Estates Manager

About Us

Stonegate Group is the UK’s largest operator of pubs, bars, and late‑night venues, including Slug & Lettuce, Be At One, and Popworld, to name a few. We’re proud of our diverse portfolio and deeply committed to creating an inclusive culture that embraces individuality in all its forms—including neurodiversity. By fostering an environment where everyone feels welcome, valued, and supported, we reflect the vibrant communities we serve and empower our people to thrive.

As Estates Manager you will lead and execute the Stonegate asset disposal strategy, maximising capital receipts and financial returns across the freehold estate. The role works cross‑functionally to identify the right assets to sell and is responsible for the delivery of property disposals to time and budget, ensuring the team hits the annual capital receipt budget. You will deliver exceptional customer service and be an ambassador for the Stonegate brand in the external property market.

The Estate Manager is responsible for the asset disposal process through to completion including legal due diligence, obtaining appropriate reports and surveys (where necessary), instructing external lawyers and other property professionals, as required. You will also be responsible for writing Board decision papers and ensuring these are of the highest quality with robust and well‑argued recommendations.

This is a home based position but will involve travel to the Solihull office and sites as required. The role will also include ongoing liaison with field‑based operations and property colleagues, third‑party suppliers and agencies.

• Maximisation of value through disposal activity, delivering an annual disposal proceeds budget.
• Implementation and execution of the organisation disposal strategy.
• Develop a prioritised asset disposal plan.
• Work with Operations colleagues to ensure any period of pub closure before disposal is kept to a minimum.
• Manage costs, fees, and other outgoings to ensure net receipts are maximised.
• Managed the disposal programme and proactively forecast exchange and completion dates ensuring these milestones are achieved.
• Regularly review under‑performing assets with the relevant Operations teams.
• Ensure any ACV applications are managed so as to not adversely impact the ability to sell the site at the maximum possible value.
• Provide ad‑hoc valuation and marketing advice to support the review of assets within the estate.
• Prepare Board decision papers ensuring these are submitted in a timely manner, are accurate and have robust and well‑argued recommendations.
• Manage the legal due diligence process ensuring lawyers are properly instructed and all reports, surveys, enquiries before contract are dealt with efficiently and accurately.
• Ensure Stonegate’s legal position is protected in all property negotiations and contracts.

• Support the annual valuation exercise, as required.
• Support management of book values by ensuring that all likely disposal candidates are flagged to Finance as part of the valuation exercise.
• Participate in the annual Estate Review providing updated ERVs (with VP) and identifying HAUV and/or opportunities to develop part.
• Effectively manage the estate.
• Adopt a rigorous and appropriate approach to Health & Safety management, ensuring that all parties and processes adhere to performance standards as defined by the organisations Health & Safety team.

• Establish relationships with external agencies, planning specialists, property professionals, JVs, developers and financial partners that can provide intelligence, optimise potential planning applications and time frames for delivery, enabling us to deliver a ‘best in class’ service.
• Undertake post implementation reviews on disposals to ensure anticipated returns are delivered.
• Ensure optimum value and quality are obtained from all outsourced services and partners.
• Benchmark approach, practices, service levels and outcomes against competitors and take appropriate action/innovate to deliver industry leading solutions and relationships.
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