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Marston's has acquired Eldridge Pope, the Dorset-based chain of 135 pubs, for £155m, taking its total estate to 2,485 outlets. 26-Jan-2007 Eldridge Pope is to return to private ownership in a £42m deal that will involve a £14m investment in its chain of 151 pubs. 20-Sep-2004 Eldridge Pope is to sell 18 pubs to Inntown Pub & Property Company for £3.9m, while a further £1.5m is being raised from the disposal of five other pubs. 01-Oct-2003 Eldridge Pope, the pub operator with an estimated value of £35m, has received a takeover approach from an unnamed company. 15-Apr-2003 Eldridge Pope is looking to sell about 12 pubs from its total estate of 119 managed houses and 55 tenancies. 24-Feb-2003 Eldridge Pope has raised £8.9m from the sale of its 11-acre Dorchester headquarters and the remaining minority stake in its former brewing business, in order to focus on pubs. 12-Dec-2002 Eldridge Pope is to sell six pubs to InnTown Properties for £3.4m. 06-Feb-2001 Eldridge Pope has sold 18 pubs for £9.5m as part of an ongoing programme of disposals, with Unique Pub Company paying £5.8m for 12 of the outlets. 15-Jan-2001 Eldridge Pope is to expand its chain of Toad pubs from 11 sites to 19 over the next few months. 13-Dec-2000 Eldridge Pope has acquired 10 managed pubs from Lionheart for £10m, taking its estate to 204. 21-Aug-2000 Eldridge Pope has sold its Fine Wines division to Dawes Group and its Howells of Bristol wines business to Lay & Wheeler, and the £3.2m proceeds will be invested in its pub operations. 22-Jun-1999 Eldridge Pope is to close its loss-making beer trading division and is in negotiations to sell its wine operations, in order to focus on the development of its estate of managed pubs. 02-Jun-1999 Marston Thompson & Evershed is buying eight pubs from Eldridge Pope for £8m, and will convert six of them to its Pitcher & Piano format. 01-Dec-1998 Eldridge Pope is planning to expand its pub estate by buying small groups of pubs or by acquiring a regional brewer, and has set aside £12m to invest over the next three years. 27-May-1998 Eldridge Pope is to withdraw from brewing by selling its interest in Thomas Hardy Brewery to management for £2.4m. 03-Apr-1997 Eldridge Pope is planning to expand aggressively next year, converting a further 7 pubs to its Fireside Inns format and adding two new pubs in London. 27-Nov-1996
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