C&C shares slide after trading data cock-up
19-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Magners cider maker C&C Group slumped 16 per cent last week after it emerged it had published figures in a trading statement which did...
17-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
Trade chiefs hope heavyweight mediator Michel Kallipetis will help push forward reform within the tenanted pub trade and stave off Government interference.
Charles Wells sells four out of ten pubs at auction
17-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Bedford brewer and retailer Charles Wells managed to sell only four of the ten pubs it placed in a Colliers CRE auction earlier this week. Of the...
Chris Maclean: Are male licensees becoming obselete?
17-Jul-2009 By Chris Maclean
I suspect I deceive myself. In our relationship I like to think of myself as the businessman and my wife as the support crew. I make the decisive...
'£2m bar tab blow'
17-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
Pub group giant Enterprise Inns is losing £2million in revenue a month as boozers go to the wall. The group tallied the grim bar bill yesterday as...
There's still time for an upswing in 2009
17-Jul-2009 By Neil Morgan
You won't often hear me say this, but God bless America, for it has taken their First Lady to put the British pub on the front pages of the...
16-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises is looking for a tenant for an historic inn it's re-building at a cost of £2.5m.
Proud of Pubs Week: shouting to the top
16-Jul-2009
MPs, peers and licensees came together in Parliament this week to kick-off celebrations for Proud of Pubs Week. Licensing minister Gerry Sutcliffe...
Water way to run a country
16-Jul-2009 By Andrew Pring
Here is a Morning Advertiser health warning. Please take notice: it may prevent you having a heart attack. Any day now, as you walk along the high...
Pete Robinson: Pete's Pub Newsround
15-Jul-2009
CAMRA awards diluted by lack of pubs CAMRA can't find enough candidates for prizes as public houses close at record rate. For the first time in more...
'Neil Morrissey pledges support for Proud of Pubs Week in The Sun'
15-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey is hoping to pull punters to pubs across Britain - with his own-brew bitter. The actor, 47, is one of dozens...
Pubs turn to coin tossing promotion
15-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
Pubs and bars are offering to double customers' rounds if they win a coin toss. A number of venues have implemented a version of the promotion, it...
14-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Racing UK (RUK) has opted to freeze its pubs and clubs subscription for the next 12 months.
Mark Daniels: Leave the Papadums to the experts
14-Jul-2009
I love a good curry. If I get the chance to have a night out, and friends say where shall we go tonight, I'll undoubtedly cry "Newmarket Indian...
Comment: Look, we are responsible!
14-Jul-2009
It's been a bad few weeks for alcohol advertisers, and it's got me thinking about the appropriate way for the drinks industry to respond to...
13-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
The Cornish brewer and retailer has reported a drop in pre-tax profit to £7.417,000 in the year to 27 December 2008, compared to £8,448,000 the year before.
Proud of Pubs Week is up and running
13-Jul-2009
The Proud of Pubs message is resounding around the pub trade as The Publican's week of positive action for pubs gets fully underway. A Proud of Pubs...
Hamish Champ: How many days have I got left???
13-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
A friend of mine sent me one of those 'find out your life expectancy' survey things last week. It was one of those online doo-dahs, seemingly from...
Pub darts team in word record bid
13-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A pub darts team is claiming to have broken a world record after playing continuously for nearly two days. Four players from the Wadworth-owned...
Going to the pub industry mediation ball. Or not, if you're the GMB
12-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
Thinking about it, that the GMB point blank refused to attend the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailer's latest mediation shin-dig came as no...
'Massive pub blaze claims life of firefighter'
12-Jul-2009
"A firefighter was killed and another injured after a floor collapsed while they fought a blaze in an Edinburgh pub, a fire service spokesman said....
Still no licensees at mandatory code meetings
10-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
More than half of the places at government-run meetings about its controversial plans to introduce a mandatory code of practice have been left empty....
10-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
AWP operator Gamestec has seen a 13% increase in income since the new £1 stake and £70 prize limits were introduced a month ago. Gamestec has...
09-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Bay Restaurants emerged from the pre-pack administration of Laurel Pub Company 15 months ago. The PMA Team met chief exective Paul Symonds. Better...
