Member of the Green Army, dad of three, Insights Editor at Propel Info, trainee consultant. All views my own
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Apr 30
Whitbread to exit branded restaurant operations in new five-year plan... bye bye Beefeater and Brewers Fayre then... #propelinfo
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Apr 11
Richard Caring sells Ivy, Annabel’s and Scott’s for £1.4bn thetimes.com/business/compan…
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Apr 1
Las Iguanas, the Latin American restaurant brand, is to commence a “strategic restructuring plan” to secure the long-term future of the 44-strong business #propelinfo
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Mark Wingett retweeted
I hope they’ve remembered to bring their jukebox money.
Mar 9
B-52s arrive at UK air base amid conflict with Iran bbc.in/4aYPELx
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Mar 6
A new player has entered the pubs with rooms game… as Various Eateries acquires five pubs with rooms from Grosvenor Pubs and Inns… and changes name to Coppa Collective #propelinfo #lessroomattheinns
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Mar 3
as I was saying... the PR machine kicks in... news.sky.com/story/mark-klei…
Feb 23
So James “white knight” Watt… get a deal done cheaply - so cheaply that you can protect some of the “punks” or don’t and you can say “I tried” but it’s another party that didn’t want to protect the “punks”… 🤔
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Feb 23
So James “white knight” Watt… get a deal done cheaply - so cheaply that you can protect some of the “punks” or don’t and you can say “I tried” but it’s another party that didn’t want to protect the “punks”… 🤔
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Feb 20
Fulham Shore, which operates the Franco Manca and The Real Greek restaurant brands, has appointed advisors to review its strategic options, which could result in sale of all or parts of the business #propelinfo #exclusive
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Jan 24
James Watt, who co-founded @BrewDog with Martin Dickie in 2007, is considering launching a bid to buy back the Scottish brewer and retailer #propelinfo
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Jan 14
"It’s brewed in The UK. It’s made in the same place as Carling. The little fella with the waistcoat is just part of the con, it’s not even Spanish. It’s not from Madrid. It’s bullshit."
Jan 14
What were these two chatting about after Man City's first-leg win over Newcastle in the Carabao Cup? 💭
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Jan 11
Bailout for pubs will put out one fire, but Reeves could still get burnt thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
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Jan 5
But then again… telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
Jan 5
NEW: Sir Keir Starmer tells me @LBC he's looking at 'further support' for pubs & firms hit by higher business rates
lbc.co.uk/article/sir-keir-s…
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Jan 5
“They can take our livelihoods but they will never take our licensing freedoms!”
#shambles
Licensing freedoms - that will sort it 🤡
Our trade bodies need to shut this absolute nonsense (that they were willing to play along with at that embarrassing PR stunt at Ronnie Scott’s) down immediately!
NI & business rates hikes are killers unless there’s a significant U-turn.
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6 Dec 2025
18 months ago this was us - winning the @VisitEngland Pub of the Year award. Elation, plans for a bright future, investment and expansion all planned.
Now? Sleepless nights, anxiety, real dread. A very uncertain future for my family.
This is what you have done @RachelReevesMP .
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5 Dec 2025
Chef @jamieoliver is to relaunch his Jamie’s Italian brand in the UK next year - nr Leicester Square - after signing a partnership deal with Brava Hospitality Group, the Cain International-backed operator of Prezzo Italian #guesswhosback #propelinfo
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4 Dec 2025
Is there a deliberate campaign to destroy the British public asks @TomSwarbrick1 lbc.co.uk/article/campaign-t…
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