The Stonegate Group is the largest pub company in the UK, operating over 4,500 sites ranging from managed to leased and tenanted. Following the acquisition of Ei Group in 2020, Stonegate became the largest owner of pubs, managing brands like Slug & Lettuce, Walkabout, and Be At One.
The biggest pub owner, particularly in the UK, is Stonegate Group, which operates around 4,500 managed, leased, and tenanted pubs, including brands like Slug & Lettuce and Yates, following its major acquisition of Ei Group in 2020. Owned by private equity firm TDR Capital, Stonegate became the UK's largest pub company through a series of acquisitions, controlling a vast estate of traditional and branded venues.
Stonegate mulls £1b sale of 1,000 pubs. Stonegate is believed to be accelerating plans for a £1b sale of more than 1,000 pubs. Over the weekend, the Sunday Times reported Britain's biggest pub company is looking to offload roughly a quarter of its 4,300-strong pub portfolio in an effort to reduce debt.
JD Wetherspoon is top of the pile, with an anticipated 8.8% share of the market, followed by Mitchells & Butlers with 7.3%. Greene King (5.8%) and Stonegate Pub Company (3.6%) sit just behind, although Stonegate's share does not take into account the fact that it recently struck a deal to take over 4,000 Ei Pubs.
Andrew Hields, boss of The Tan Hill Inn, the highest pub in Britain at 1,732 feet above sea level, speaks about running the famous pub 🍺 Legendary pub.
The pubs code is law that protects the rights of tied pub tenants of the six largest pub companies in England and Wales – Admiral, Greene King, Marston's, Punch, Star Pubs and Stonegate – all pub companies that own 500 or more tied pubs.
Neve Baker-Wright took over the lease of The New Inn in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, after the previous landlords suggested she submit a business plan. The teenager worked as a waitress in pubs from the age of 14 but was unsure what career path to follow after finishing her A-levels.
Jeremy Clarkson owns The Farmer's Dog, a traditional British pub near Burford, Oxfordshire, which opened in August 2024 and features prominently in his show Clarkson's Farm. The pub focuses on supporting British farming, using local ingredients, and even houses The Grand Tour tent for merchandise and other services, with an outdoor food stall called The Farmer's Puppy.
Ed Sheeran owns a pub in Notting Hill, London, called Bertie Blossoms, which he opened with his manager Stuart Camp in 2019, and it serves tapas with Spanish flair and British comfort food, while he also has a pub-themed room, The Lancaster Lock, at his Suffolk home.
The Original Oak in Headingly, is the highest grossing pub in the UK. There is a big reason for this, it's a great pub. Surrounded by the students of Leeds University & a stones throw from Headlingly cricket & rugby ground, this pub is the business.
One of the most intimidating statistics new bar owners encounter is the industry's failure rate. The restaurant failure rate is difficult to track nationwide, but the National Restaurant Association estimates a 30% failure rate in the restaurant industry.
And, if you asked many people, all around the UK, what is the smallest pub, they might say 'The Nutshell' in Bury St Edmunds which is in fact correct as it has a Guinness World Record to prove it. The building which The Nutshell occupies today is around, or over 300 years old, and used to be a little newspaper shop.
The chain has remained relevant by continually re-inventing itself for the contemporary marketplace. The chain has gone through a number of owners throughout its history, and is currently owned by the Stonegate Pub Company, based in Luton, Bedfordshire.
The Red Lion, Britain's Most Common Pub Name. Britain's history with its inn signs is like no other. The naming of pubs became common practice during the 12th century, and as most of the population was illiterate, inn names meant there would have to be inn signs.
Britain's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan has bought his local pub. The price paid for The Hansom Cab, a Victorian boozer off Kensington High Street in West London, is undisclosed. However, the pub is known to have been on the market for £50,000 on a free-of-tie lease basis and rent offers of £42,000 per annum.
