Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

UNCOVERED: Stonegate - Caught on Camera

UK hospitality giant refuses to rule out selling more pubs

IN FULL

The Independent UK

Slug & Lettuce owner sells off more than 100 pubs as strife in hospitality sector grows

The sector has suffered from Labour’s move to push up wages and raise National Insurance contributions

The Independent UK

Britain's biggest pub group considering selling 1,000 sites

Stonegate, which owns the Slug and Lettuce brand, needs to raise revenue

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Stonegate Group Looking to Sell More Than 1,000 of its Pubs Amid £3 Billion Debt Battle

Stonegate Group is selling off what is known internally as their 'platinum' collection of pubs to pay £3 billion of accrued debt.

International Business Times UK

Stonegate, UK's Pub Giant, Mired in £2.2 Billion Debt Trap

Stonegate, the UK's largest pub operator, faces mounting debt of £2.2 billion, with plans to sell assets to stay afloat amid rising costs and challenging economic conditions.

International Business Times UK

Britain’s biggest pub group considering £1bn sale of 1000 sites

It comes as the Slug & Lettuce owner aims to fill a hole of £3bn in its finances

The Independent UK

Where are the cheapest pubs in London? Pint prices climb by as much as 20%

A pint of Guinness can cost you more than twice as much depending on where in London you buy it

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Jeremy Clarkson 'wants pub to champion British farming' after eyeing up venue near Diddly Squat Farm

The Clarkson’s Farm star is said to be eyeing up The Coach and Horses pub near Bourton-on-the-Water

Evening Standard

UK’s biggest pubs group Stonegate struggles to refinance £2.2bn debt pile

Owner of 4,400 UK pubs including Slug & Lettuce chain says no guarantee it can continue as going concern

The Guardian - UK

Morgan Stanley is reportedly in the market for 1,000 British pubs

The Times of London reported Morgan Stanley had bid to take up a quarter of Stonegate Group's distressed pub portfolio.

Fortune

How pubs could get drinkers to swallow a peak-time price rise

You may be used to paying more for a plane ticket or a train journey during peak times. But now a major British hospitality company has announced a similar approach to how much it costs to drink beer.

The Conversation

Stonegate Group pubs price hike: How many London locations are set to see pints rising?

‘Dynamic-pricing system’ set to hit punters in London and beyond

Evening Standard

Surge pricing but for drinking—one of the U.K.'s largest pub owners is hiking prices on evenings and weekends

The Stonegate pub group said the marginal cost hike would help it to continue offering happy hours and other promotions. Loyal customers worry it will backfire.

Fortune

Pubs to charge punters more for a pint at busy times

Stonegate, which owns the Slug & Lettuce and Yates, said pricing will increase in some pubs and bars

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Pubs group behind Slug & Lettuce and Yates to charge customers more to drink at peak times

Stonegate, which owns the Slug & Lettuce and Yates chains, said pricing may marginally increase in some pubs and bars due to increased costs

The Guardian - UK

Pub group fined £1.56m over death of student hit by screen at Durham bar

Stonegate Pub Company was found guilty of health and safety breach after death of Olivia Burt, who was injured in queue outside

Chronicle Live

Pub chain fined £1.5m after 'amazing' student is crushed outside Durham nightclub

Olivia Burt died after a decorative screen outside of Missoula in Durham city centre fell to the ground while she was queuing

Chronicle Live

Heartbroken parents of student who died at Durham bar tell of 'never ending nightmare'

Stonegate Pub Company which owned former bar Missoula has been convicted of a health and safety breach

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Parents criticise pub chain Stonegate after student’s death outside bar

Olivia Burt, 20, died when a decorative screen fell on her as she queued outside a Durham bar in 2018.

The Guardian - UK

UK’s largest pub firm guilty of health and safety breach over student’s death

Stonegate Pub Company faces fine after heavy decorative screen fell on Olivia Burt, 20, in Durham

Chronicle Live

UK's biggest pub company guilty of health and safety breach after student dies outside Durham bar

Stonegate Pub Company had been on trial at Teesside Crown Court

The Independent UK

Death of student, 20, outside club ‘senseless and avoidable’, court told

Olivia Burt was killed when a decorative screen fell on her outside Missoula in Durham in 2018.

Nottingham Post

Family-friendly Nottinghamshire pub with 'well-mannered staff' needs someone to run it

A good opportunity for a publican who wants to be the personality and hub at the centre of the community

The Guardian - UK

Student queueing for club died when ‘unsuitable’ screen fell, court hears

Olivia Burt, who studied natural sciences at Durham University, received an ‘unsurvivable’ head injury

The Independent UK

Queuing student died when ‘unsuitable’ screen collapsed outside club, court told

Olivia Burt, 20, died of severe head injuries she sustained outside a venue in Durham in 2018.

1 2

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Durham County Council

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.