Star Pubs and Bars
Coverage focuses on the operations, investment strategy, estate developments, and licensee support programmes of one of the UK’s major leased and tenanted pub companies. We report on refurbishment plans, sustainability initiatives, pub openings and closures, and business model evolution, offering insights for pub operators, landlords, and suppliers watching shifts in the leased pub market.
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Jun- 2025 -30 JunePubs and Bars
Discovery Group expands with first Star Pubs lease
Discovery Group is set to grow its hospitality estate to 16 venues across northern England and Scotland, having announced it…
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23 JunePubs and Bars
Star Pubs to spend £4.5m upgrading outdoor spaces and exteriors
Heineken UK-owned Star Pubs has announced plans to invest £4.5m in refurbishing the exteriors of 171 pubs across the UK…
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Feb- 2025 -27 FebruaryPubs and Bars
Star Pubs to boost managed operator estate with 30 new sites
Star Pubs will be expanding its Just Add Talent (JAT) managed operator estate by 30 pubs throughout 2025. The announcement…
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Jan- 2025 -2 JanuaryNews
Star Pubs to invest £60k in Six Nations support for pubs
Star Pubs has announced it will invest over £60,000 in Six Nations 2025 Championship rugby pub support. Following unprecedented demand…
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Nov- 2024 -8 NovemberNews
Blind Tiger Inns invests in 20th pub alongside Star Pubs
North West pub company Blind Tiger Inns has acquired its 20th pub, The Stanley Arms, with Star Pubs, increasing its…
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Feb- 2024 -8 FebruaryPubs and Bars
Six Nations opening weekend boosts pub sales by 42%
Star Pubs, the pub arm of Heineken UK, has reported that total sales across the Six Nations opening weekend were…
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Oct- 2023 -27 OctoberNews
Today’s news in brief – 27/10/23
Punch Pubs reported total revenues of £313.5m for FY23, up from £284.4m in FY22. Management Partnership division’s revenues also increased…
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27 OctoberPubs and Bars
Star Pubs and Bars opens The Unicorn in Cardiff
Star Pubs and Bars has launched The Unicorn pub in Cardiff following a £1.4m upgrade. The pub group stated that…
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Aug- 2023 -21 AugustPubs and Bars
Star Pubs and Bars to add 100 operator managed venues by 2026
Star Pubs and Bars plans to increase its ‘Just Add Talent’ JAT managed operator business from its current 150 pubs…
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7 AugustPubs and Bars
West Midlands operator takes on third Star pub lease
West Midlands-based multiple operator, pub@group Ltd., has taken on its third Star Pubs and Bars lease in five years, The…
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