FOCUS ON: ASHFORD, KENT October 28, 2010 HARLING HALL, WYE Price: £499,950 This detached five-bedroom property set is set in a village just outside Ashford. Two of the bedrooms have en suites and this new property has been designed to create as much space and light as possible. There is an open-plan kitchen/breakfast room, a separate study and a rear garden. Contact: [...]
M&B to sell bowling firm in £39m deal August 9, 2010 PUBS and restaurants group Mitchells & Butlers is offloading its Hollywood Bowl ten-pin bowling business to rival AMF Bowling for £39m. AMF will add Hollywood Bowl’s 24 sites to its existing 33 UK bowling centres. M&B is selling non-core businesses to focus on its pub operations, which include Harvester, Toby Carvery, Vintage Inns and O’Neill’s. [...]
Wetherspoon sees record profit after breakfast boost September 10, 2010 Pub chain Wetherspoon has reported record results with sales increasing by £41.2m to £996.3m for year to the end of July. Profit before tax and exceptional items increasing by 7.3 per cent to £71m, compared with the same period last year. The company said it was selling more 400,000 breakfasts and 600,000 coffees each week [...]
Wetherspoon sees record profit after breakfast boost September 10, 2010 Pub chain Wetherspoon has reported record results with sales increasing by £41.2m to £996.3m for year to the end of July. Profit before tax and exceptional items increasing by 7.3 per cent to £71m, compared with the same period last year. The company said it was selling more 400,000 breakfasts and 600,000 coffees each week [...]
The brewing boss who says pubs have to clean up their act to survive March 21, 2010 Thirty-nine pubs close a week in the UK and the economy may be only crawling towards recovery, but the chief executive of pub company Marston’s thinks this is just the right time to build bigger and better outlets. The FTSE 250 business – which runs 2,200 pubs and five breweries – raised £140m from investors [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS September 13, 2010 THORNTONS FinnCap reiterates its “sell” rating on Thorntons saying its recent results marked the latest in a disappointing run for the chocolate firm. It believes long term success depends on the business successfully rebalancing the business away from its retail stores towards other commercial sales. It adds this strategy is unproven. DE LA RUE Evolution [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS September 13, 2010 THORNTONS FinnCap reiterates its “sell” rating on Thorntons saying its recent results marked the latest in a disappointing run for the chocolate firm. It believes long term success depends on the business successfully rebalancing the business away from its retail stores towards other commercial sales. It adds this strategy is unproven. DE LA RUE Evolution [...]
The West End’s smart new club for card sharps October 18, 2010 FOR poker enthusiasts who don’t want to play for thousands of pounds, finding a comfortable environment to get stuck into a live game of poker isn’t easy. You can dabble in piddling pub tournaments (maximum buy-in: £5), try your luck in the rather daunting atmospherve of the few lower-stakes casinos offering poker, or in the [...]
M&B to sell Hollywood Bowl for £39m August 9, 2010 PUBS and restaurants group Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is selling its Hollywood Bowl ten-pin bowling business to AMF Bowling for £39m ($62m). Hollywood Bowl’s 24 sites will be added to its current 33 UK bowling centres. M&B is selling “non-core businesses” to focus on its pub businesses, which include Harvester, Toby Carvery, Vintage Inns and [...]
M&B to sell Hollywood Bowl for £39m August 9, 2010 PUBS and restaurants group Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is selling its Hollywood Bowl ten-pin bowling business to AMF Bowling for £39m ($62m). Hollywood Bowl’s 24 sites will be added to its current 33 UK bowling centres. M&B is selling “non-core businesses” to focus on its pub businesses, which include Harvester, Toby Carvery, Vintage Inns and [...]