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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Sep- 2021 -20 September
Porte Noire to open this October
Idris Elba, and founder of Connaught Wine Cellars, David Farber, have announced the launch of their first bar and shop Porte Noire on Monday, 18 October 2021. Located opposite Regent’s Canal Towpath at Coal Drops Yard, in London’s King’s Cross, the new bar and shop will offer a selection of…
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17 September
Marston’s CEO to chair C&C Group
Pub group Marston’s, has announced that its CEO Ralph Findlay has been appointed as a non-executive director and chair designate of C&C Group, the drinks company, with effect from 1 March 2022. In his new role, Findlay will subsequently succeed Stewart Gilliland as chair of C&C in July 2022. As…
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17 September
Aviva Investors offloads eight Marston’s pubs for over £20m
Aviva Investors has sold eight freehold public houses operated by Marston’s to an unnamed buyer for over £20m. Aviva’s asset management business had owned the assets while the pub operators ran the establishments with guarantees from Marston’s topco. Advised by global real estate advisor CBRE, the deal includes leases that…
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16 September
The Alchemist to open first Scottish site amid £1.5m investment
The Alchemist, is set to open its first-ever Scottish bar and restaurant next month in Edinburgh’s new St. James Quarter. Representing an investment of £1.5m, the site is set to offer “a mystical apothecary of theatre served” cocktails alongside all-day casual dining. Located within the largest development Edinburgh has seen…
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13 September
Arusha Group expands with Star amid £475k investment
Star Pubs and Bars has announced a joint refurbishment of Uxbridge’s The Bear on the Barge with Arusha Group worth £475,000. The venture sees Arusha Group take a substantive lease on the pub, in turn representing the firm’s third site with Star. Following December’s completion of the renovations, which commence…
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10 September
Hospitality tops sectors most concerned about reducing carbon footprint
The hospitality and leisure industries are the most serious about tackling their carbon footprint, with 70% of respondents rating it as ‘extremely important’, according to new Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) research released by Barclays. This is ahead of the survey average of 61%. Transport and distribution came in second…
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10 September
Bundobust Brewery to open in Manchester
Bundobust has announced the opening of its latest site in the Grade II-listed St James Building on Oxford Street in Manchester on 16 September 2021. Adding to the group’s roster of venues in Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester, this second Manchester site comes in the form of a 150-seat taproom and…
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9 September
Signature Pubs to hold ‘jab and job’ recruitment initiative
A Scottish hospitality group is hoping to encourage young people to get the Covid vaccine at the same time as applying for a job, according to the BBC. Signature Pubs, which owns 24 venues in Scotland, revealed it needs to hire about 120 people due to staff shortages across the…
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6 September
The London Cocktail Club to open in the city
Nightcap has announced that it has entered into a lease for a new The London Cocktail Club bar at 78 Queen Victoria Street in Central London. The site covers an area of approximately 1,500 square feet with a 1:00 am license and is expected to be open before the end…
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2 September
JD Wetherspoon hit with beer shortages, amid supply problems
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has revealed that it recently experienced a shortage in some beer brands including Carling and Coors as a result of supply problems caused by the ongoing Brexit HGV driver crisis. The group, which usually sells 23 different brands on draught in each of its pubs, said…
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