26-Jul-2007 By Tony Halstead
Marston's has cut off beer supplies to a number of wholesalers in an attempt to reduce the number of kegs being lost in the supply chain. Wholesalers...
Marston's acquires £19.2m Ringwood
19-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
Marston's has bought Hampshire-based Ringwood Brewery for £19.2m. The brewery, which was founded by Peter Austin in 1978, produces around 30,000...
Marston's host gets MBE for war work
19-Jul-2007
A 22 year-old Marston's licensee has been awarded an MBE for her work in war-torn Sierra Leone. Ex-soldier Aly-Joy Howarth, tenant of the Tavern in...
Marston's buys Ringwood
12-Jul-2007
Marston's has bought Ringwood Brewery Limited for £19.2m. As well as seven freehold pubs, the deal includes Ringwood's award-winning brands Ringwood...
Marston's
28-Jun-2007
Andrew Andrea Operations director Marston's Pub Company Peter Dalzell Operations director Marston's Inns & Taverns How many pubs do you operate?...
Marston's tones up sales with its 'F-Plan'
31-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Marston's has revealed its "F-Plan" to exploit positive market trends and beat the smoke ban. Food, families, females and the over-50s make...
Strong sales growth at Marston's
25-May-2007
Brewer and pub operator Marston's has reported a rise in profits after sales grew across all three of its business units in the six months to the end...
25-May-2007 By Mark Wingett of M&C Report
Marston's has reported underlying pre-tax profit of £41.6m for the 26 weeks ending 31 March, a 1.5% increase on the same period last year. The...
AAIM in talks to buy Marston's pubs
03-May-2007
Former Ultimate director of development Colin Rowlinson is to head a new sector entrant tipped to win the auction to buy 279 Marston's pubs currently...
Marston's new pub pie concept
05-Apr-2007
Marston's Pub Company, the company's tenanted division, has launched a new pie concept to help its licensees get into food. The made-to-order pies,...
Capex sets Marston's for the ban
28-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
Marston's says it doesn't expect to spend "much more" on facilities for its smoking customers than the near-£20m it has already shelled out on its...
28-Mar-2007
Midlands brewer and pub operator announces trading statement
Marston's prepares to steam clean its Welsh pubs
22-Mar-2007
Licensees in Wales are preparing to push a new broom through their pubs when the smoking ban comes in next week.With the legislation due to be...
15-Mar-2007 By The PMA Team
Pubco response to TISC inquiry sees raft of support for new licensees
Que pasa Marston's?
05-Mar-2007
Leafing through a Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries (W&DB) annual report from 1990 triggers memories of the political climate of the time....
Marston's scores a hit with EP
02-Feb-2007
It's hard to say what proved more interesting about Marston's - neé Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries - recent swoop on EP, formerly Eldridge...
Marston's identifies right fit to lift quality
01-Feb-2007
Marston's, unveiling pub acqusition deals with Eldridge Pope and Sovereign Inns this week, has broken, albeit temporarily, the 2,500 pub barrier (558...
Marston's completes Sovereign Inns takeover
26-Jan-2007
Marston's has confirmed the completion of another pub takeover, adding the 33-strong Sovereign Inns business for £19.4m.At its annual meeting, the...
25-Jan-2007 By Mark Wingett
Marston's has acquired Eldridge Pope, the bar and pub operator, from Michael Cannon, for £155.1m.
Marston's High Street sites to get Que Pasa treatment
25-Jan-2007 By Hamish Champ
Marston's says it expects to convert up to a dozen of its own unbranded High Street bars into Que Pasa sites, following today's purchase of EP.The...
Marston's brewery undergoes refit
20-May-2005
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries has spent £2m on an upgrade of the historic Marston's brewery in Burton.The investment to the brewhouse and...
New brewing contracts boost Marston's 60%'
07-Oct-2004
by The PMA Team Three new beer-supply contracts will see beer volumes at Wolver-hampton & Dudley's Marston's Brewery increase by around 60% in...
Marston's takes the creamy route
29-Jan-2004
by Andrew Pring A new beer called Marston's FC Finest Creamy has been launched into the on-trade smooth market. WDB Brands, the beer division...
This week sees Marston's embark on a three-stage advertising
12-Dec-2002
The theme of the campaign is "No compromise" and relates to the Wolverhampton & Dudley-owned brewer's pledge that Pedigree will continue to be...
