Pubs
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Whitbread to share the wealth after 250-pub sale
Analysts say a further £300m share buyback is likely
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Vultures circle Stonegate pubs portfolio
Stonegate wants to sell 1,000 pubs to help pay down £4bn of debt
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Community-owned pubs soar by 63% in five years
The number of pubs saved by people power has jumped by 16% in the last year alone
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Pub demolitions and conversions rise by 50%
The same number of pubs were demolished in H1 2023 as during the whole of 2022
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Pubs go bust at highest rate in a decade
223 pubs entered insolvency in Q2, up from 200 in Q1
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Buyer calls time on Britain’s wonkiest pub
Marston’s was marketing The Crooked House at £675,000
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Mitchells & Butler at front of queue for £600m Whitbread deal
Only operators have been invited to bid to speed up the sale
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Pub tenants bitter over treatment by landlord
Survey finds Stonegate has the least happy tenants, while Marston’s has the most satisfied
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Amber Taverns on pub opening crawl
Chain is opening 14-16 new pubs a year
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Pubs and restaurants toast sales growth
Like-for-like sales rise at managed pub and restaurant groups
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City Pub Group targets expansion as revenue recovers
Operator aims to grow pub count to 70 in next three years
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Pub closures near 10-year high
More than 500 pub and bar businesses failed in 2022, with the total number falling 15% in a decade