Mark Daniels: Projectile Vomit, Cornish Pubs, and a very angry seagull
09-Jul-2009
Given that I rank supermarkets in my top-five list of "Things That Are Wrong With Pubs At The Moment", I feel somewhat guilty - not to mention...
Proud of Pubs Week crosses the Atlantic
09-Jul-2009
The list of pubs involved in the third Proud of Pubs Week 2009 now stretches to Canada following contact from a pub in Vancouver. Alastair Knott,...
Heavyweight backing for Proud of Pubs Week
09-Jul-2009
Two of Parliament's most high profile spokesmen on pubs have come together to back The Publican's Proud of Pubs Week. Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland has...
Licensee couple to quit over live music row
09-Jul-2009
An award-winning licensee couple are vowing to hand back the keys to their pub after a council branded their live music "a noise nuisance". Tanya...
09-Jul-2009 By Roger Protz
Just because some ales are lower in abv, it doesn't mean they must be lacking in taste, says Roger Protz. On a day of blistering heat in London last...
09-Jul-2009 By Andrew Pring
Ted Tuppen's offer to help fund a trade body should make licensees think long and hard about what it means to run pubs professionally, says Andrew Pring.
09-Jul-2009 By Andrew Pring & Gemma McKenna
BII boss Neil Robertson has spoken against plans for a new pubco-funded trade group to represent tenants, which this week received backing from Punch...
09-Jul-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Pubs across Britain are losing out after the plug was pulled on Irish sport on TV with the collapse of broadcaster Setanta in the UK. The games,...
09-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
Shepherd Neame has agreed to new licence conditions at three Hastings pubs to stave off licence suspensions, the removal of a licensee and hardline...
Daniel Pearce: What pubs can learn from Michael Jackson
08-Jul-2009
Where were you when you heard that Michael Jackson had died? For a few days the 'King of Pop's' sad demise was the story that dominated every news...
08-Jul-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A Welsh brewing and pub entrepreneur is to open a new £1m "traditional" pub in Cardiff — the first to be built in the city for 25 years. The...
08-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
Restrictive covenants on pubs being sold are a "revolver to the head" of local authorities but small changes in planning could make a huge difference...
07-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
Brigid Simmonds has stepped down as chief executive of Business In Sport and Leisure (BISL) following a "business plan review".
Trade union brands industry mediation meetings "a sham
07-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
A leading trade union has described as a "sham" efforts by the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) to find a solution to the issue of...
'We paid a pound for our dream pub'
07-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
A pound doesn't get you much these days. Not even half a pint in most pubs. But 100 new English pence was enough to make one couple's dream of owning...
Historic pub damaged in town centre fire
07-Jul-2009
A fire which swept through Wimborne, Dorset at the weekend has left the town's oldest pub shut. The Albion Inn, a 17th Century coaching inn, has...
07-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
Pubs across Wales can now get paid to let non-customers use their toilets. Seventeen of the 22 county councils in Wales have so far agreed to take...
07-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
A Bristol pub has been banned from serving any drinks in glass and running drinks promotions following an incident involving a police officer. The...
Tentative steps towards a better industry
06-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
So Lord Mandelson can have a nice, relaxing summer break without having to fret over whether or not to refer the pub industry to the Competition...
Yates's staff help wounded soldiers
06-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Staff at Yates's pubs across the country have been throwing themselves into a host of activities to raise funds for wounded soldiers. To mark its...
06-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
A Dorset licensee is bidding to become a Lib Dem MP at the next general election. Philip Eades is a Hall and Woodhouse tenant at the Sloop in Poole...
Thursday July 16: The house of funds!
03-Jul-2009
It's always been the great unknown in the pub trade. Whenever pubs come in for criticism from the press and politicians, the response from within the...
Wednesday July 15: Play the fame game for Proud of Pubs
03-Jul-2009
Everyone knows someone, who knows someone who's famous. Don't they? With the number of celebrities now involved in the trade from celebrity chefs...
Tuesday July 14: Put on your Proud of Pubs event
03-Jul-2009
Every day it seems there are new things going on in pubs up and down the country. The response of many pubs in the UK to the recession has been to...
02-Jul-2009 By Andrew Pring
The biggest pubcos pledge fairness and reform, but what about the others — and what about the nitty gritty of their offers, asks Andrew Pring.
02-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Is there an argument for turning more pubs free-of-tie? The PMA Team examines the idea.
