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Punch Taverns To Sell Pubs And Split Business In Two

The UK’s biggest pubs group has announced that it will split its managed and leased pub operations to create two new public companies, halving the size of the leased business to approximately 3,000 pubs. The move comes as the group struggle with falling profits and rising debt, which hit £3.3bn last year.

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