Tag: pubs



How the Hospitality Sector is Evolving with the Consumers

How the Hospitality Sector is Evolving with the Consumers1
Posted on 31 March, 2016 by Editor in Chief under Industry News

Walking down a British high street a decade ago offered something entirely different to our shopping streets today. Traditional pubs may not have been opened throughout the day and especially not in the mornings. However, a lot of pubs have stepped up to... Read More

Last Orders: Are UK Pubs on the Decline?

Last orders are pubs on the decline?
Posted on 25 November, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Economy, Industry News, Misc

British pubs have been at the heart of the social scene for decades, with thousands of loyal patrons across the nation flocking to their local public houses for a good night out with friends and family. However, the landscape has seen a dramatic change over... Read More

Pubco & Enterprise Inns suffer massive losses

Posted on 17 November, 2015 by Editor in Chief under Business News, Economy, Industry News

Solihull-based pubco, Enterprise Inns, has suffered an annual loss of £65 million due to a revaluation of its pub portfolio. The largest pub owner in the UK Enterprise, confirmed that the loss compared with a £30m surplus last year, was after net... Read More

NewRiver Retail raises a Glass to Pub Portfolio acquisition

Posted on 24 August, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News

NewRiver Retail has announced that it has exchanged contracts with Punch Taverns to acquire a portfolio of 158 pubs in England and Wales in a £53.5 million deal. The UK REIT, which specialises in value-creating retail property investment, active asset... Read More

“Buoyant” West Country Hotel and Country Pub Market Returning to Pre-Crash Levels

Posted on 20 June, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Industry News

A renewed interest in leisure investment and the tourist attractions of the Cotswolds are combining to fuel the take up of hotels and pubs in the area, a leading commercial agent has reported. This time last year Colliers International had eleven... Read More

New Legislation prompts Estate Management Strategy rethink at Enterprise Inns

Posted on 14 May, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

New legislation allowing tenants to buy their beer from any supplier has prompted Britain’s biggest pub landlord, Enterprise Inns, to radically rethink its approach to estate management. Nearly half of the UK’s 50,000 publicans are already free to... Read More

North West Pubs face “Identity Crisis” says Insolvency Body

Posted on 14 April, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News

Manchester may be home to the best known fictional pub in Britain but, according to insolvency trade body R3, around one third of real-life Rovers Returns in the North West are struggling to overcome an ‘identity crisis’ that threatens their... Read More

Bulldog Hotel Group to double UK Portfolio

Posted on 30 March, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News

As the British economy continues to take greater steps towards recovery, many growing firms are examining their options for revenue growth by channelling investment into expansion. This has been a particularly popular trend in sectors relating to the tourism... Read More

Revolution toasts roll-out plans as Flotation nears

Posted on 17 February, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News

The owner of cocktail bar chain Revolution has confirmed it will return to the stock market next month and will shortly begin the search for suitable properties to fulfil a roll-out programme. Formerly known as Inventive Leisure, the Ashton-under-Lyme... Read More

Hydes Brewery opens boutique Hotel and Pub in Manchester’s Northern Quarter

Posted on 4 February, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News

Salford based Hydes Brewery is to open a new boutique hotel, pub and restaurant in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. The brewery chain has acquired the Abel Heywood after receiving financial backing from the Royal Bank of Scotland, which will act as a... Read More