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]
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]