6 October 2026

Christie Group plc

("Christie Group" or the "Company")

Christie & Co publishes Pubs & Restaurants Market Review 2026

Annual Review points to increased transaction activity, higher completion values and continued buyer demand

Christie Group plc (CTG.L) reports that its agency and advisory business, Christie & Co, has published its Pubs & Restaurants Market Review 2026, which shares insights into transaction activity, buyer demand, the trading environment and emerging opportunities across the sector.

The report highlights a more active transactional market in 2026, despite continued cost pressures and changing consumer behaviours, with increased deal volumes as well as higher average completion values.

From January to August, Christie & Co's market leading Pubs & Restaurants team was instructed to sell over 360 properties, up 22% compared to the same period in 2025. The team also agreed over 230 deals, up 12.5%, and completed more than 115 transactions, up 5%. Christie & Co conducted more than 800 viewings in the period, averaging over six per sale, demonstrating continued buyer appetite.

Transaction values also increased, with Christie & Co reporting average freehold completion prices approximately £105,000 higher and average leasehold prices around £87,000 higher than in the same period last year. Christie & Co sold more than £60 million worth of pubs and restaurants combined in the period.

Despite continued cost pressures on the sector, approximately 90% of pubs Christie & Co sold in the period were continued for use as a hospitality venue.

Increased activity was also reflected across the Group's wider services. Over the same 8 month period, Christie & Co's Hospitality Valuations team were instructed to value over 1,500 pubs and restaurants with a combined value of over £2.1 billion.

Christie Finance also reported increased activity in the sector, with completions up 63%, drawdown amounts more than doubling and refinancing activity up 50% in May 2025/26 compared with May 2024/25, reflecting increased lending activity across the market. Meanwhile, Venners, the Group's stocktaking and inventory business, analysed more than 15,000 liquor stocktakes over the last 18 months, identifying more than 67% of pubs and 57% of restaurants audited were overstocked, with those businesses holding liquor stock with a combined cost value of more than £17 million.

The full report also explores key themes impacting the pubs and restaurant sector, from business rates and hospitality VAT to evolving consumer habits and regional trends.

The publication is available to read on www.christie.com, or can be found by following the link below:

·  https://www.christie.com/sectors/pubs/market-review/

Dan Prickett, Chief Executive of Christie Group plc, comments: "Our latest Pubs & Restaurants Market Review illustrates the continued strength of activity across the sector and the breadth of demand for our specialist services. With Christie & Co reporting a 22% increase in sale instructions, alongside increased activity across our valuation and finance businesses, we are well positioned to continue to support clients throughout the lifecycle of their hospitality assets."

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Notes to Editors:

Christie Group plc, quoted on AIM, is a leading professional business services group with 32 offices across the UK and Europe, catering to its specialist markets in the healthcare, hospitality, leisure, medical, childcare & education and retail sectors.

Christie Group operates in two complementary business divisions: Professional & Financial Services (PFS) and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services (SISS). These divisions trade under the brand names: PFS - Christie & Co, Pinders, Christie Finance and Christie Insurance: SISS - Venners.

Tracing its origins back to 1896, the Group has a long-established reputation for offering valued services to client companies in agency, valuation services, investment, consultancy, project management, stock audit and inventory management. The diversity of these services provides a natural balance to the Group's core agency business.

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