M&A activity [big deals/small deals]

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Mitchells & Butlers considers Tchenguiz property bid

Pub company Mitchells & Butlers is giving “serious consideration” to a deal with property investor Robert Tchenguiz, it said today.
Posted: 29 November 2007 | 16:12

Ultimate Leisure confirms switch to Premium Bars and Restaurants

Ultimate Leisure will formally change its name to Premium Bars and Restaurants from 7 December after shareholders voted in favour of the switch at yesterday’s Annual General Meeting.
Posted: 29 November 2007 | 11:15

Ultimate Leisure to become Premium Bars and Restaurants

Living Room, ManchesterUltimate Leisure is set to formally change its name today to Premium Bars and Restaurants at today’s Annual General Meeting of shareholders.
Posted: 28 November 2007 | 12:34

Pubs ‘n’ Bars offloads two under-performing sites

Meyrick Arms, ClaphamPubs ‘n’ Bars has disposed of two poor performing leasehold managed pubs for more than £50,000, the group announced today.
Posted: 26 November 2007 | 12:16

Punch denies £5b takeover plans for M&B

Punch Taverns logoPunch Taverns has issued a statement denying it is planning a £5b-plus bid for rival pub group Mitchells & Butlers.
Posted: 26 November 2007 | 10:56

Punch considers £5b bid for Mitchells & Butlers – For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say

Weekend papersA round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Compass to reveal contract coup and profit surge; Wagamama delays flotation; GM cultivation could be banned in Europe; and more...
Posted: 26 November 2007 | 10:44

GuestInvest to sell rooms in Blakes

Blakes hotel interiorBuy-to-let hotel rooms company GuestInvest has signed a partnership deal with the luxury hotel made famous by interior designer Anouska Hempel - Blakes, in Kensington.
Posted: 21 November 2007 | 08:30

Northcote Group sells outside catering arm to MBO

With A TwistNorthcote Group, owner of the Michelin-starred Northcote Manor restaurant and Ribble Valley Inns pub group, has announced a management buyout of Northcote Offsite, its outside catering business.
Posted: 21 November 2007 | 07:00

Hospitality faces the future with optimism

Caffè NeroThe food service sector remains optimistic about the next 12 months, despite the global credit crunch and fears about falling consumer spending, research will reveal today.
Posted: 15 November 2007 | 14:00

Greene King buys New Century Inns

Greene King beer pumpsBrewer and pub operator Greene King has splashed out £32.6m on the 49 tenanted and leased pubs that comprise New Century Inns.
Posted: 14 November 2007 | 12:15

Tchenguiz in talks with M&B to resurrect deal

Robert Tchenguiz, the property entrepreneur, is in talks with Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) about reducing the size of their planned £4.5b joint property venture in an effort to revive the deal.
Posted: 09 November 2007 | 13:30

Local hotelier buys Adlard's restaurant in Norwich

Adlard'sFormer Michelin-starred Adlard’s Restaurant in Norwich has been sold to a local hotelier.
Posted: 07 November 2007 | 12:30

Starwood to sell Turnberry golf resort for £100m

Westin Turnberry golf resortStarwood Hotels & Resorts has put its 219-room Turnberry golf and hotel resort in Scotland up for sale for £100m.
Posted: 07 November 2007 | 12:09

Adnams put nine pubs up for sale

The County of Suffolk gastropubSuffolk brewer and pub operator Adnams has put nine of its pubs in East Anglia up for sale following a review of its 80 strong estate.
Posted: 07 November 2007 | 11:28

Tchenguiz denies Mitchells & Butlers share sale

Robert TchenguizRobert Tchenguiz has hit out at “unfounded speculation” linking him with the sale of his stake in managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B).
Posted: 07 November 2007 | 11:17

Marco sells three London restaurants

The MirabelleMarco Pierre White has sold iconic London fine-dining restaurants The Mirabelle, Drones and Quo Vadis to entrepreneurs Stephen Schaffer and Joseph Ettedgui through their Conduit Street Restaurants investment vehicle.
Posted: 07 November 2007 | 07:00

IPO an option for Laurel restaurant business

La TascaA stock market flotation for the restaurant business of Laurel Pub Company, including La Tasca, Slug and Lettuce and Ha Ha bar & grill, is “an option” for its owner Robert Tchenguiz.
Posted: 05 November 2007 | 13:19

Tchenguiz considers £400m restaurant flotation ... For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say

The weekend papersA round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Investment in Fifteen shaves Oliver profits; McDonald’s back-to-burgers strategy pays off; Advent draws back from Wagamama takeover
Posted: 05 November 2007 | 11:58

Legacy Hotels clinches seventh management deal

Andy Townsend (right) with Coronet's Guto ParryLegacy Hotels and Resorts has signed its seventh hotel management deal as it celebrates its second anniversary.
Posted: 31 October 2007 | 08:00

Rocco Forte pursues Middle Eastern hotel deals

Richard PowerSir Rocco Forte is in negotiations over a number of projects in the Middle East as he seeks to expand his luxury chain outside Europe.
Posted: 30 October 2007 | 17:24

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