I see rivals at Bloomberg have finally woken up to the Marston's bid rumour and published a piece about interest from private equity firms such Platinum.
Now, this news won't come as a surprise to readers of this website as Betaville Intelligence first revealed the bid speculation surrounding Marston's in an UNCOOKED Alert and a follow up a few weeks ago. Below are the links:..
I see Marston's today announced it has rescued 1300 jobs by striking a deal to take on the leases of more than 150 Brains pubs in South Wales for no consideration.
Below is a link to a piece about the transaction by my former Telegraph colleague, Ben Martin, now of The Times:..
Betaville is removing Marston's from the "cash calls - who is next?" list following last Friday's brewing joint venture deal Carlsberg, which gets the London-listed pub company out of a hole as it will receive £273 million of cash from the transaction...
Dom Walsh of The Times has also picked up on Marston's potential sale of Pitcher & Piano. Below is a link to his piece:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pitcher-piano-sale-plan-hits-right-note-for-marstons-8wt7f7s3w..
Readers might recall Betaville's RARE ALERT on pub company Marston's last week. Below is the link:
https://www.www.betaville.co.uk/betaville-intelligence/rare-alert-marstons-said-to/..
Marston's, the London-listed brewing group, is said to be plotting a sale of Pitcher and Piano, the well-known chain of bars frequented by City traders, bankers and lawyers.
Sources claiming to be familiar with the matter said Marston's is working with advisers on the disposal, with one source claiming Sapient Corporate Finance might be advising on the deal...