McMullens have announced the purchase of a green field site at Tattenhoe in Milton Keynes. Planning permission has been obtained to create a pub with over 140 covers. Sadly the possibility of Newts on the site means that the work can not start for six months so the pub will not open much before Christmas 2013. The total project will cost circa £2.5m.
“We are delighted to have acquired our third pub in the affluent and growing town of Milton Keynes” said Peter Furness-Smith, Managing Director. “This new site will trade as another of our successful ‘Chicken & Grill’ pubs” he continued.
“The Chicken & Grill concept was developed three years ago and has exceeded our expectations in all six sites where it has been operated” said Heydon Mizon, Retail Operations Director “we are particularly pleased with the last two openings, the Jolly Farmers in Enfield and the Britannia in Marlow, where initial sales have far exceeded our expectations”.