Pub chain cheers rising revenues

Young’s has hailed a strong start to trading as it capitalised on good weather to defy Brexitrelated cost increases.

Sales were up 8.8 per cent in the first 13 weeks of the pub chain’s financial year, rising by 5.2 per cent on a like-forlike basis. This compared with like-for-like growth of 8.6 per cent during the same period the year before. Young’s acquired seven pubs last year, with the new sites integrating well.