22-Dec-2009 By Gemma McKenna
The trade reacts to CAMRA's announcement that it will issue a legal challenge against the OFT's report that ruled out action on the beer tie.
22-Dec-2009 By Gemma McKenna
CAMRA is calling on consumers to help fund a legal challenge against the OFT's report that ruled out action against the beer tie.
First flood-hit Cockermouth pub reopens
18-Dec-2009 By Lesley Foottit
The first pub in flood-hit Cockermouth, Cumbria has reopened temporarily for the Christmas season with a makeshift bar.
Robert Sayles: So you want to go to the Workhouse?
18-Dec-2009
With this view, they contracted with the waterworks to lay on an unlimited supply of water, and with a corn-factor to supply periodically small...
18-Dec-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Licensees who regularly refill their games machines can see earnings jump by 24% — that's according to a trial carried out by Enterprise Inns....
18-Dec-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Eight of the UK's best pub darts players have secured their place in the John Smith's People's Darts Final in January. The competitors include...
Mark Daniels: So long 2009 - you won't be missed!
17-Dec-2009
So we've made it. It's the end of the year and we're here, battered, bruised and severely depleted in numbers but, against all odds, there are still...
St Austell tenants happy with their deal
17-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
St Austell tenants are overwhelmingly happy with the quality of their beer and the vast majority are satisfied with the level of support they receive...
16-Dec-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Drinks logistics provider Tradeteam has bought 25 new tractors to help reduce the fleet's carbon footprint. The firm's 20 new Volvo FH13s and five...
'Pub landlord shuts only pub in village'
15-Dec-2009
A landlord has shut the only pub in his village after getting fed up with customers wanting to drink all night. Publican Paul Swan became so tired of...
15-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
The 10 former Jongleurs comedy clubs are to be relaunched from 8 January as entertainment venues under new name Highlights, owner Intertain has...
Pub Bitch: Bridget Simmons, Brigit Symmons or Brigid Simmonds?
14-Dec-2009
Slapstick politics Marston's Pub Company boss Alistair 'Cuddly' Darby was given a robust introduction to the rough and tumble of politics at the BIS...
Are regional brewers in a better place than the pubcos?
14-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
The City appeared to ignore last week's BIS shindig, but there may be signs of a shift in the tectonic plates of the industry all the same. Sitting...
Hamish Champ: Whose truth is truest?
14-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Attending the BIS committee evidence hearing thing in Westminster last week was an interesting if at times rather predictable way to spend a Tuesday...
Yesteryear Pub Company boss in buyback bid
14-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Tony Callaghan, founder of Wigan-based pubco Yesteryear, is close to buying back some if not all of the company's assets after it went into...
Union anger as undercover cops target pubs
14-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A trade union has criticised police for bringing back undercover officers trying to catch licensees serving drunks. The Home Office initially...
Expect VAT to rise, warns leisure industry expert
14-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
A leading leisure expert has warned the pub sector should prepare for a possible hike in VAT in the near future. Richard Hathaway of accountants KPMG...
'Poor weather dampens pubs' sales'
14-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The UK's leading pub and restaurant groups suffered a sharp slide in sales in November, ending a run of upbeat trading figures. Sales last month were...
14-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
Licensees Unite's concerns follows reports that police in some areas are to station themselves in bars over the festive period.
'Ritblat to make a move for Merchant Inns?'
13-Dec-2009
"Property tycoon Sir John Ritblat, the former British Land chairman, is expected to table a bid this week for Merchant Inns, the pubs group he half...
11-Dec-2009 By Roger Protz
Opinion is divided on the latest Portman-baiting products from Scottish micro BrewDog, says Roger Protz.
11-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
The Energy Ombudsman has demanded an apology from British Gas for the way it treated a licensee who was hit with a £12,000 bill.
11-Dec-2009 By MA reporter
Adnams tenants are happy with their lot, according to a survey commissioned by the Suffolk brewer. The anonymous study from Norwich-based US2U...
11-Dec-2009 By David Morgan
David Morgan of Cookseys DMP and critic of the large tenanted pubcos describes what he comes across in his professional role. Breaking up is so very...
10-Dec-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City
10-Dec-2009 By The PMA Team
The BISC was a PR nightmare at a time when pubcos are trying to convince that a new era of transparency is beginning, says The PMA Team.
