by Darren | Tuesday, August 20, 2019 | Pubs and Bars
The Old Ferry Inn, at Bodinnick, near Fowey, in Cornwall, has come back on the market just a year after it was last sold. Bob Seabourne has carried out extensive infrastructure work on the property, but has decided to move back to Somerset. Ed Jefferson, of agent...
by Darren | Tuesday, August 20, 2019 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
J T Davies and Sons, the parent company for Henley-based pub operator and brewer Brakspear, increased its turnover during the year ending December 31, 2018 by 12%, to £31.8m which generated EBITDA of £8.7m, up 13% on the previous year. Profit before tax over the same...
by Darren | Friday, August 9, 2019 | Pubs and Bars
A performance of Romeo and Juliet As part of its annual Shakespeare in the Garden series of productions, Fuller’s has hosted exclusive performances for two charities and a local primary school. The first was a production of Romeo and Juliet at The Plough, in...
by Darren | Thursday, August 1, 2019 | Pubs and Bars
A CAMRA survey of more than 400 tied pub tenants has found that 75% don’t think they are treated fairly and lawfully by their pub companies. CAMRA views this as a significant failure of the pub code, pointing out that a fifth of tenants were unaware of the...
by Darren | Sunday, July 28, 2019 | Pubs and Bars
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) and the Alzheimer’s Society have launched a dementia-friendly hospitality initiative, which seeks to promote Dementia Friends to pubs. The initiative is the biggest ever social action movement to change the way the nation...
by Darren | Friday, July 26, 2019 | Pubs and Bars
An archaeological excavation in a Faversham pub garden has unearthed a treasure trove of Roman and Anglo-Saxon finds. When licensees David and Sue Potts invited a team of volunteers from the Faversham Society Archaeological Research Group into the garden of the Market...
by Darren | Thursday, July 25, 2019 | Beer News, Business News, Pubs and Bars
Fuller’s revenue rose 7% to £431.1m in the year to March 30, the company has reported, with adjusted profit at £43.2m. The highlight of the year, clearly, was the sale of the brewing business to Asahi for £250m, but the completion of this deal went through after...
by Darren | Sunday, July 21, 2019 | Business News, Pubs and Bars
Stonegate Pub Company is to absorb Ei Group’s pubs into its own estate, if its £3bn takeover bid is approved. Up until now, Stonegate has had entirely managed pubs. It will now create new divisions for Ei’s leased and tenanted pubs, and its commercial...
by Darren | Sunday, July 21, 2019 | Beer News, Pubs and Bars
Following an investment of £500,000 into branding and hospitality, Fourpure Brewing Co has announced the opening of its new Basecamp taproom from mid-July. Designed to provide a holistic customer experience, its expanded 400-capacity Bermondsey-based venue will...
by Darren | Thursday, July 18, 2019 | Cornwall News, Pubs and Bars
Left to right are Nick Mayor, business development manager at St Austell Brewery, Sawles Arms tenant, Carole Williams, and Sheena Stark and Steve Howard, two of the Sawles team The Sawles Arms, in Carthew, near St Austell, Cornwall, is celebrating its 100th year...
by Darren | Thursday, July 18, 2019 | Beer News, Pubs and Bars
Little Faith Taproom has launched in London SE8, offering an ever-evolving list of Little Faith’s own beers, brewed off site in Bermondsey and near Lewes in East Sussex, and a handful of guest lines. The beers have all been created or selected by co-founder and head...
by Darren | Tuesday, July 16, 2019 | Beer News, Pubs and Bars
Following recent investment in brewing equipment, Bowness Bay Brewing is continuing with expansion plans by launching its own bar. The Barrel House, at Bowness Bay’s Castle Mills brewery, in Kendal, is part of wider plans to establish the brewery as a tourist...
