M&A activity [big deals/small deals]
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Maypole Group, the countryside hotel and restaurant operator set up in 2003, has signed a deal with Punch Taverns to move into its seventh site; the Pear Tree Inn in Melksham, Wiltshire.
Posted: 03 March 2008 | 11:26
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Gordon Ramsay tried to buy the New Angel; E-menus coming to London in three months; Rentokil Initial expected to announce a break-up
Posted: 03 March 2008 | 10:03
Gastro Taverns has signed a deal with Dundee-based SHK Property and Investment to expand its bar and restaurant estate in Scotland.
Posted: 29 February 2008 | 14:31
Pub company Mitchells & Butlers’s (M&B) under-fire chairman is to step down from the company at the end of May.
Posted: 27 February 2008 | 11:15
Sandwich bar operator Pret A Manger has been sold for an estimated £345m to private equity firm Bridgepoint Capital.
Posted: 22 February 2008 | 16:54
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) chairman Roger Carr has come under fire from shareholders after taking the same non-executive role at Cadbury’s – his fifth position.
Posted: 22 February 2008 | 11:33
Three parties are reportedly in discussions over confidentiality agreements that will determine if they can launch joint bids for embattled pub operator Mitchells & Butlers.
Posted: 20 February 2008 | 13:05
Bar and restaurant operator Inc Group has snapped up The Elbow Room, a pool lounge and bar chain, for an undisclosed fee.
Posted: 18 February 2008 | 12:11
Business and industry (B&I) caterer ISS Eaton has won a £19m deal to provide catering services for mobile phone operator O2, and has revealed plans to make a number of acquisitions.
Posted: 14 February 2008 | 13:28
ISS UK has added front-of-house services provider Arena21 to its Integrated Services Division (ISD).
Posted: 12 February 2008 | 14:48
The proposed £11b merger of Punch Taverns and Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) will be referred to the Competition Commission but has "a good chance" of going through, experts have predicted.
Posted: 07 February 2008 | 08:00
Just days after insisting “it’s not us” Punch Taverns has approached Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) with a £11b merger proposal.
Posted: 04 February 2008 | 10:49
The darling of the pub trade had to concede that betting all the family silverware on a property deal, which was in the balance due to the credit crunch, might not have been the best idea. It wrote down £274m of profit as a result.
Posted: 01 February 2008 | 18:00
Three private equity companies have emerged as front runners in the race to buy Mitchells & Butlers.
Posted: 01 February 2008 | 12:48
Brewer and pub operator Greene King has felt the benefits of its acquisition last year of restaurant chain Loch Fyne, as pub sales stalled over the Christmas period.
Posted: 01 February 2008 | 12:21
Punch Taverns has denied speculation linking it to a takeover bid for Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) after the rival operator admitted that a number of parties had expressed an interest in buying the company.
Posted: 31 January 2008 | 10:54
The future of the pub arm of Scottish & Newcastle remains uncertain after the £10b takeover of the brewer by Carlsberg and Heineken finally concluded last week.
Posted: 31 January 2008 | 09:00
The vultures have begun to circle embattled Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) with expressions of interest from private equity groups and potential trade buyers.
Posted: 30 January 2008 | 11:31
Henry J Beans operator Food and Drink Group could be sold or merged with a larger rival after a prolonged sales dip at the end of 2007.
Posted: 28 January 2008 | 13:19
Marston’s has joined its fellow pub operators in revealing stagnant sales figures during the past three months as trading is affected by the “challenging market”.
Posted: 25 January 2008 | 11:34
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