UK’s largest pub owner Ei to sell off properties in £348m deal The largest pub company in the UK, Ei Group, will sell off the lion’s share of its commercial properties to a US hedge fund in a deal worth £348m. Ei today said it will sell 370 properties to Tavern Propco, a newly-incorporated private fund owned by Davidson Kempner Capital Management. The pub owner and operator, [...]
Pub chain shares battered after MP vote to end beer tie: Enterprise Inns, Punch Taverns suffer Shares in pub chains plummeted after MPs voted to let landlords buy their beer on the open market, as investors heeded industry warnings that the legislation would have a "hugely damaging" effect. Enterprise Inns led the fall, losing 15.3 per cent in mid-morning trade. Punch Taverns also shed 12. 5 per cent. Shares in Marston's and [...]