Butcombe Pubs
Covers developments from a pub company operating venues across the West Country, combining characterful interiors with quality food and drink. Updates include new acquisitions, refurbishments, seasonal menu launches, investment in sites, and recruitment initiatives, alongside profiles of chefs and managers, sustainability efforts, and insights into trends shaping the regional pub and dining market.
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Aug- 2025 -8 AugustPubs and Bars
Butcombe sees 9.8% rise in H1 LFL sales
Butcombe Group has reported a 9.8% increase in like-for-like (LFL) sales across its managed pubs division for the six months to 26 July 2025. The growth, which covers the period from 26 January to 26 July 2025 (H1 2025), was driven by favourable weather and continued strategic investment across the…
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May- 2025 -15 MayPubs and Bars
Butcombe reports ‘record’ revenues of £149m in FY25
Butcombe, the privately owned premium pub operator and brewing group, has reported “record’ revenues of £149m for the year ended January 2025 versus £144.4m in the previous year. Its managed pubs “strongly outperformed” the sector with like-for-like revenue of +7.8% compared with LFL growth of +6% in the preceding year. …
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Apr- 2025 -1 AprilPubs and Bars
Butcombe sees LFL sales rise 31% on Mother’s Day
Butcombe Group has reported that this year’s Mother’s Day celebration (31 March) resulted in a 31% like-for-like sales increase compared with that of last year. The pub operator’s performance on Mothering Sunday also broke its previous record set on Christmas Day last year. Butcombe’s ongoing development of its external areas…
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Jan- 2025 -31 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Butcombe sees 7.8% rise in FY24 revenues
Butcombe Group, a privately owned premium pub operator and brewing group, has reported that its full-year LFL revenues were up by 7.8%, including 23% LFL across the two week Christmas period. For the year ended 25 January 2025, its standout performance was in food at 12% growth, with both accommodation…
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Dec- 2024 -17 DecemberPubs and Bars
Liberation Group to rebrand as Butcombe Group
The pub operator and brewing business, Liberation Group, has revealed its plans to rebrand to Butcombe Group to align with its strategic priorities. Butcombe Group will be the new corporate identity, with the existing operating brands remaining the same – Butcombe Pubs and Inns, Butcombe Brewing Co, Butcombe Boutique Inns,…
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May- 2024 -15 MayNews
Liberation Group to launch Butcombe Boutique Inns
Liberation Group has announced that it will launch its new concept Butcombe Boutique Inns at the end of May with the objective of becoming the “leading” operator of premium rooms in the South of England. Butcombe Boutique Inns (BBI) will provide guests with a “unique, personalised and home away from…
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Mar- 2024 -28 MarchNews
Butcombe Pubs and Inns sees ‘record sales’ in March
Butcombe Pubs and Inns has reported “record sales” for March thanks to a bumper Mother’s Day weekend and the Cheltenham Festival. The Mother’s Day weekend saw the pub group, with sites across the south of England, cater nearly 8% more covers than last year. This year both Saturday 9 and…
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Nov- 2023 -21 NovemberPeople
Liberation Group adds Pubs MD to its board
Liberation Group has announced the appointment of Jayson Perfect, the company’s managing director of pubs, to its board of directors. Perfect first joined the group in 2017 as the managing director of UK managed pubs, before progressing his role to encompass firstly the Channel Islands followed by the tenanted division…
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Aug- 2023 -1 AugustPubs and Bars
Liberation Group occupancy rates exceed 80% in H1
Liberation Group will be targeting becoming the “leading” provider of pub accommodation in the South of England, following the success of its Butcombe Pubs and Inns business, which has seen occupancy rates exceed 80% across the group. During the first half of 2023, the group has grown its accommodation offering…
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May- 2023 -2 MayPubs and Bars
Liberation Group expands managed pubs portfolio in Q1
Pub operator Liberation Group has revealed that for the 12 weeks to 22 April, its portfolio of managed pubs increased by 4.7% like-for-like in the UK, while food and drink increased by 4.4% and 2.8% respectively. While accommodation saw a rise of 13.9% among the group’s managed pubs, its estate…
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