Sports Café tight-lipped on Massive Pub Company speculation
26-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Sports Café, the AIM-listed sports bar operator, was remaining tight-lipped over speculation that it was poised to buy up to 25 pubs from...
Brighton's Engineer named Racing Pub of the Year
26-Nov-2007
The Engineer in Brighton has beaten off fierce competition to be named the official 'Racing Pub of the Year 2007'. Licensees Phil and Bev Reeves...
26-Nov-2007
Gordon Warden took over the Charles Wells-owned Olde Kings Arms in Hemel Hempstead in 2002. A major refurbishment has just begun.
Rose & Crown
26-Nov-2007
Owner/licensee: Peach Pub Company Head chef: Gavin Allcock Tenure: Punch lease acquired 2002 Covers: 42-cover restaurant, 24 in the bar, plus private...
Griffin Inn
26-Nov-2007
Licensees: Toby Erlam, James Pullan and Marcus Wysock-Wright Tenure: Freehold Head chefs: Andrew Billings and Nick Petersen Turnover: Over £1m...
The Highwayman Inn
26-Nov-2007
Owner/licensees: Craig Bancroft/Nigel Haworth Tenure: Thwaites leasehold Head chef: Michael Ward Turnover: £1m Covers per week: 1,100 Wet:dry split:...
Alford Arms
26-Nov-2007
Owners: Becky & David Salisbury. The Alford Arms is part of Salisbury Pubs, which includes the Royal Oak, Marlow, the Swan Inn, Denham, and the...
The Pipe & Glass
26-Nov-2007
Licensee: James MacKenzie & Kate Boroughs Tenure: Freehold Head chef: James MacKenzie Covers: 65, plus 22 in the bar Covers per week: 750 to...
The Drunken Duck Inn
26-Nov-2007
Owner/licensees: Steph Barton, Paul Spencer Tenure: Freehold Head chef: Marcus Hall Turnover: £2m net Covers per week: Bar lunches 300-400, à la...
The Pig's Ear
26-Nov-2007
Licensees: SNPE, Simon Cherry/Olly Daniaud Head chef: Chris Sharpe Turnover: £500,000 Covers: 50 Covers per week: 350 Wet:dry split: 50:50...
Gurnard's Head
26-Nov-2007
Owner/licensees: Charles and Edmund Inkin Tenure: Freehold Head chef: Matt Williamson Covers: 65 inside, 35 outside Covers per week: 700 (peak) Wet:...
The Gun
26-Nov-2007
Owners: Tom & Ed Martin Head chef: Micky O'Connor Covers: 60 to 70 Covers a week: 700 Best-selling dishes: roast rump of Welsh lamb with baby...
Felin Fach Griffin
26-Nov-2007
Owners: Freehold, Charles and Edmund Inkin Head chef: Ricardo van Ede Covers: 60 inside; 25 outside Covers per week: 600 (peak) Wet:dry split: 33:67...
The Greyhound
26-Nov-2007
The Greyhound, Battersea
The Narrow
26-Nov-2007
Owner: Gordon Ramsay Holdings Head chef: John Collin Restaurant manager: Justin Whitehead Covers: Dining room 32, bar 36 Covers per week: Approx 750...
Olive Branch
26-Nov-2007
Owner/licensees; Ben Jones and Sean Hope Tenure: Freehold Head chef: Sean Hope, chef proprietor Turnover: £1.1m Covers: 48, plus 24 outside Covers...
The Eagle
26-Nov-2007
Owner: Michael Belben Background: The pub was launched in 1991 by Michael Belben and David Eyre. With its tiny open kitchen, next to the bustling...
The Star
26-Nov-2007
Owners: Andrew and Jacquie Pern (freehold) Head chef: Andrew Pern Turnover: £3m Covers per week: Approx 1,000 including private dining Wet:dry split...
Fuller's plans promotion blitz to attract punters
23-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Fuller Smith & Turner is planning a series of key initiatives to entice customers to visit its pubs in the 'down' months of January and...
23-Nov-2007
Fullers has announced a record breaking set of results with adjusted profits up 11% to £12.7m on last year. Revenue for the half year to 29...
22-Nov-2007
MA legal guru urges the media to handle the DCMS licensing stats with care
Lessee loses pub and £10K
22-Nov-2007
A former Marstons lessee claims he has been left more than £10,000 out of pocket following the sale of his pub to Scottish & Newcastle Pub...
Lawyer calls for end to laws penalising licensees
22-Nov-2007
A leading licensed trade lawyer has called on the government to stop penalising good licensees through "oppressive legislation". Speaking at the...
