St Austell Brewery
Reporting on strategy, estate activity, and F&B performance at a long-established brewing and hospitality group with operations across the South West. This section covers pub and hotel investments, beer portfolio developments, leadership updates, and guest experience initiatives, offering insight for hospitality professionals tracking regionally rooted operators balancing tradition, innovation, and growth across on-trade and retail channels.
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Feb- 2026 -2 FebruaryFeatures
Pubs, politics and power: why hospitality support isn’t equal
Pubs have once again found themselves at the centre of government hospitality policy. From targeted business rates discounts to a real-terms freeze on bills, the government has stepped in to soften the impact of the 2026 revaluation for one of the UK’s most culturally visible industries. Across the wider hospitality…
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Jan- 2026 -19 JanuaryPubs and Bars
St Austell beer festival raises £18k for South West charities
St Austell Brewery’s Celtic Beer Festival has raised £18,000 for charitable causes across the South West, following the event held in November last year. The money will be donated to the St Austell Brewery Charitable Trust, which provides funding to charities and individuals in need across the region. The trust,…
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Sep- 2025 -10 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Ludo Sports and Live Lounge to open flagship Cardiff venue
Ludo Sports and Live Lounge is set to open its doors in Cardiff this September on St Mary’s Street. The venue, which will accommodate more than 700 guests, will combine live music, screenings of major sporting events, interactive darts, basketball and a year-round beer garden featuring what the company says…
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Jul- 2025 -24 JulyPeople
St Austell Brewery appoints new CFO
St Austell Brewery has announced the appointment of Don Davis as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Davis will be joining the brewing, hospitality and drinks wholesale company in August, and will bring with him more than 30 years of retail experience, most recently at national women’s clothing brand Hush,…
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Jun- 2025 -20 JunePubs and Bars
Thwaites FY turnover rises 4.4% to £120.6m
Daniel Thwaites has reported that its turnover rose 4.4% to £120.6m in the year to 31 March 2025, with operating profit before property disposals also rising 4.4% to £11.8m. However, net debt at the brewer and pub operator stood at £71.4m, slightly up from £70.8m the previous year due to…
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18 JunePubs and Bars
St Austell FY turnover hits £231m despite low visitor numbers
St Austell Brewery has reported a record turnover of £231m in the year to December 2024, with underlying EBITDA rising 8.7% to £22.4m. News of the results come as the Cornwall-based brewer and hospitality group is unveiling its first major rebrand in more than 70 years in celebration of its…
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May- 2025 -16 MayPubs and Bars
Daniel Thwaites appoints Kevin Georgel as non-executive director
Daniel Thwaites, owner of hospitality group Thwaites, has announced the appointment of Kevin Georgel as non-executive director with effect from 1 June 2025. Georgel is currently the chief executive of family owned St Austell Brewery in Cornwall and was previously chairman of the British Beer and Pub Association and the…
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Apr- 2025 -23 AprilPubs and Bars
St Austell launches recycling scheme to reduce pub waste by 80%
St Austell Brewery has launched a recycling initiative in partnership which aims to reduce the general waste in its managed pubs by 80%. The initiative, which includes a partnership with waste management company, Biffa, includes the introduction of a streamlined waste system across St Austell’s 45 managed pubs. Teams across…
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Mar- 2025 -20 MarchBusiness
Hospitality businesses claim new packaging rules will ‘cost millions’
Pub and hospitality businesses have joined with UKHospitality to write to Steve Reed, the Defra Secretary of State, to call for packaging supplied to hospitality businesses to be exempt from the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). The likes of the Azzurri Group, Burger King UK, Fuller’s, Marston’s, Punch Pubs and Co,…
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Aug- 2024 -30 AugustPubs and Bars
St Austell Brewery acquires The Bell at Broadway
St Austell Brewery has announced the acquisition of The Bell at Broadway near Ilminster for an undisclosed amount. This latest pub will join the independent brewer’s estate of 122 leased and tenanted pubs across the West Country. As the oldest pub in the area, it was sold by local businessman…
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