Young & Co's Brew. - AGM Trading Statement
06/07/2023 07:00
For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below: http://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20230706:nRSF1110Fa&default-theme=true RNS Number : 1110F Young & Co's Brewery PLC 06 July 2023 6 July 2023 YOUNG & CO.'S BREWERY, P.L.C. AGM Trading Statement At today's Annual General Meeting, Stephen Goodyear, Chairman of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C., will make the following comments about the business: "I am pleased to report that we have had a good start to the current financial year. In the first thirteen weeks of 2023, revenue was up 8.3% in total and up 6.8% on a like-for-like basis against 2022. The key driver behind our performance is continued investment in improving and growing our premium estate, which remains central to our strategy. We are already seeing the benefit from the acquisitions we made last year, which included the award-winning Griffin Inn (Fletching) in East Sussex. We will also benefit from the significant investments we made in our existing estate, with major projects at the Marquess of Anglesey (Covent Garden), Hare and Hounds (East Sheen), Hort's Townhouse (Bristol) which reopened in March with an additional 19 bedrooms and the Clapham North (Clapham), which will be opening in August of this year. More recently we have purchased the freehold interest in The Stag (Belsize Park) and exchanged on three premium freehold properties in the south of England. As previously announced, I will be stepping down as non-executive chairman and will retire from the board following the company's 2024 Annual General Meeting. I will be succeeded by Steve Cooke, who brings over 40 years' corporate experience from his time at Slaughter and May, most recently as senior partner. Steve's experience will be invaluable as Young's continues to execute its proven growth strategy. Steve will join the board as a non-executive director on 1 November 2023 before becoming non-executive chairman in July 2024. The Board is optimistic for the year ahead, looking forward to the Rugby World Cup this autumn and the warmup fixtures over the summer. We will continue to invest in the future growth of the business, sticking to our strategy of running premium, differentiated and well-invested pubs and rooms. The strength of our balance sheet leaves us well-placed to make further investments and continue to generate good returns for shareholders over the long term." - Ends - For further information, please contact: Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. 020 8875 7000 Simon Dodd, Chief Executive Officer Mike Owen, Chief Financial Officer MHP Communications 020 3128 8742 / 8147 Tim Rowntree/Robert Collett-Creedy This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com) or visit www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/) . RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy) . END AGMEAXXSEEPDEFA