- CEO
- J. Simon Emeny
- Full Time Employees
- 5,308
- Sector
- Consumer services
- Industry
- Restaurants
- Address
- Pier House London GL United Kingdom W4 3NN
- IPO Date
- Jan 8, 1986
- Business
- Fuller, Smith & Turner PLC operates a portfolio of premium pubs and hotels across southern England, focusing on managed pubs and hotels alongside tenanted inns leased to third parties. The company offers food and drink services including award-winning cask ales such as London Pride, ESB, and Chiswick Bitter; craft lagers and ciders; chef-led seasonal menus featuring Sunday roasts, pies, Thai dishes, and breakfasts; accommodations in boutique bedrooms and hotels; and event hosting for weddings, parties, and meetings, with specialized concepts like Ale & Pie pubs, live sports venues, pub gardens, and brands including Cotswold Inns & Hotels and Bel & The Dragon. Founded in 1845 and headquartered at Pier House, 86-93 Strand on the Green in Chiswick, London, it maintains approximately 185 managed pubs and hotels with 1,025 bedrooms primarily in London (44% within the M25), the Home Counties, Cotswolds, New Forest, Jurassic Coast, and extending to Birmingham, Bristol, and Brighton. Recent developments include the August 2024 acquisition of Lovely Pubs for £23 million adding six freehold sites in Warwickshire; the March 2025 exchange of contracts for the freehold of The White Swan pub in Twickenham; completion of a full buy-in of its defined benefit pension plan with Legal & General; agreement on a new £185 million unsecured bank facility maturing in August 2028; and initiation of a share buyback programme for up to one million 'A' shares amid ongoing trading strength.