Pub News

Against a backdrop of the devastating effect lockdown is having on the nation’s pubs, The Open Arms report, commissioned by The Campaign to End Loneliness

Pubs group Marston’s has received a takeover bid from a private equity group in a move that could spark a flurry of deals in the Covid-stricken hospitality and on-trade sector.

The Scottish Beer & Pub Association (SBPA) has welcomed the budget delivered by Finance Secretary Kate Forbes to Holyrood this afternoon.

JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has sold shares worth £50.3m to capitalise on the “significant buying interest” following the company placing last week.

Livingston community pub, the Tower Bar, has launched a new community initiative in order to serve and support locals during the continued COVID-19 pandemic

Hawthorn, the community pub division of NewRiver, has in excess of £250m available for acquisitions and has more than doubled its planned capex

Pub company and brewer, Greene King, has donated 110 laptops to schools a bid to support children homeschooling during lockdown.

Red Oak Taverns, the independent pub operator, confirmed today that it has completed the acquisition of three pubs from Reclamation Inns for an undisclosed sum

A ‘National Poem of Thanks to Our Nation’s Publicans’ has been released today by Pub is The Hub and arts project INN CROWD to thank publicans for their resilience

BBPA pleads with Prime Minister to speed up delivery of grant payments to pubs

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has today revealed that 3 in 4 wet led pubs (74%)

Punch Pubs & Co is celebrating local heroes for their superhuman efforts in 2020 and is calling on its 1,200 publicans and their guests to nominate local people