No incentive for hospitality to hire inexperienced under-21s, pub boss warns The boss of Fuller’s also said pub workers are more likely to hold on to their jobs amid fewer opportunities for work. Evening Standard · Jun 10
We’re ‘garden-ready’ for World Cup and summer stays, says pub chain Fuller’s Fuller’s has 337 pubs and hotels across the south of England. Evening Standard · Jun 10
Pub chain Fuller’s hopes for bumper summer of World Cup and staycations Company says it has strong bookings for England matches and has spruced up gardens for domestic holidaymakers The Guardian - UK · Jun 10
Fuller’s boss slams ‘government interference’ for pub closures Pub chain hopes for a boost from the football World Cup The Independent UK · Jun 10
London pubs boss urges Reeves to spare struggling sector from more Budget punishment Fuller’s boss said the pub chain faced an £8m increase in costs as a result of last year’s Budget Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2025
Fuller’s hiked pint prices after staff costs soared Fuller, Smith & Turner raised prices at the end of March in response to the Chancellor’s tax raid in last October’s Budget. Evening Standard · Jun 11, 2025
Fuller’s toasts sales and profits leap as chairman of 18 years bows out Michael Turner – chairman and member of one of the three founding families – will retire at the group’s annual general meeting in July. Evening Standard · Jun 11, 2025
Cost of pint to rise 20p after Reeves tax hikes, pub boss warns Brewer Young’s set to raise prices after increases in alcohol duty and employer national insurance contributions The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2025
What’s happening to the price of a pint? Chancellor Rachel Reeves hiked employers’ national insurance rates and lowered the threshold at which they are paid The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2024
Fuller’s latest to warn over price rises as it braces for £3m Budget hit The pub group said the rise in employers’ National Insurance contributions will cost it £3 million with a further £5 million due in wage increases. Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2024
Major pub chain joins Wetherspoon with stark price hike warning after Labour’s Budget Pub bosses have warned that prices will have to go up The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2024
Taylor Swift's Wembley concerts could rake in more for London's pubs than Euros ‘You can’t underestimate the effect that eight fully-booked nights at Wembley will bring,’ a leading pubs boss says Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2024
A familiar discussion at Fuller's When 179-year-old pub chain Fuller, Smith & Turner appointed Simon Emeny as its new boss, the company tried something completely new: He was the first CEO not to be related to the Fuller, Smith or Turner family. Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2024
City pubs becoming a 'seven-day operation' thanks to weekend tourist boost, Fuller's boss says Profits at the chain, which owns more than 380 pubs and hotels across the south of England, rose by 40% to £14.7 million Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2023 Fuller’s hails rebound in trade at City pubs as it reveals full-year results Boss of pubs group says he is upbeat about coming months after return of office workers and tourists
Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2023 Iconic Trafalgar Square pub The Admiralty reopens after devastating fire The pub is one of London’s most iconic
The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2023 Fuller’s pub chain issues profit warning, blaming rail strikes Sales for Christmas and new year period are up on last year but down on pre-Covid trading
Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2023 Fuller’s takes £4 million knock from strikes after train cancellations leave London’s pubs empty The hit to Fuller’s would suggest London’s pub industry has taken a knock of as much as £84 million from industrial action in recent weeks
Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2022 Fuller’s hails return of the commuter as London sales recover Central London and City sites have seen revenues rise by 20%, the pub chain said
Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2022 £14 pints? Pubs say they’ll call orders long before then — but vow to battle on Soaring energy prices, runaway inflation and the cost of living crisis pose a life-or-death threat to hospitality businesses, especially in London. Publicans and restaurateurs say they have little choice but to dramatically raise prices — so, asks David Ellis, what can be done to help them?
Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2022 Fuller’s calls for help as energy bills double The firm has seen its electricity and gas bills grow 125% to £18 million
Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2022 UK ‘being held back over labour shortages,’ Fuller’s boss says THE boss of pub chain Fuller’s has accused the Government of “holding back Britain” as the firm wrestles with labour shortages crippling the capital’s hospitality sector.