Drake & Morgan, the privately owned bar and restaurant group, has announced the acquisition of two new sites in central London, bringing its portfolio to nine. The first 6,000 square foot site will open in Regent’s Place, the British Land mixed-use campus occupied by over 12,000 residents and workers in London’s West End. Spread over two floors, the bar and restaurant … [Read more...]
Padstow pub launches coffee house
Even the best pubs these days seek to serve great coffee, and customers at the Old Custom House in Padstow have been trying their hand (see picture below) at being baristas to celebrate the opening of the pub’s new Brewer & Bean coffee house. On 26 June, a coffee tasting and training session was hosted by Cornish Coffee’s head barista Henry Northeast, with samples and … [Read more...]
Opportunity beckons if you offer ‘freefrom’ food
According to a recent Mintel survey, 35% of consumers are now experimenting with ‘freefrom’ gluten and/or dairy free food. What an opportunity this presents for outlets offering interesting and tasty ‘freefrom’ options! If you are already doing so, then the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards offer you the chance to win glory and one of the award’s highly prized FFEOA logos to … [Read more...]
Historic smuggler’s inn on market
Those who like their pubs with a dash of swash and buckle would feel right at home in Penzance’s Admiral Benbow Inn and now this historic Grade II Listed 17th century inn and all its treasures, both revealed and hidden, is on the market with Christie + Co. For just £650,000 for the freehold, a buyer will get not just one of Cornwall’s — possibly the UK’s — most famous pubs, … [Read more...]
Punch Taverns updates on restructuring
Punch has issued a brief Interim Management Statement for the 16 weeks to 21 June 2014 as well as a Restructuring Update. It states that profits are in line with management expectations and on track to meet full year profit expectations. Operational highlights: Core estate like-for-like net income up 1.4% in the third quarter (+1.4% 44 weeks to 21 June 2014) The disposal … [Read more...]