Slug and Lettuce

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…

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Today’s news in brief – 24/01/24

Wetherspoons revealed that like-for-like sales rose 10.1% during H1 to 21 January compared with last year. The pub chain attributed…

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Big Table Group appoints new Banana Tree managing director

UK hospitality group The Big Table Group has appointed Kate Wilton as Banana Tree’s new managing director. The news comes…

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Today’s news in brief – 15/01/24

Drake and Morgan reported record festive trading, with like-for-like sales up 31.7% against the same period in 2022. Christmas bookings…

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More than 4,500 Stonegate pubs at risk amid £2.6bn debt

More than 4,500 Stonegate pubs could be at risk as parent company TDR capital seeks to refinance £2.5bn of debt,…

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CMBC announces new partnership with Stonegate Group

Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) has announced a new 10-year commercial and logistics partnership with Stonegate Group, the UK’s “largest”…

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RedCat eyes Stonegate sites for inaugural acquisition

RedCat Pub Company, owned by ex-Greene King boss Rooney Anand, is reportedly on the brink of acquiring over 40 pubs…

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Stonegate Ei merger must address local concerns, CMA finds

Stonegate Pub Company’s proposed £1.27bn purchase of Ei Group does not raise UK-wide competition concerns but could damage competition in…

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Ei Group to be acquired by Stonegate Pubs for £3bn

Pub operators Stonegate Pub Company is set to acquire pub management company Ei Group (EIG), in a deal worth in…

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Living the dream? Part two

In the first part of this article, I considered the changes in the pub market over the past 20 years…

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