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    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Lex PopuliInvestments
      Sober advice on avoiding heavy debt hangovers

      British pub groups are creaking under the burden of borrowing

    • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
      Mitchells & Butlers warns of hit from energy costs

      Group says profits will be squeezed despite government support

      The door of an All Bar One pub
    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      UK retail results
      Pub groups M&B and Fuller’s warn on prospects as costs rise

      Operators say high inflation and lower spending will hit profitability

      A Fuller’s pub
    • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
      Food & Beverage
      UK pubs forced to cut discounts and limit menus as costs soar

      Mitchells & Butlers and Marston’s warn rising prices are a ‘major challenge’ for industry

      A barman pulls pints at a pub in London, UK
    • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
      Coronavirus economic impact
      Pubs gear up for bumper weekend as UK lifts Covid restrictions

      Bar chains expect rush of sales as people spend long-awaited January pay packets

    • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
      M&B warns of threat from rising costs

      All Bar One owner returns to profit but says higher utility bills could hamper recovery

      Mitchells & Butlers customers drink inside a pub
    • Wednesday, 19 May, 2021
      Travel & leisure industry
      ‘Contradictory’ signals will hamper reopenings, says pub chief

      Speculation about coronavirus variants might ‘spook’ customers, claims Mitchells & Butlers CEO

      Prince of Peckham pub in London
    • Monday, 22 February, 2021
      LexInternational Airlines Group
      IAG/M&B/pensions: excess baggage Premium content

      It makes senses to give struggling companies flexibility on scheme payments

    • Monday, 15 February, 2021
      LombardBryce Elder
      Mitchells & Butlers’ cash call leaves small shareholders with a hangover

      Coup attempt by pub group’s leading investors is bad for governance; Jaguar must consider its next electric leap

      ...
    • Monday, 15 February, 2021
      City Bulletin
      Leading shareholders tighten grip on Mitchells & Butlers Premium content

      Rolls-Royce appoints new CFO, Apple and Nissan hold talks

    • Monday, 15 February, 2021
      M&B taps shareholders for £350m as pub revenues dry up

      All Bar One owner presses UK government to confirm when bars can open again

      M&B, owner of Harvester and All Bar One brands, seeks ‘certainty of funding’ as pandemic bites
    • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
      Mitchells & Butlers looks at raising equity

      UK pub group says third national lockdown has deepened sector’s problems

      An All Bar One in London, in 2011
    • Thursday, 24 December, 2020
      Interview
      Pub group Mitchells & Butlers hits out at lack of government support

      CEO says it has been impossible for businesses to make plans as he predicts further collapses in sector

    • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
      Mitchells & Butlers cuts jobs and warns of ‘draconian’ post-lockdown rules

      UK pubs chain axes 1,300 posts in two months as new curbs cast doubt over future as going concern

    • Monday, 2 November, 2020
      Food & Beverage
      Pubs and restaurants slash prices ahead of second lockdown

      Rush in England to offload food and beer in effort to curb losses but waste feared to be ‘inevitable’

      British Beer and Pub Association estimates that 70m pints of beer were poured away in March
    • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Pub chain Mitchells & Butlers defies casual dining downturn

      All Bar One and Harvester owner has grown its estate and revenues

      Undated handout file photo issued by Mitchells & Butlers of a branch of All Bar One, as the company has reported falling half-year profits after taking a hit from the Brexit-hit pound and soaring wage costs. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday May 17, 2017. Mitchells & Butlers said profits fell almost 10% to £75 million in the six months to the end of April, despite a number of measures put in place to mitigate the effects of rising inflation. See PA story CITY Mitchells. Photo credit should read: Mitchells & Butlers/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
    • Thursday, 23 May, 2019
      Young & Co's Brewery PLC
      British taste for gin and craft beer help lift sales at Young’s

      Bottoms up . . .

    • Thursday, 27 September, 2018
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Saga investors not so keen to get on board with Joanna Lumley

      Group’s drive to grab volume over profits might not sit well with shareholders

      A happy senior couple sitting on the side of a sail boat on a calm blue sea looking and pointing to a clear horizon
    • Sunday, 20 May, 2018
      Small Talk - CompaniesKate Burgess
      Britain’s flat beer market struggles to revive

      Brewers unlikely to return to top table of UK industry as popularity of ale wanes

      A forklift truck driver loads a lorry with beer at Marston's Brewery in Burton upon Trent...A forklift truck driver loads a lorry with beer at Marston's Brewery in Burton upon Trent, central England, October 14, 2008. Pub and brewing company Marston's reported a fall in full-year like-for-like sales on Wednesday, and said margins had come under pressure from rising food, energy, and brewing costs. Picture taken October 14, 2008. REUTERS/Darren Staples (BRITAIN)
    • Wednesday, 16 May, 2018
      UK retail results
      Pub group Mitchells & Butlers laments cost pressures as profits drop

      Higher wage costs, property taxes energy and pricier food and drink all squeeze margins

    • Tuesday, 10 April, 2018
      FT AlphavilleBryce Elder
      Markets Live: Tuesday, 10th April, 2018
    • Sunday, 18 February, 2018
      Fund management
      Big investors champion the battle for more women on boards

      Asset owners and managers are pushing for greater gender equality

      30% Club event at the opening of the London Stock Exchange
									Feb 2018
    • Friday, 12 January, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Mitchells & Butlers sales growth cools as bad weather counter-balances ‘strong’ holiday run
    • Sunday, 26 November, 2017
      Small Talk - CompaniesKate Burgess
      M&B dividend conundrum reflects tricky times for pub operators

      Decision to cancel payout comes from macroeconomic uncertainty and changing models

      M&B has a 40,000-strong army of bartenders, waiters and chefs running its 1,750 pubs and restaurants across the UK
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2017
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Mitchells & Butlers cancels dividend blaming UK uncertainty

      Share price drops as chief describes macro environment as ‘difficult to read’

      M&B has a 40,000-strong army of bartenders, waiters and chefs running its 1,750 pubs and restaurants across the UK
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