02-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Greene King has found solutions for more than 25% of the 400 tenanted pubs contained within its turn-around Independence Pub Company division. The...
BEC chairman urges government to delay pubco power response
02-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
Major industry efforts to stave off a probe into the pubco model appear to be working after MPs asked the government to delay its response to a...
02-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
A minimum price on alcohol in Scotland is seen as "non-negotiable" by the ruling Scottish National Party, according to a senior Scottish Government...
02-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
Business and Enterprise Committee chairman Peter Luff has urged the Government to give the industry until October to change following its damning...
02-Jul-2009 By Jo Bruce
Whitbread is asking customers to vote for where they want the next Taybarn's all-you-can-eat concept to open. The company, which has seven Taybarns,...
01-Jul-2009 By Stephen Crawley
Does cricket mirrors the ups and downs of life, asks Caledonian managing director Stephen Crawley.
St Austell's tenants' code gets BII stamp of approval
01-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
St Austell has become the latest pub company to have its code of practice for tenants approved by the BII's accreditation scheme The Cornwall-based...
Pubs 'n' Bars sees little light at the end of the tunnel
30-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
AIM-listed pub operator Pubs 'n' Bars (PnB) said it expects little in the way of economic recovery to help boost its fortunes in the coming year.The...
'Russell Crowe's big tip for pub'
30-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Russell Crowe has become a local hero in West Wales after leaving staff in a country pub a £600 tip. The New Zealand-born actor is filming Ridley...
29-Jun-2009 By John Harrington
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) is putting 20 freehold pubs on the market with Fleurets this week.
29-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
Licensee and actor Neil Morrissey is being sued by the Bank of Scotland for £250,000 after his purchase of a pub ended in administration.
Marc Allinson: Signs of the times
29-Jun-2009
However I do think that there is an information sign overload in this country. You cannot walk into any commercial premises without being faced with...
Unite: Action needed to help pubs now
29-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
More than 100 licensees have contacted trade union Unite in the last month alone due to fears of being evicted. In total 117 tenants facing eviction...
American keen to make most of Brit pub closures
29-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
An American businessman is looking to take advantage of pub closures in the UK by salvaging goods to create his own traditional pub. While up to 50...
29-Jun-2009 By John Harrington
One of Scotland's largest bar, restaurant and hotel businesses, Dark Star Scotland, has been placed in administration. Administrator Tenon Recovery...
Jumping to it?
27-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
To the untrained eye it could look as if brewers and pub operators have been falling over themselves to do right by their licensees in the wake of...
26-Jun-2009 By Phil Dixon
There's a lot of work still to be done on the part of pub companies, says industry expert Phil Dixon.
Signs of an economic recovery exist, but when will this boost sales?
26-Jun-2009
Macro economic data is continuing to show improvement in the UK on an almost daily basis, yet is this just temporary or the first stage of a...
25-Jun-2009 By John Harrington
An Enterprise Inns lessee has clawed back nearly £4,000 in fines for buying out after her bank agreed the money was taken without authorisation.
25-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
A host of tenanted pubcos are to make changes to the AWP machine tie in the wake of the critical Business & Enterprise Committee report on...
Mark Daniels: Coins of the Realm - how do I get hold of some?
25-Jun-2009
I always say that I take the quiet nights as readily as I take the busy nights - just as long as the busy ones outweigh the quiet ones! The quiet...
United by a community - how locals can save a pub
25-Jun-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
It's mid-June and opening night at Shurlocks Inn. The Berkshire pub is full of local people who have watched three of the four pubs in Shurlock Row...
Pubs ponder compensation over Setanta
25-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
Licensees paying Sky for Setanta channels are still trying to find out whether they could receive compensation after the demise of the Irish...
Trade chiefs warn of 'crisis' in Scotland
25-Jun-2009
Trade chiefs in Scotland have warned of a "looming crisis" with thousands of publicans yet to receive personal licences with deadline day...
25-Jun-2009 By Andrew Pring
A bit of clever retailing and a sense of adventure is all licensees need to reap the rewards of a top-notch soft drinks offer this summer, says Andrew Pring.
