Bramwell Pub Company administration
While there were plenty of positive pub stories around in 2013, many charting the growth of smaller food-led pub companies, it was the news that the 185-strong managed pub operator Bramwell Pub Company had gone into administration in November that really made the headlines.
Twenty-five pubs closed immediately while administrators ran the the rest with the intention of selling them on. Seventy-eight have so far been saved by Stonegate with agents Christie & Co hoping to find buyers for the 67 remaining pubs soon.