10-Dec-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Suffolk-based Mauldons Brewery has bought a second pub — the Cottage at Norwich, which has been closed since August 2009.
10-Dec-2009 By The PMA Team
Town & City Pub Company, which operates the Yates's chain, reported a "very successful" first 11 trading months, qualified by exceptional...
Locals keep pub open after bailiffs visit
10-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A community is so keen to keep its local open that it has rallied round to replenish goods taken away by the bailiffs. Licensee Andy Prestwich has...
10-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
Three North Wales bars are to shut their doors over one of the busiest pre-Christmas weekends to avoid prosecution for underage sales. The venues in...
Pubs to get chance of last-minute TENs
09-Dec-2009 By James Wilmore
Police will be able to give pubs the green light for a temporary event notice (TEN) three days before an occasion, under new plans announced by the...
Pubs 'n' Bars goes into administration
09-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Pubs 'n' Bars (PnB), the troubled London-based pub operator, has gone into administration after its banks, led by lead lender AIlied Irish Bank...
Drake & Morgan acquires third pub
09-Dec-2009 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Drake & Morgan, the fledgling bar-restaurant group led by Jillian MacLean and John Connell, has acquired its third site. The Anthologist, a...
09-Dec-2009 By Emma Eversham, Big Hospitality
Whitbread has pledged to cut its carbon emissions by 26% across its 580 hotels and 375 pub restaurants by 2020. The hospitality company, whose...
08-Dec-2009 By Ewan Turney
Fair Pint founding member Steve Corbett gives MATV his views on what progress has been made since the BEC Report of the summer ahead of today's...
08-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
The Government must intervene to make the pubco/tenant relationship fairer for tenants because real change won't happen voluntarily.
Chris Maclean: The problem is not too many pubs, but too few innkeepers
08-Dec-2009 By Chris Maclean
On the face of it a surplus of pubs seems the obvious response. In these economic times (and yes, Pete, the smoking ban) there is less and less money...
Pub calendar girls raise more than £6000 for EllenorLions Hospices
08-Dec-2009
A Kent pub has been getting into the Christmas spirit by raising more than £6000 for local charity, EllenorLions Hospices. The pub has been running...
BBPA: "We are not complacent
08-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
'We are not complacent but judge our performance in two years time' - that was the message from the British Beer & Pub Association's (BBPA's) new...
Fuller's names new executive director
08-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Fuller, Smith & Turner, the London-based brewer and pub operator, has announced Richard Fuller will be stepping up to executive board level with...
Pubco inquiry follow-up kicks-off today
08-Dec-2009 By James Wilmore
MPs will this morning hear evidence from trade leaders, licensees, campaigners and a pub rent expert as part of the re-opened parliamentary inquiry...
08-Dec-2009 By Lesley Foottit
The World Cup is licensees' biggest opportunity to increase beer sales in 2010, according to Carlsberg UK. Last Friday's draw resulted in favourable...
08-Dec-2009 By Ewan Turney
I don't feel we can trust you to change voluntarily — that was the stark message delivered by Peter Luff to pubco representatives.
08-Dec-2009 By Ewan Turney
Fuller's commercial director Tim Turner is to retire from the board at the end of March 2010 after thirty years service.
Managing expectations in the pub trade
07-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
A City wag suggested last week it was no coincidence JD Wetherspoon announced its 250 pub opening/10,000 jobs creation scheme on the same day that...
Hamish Champ: An important week for the pub sector
07-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
It's going to be a busy week for politicians with an interest in the pub trade and for those within the pub trade with an interest in persuading such...
Disabled pub-goer's campaign goes national
07-Dec-2009 By James Wilmore
A disabled pub-lover's campaign to help people identify wheelchair-friendly venues has hit Parliament and could result in a change in the law. Mark...
Poor turnout for licensee parliamentary protest
07-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A handful of disgruntled licensees were on hand to make their feelings about pubcos known outside Parliament today. The event, organised by campaign...
Anti-pubco campaigners protesting at Parliament today
07-Dec-2009 By James Wilmore
Disgruntled tenants and lessees are due to protest outside Parliament today as part of a "peaceful" demonstration against the behaviour of pubcos....
Hall & Woodhouse names pub of the year
07-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Licensee Karen Wells picked up a cheque for £1,000 and a two day break after winning Hall and Woodhouse pub of the year title. Her pub the Chestnut...
