Mitchells & Butlers, the restaurants and pubs operator, will have its sixth chairman in three years after Simon Burke stepped down after just five months in the role.
The decision by Mr Burke to resign from his position as chairman and director of the group was his own, according to a spokesperson for the company, who declined to provide any further details behind the unexpected departure.
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Traditional inner city pubs have suffered the most since the introduction of smoking bans in Scotland, England and Wales, says a new report from the Save Our Pubs and Clubs campaign.
The research conducted by CR Consulting, using data from CGA Strategy, revealed that the greatest levels of pub closures have been in Labour-held constituencies with an average of almost eleven pubs per constituency, compared to 9.9 pubs per Liberal Democrat constituency and 7.6 pubs per Conservative constituency. Click here to read more
