Following on from the recent government’s advice, all our venues have now temporarily closed their doors.
It is important that as a business we support our NHS service during this critical time and that we ensure that all our team and customers alike, stay safe.
Read MoreWith the ever-changing news around Covid-19, we wanted to update you on the actions that Oakman Inns are taking, both to support our teams and our customers. It is essential for all of us to act responsibly at this time, but we also understand the importance of offering a degree of normality to our daily lives.
Read MoreThe year has started well for pub group, Oakman Inns, who picked up two awards on Thursday night . Ranked for a fifth year in the top 30 of the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For 2020, they are this year’s highest rated multi-site pub company with the top accolade of three stars. The awards continued to flow at annual The Casual Dining Awards, where Oakman won the annual Sustainable Operator Award for their non-stop effort to become environmentally better in everything they do. The company was also Highly Recommended in The Best Pub or Bar Brand of the Year, a recognition of the results of an effective, well-trained, and highly motivated team and a desire to be the best can have on a business.
Read MoreThere can be few things more dispiriting for a child at Christmas than being stuck in hospital over the festive period. Local pub group, Oakman Inns, resolved to lift that gloom, and for the last two weeks, has been bringing a little festive fun to those kids.
Each of the 24 pubs has set up a community collection point for neighbours and customers to drop off unwrapped toys, books and other permitted gifts which Oakman’s staff have been delivering to each pub’s local children’s ward in time for Christmas.
Read MoreOakman Inns & Restaurants is delighted to announce their results for the 15* months to the end of June 2019. Oakman’s turnover for the period was £46.7m, an increase in like-for-like sales of 7.3%. Site EBITDA was £8.6m with Group EBITDA £4.2m. Despite inflationary pressures, margins have been maintained, with the average sales per core Oakman Inn running at over £35k net of VAT per week.
Read MoreThe Oakman Inns team is hoping that their pizza recipe, using slow-proved dough, traditional Neapolitan ingredients and skills honed at the red-hot mouth of the pizza oven, will see them win one of the awards from the three prized titles: Best Technical Pizza; Pizza Chef of the Year and National Pizza of the Year.
Read MoreOn Sunday 20th October 2019, over 600 children will be playing in one of the UK’s largest independent sponsored Minis & Juniors Rugby Festivals, the Oakman Cup, at Allianz Park, home of Saracens.
Read MoreFollowing its sympathetic refurbishment, over 200 residents, community leaders and Farnham businesses discovered that The Lost Boy was alive and well in Downing Street’s very own ‘Neverland’ - and was serving great food and drink on its opening night last week.
Read MoreThe Lost Boy will be found at 3 Downing Street in Farnham from Friday September 6th 2019 when the Old Town’s newest arrival opens its hospitable doors at midday. A substantial investment by its owners, Oakman Inns, in the sympathetic restoration of the attractive Listed 18th Century Georgian building will also see an impressive make-over of the newly extended gardens, with outside seating and terraced areas by RHS Chelsea Gold medallist, Kate Gould.
Read MoreOakman Inns is pleased to announce that the The Royal Foresters in Ascot, which re-opened last year following a £multimillion redesign, has been nominated for The AJ Retrofit 2019 awards in the Hospitality, Retail and Leisure sector.
Read MoreThe Chairman and Directors of Oakman Inns are delighted to announce continuing strong sales growth for the 13 weeks to June 30th 2019.
The Like-for-Like sales for the quarter were up 4.8%. Total sales were £10,775,947, which represents a 28.8% growth over the same period last year.
Read MoreThe Board of Oakman Inns & Restaurants, the fast-expanding pub group, is delighted to announce the appointment of prominent industry figure, Steven Kenee as Chief Investment Officer. He is currently a partner of Downing LLP which manages over £1 billion of UK company investment. Steve spearheaded over £156m of investments, predominantly into the pub industry, and will be joining Oakman full-time in September 2019.
Read MoreLast month Oakman Inns sponsored one of their employees, Joseph Cox, to undertake a mammoth adventure known as Endeavour India. Part of the Endeavour Series, Endeavour India is a gruelling action-packed race covering all terrains through the Himalaya’s and raises funds for charity.
Read MorePub group, Oakman Inns, has completed the acquisition of seven freehold public houses with combined EBITDA of £2.8m from funds managed by Downing LLP. The transaction was completed in three tranches with the purchase of two companies Downoak Ltd (The Akeman, Tring, The Akeman Inn, Kingswood; The Crown & Thistle, Abingdon) and Hedderwick Ltd (Banyers House, Royston; The Cherry Tree, Olney) as well as The Globe in Warwick, which was previously held in a partnership.
Read MoreOakman Inns and Restaurants are proud to be partnering with Scannappeal for the inaugural ScannaRide 100, a charity sportive, raising funds to support the Bucks MRI Appeal.
Read MoreLast week, regulars and local business owners joined the team at The Beech House in Beaconsfield to celebrate its reopening, following a major building project over the last few months.
Read MoreFollowing a substantial investment by its new owners, Oakman Inns, and several months closure, Prestwood’s village pub, The Polecat Inn, led by new General Manager, Damien Hughes, re-opened its doors for the busy Easter Weekend.
Read MoreThe Beech House in Beaconsfield opened in April 2013, and, so successful and popular has it become, that when the opportunity came to enlarge the premises, its owners, Oakman Inns, jumped at the chance.
Read MoreAfter a substantial yet sympathetic redesign and refurbishment, the new team at Prestwood’s Polecat Inn, led by new General Manager, Damien Hughes, will be opening its doors once again to the public on Friday 12th April and is already taking bookings for Easter Bank Holiday family gatherings.
Read MoreOakman Inns’ very own family-friendly day out, Swanbourne Music Festival, returns for 2019 with headline artist The Zutons.
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