25-Jun-2009 By Jo Bruce
The licensee who featured in Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares has left the pub featured in the Channel Four show. Brian and Elaine Rey's Punch lease, the...
24-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Former Punch commercial director Jonathan Paveley has been appointed as non-executive chairman of Hook Norton.
Neville Hall: We are too confrontational within our own ranks
24-Jun-2009
Whether they be government, local authorities, the police or the freelance busy bodies this crippled and malign administration loves "consulting"...
Licensees urged to attend mandatory code meetings
24-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
A series of 10 regional consultation events will take place next month covering the government's controversial mandatory code of practice - and...
Scotland urged to carry on with minimum price plan
24-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The World Health Organisation has urged Scotland to plough on with plans to introduce a minimum price for alcohol. Speaking at an Alcohol Summit in...
Hook Norton names Jonathan Paveley as non-exec chairman
24-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
Cotswold brewer Hook Norton has appointed ex-Punch Taverns commercial director Jonathan Paveley as its non-executive chairman.Paveley, who was made...
24-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
A team from Shepherd Neame is to take part in the Six Peaks Challenge in a bid to raise money for the Water Aid charity. The team consists of six...
Photo gallery: MA-150 business briefing
23-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
The MA-150 club of the country's leading independent, multiple retailers met last week for a business briefing at Belton Woods Hotel, Lincolnshire.
23-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
A Beckenham bar has won the right to extend its opening hours despite being in a controversial cumulative impact zone. Multiple operator GC Mallen...
23-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Established managed, branded pub and restaurant chains are holding off stiff competition from supermarkets and tightening consumer spending with...
Hamish Champ: Wanna go tie-free? Check out the Emerald Isle
22-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
Despite my own political stance being positioned somewhat to the left of centre the newspaper I regularly choose to read is the good ol' Daily...
Kai's bar knocks competition for six
22-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A pub that based an innovative promotion around the recent ICC World Twenty20 Tournament has scooped the Pepsi Cricket Pub 2009 Prize. Bar manager...
Affordable housing shortage fuelling pub closures
22-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
A chronic shortage of affordable housing in rural areas is causing an "unprecedented" number of pubs and village shops to close, a coalition of...
22-Jun-2009 By Andrew Pring
Raising the chronically low levels of literacy and numeracy amongst licensees must be a key priority for the trade, says BII boss Neil Robertson.
22-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
People can now have their parcels delivered to their local pub rather than the sorting office under a new scheme. Scottish & Newcastle (S&N)...
22-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Charles Wells Pub Company is promising a fairer deal on machine income for its tenants. The operator will still share the income with licensees but...
Doing the decent thing, but will it be too late?
21-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
"It's not out of the woods yet." So mused a pretty well-informed industry observer on the situation at Punch Taverns. When the UK's largest pub...
19-Jun-2009 By John Harrington
Police want to force six Hastings pubs to ensure a personal licence holder is on site whenever alcohol is served.
19-Jun-2009 By Andrew Pring
The promise of change makes it an exciting time and, if the pubcos are genuine in their desire to evolve, the future will be fairer for licensees, says Andrew Pring.
19-Jun-2009 By Stephen Oliver
If Bec allows the feckless, incompetent and indolent to pin the blame on others rather than themselves, the trade will continue to be a poorer place for it, says Stephen Oliver.
19-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
Molson Coors (UK) marketing director Simon Davies is to leave the business after 13 years at the end of September.
'Britons 'shun birthdays and pubs''
19-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
The economic downturn is making Britons mean, with people ignoring friends' birthdays and refusing to buy rounds of drinks in the pub, a survey has...
19-Jun-2009 By Roger Protz
The GMB trade union should consider the overall impact before taking grievances over the tie to Europe, says Roger Protz.
19-Jun-2009 By Tim Martin
The industry must highlight the positive aspects of pubs to survive, says JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin.
18-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
Globe Pub Company bond holders have been told that the company has had to grant rent concessions to another 11 hosts as it stays in default on key...