MyShout
22-Nov-2007
Some of these do-gooders need to put 'research' into perspective - and pay a visit to Harrogate, says James Craw So, the previously genteel town of...
PM holds summit talks with trade
22-Nov-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Gordon Brown hosted a summit meeting with the trade to discuss binge drinking and responsible marketing yesterday. Representatives of the on and...
THE GUV'NOR
22-Nov-2007
Dave Burns Don't expect Dubai pubs to offer a comfortable experience, advises this ex-pat Being a Greene King tenant in Bedford was not all it was...
InBrief
22-Nov-2007
Passing-off rate falls dramatically There has been a massive fall in the number of licensed premises substituting branded spirits with cheaper ones....
BarTalk
22-Nov-2007
What's your verdict on Gordon Brown so far? Nick Green Stansfield Arms Apperley Bridge West Yorks He's doing an average job. He's trying his hardest...
NewsDigest
22-Nov-2007
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has cleared the merger of beer-flow monitor companies Brulines and Nucleus Data. Brulines chief executive James...
Hirsute today, gone tomorrow
22-Nov-2007
Christie+Co said farewell to its charismatic pub boss Colin Wellstead last week. And, as befits a man who's sold more pubs than anyone else in the...
THE AGENTS
22-Nov-2007
Andrew Coulter Director of business development at Redwoods Dowling Kerr It was forecast that this would be a difficult year for the pub industry -...
MyNewPub
22-Nov-2007
Nag's Head Saltby Leicestershire John Cox, who has been in the pub trade for 38 years, has just taken on the Nags Head, a community village local in...
Howitt's bars off the market
20-Nov-2007 By James Wilmore
Smoke ban rebel Hamish Howitt is taking his bars off the market and has vowed to take his fight to the European Court of Human Rights. Howitt,...
19-Nov-2007
A West Yorkshire licensee will offer special deals in a bid to beat cheap supermarket booze
19-Nov-2007
One in three police BCUs are taking part in the Christmas campaign targeting venues that serve drunks
Another day, another acquisition
19-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
As City analysts were busy dismissing yet another merger rumour concerning Marston's and Greene King, the latter's Rooney Anand was busy with his...
SABMiller to buy Dutch brewer Grolsch for £580m
19-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
SABMiller, the London and Johannesburg-listed brewer, is set to buy Dutch brewer Koninklijke Grolsch for €816m (£580m).In a statement issued today...
Hamish Champ: Could an industry campaign see off the temperance lobby?
18-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Pronouncements from the self-appointed guardians of the nation's livers last week moved some friends and me to mull over the importance of pubs and...
Channel Islands' pubs up for sale
18-Nov-2007
Channel Islands retail group SandpiperCI is looking to sell its 60-strong pub estate and brewery interests. It also hopes to offload its drinks...
Battle for Scottish & Newcastle takes new twist
16-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
The battle for Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) took a new twist last night as the Carlsberg/Heineken-led consortium publicly appealed directly to...
16-Nov-2007
Undercover police will attempt to catch bar staff serving drunks in Manchester and Carlisle. The MA exclusively revealed that the Home Office was...
16-Nov-2007
Channel Island-based SandpiperCI has put its pubs, brewery and drinks distribution service up for sale. Sandpiper operates more than 42 pubs in...
15-Nov-2007 By The PMA Team
Pub closures are likely to increase during the winter as declining volumes and higher costs take their toll at some wet-led pubs, according to...
Publican Conference 2007: Time for action
15-Nov-2007
Is alcohol the new tobacco? The Publican Conference saw industry experts map out a strategy to face down health lobbyists attempting to make sure it...
Row over pub's "Hitler" sign
15-Nov-2007
A new JD Wetherspoon pub has caused controversy after members of the public claimed the person on its sign resembles Adolf Hitler. The John Masefield...
15-Nov-2007
London brewer and operator Young's has unveiled a 72.1% uplift in profit for the 26 weeks to 29 September 2007. Across its 112-strong managed estate,...
MyShout
15-Nov-2007
Why are people so obsessed with the less pleasant details of everything, asks Stephen Oliver Have you noticed that television has developed a...
THE GUV'NOR
15-Nov-2007
Suzie Dreja The licensee of the Royal Oak, Southampton, shares her vision for the future of that endangered species, the Pubasaurus Britannicus The...
InBrief
15-Nov-2007
Smoke-ban court case adjourned Smoke-ban rebel Nick Hogan's court appearance for allegedly flouting the smoking ban has been adjourned until January....
BarTalk
15-Nov-2007
Is alcohol increasingly looking like the new tobacco? John Ellis Crown Inn Oakengates Telford I think some people are trying to make it the new...
