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...Marston’s sales climbed 8.1 per cent in the 16 weeks to January 20, while premium operator Young & Co’s Brewery said managed sales rose 4.7 per cent in the 13 weeks to January 1....
...On the face of it, the most affected of the UK’s listed national inn groups are Marston’s, JD Wetherspoon and M&B. It looks like last orders....
...“The government didn’t seem to know that winter was coming,” said Colin Rayner, director at J Rayner and Sons, who runs a 2,000-acre farm near Windsor as well as several businesses....
...This article has been amended to correct the name of Ralph Findlay, chief executive of Marston’s...
...Elsewhere in dividends, J Sainsbury’s chosen to postpone its final. Wm Morrison had already done the same, so it was not totally unexpected, but Tesco didn’t, so neither was it totally expected....
...Rival operator Marston’s reported like-for-like sales growth in its pubs of 1.4 per cent for the 16-week period to January 19....
...Wednesday 15:30 GMT What’s happening ● J Sainsbury was the FTSE 100’s sharpest faller after the Competition and Markets Authority’s provisional report was seen to effectively block the supermarket’s plans...
...Wetherspoons did not allude to the bad weather across the UK during December that competitor Marston’s said on Tuesday had weighed on its performance during a similar period....
...There is crossover between the two initiatives: UK artist Thomas J....
...These are the top 10 countries with the highest average carbon intensity of their oil production: And these are the countries with the lowest carbon intensity: (Graphic adapted by J....
...Marston’s said its integration of that business “is proceeding as planned.”...
...Its upbeat assessment was in contrast to competitor Marston’s, which on Tuesday said that bad weather across the UK during December had weighed on its performance....
...Rivals fell in sympathy: Marston’s slid 4 per cent, while JD Wetherspoon slipped 2.9 per cent....
...“When you’re under investigation you’re given all sorts of documents and everything,” the president explained in a recent interview with NBC’s Lester Holt. “I knew I wasn’t under [investigation].”...
...On the mid-cap FTSE 250, Ocado, the food delivery business, is up 1.3 per cent and Marston’s, the pub group, is up 1.5 per cent....
...As much attention may be paid to the moderator, NBC’s Lester Holt, as to the candidates themselves....
...JD Wetherspoon, Marston’s and Mitchells & Butlers did not respond to requests for their views....
...Haines Managing Partner, Abingworth Mark Algar Co-Founder & Director, AB Scientific Dr Fiona Marston Chief Executive, Absynth Biologics Dr John Burt Chief Executive, Abzena Dr Julian Gilbert Chief...
...Top of all the broker lists is ITV, which is broadcasting the games, while other popular picks include pub operators such as Marston’s, Greene King and JD Wetherspoon....
...Marston’s, which has more than 2,000 pubs nationwide, enjoyed a 6 per cent year-on-year jump in like-for-like sales for the 10 weeks to July 20....
...Shares in Marston’s, which has 2,000 pubs across the UK, are still priced at less than half their pre-crisis peak....
...In the pivotal central phase with Iago, he first breaks rhythm when the latter speaks the dread j-word: jealousy....
...Marston’s has reported a rise in beer sales in advance of the Budget, which is expected to add at least 10p to the price of a pint....
...Given the changing nature of the pub, seven years ago Marston’s developed its “F Plan” – a focus on food, families, females and 40 to 50-somethings – to attract more families into their pubs....
...Devon-based Lester Bowker, who is quitting after 21 years as a pig farmer, says it does not make economic sense for family farms to stay in the business....
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