Darlings of the stock market?
08-Dec-2006
As we approach the end of another year (where did 2006 go to!!!) and with the reporting season virtually complete, it is worth considering how well...
What's in a number?
08-Dec-2006 By Hamish Champ
There's been a flurry of financial reporting activity recently: Greene King, Marston's - neé Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries - Brulines and the...
Scrooge is heading to a pub near you, says research
08-Dec-2006
Watch out for the Christmas Scrooge in your pub, is the warning of some new research. Snack manufacturer Mr Porky said the most common lie told by...
08-Dec-2006
Research reveals top ten lies told in pubs.
07-Dec-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Portsmouth host warned-off using foreign satellite systems hits out because neighbouring Greene King managed pubs are still using them
BII Nita winners announced
07-Dec-2006
Winners of the BII Nita awards were celebrating today at an exclusive event at the New Armouries at the Tower of London today. The NITAs, which are...
Licensees come to the rescue
07-Dec-2006
When Anna and Richard Scott, licensees at the Tal-y-Cafn hotel in North Wales, heard an almighty bang just before the lunchtime rush on a busy...
07-Dec-2006 By John Harrington
A trading standards boss has called for pubs to get more protection against scammers who claim to be selling ads in magazines for emergency services....
Pockets picked in aid of kids
07-Dec-2006
The Regional Brewers' Nat-ional Account Managers' Christmas lunch kicked off the festive season in fine style last week, with Stuart Bateman stealing...
Joker
07-Dec-2006
When four of Santa's elves fell ill, and the trainee elves could not produce toys as fast as their regular colleagues, Santa began to feel the...
Wise pubs will profit from the ban
07-Dec-2006
We know the date. The pub industry faces an outright smoking ban from 1 July next year and needs to grasp the change as both a challenge and an...
Going with the flow
07-Dec-2006
Over the last 15 years, regulars at The Taps have poured more than half a million pounds into good causes. Tony Halstead joins locals in raising a...
BarTalk
07-Dec-2006
Will you be prepared for the English smoking ban on 1 July 2007? Paul Bowes The Black Bull Wylam Northumbria No time is a good time as far as I am...
Host claims FAPL targets small pubs
07-Dec-2006 By Iain O'Neil iain.oneil@william-reed.co.uk
A Portsmouth host who was warned-off using foreign satellite systems to screen football has hit out because neighbouring Greene King- managed pubs...
No half measures
07-Dec-2006
Morning Advertiser held its Responsible Drinks Retailing 2006 awards to honour those licensees who go the extra mileManaged chain Winner: Regent Inns...
Old Welsh words used for pub signs
07-Dec-2006
Pubs in Wales will be forced to carry no-smoking signs using an old-fashioned Welsh word that health minister Brian Gibbons admits people won't...
Responsibility: still a must
07-Dec-2006
July 1 and the start of the smoking ban is probably the issue uppermost in most licensees' minds - that and the tougher trading conditions most...
CityBriefs
07-Dec-2006
Mint buys four Fuller's venues London Bar operator The Mint Group has confirmed the leasehold purchase of three London sites and a Bristol site from...
UPC outshines all W&D's ventures
07-Dec-2006 By Andrew Pring andrew.pring@william-reed.co.uk
Union Pub Company (UPC) was the star performer for Wolverhampton & Dudley (W&D) last year, driving up operating profits by 23% to £80m on...
Left smarting by Smartbox
07-Dec-2006
Controversial screen media company Smartbox went bust owing large sums of money to hundreds of licensees, who are tied into onerous three-year lease...
MyShout
07-Dec-2006
It's about time we fought our corner before alcohol becomes a dirty word says Peter Linacre I have a proposal. Let's go out and hire the best...
John Young slips the surly bonds of earth
07-Dec-2006
The great and the good of the brewing world and hundreds of friends came together last Thursday to bid farewell to Young's late chairman and industry...
Jonathan Webster set to leave Hardys & Hansons
06-Dec-2006 By Hamish Champ
Jonathan Webster expects to leave his role as managing director of Hardys & Hansons at the end of next month, once the Nottinghamshire brewer has...
Brulines sees turnover double in first half
05-Dec-2006 By Hamish Champ
Installing its equipment into thousands of Enterprise Inns' pubs helped boost first half turnover growth for Brulines, the manufacturer of beer flow...
05-Dec-2006
The Charity Commission has issued a warning to licensees to be wary of bogus charity collectors. It has listed its top tips to help publicans stop...
