Marston’s
Coverage tracks the performance, strategy, and estate management of one of the UK’s largest pub operators, with more than 1,400 sites nationwide. Reporting includes updates on investment in food-led formats, pub refurbishments, leadership changes, digital ordering rollout, and the group’s brewing partnership with Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC). Insight is tailored for pub operators, landlords, and suppliers monitoring market share, value-led positioning, and branded community-focused pub models.
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Nov- 2025 -25 NovemberPubs and Bars
Marston’s profits soar 70% to £72m in FY25
Marston’s has seen full-year pre-tax profits soar by 71% to £72.1m, up from £42.1m the prior year, as like-for-like sales growth and format roll-outs helped offset the impact of earlier pub disposals.Total revenues were broadly flat at £897.9m, while like-for-like sales increased by 1.6%, compared with 4.8% last year, with…
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11 NovemberPubs and Bars
Marston’s launches first women’s prison hospitality academy
Marston’s has launched a “pioneering” hospitality training academy inside HMP Styal, a women’s prison in Cheshire, providing offenders with employment opportunities following their release.The new academy, named the Hope and Anchor, is the first commercially-led hospitality academy inside a women’s prison in the UK. It will train up to 32…
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10 NovemberRestaurants
345 hospitality businesses urge tax cuts ahead of Budget
More than 340 leading hospitality businesses have signed an open letter to the chancellor calling for urgent action in the upcoming Budget to support the sector. The letter, coordinated by trade body UKHospitality, is backed by companies including Butlin’s, Greene King, IHG Hotels and Resorts, KFC, Merlin Entertainments, Marston’s, Wagamama,…
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Oct- 2025 -8 OctoberPubs and Bars
Marston’s welcomes strong profit growth for second year in a row
Marston’s is set to welcome its second consecutive year of “significant” profit growth in FY25, with pre-tax profits expected to be ahead of expectations, after last year’s profits were up by 65%. The pub group said this “step-change in profitability” was driven by a sustained margin expansion, with its focus…
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Sep- 2025 -18 SeptemberRestaurants
Domino’s appoints Andrew Andrea as new chief financial officer
Domino’s Pizza Group has appointed Andrew Andrea as chief financial officer, with effect from March 2026. Andrea is currently finance chief at drinks company C&C Group. He spent more than two decades at pub operator Marston’s, including 12 years as finance director, and has held senior roles at Dollond and…
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Jul- 2025 -23 JulyPubs and Bars
Marston’s sales up 2% as pub refurbs gather pace ahead of Q4
Marston’s has reported a 2% rise in like-for-like sales for the 41-week period to 12 July, with the group continuing to roll out new formats across its estate ahead of the final quarter. For the 15-week period to 12 July, like-for-like sales rose 2.9% compared with the same period last…
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Jun- 2025 -27 JunePeople
Marston’s appoints new chief financial officer
Marston’s has announced the appointment of Stephen Hopson as its new chief financial officer, replacing Hayleigh Lupino, who is stepping down to take up a new role outside the company. Hopson will join the pub and hospitality group and take up a seat on its board on 8 September, while…
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May- 2025 -13 MayPubs and Bars
Marston’s sales rise 2.9% in H1
Marston’s has seen its like-for-like (LFL) sales up 2.9% in the 31 weeks to 3 May, with strong growth of 10.5% in the five weeks since the period ended. In H1 2025, LFL sales grew by 1.3% reflecting timing of Easter and Mothers Day which fell in H1 in 2024…
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12 MayPubs and Bars
Marston’s rolls out solar across 120 pubs
Pub company Marston’s has partnered with Two Blues Solar, a renewable energy solutions provider, and installer Nuvolt to deploy solar across 120 of its community-based pubs over the next 12 months. The £5.4m initiative, fully financed by Atrato Onsite Energy, operates through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) – a long-term…
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Apr- 2025 -23 AprilPubs and Bars
Marston’s introduces new sports pub concept
Marston’s has introduced a new local sports pub concept, Grandstand, with the first venue opened during Easter weekend. The operator will be refurbishing selected existing pubs which are involved in local sports and charities. The first pub is The Gospel Oak in Tipton in the West Midlands, which opened on…
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