Marston's PLC reported trading update for the 16 weeks to 20 January 2018. The company continued to make progress in the period with growth in both sales and underlying earnings, helped by the acquisition of the Charles Wells Brewing Business in May 2017 and the contribution from the 19 new-build pubs in financial year 2017. Total sales for the period are up 4.9% reflecting the contribution from the estate expansion in 2017. Like-for-like sales in the period, excluding the impact of the two snow-affected weeks, are up 1.1%. The weather impact on like-for like sales was around 2%, and on an unadjusted basis like-for-like sales were down 0.9% in the period.