Star Pubs and Bars
Coverage focuses on the strategy and operations of Heineken UK’s leased and tenanted pub estate, which comprises over 2,400 pubs across England, Scotland, and Wales. Reporting includes multi-million-pound refurbishment investments, the Just Add Talent managed partnership model, rent support packages, and regional estate strategy, including developments in suburban growth corridors and community-focused rural pubs. Insight is tailored for pub landlords, suppliers, and industry stakeholders tracking investment in leased models, branded drinks partnerships, and long-term shifts in the UK on-trade.
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Sep- 2021 -13 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Arusha Group expands with Star amid £475k investment
Star Pubs and Bars has announced a joint refurbishment of Uxbridge’s The Bear on the Barge with Arusha Group worth £475,000. The venture sees Arusha Group take a substantive lease on the pub, in turn representing the firm’s third site with Star. Following December’s completion of the renovations, which commence…
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Aug- 2021 -31 AugustPubs and Bars
Star Pubs & Bars to invest £38m into local pubs
Star Pubs and Bars has announced a £38m programme to benefit 700 local pubs across England and Wales by the end of 2021. The move will create an estimated 500 new jobs. The group, which is owned by Heineken, said some 80 pubs will be “completely transformed” with makeovers costing…
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13 AugustPubs and Bars
Star Pubs & Bars awards long service licensees
Star Pubs and Bars has presented Martin Davis and Sandra Shaw of The Half Moon on Nottingham Street in Melton Mowbray with an award to mark their 20th anniversary at the pub. The group said the award recognises the “contribution” the Davis and Shaw have made to The Half Moon…
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Jul- 2021 -26 JulyPubs and Bars
Star Pubs & Bars awards long service licensee
Star Pubs and Bars has presented licensee Paul Monk, of the Bowling Green Inn on Brook Street in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, with an award for his 35 years in service. The group said that the long service award recognises the “contribution” Monk has made to the town and the pub. One of…
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20 JulyPubs and Bars
The Victoria to undergo £800k refurb
Public Urban Bars has begun a £800,000 refurbishment of The Victoria in Rainhill with the aid of Star Pubs and Bars. The pub will be converted into the group’s fourth Cookhouse Pub and Carvery site and will open in early October 2021, creating 40 new jobs. Outside work will renovate…
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13 JulyPubs and Bars
Star Pubs & Bars supports £600k refurb of The Hobbit
Alternative Pubs is reopening The Hobbit pub in Southampton following a £600k joint investment with Star Pubs and Bars. The refurbishment has given the pub a “unique fantasy theme” and added one of the “biggest beer gardens” in the city centre. In addition,10 new jobs have been created. The enlarged…
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5 JulyPubs and Bars
Arden opens second London site with support from Star Pubs
Restaurant, bar and hospitality operator, Christian Arden has taken on his first pub with Star Pubs and Bars, The Tree House in Barnes, London. The pub will reopen as The Crossing in August following a joint £450k refurbishment with Star Pubs and Bars. It is Arden’s second south London pub,…
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Jun- 2021 -25 JunePubs and Bars
Star Pubs and Bar support £750k refurb of ‘original’ Peaky Blinders pub
The Rainbow pub in Digbeth, which was known for its association with the original Peaky Blinders in the 1890s, is set undergo a £750k investment supported by Star Pubs and Bar. The refurb will see the venue, which has been closed for four years, transformed into a live entertainment driven…
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17 JunePubs and Bars
Brewmish takes on two Star Pubs & Bars sites
Star Pubs and Bars has revealed that Brewmish Pub Company has taken on two of the group’s Oxfordshire sites. Led by Chris Brewster, the former licensee of Dedington’s the Unicorn, Brewmish will now operate both The Duke of Marlborough and The King’s Head. Set to undergo a £350,000 joint refurbishment,…
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May- 2021 -11 MayPubs and Bars
Beer and Coffee Co open its fourth leased pub
Beer and Coffee Co has announced the opening of its fourth leased pub with Star Pubs and Bars following a £160,000 refurbishment. The pub will join the group’s pug brand and has been renamed The Lazy Pug to mark its new direction. Other venues include The Black Pug in Warwick…
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