M&A activity [big deals/small deals]
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The OFT is considering whether the joint venture set up between pub company Punch Taverns and the wine company, Constellation Brands, represents a merger.
Posted: 02 May 2007 | 16:45
West Country brewer and pub operator Wadworth has added four pubs to its estate to bring it to 259 pubs. Wadworth’s latest acquisitions will see it take control of the Herefordshire Trumpet Inn, the Oxfordshire Home Sweet Home, the Somerset Lord Nelson and Rose and Crown.
Posted: 01 May 2007 | 13:00
Archie Norman, the former chief of Asda, is poised to launch an estimated £1.3b bid for Brakes, the UK’s biggest food distribution company.
Posted: 01 May 2007 | 11:16
Luxury hotel group, Von Essen, has just completed a deal for its latest acquisition, Hunstrete House near Bath, Caterer can exclusively reveal today.
Posted: 27 April 2007 | 17:08
The Restaurant Group (TRG) has purchased a lease on the Leather Bottle pub in Hampshire with the intention of turning the site into its 18th Blubeckers restaurant.
Posted: 26 April 2007 | 09:30
Admiral Inns has muscled its way into the top three pub operators in the UK with the purchase of 869 pubs from Punch Taverns for £326m.
Posted: 26 April 2007 | 00:00
Middle Eastern hotel group Rotana hotels has signed a deal that will double its portfolio to 53 properties by 2010. The group has just agreed a deal for 11 new management agreements for properties in Jordan, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, in addition to the 17 hotels currently being built.
Posted: 25 April 2007 | 09:50
Restaurant group Ma Cuisine has acquired two new sites in south-west London bringing its portfolio of Ma Cuisine and El Vino eateries to six.
Posted: 24 April 2007 | 11:30
The Jurys Cardiff hotel has been sold to property investment company Mountain Capital, for an undisclosed sum, believed to be in the region of £16m.
Posted: 24 April 2007 | 10:45
Pub and restaurant group Glendola Leisure has made the first step in its planned £20m investment in the casual dining sector by acquiring The Watermark at Port Solent in Portsmouth.
Posted: 23 April 2007 | 14:41
Leisure giant Whitbread has reportedly entered the €1b (£680m) bid battle for Irish hotel chain Jurys Inns.
Posted: 23 April 2007 | 13:00
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Bids for David Lloyd are in; Dawnay Shore Hotels to go for sale and leaseback; Whitbread to bid for Jurys Inns; McDonald’s posts big earnings jump; Travelodge boss to meet with minister and more...
Posted: 23 April 2007 | 10:54
Emerging pub operator Heartstone Inns has splashed out £835,000 on a Devon boozer to continue its mission to buy 10 freehold pubs in their first 18 months of operation.
Posted: 20 April 2007 | 09:58
The Laurel Pub Company expects its food business to increase by 70% if its Slug & Lettuce and Ha!Ha! Bar & Canteen brands merge with newly acquired tapas restaurant chain La Tasca.
Posted: 20 April 2007 | 08:30
Alternative Investment Market-listed pub and restaurant company Gourmet Holdings is in talks over the sale of the Bel and The Dragon chain with Ultimate Leisure, according to today’s Times newspaper.
Posted: 19 April 2007 | 16:45
Pub operator Food & Drink Group has acquired seven leasehold sites from the Puzzle Pub Company for £1.2m.
Posted: 17 April 2007 | 14:30
Punch Taverns will announce the sale of approximately 870 tenanted pubs to Admiral Taverns this week as it graduates to the FTSE 100 list of leading shares.
Posted: 17 April 2007 | 13:30
Golden Tulip UK has said it will be business as usual at its Manchester and Glasgow hotels, despite the news the properties had been put on the market by their landlords.
Posted: 16 April 2007 | 14:00
Oxford Hotels & Inns has announced plans for a multimillion-pound investment programme across its chain of 60 hotels.
Posted: 16 April 2007 | 13:00
Private equity firm Permira has bought the Hawkstone Park hotel and golf resort in Shropshire for an estimated £11m.
Posted: 10 April 2007 | 17:23
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