Slug and Lettuce
Coverage follows new bar openings, refurbishments and menu launches, alongside updates on drinks innovation, staffing initiatives and supplier partnerships. Editorial also highlights investment activity, leadership changes and expansion strategy, giving UK hospitality professionals insight into how one of the country’s best-known bar brands continues to evolve and compete in a fast-moving market.
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Nov- 2025 -17 NovemberPubs and Bars
Stonegate considers £1bn sale of 1,000 pubs
Stonegate Group is reportedly accelerating plans to sell more than 1,000 pubs in a process that could raise up to £1bn, as Britain’s biggest pub operator works to reduce debts of more than £3bn, according to the Times. Senior executives at the Slug and Lettuce and Be At One owner…
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Aug- 2025 -21 AugustPubs and Bars
Stonegate invests £6.5m in Slug and Lettuce refurbs
Stonegate Group has invested more than £6.5m in its Slug and Lettuce brand over the past 18 months, completing 12 refurbishments with four more due by the end of the financial year. The spending forms part of a wider growth strategy aimed at adapting sites to suit local markets and…
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Jun- 2025 -30 JunePubs and Bars
Slug and Lettuce in Lincoln reopens after six-figure refurb
Cocktail bar Slug and Lettuce has reopened in Lincoln following a six-figure refurbishment by owner Stonegate Group. The venue on Lincoln High Street relaunched on 27 June with a new interior design, outdoor seating upgrades, and a refreshed drinks offering. The redesign includes new lighting, furniture and four VIP huts…
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Mar- 2025 -12 MarchPeople
Nightcap promotes Sarah Miller to COO
Bar and nightclub operator, Nightcap, has announced the promotion of Sarah Miller to the role of chief operating officer. Miller first joined the group in June 2024 as director of business operations, having spent five years at Stonegate Group. She spent two years as business unit director for its late-night…
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Dec- 2024 -19 DecemberPubs and Bars
Stonegate Group invests £100m across estate in 2024
Stonegate Group has invested more than £100m in 2024 to “enhance” its estate, including major refurbishments as well as new concept launches.As part of its overall investment activity, the company invested more than £17m in its Pub Partners estate to support publicans in creating “thriving local pubs” in 2024. Significant…
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9 DecemberPubs and Bars
Stonegate Group officially opens Rita’s Beerhall and Ballroom
Stonegate Group has officially opened its new concept, Rita’s Beerhall and Ballroom, in Leeds, following a £1m investment to transform the city centre location into a “beerhall for cocktail lovers”. The pub company’s aim is that the new venue will become “famous for its seven day a week programme of…
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Oct- 2024 -25 OctoberAnalysis
The Revel Collective’s journey through four rebrands
The Revel Collective has only recently announced this latest reinvention. But this is not the first time it has happened. Tracing its inception back to 1991 in Greater Manchester, the group we know today has gone by – in chronological order – Inventive Leisure, The New Inventive Bar Group, Revolution…
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Sep- 2024 -23 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Stonegate Group partners with Reef to offer flexible workspaces
Stonegate Group, the UK’s largest pub company, has partnered with Reef, an app for remote workers, to offer more than 700 of its venues as flexible, laptop-friendly workspaces. Remote workers can now work and benefit from exclusive deals at venues including Slug and Lettuce, Proper Pubs and Pub and Dining,…
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Jul- 2024 -18 JulyPubs and Bars
Stonegate invests over £2.6m in four Slug and Lettuce venues
Stonegate Group has announced the opening of Slug and Lettuce in Albert Square, Manchester, following a £2.6m investment across four of its venues. According to Stonegate, the investments signal a “new era” for Slug and Lettuce, marked by an “evolution in the look and feel” of venues across the UK.…
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8 JulyPubs and Bars
Slug and Lettuce posts pre-tax loss of £3.1m
Slug and Lettuce has reported a pre-tax loss of £3.1m for the 12-month period to September 2023 after the bar chain initially recorded profits of £2.2m in 2022. Slug and Lettuce has attributed its performance to revenues inching down from £48.6m to £48.5m due to “the impact of the macroeconomic…
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