Wolves still wants to hunt down pub deals
04-Dec-2006 By Hamish Champ
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries (W&DB) is still in the market to do acquisitions, despite announcing last week it was intent on returning at...
What The Sunday Papers Said
03-Dec-2006
Pub grub provider Brake Brothers is believed to be preparing for a stock market listing. According to sources CDR, the company's private equity...
01-Dec-2006
ALMR hits out at Government for announcing start date for the smoking ban but failing to give licensees the tools to prepare.
A right Royal Variety Performance
01-Dec-2006 By Hamish Champ
Until relatively recently, pub companies were seen as safe, reliable and ever-so-slightly dull investments. Aside from steady, cash-generative...
The REIT stuff?
01-Dec-2006 By Hamish Champ
It's hard to imagine Tim Clarke, the reserved chief executive of Mitchells & Butlers, dancing on the tables of one of his establishments. But...
Best of the bunch
01-Dec-2006
PubChef looks at new equipment launches and ask licensees and chefs to tell us about devices working well for them. My fab four Chris Bicknell, head...
Imitating art
01-Dec-2006
Susan Nowak steps back in time to sample a taste of 16th-century Flemish living. A huge pair of bloomers and other bits of laundry flap from a...
Haven in the hills
01-Dec-2006
Wellington Arms, Baughurst Road, Baughurst, Hampshire Tel: 0118 982 0110 The "Welly", formerly a hunting lodge for the Duke of Wellington, is...
30-Nov-2006 By The Morning Advertiser
A Punch licensee who appeared on Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares last week has hit out at his pubco after a huge rent rise five hours before the show was screened.
Fuller's looking for further acquisitions
30-Nov-2006 By The PMA Team
London brewer Fuller's would be happy to spend as much as £200m on another major acquisition after the successful integration of the Gale's estate....
Smartbox collapse leaves licensees locked in
30-Nov-2006
Hundreds of licensees have been left tied to hire purchase deals on equipment they cannot use following the collapse of controversial interactive TV...
Waste plant battle for pub
30-Nov-2006
REGULARS AT a pub in North Yorkshire are leading the fight to block plans to build a waste composting and shredding site next door.More than 100...
Beadle foils Bond's undercover exposé
30-Nov-2006
As marketing stunts go, JDW's "Mission to Mock" seemed to rank among the best: First, take an area manager from Cardiff with the name Bond - that's...
THE AGENTS
30-Nov-2006
Timothy Meek Agency Director James A Baker At any one time, the number of freehold pub sites on the market with development potential has never been...
Crunch time for Europe's best
30-Nov-2006 By Richard Ross
The final matches of the Champions League group stage are coming up and there are spots in the next round to fight for, with Premiership clubs in...
Giving dry a try
30-Nov-2006
Setting up a food offer needn't cost the earth or tax your culinary abilities. Andrew Burnyeat shows you how to avoid those sleepless nights as you...
Tread warily over pub poker
30-Nov-2006
Pub gaming has always been fraught with difficulty, because of the severe limitations and restrictions placed upon it. There has been a long-held...
LETTERs
30-Nov-2006
LESG has finished u s We took on a pub three years ago called the Queen's Head in Horton, Telford, Shropshire. When we bought it we were under the...
'DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT'
30-Nov-2006
Each month a senior buyer from our panel talks anonymously and candidly about the latest brand developments It was when my contact at InBev started...
MyShout
30-Nov-2006
Invading hordes are adopting a new guise in modern-day York, says Stephen Oliver Every time I travel to York I pack my waders and inflatable canoe,...
Wrong music tariffs cost licensees dear
30-Nov-2006 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Many pubs and clubs are paying far too much for licences to play recorded music because they have been put on the wrong tariff. That is the claim of...
The GUV'NOR Graham Rowson
30-Nov-2006
Proper planning prevents poor performance says the licensee of the Plungington Tavern in Preston, Lancashire Imagine looking around one of your bar...
Act is changing pub habits says survey
30-Nov-2006 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Drinking habits are evolving due to licensing reform, with people more likely to stay longer in community pubs. This is according to a survey of...
BarTalk
30-Nov-2006
In an ideal world, what would you like for Christmas? Dave Daly Cahoots Blackpool The smoking ban to be partially lifted - we want to have the right...
Pubcos face severe underage penalties
30-Nov-2006 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Pubcos could face fines of £10,000 if one of their pubs persistently serve underage drinkers under new laws. With much of the focus from the Violent...
