[3] Originally trading from rented offices near Birmingham Airport, it then moved its operations office to Capability Green in Luton in June 2011, when Stonegate bought the Town & City Pub Company, which was in receivership, creating the largest privately held managed pub operator in the UK and acquiring the Yates's and Slug and Lettuce brands in the process.

Later that year, Stonegate exchanged on a package of ten JD Wetherspoon pubs and acquired the Walkabout owner Intertain, adding a further thirty sites to its portfolio.

[6] In 2023 Stonegate was found guilty of a breach of health and safety law that led to the death of Olivia Burt in Durham.

The victim's parents commented: "Our heartbreak and pain have been prolonged by Stonegate pleading not guilty and fighting the case to trial.

[11] In February 2024, Stonegate Group was named by the Department of Business and Trade as one of the companies that had failed to pay the minimum wage, underpaying 3,650 workers.