31-Jan-2011 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is reported to be close to selling its 55 franchised pubs.
Mitchells & Butlers: Snow? What snow?
27-Jan-2011 By Hamish Champ
The recent poor weather appears not to have dented Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) trading, with the All Bar One reporting like-for-like sales up...
27-Jan-2011 By Ewan Turney
M&B announced a 3.1% like-for-like sales increase for its latest period — an analysts conference call shed more light on its strategy.
24-Jan-2011 By Ewan Turney
John Lovering has announced he is to quit as chairman of Mitchells & Butlers after just 12 months in the role. He will step down later inn the year when a suitable successor is found by the non-executive directors.
M&B's John Lovering to step down as chairman
24-Jan-2011 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has announced that John Lovering is to step down from his role as chairman and director of the managed pub group by...
10-Jan-2011 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Managed pub chain Mitchells & Butlers has launched an iPhone app that will show the location of the nearest Vintage Inns restaurant.
Mitchells & Butlers pays out £200k to ex-directors
23-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
All Bar One operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has shelled out £100,000 each to two former directors of the business. Denis Jackson and Ray...
23-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Mitchells & Butlers paid £100,000 each to two former directors who were sacked in last December's dramatic boardroom showdown. M&B's annual...
22-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers has unveiled a seven-year partnership with Brakes Group worth over £200m, delivering significant savings for the company.
M&B sells former Lakota bars
07-Dec-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has sold 10 former Lakota bars at the centre of a legal tussle with a Bristol nightclub over ownership of the name.
What next for M&B?
29-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) skill at running pubs has long been regarded as among the best there is. If not the best. Even the highly public -...
Mitchells & Butlers fined £14,000 for asbestos failings
29-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has been fined £14,000 after building workers refurbishing one of its pubs were exposed to asbestos. Work was...
23-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has opened its first two "smaller footprint" Harvester and Toby Carvery sites today.
23-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is planning to open "at least" 50 new-build pubs a year in the coming years.
23-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
M&B reported like-for-like food sales up 4.7% in the year to 25 September and up 6.9% in the most recent eight weeks.
Mitchells & Butlers posts 26 per cent profits rise
23-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
High profile TV ad campaigns for a number of its pub brands have helped managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) post a 26 per cent...
M&B shares rise on rosy outlook for managed pubs
15-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) were outperforming the market today, boosted by good trade numbers across the managed pub sector and news...
08-Oct-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers is to unveil its first two retail park locations for Harvester, its mid-market family dining brand, this November — in Bristol and Staines.
23-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers has 45 site acquisitions in its property pipeline as it seeks to double the size of its six core brands.
M&B to ramp up investment as sales rise
23-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) plans to spend £200m in the coming financial year on buying new pubs and renovating existing ones. This will mean...
23-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
M&B has hailed a "very encouraging" performance with like-for-like sales up 4.4% on last year for the nine weeks to 18 September.
17-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has bought the Ha Ha Bar & Grill brand from Bay Restaurant Group for £19.5m.
Mitchells & Butlers buys Ha Ha Bar & Grill for £19.5m
17-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
In a surprise move Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has snapped up the Ha Ha Bar & Grill chain from Bay Restaurant Group for £19.5m. The deal...
Bianca Dexter-Burnell: is M&B's sell-off the start of a new trend for the sector?
14-Sep-2010
Following Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) sale of 333 premises for £373m to TDR Capital, the inevitable question is whether this is the beginning...
Faucet Inns snaps up six M&B pubs
07-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
South East pub operator Faucet Inns has acquired six pubs from Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) for £17.5m, thepublican.com understands. The sites...
06-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) chairman John Lovering has suggested that the company may have set itself too restrictive a strategy.
02-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
The UK's largest managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has claimed back £1m in overpaid music licence fees from PPL.
25-Aug-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers, the managed pub and casual dining group, is to unveil a brace of new All Bar One locations — the first openings under the...
23-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers has sold 333 wet-led pubs. Morning Advertiser editor The PMA Team looks at what now lies ahead for the managed operator...
M&B's sold pubs could be merged with Town & City
23-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
Stonegate Pub Company, the new outfit which will run the 333 wet-led pubs Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) announced last week it is selling, could...
20-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has sold 333 wet-led pubs to TDR Capital for £373m — in line with M&B's strategy to withdraw from drinks-led market.
Mitchells & Butlers sells 333 pubs to private equity firm
20-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers has taken another step in its strategy of selling off non-core, wet-led pubs by announcing it has agreed to dispose of 333...
12-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
M&B is to open its first Browns Brasserie in more than half a decade after deciding it wants to treble the size of the brand to 50 sites.
10-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is investigating one of its Hampshire pubs that allegedly forced a group of mothers and babies to leave.
09-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
Mitchells & Butlers has sold its 24 Hollywood Bowl sites to AMF Bowling for £39m as part of its move to dispose of non-core assets.
M&B sells Hollywood Bowl for £39m
09-Aug-2010
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has continued its sale of non-core assets with the disposal of its Hollywood Bowl chain for £39m. Rival chain AMF...
05-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers has accepted individual offers for 15 pubs from 13 franchisees. Franchisees who had submitted bids for...
22-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers is making "good progress" on achieving the objectives laid out in its strategic plan.
World Cup dulls M&B food sales
22-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Harvester operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) said today the World Cup had had a "negative impact" on the group's food sales, as customers...
22-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
M&B has yet to sell any of its 300 wet-led pubs on the market — as it decides how best to package up the pubs.
M&B sells hotels and pubs for £91m
15-Jul-2010 By James Wilmore
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has sold the majority of its lodge business and eight pubs for £91m, as part of a strategy to dispose of its...
12-Jul-2010 By Jo Bruce
Mitchells & Butlers brand Toby Carvery is offering customers an unusual dessert option — a Yorkshire pudding ice cream.
30-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
A number of Mitchells & Butlers franchisees are tabling bids to buy their freeholds as today's deadline for "full and final offers" arrives.
22-Jun-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed pub operator, has appointed Tim Jones to replace Jeremy Townsend as its finance director.
M&B marketer joins De Vere Hotels
03-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Former Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) brand developer Kirstie Yates has joined De Vere Hotels and Resorts as head of marketing.
27-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has given its franchisees until Wednesday 30 June to submit "full and final offers" to buy the freeholds of their pubs.
27-May-2010 By Tony Halstead
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27-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Saudagar Singh has joined Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) as group human resources, service and productivity director.
21-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has gone a step further than the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) by backing minimum pricing.
19-May-2010 By The PMA Team
M&B chief executive Adam Fowle has invited the company's franchisees to put in offers to buy the freeholds of their pubs.
