions is “urgently needed” to prevent Welsh…
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5 January
Stonegate appoints director of legal operations
Stonegate Group has announced it has appointed James Richards as director of legal operations. He will focus on legal and estate transactions as well as taking responsibility as code compliance officer under the pubs code across the Stonegate Group Pub partners business. Richards brings a wealth of experience having worked…
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