Article: Now Cains pubs may also close.(News)

Article: Possible share buyback.(Business)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  September 24, 2005 ;     158 words ......raise their glasses yesterday when the pubs chain announced a return of cash stock-piled...The group, which is the UK's biggest pubs chain with around 8,700 sites, said it was...attempt to land the pounds 3bn-rated pubs chain Spirit. Earlier this summer Enterprise...

Article: CASH TONIC FOR PUB INVESTORS; Enterprise Inns bonanza.(Business)
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  September 23, 2005 ;     245 words ...Byline: BY JON GRIFFIN MIDLAND pubs chain Enterprise Inns gave shareholders cause...Solihull group, which is the UK's biggest pubs chain, said it was considering higher dividends...attempt to land the pounds 3 billion-rated pubs chain Spirit. In a trading update today, Enterprise...

Article: Argentina: Kamikaze seeks partners to set up pubs in Argentinean.
South American Business Information;  July 19, 1999 ;     112 words ...Producciones y Inversiones that has the pubs chain Kamikaze in Chile, is seeking partners in order to penetrate...the entertainment company Guerra & Guerrero to set up a pubs chain in Mendoza. Producciones y Inversiones run seven kamikaze...

Article: Rank sells pubs chain
The Scotsman;  September 5, 2000 ;     273 words ......programme, with the pounds 90 million sale of its Tom Cobleigh pubs chain. During the past year, Rank has sold off a vast array of assets...time the group was said to have paid over the odds for the pubs chain. Northampton-based Tom Cobleigh operates 87 managed pubs and...

Article: pounds 11m cheer for Enterprise.(Business)
The Birmingham Post (England);  December 27, 2005 ;     127 words ...Employees of West Midland pubs chain Enterprise Inns received a Christmas boost when their share scheme...decided to join the share scheme. Enterprise is the UK's biggest pubs chain with about 8,600 pubs. Its acquisition of the Unique Pub Company...

Article: PUNCH IS SOLE ALLIED BIDDER
Evening News - Scotland;  August 3, 1999 ;     142 words ......no further formal offers to rival the planned sale of its pubs chain to privately owned Punch Taverns for GBP 2.75 billion. A circular...unnamed parties had expressed an interest in acquiring the pubs chain. Allied plans to concentrate on its spirits and food service...

Article: Pub chain cheer.(News)
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  March 4, 2005 ;     22 words ...PUBS chain JD Wetherspoon today said the first of its non-smoking outlets had achieved sales 'substantially higher' than the company average

Article: Century staying single in `consolidation year'.
The Birmingham Post (England);  November 19, 1998 ;     277 words ...Century Inns, the Tap & Spile and Country Inns pubs chain, has not received any takeover approaches and said it...currently return about 16 per cent, while the 100 managed pubs chain is moving towards 15 per cent. Pre-tax profits rose by...

Article: Sales are up at pubs chain.(Business Local)
Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England);  July 15, 2005 ;     138 words ...Jd Wetherspoon reported some respite from falling sales today, as the pubs chain pressed ahead with plans for 30 more non-smoking sites this year - including one on Teesside. The Plimsoll Line in Redcar is set...

Article: New city centre pub.(News)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  February 19, 2004 ;     37 words ...PUBS chain Wetherspoons is opening another Liverpool pub in Concert Square tomorrow. The Lloyds No 1 Lime Kiln will be followed by two more, the Claireville in Wallasey Road, Wallasey, at the end of the month and one in Runcorn in September.

Article: PUBS CHAIN TO DELAY CIG BAN; Wetherspoon scraps May smoke-free plans.(News)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  March 3, 2006 ;     257 words ...Byline: By NEIL HODGSON PUBS chain Wetherspoon today scrapped its plans to ban smoking in its 654 pubs by this May. It will delay a total ban until the government...

Article: Investment: No Pain, No Gain - Paramount star is fading from the picture
The Independent - London;  July 12, 2000 ;     606 words ...THERE IS a strong case for taking profits on pubs chain Paramount, one of the first constituents of the no pain...undisclosed price - and made strenuous attempts to add to its pubs chain. Stock Exchange red tape killed its most ambitious deal...

Article: Pub group happier
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  May 7, 2009 ;     50 words ...Pubs chain JD Wetherspoon said it was "slightly more positive" about prospects following a recent improvement in sales. The group, which has...

Article: Pubs chain sale ends an era for Greenalls
Evening Standard - London;  September 14, 1999 ;     380 words ......become non- executive chairman of a new, slimmed-down board. The shares shot up 7p to 375p as the City decided the sale of the pubs chain left the rump of hotels and leisure and fitness clubs vulnerable to a takeover bid from the likes of Whitbread. Scottish...