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JW Lees buys the Royal Oak in Glossop

JW Lees has bought the Royal Oak in Glossop, a pub built in 1818, 10 years before JW Lees was founded. With 90 internal covers and 40 externa...

Beautiful Pubs reopens Leicester's Old Horse

Independent operator Beautiful Pubs Collective has reopened The Old Horse in Leicester, following the completion of a £1m joint investment...

Punch Pubs hires new chief financial officer

Matt Ward will join Punch Pubs & Co as its new chief financial officer (CFO) on 11 May 2026. Ward was most recently CFO at Village H...

Proper Pubs donates Easter egg haul

Proper Pubs, the community wet-led division of Admiral Taverns, has collected a total of 21,619 charity Easter eggs this year. The ...

Heartwood reopens Weybridge Queen's Head

The Queen’s Head in Weybridge has officially reopened its doors, following a transformative refurbishment. The project is part of...

Three New Italian Breads Join Panesco’s Pane & Terra Range

La Lorraine Bakery Group has expanded its premium Italian bread portfolio with the launch of three new products in the Pane & Terra&nbs...

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Features

Operator profile: Electric Star Pubs

Eight years ago, Rob Star, founder of Electric Star Pubs, was looking up and down Bethnal Green Road, telling me that “east London sure ha...

Operator profile: Daniel Thwaites

In his chairman’s statement in the latest Daniel Thwaites interim report, which was released in November 2025, Richard Bailey summarised t...

Feature: The hotel pub

If you were to look at one of the big operational trends of the post-Covid era, then pub businesses adding rooms to their offer would certainly ...

Lee Kum Kee products Road Test

What a pleasure it is to bring you the latest in the H2O Road Test series. Developed by Pub & Bar’s parent company H2O Publishing, the...

Legal: Are you prepared for holiday trading?

With the festive season round the corner, hospitality businesses will be looking to maximise their trading hours over the busy Christmas and New...

Feature: Turning a Profit, Chestnut Group

Hi Philip. Can you give us a brief overview of the Chestnut business? Chestnut opened for business in 2013, following the acquisition of The ...

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People

Punch Pubs hires new chief financial officer

Matt Ward will join Punch Pubs & Co as its new chief financial officer (CFO) on 11 May 2026. Ward was most recently CFO at Village H...

St Austell reopens The Weavers Inn

A Bodmin pub has reopened with a fresh new look and new publicans at its helm. The Weavers Inn, one of St Austell Brewery’s managed ope...

North west duo take on two Star Pubs sites

North west operators James Nolan and Dean Jones are taking on the leases of two Star Pubs within weeks of each other. The duo...

Fat Duck alumni to open The Jack O’Newbury

Chef Dom Chapman and restaurateur Nigel Sutcliffe will open The Jack O’Newbury in the Berkshire village of Binfield this May. The ...

Chesham licensee celebrates 30 years of service

Jane Clarke of The Pheasant on Waterside in Chesham has received an award to mark her 30th anniversary at the helm of the pub. The Dedic...

Dodo Pub Co chef scoops National Burger Awards title

Tom Curtis from Dodo Pub Co has been named Burger Chef of the Year at the 2026 National Burger Awards. Curtis (pictured above with host DJ BB...

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Venues

JW Lees buys the Royal Oak in Glossop

JW Lees has bought the Royal Oak in Glossop, a pub built in 1818, 10 years before JW Lees was founded. With 90 internal covers and 40 externa...

Beautiful Pubs reopens Leicester's Old Horse

Independent operator Beautiful Pubs Collective has reopened The Old Horse in Leicester, following the completion of a £1m joint investment...

Heartwood reopens Weybridge Queen's Head

The Queen’s Head in Weybridge has officially reopened its doors, following a transformative refurbishment. The project is part of...

St Austell reopens The Weavers Inn

A Bodmin pub has reopened with a fresh new look and new publicans at its helm. The Weavers Inn, one of St Austell Brewery’s managed ope...

Thornbridge opens London debut The Wild Swan

Thornbridge & Co has officially opened the doors to The Wild Swan at 99 Fetter Lane, London, marking the group’s first site in the cap...

Vagabond chooses Soho for largest venue to date

Shaftesbury Capital has announced that self-pour wine bar Vagabond Wines is set to open in Soho. Housed at 14-16 Ganton Street...

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