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16 Jun 2026
PureGym Group has announced that group chief financial officer, Alex Wood, is taking over the role of CEO, as Clive Chesser steps down. Wood has ... More
16 Feb 2026
Proof that fitness is becoming increasingly mainstream is evidenced by Clive Chesser, CEO of PureGym, being invited onto the BBC Sounds Big Boss podcast. In ... More
07 Aug 2025
Ragdale Hall, the destination spa hotel in Leicestershire, UK, has been sold to US firm Fortress Investment Group after 35 years of family ownership. The ... More
11 Apr 2025
PureGym is intending to rebrand all of its US gyms as PureGym, rather than continuing to use the Pure Fitness brand it developed for its ... More
08 Jul 2011
Punch Taverns has announced that the de-merger of the Spirit business from the rest of the pub group is to become effective from 1 August ... More
13 Apr 2011
Punch Taverns has reported pre-tax profits of £61m for the 28 weeks ending 5 March 2011 - down from £66m for the same period last ... More
24 Mar 2011
Punch Taverns has announced its plans to downsize its leased estate to around 3,000 pubs, following the completion of a "comprehensive" strategic review of the ... More
11 Mar 2011
JD Wetherspoon chair Tim Martin has criticised "zealous" and "unsustainable" increases in regulations and taxes affecting the pub industry. According to Martin, both the current ... More
17 Nov 2010
Punch Taverns has confirmed that finance director Phil Dutton is to step down from the board on 17 December and leave the company on 31 ... More
13 Oct 2010
Pub group Punch Taverns has unveiled plans to sell around 1,300 leased properties after reporting a pre-tax loss of £159m for the 12 months ending ... More
26 Aug 2010
Pub operator Punch Taverns has revealed that increased pub refurbishment activity and good weather conditions this summer are set to push annual pre-tax profits ahead ... More
09 Jul 2010
Pub group Punch Taverns has revealed that this summer's World Cup has helped increase like-for-like sales at its managed estate during the 44 weeks ending ... More
30 Jun 2010
Pub operator Greene King has bought four pubs from rival Punch Taverns for a combined total of £5.3m. All four properties are food-led destination pubs ... More
25 May 2010
Punch Taverns' new chief executive, Ian Dyson, is to take up his role on 6 September. The company said that the current chief executive, Giles ... More
06 May 2010
Ian Dyson, since April 2008 the group finance and operations director at Marks & Spencer (M&S), is to be the new chief executive of Punch ... More
23 Apr 2010
Punch Taverns has announced plans to invest £20m across its UK pub estate to help encourage growth through a series of "small-scale" improvements. The pub ... More
30 Mar 2010
Pub operator Punch Taverns has confirmed that chief executive Giles Thorley is set to leave the company after more than seven years in the role. ... More
19 Feb 2010
The future of the King's Head, a theatre pub in Islington, London, has been safeguarded after the widow of the venue's founder bought the freehold ... More
02 Feb 2010
Former Punch Taverns and Inn Business board member Stephen Lambert has been named as non-executive chair of Intertain. Owner of the Walkabout brand and the ... More
28 Jan 2010
A 38-week trading statement from Suffolk-based brewer Greene King reports business over the last nine weeks as having remained relatively strong despite the impact of ... More
26 Jan 2010
Punch Taverns has sold the Mothers Huff Cap Inn near Alcester, Warwickshire, to a private investor, in a deal believed to be worth around £300,000. ... More
18 Jan 2010
UK pub and restaurant companies have been boosted by a 2.9 per cent increase in like-for-like sales during December 2009, according to figures published by ... More
24 Nov 2009
Good weather in south east England during the summer has helped pub company Fuller, Smith and Turner to boost pre-tax profits by more than a ... More
16 Oct 2009
An action group of tenants and leaseholders is planning a mass "beercott" of pubcos Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns in a protest against the tied ... More
14 Oct 2009
Punch Taverns has reported a 38.9 per cent decrease in pre-tax profits in its preliminary results for the year ending 22 August 2009 after writing ... More
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