What the Sunday papers said
24-Jul-2006
A leading US hotel and property group is believed to be interested in launching a £3bn bid for Whitbread. Starwood Capital, which is understood to...
Put your house in order
20-Jul-2006
If you're thinking about selling your pub, there's plenty to be done before the estate agents get involved. TONY HALSTEAD reports
Are you responsible enough?
20-Jul-2006
The MA's Responsible Drinks Retailing is returning for a third year, and we're looking to honour pubs and pubcos that are committed to the cause. JO GROBEL talks to previous winners
Watch out!
20-Jul-2006 By James Wilmore
The debate over foreign satellite systems is once again back on the radar.Earlier this month in Portsmouth, the FA Premier League (FAPL) and Media...
Licensees face up to fall out of Crehan case
20-Jul-2006
Up to 600 licensees are facing legal action from former pub company Inntrepreneur following the loss of the Bernie Crehan case yesterday. Mr Crehan...
Heat wave brings mixed fortunes for pubs
20-Jul-2006
As temperatures have soared to 34C in London and the South East pub licensees and managers have reported mixed fortunes from the exceptionally hot...
Licensees continue to contact The Publican over scams
20-Jul-2006
Floods of licensees have contacted The Publican claiming they have been ripped off by rogue advertising companies. Following the exclusive story last...
20-Jul-2006 By John Harrington
Councils should be able to choose whether applications to vary premises licences are advertised via mailshots to residents instead of in local...
High street operators report mixed fortunes
18-Jul-2006 By Hamish Champ
Regent Inns, which operates the Walkabout and Jongleurs comedy venues chains, claims to have had a good World Cup, with England remaining in the...
What the Sunday papers said
16-Jul-2006
Tadcaster brewer Samuel Smiths has told its pub landlords it expects them to serve pints of draught ale to be served with approximately a five per...
Back at the branch
14-Jul-2006
Charles Wilson is, in the nicest possible way, accosting customers as they wheel trolleys around a branch of Booker. "Sorry to interrupt you," he...
Soho Clubs chief buys two new venues
14-Jul-2006 By Graham Ridout
Soho Clubs & Bars' new chief executive Joachim Ritter has marked his promotion with the acquisition of two flagship venues in London. Last week,...
13-Jul-2006 By Andrew Jefford
Andrew Jefford wonders whether we'll suffer from bland sponsorship at the 2012 Olympics
Utopian dream
13-Jul-2006
The licensed sector is one of those industries people find difficult to leave. Take Bob Senior. The founder and chief executive of North East...
Who's the best?
13-Jul-2006
The three finalists in the Whitby Breaded Scampi Great British Pub Challenge have been selected. The three will now go head-to-head for the title,...
Scam advertising companies target licensees
13-Jul-2006
Scam companies offering advertisements in magazines they claim are for the emergency services are stepping up their pursuit of licensees.The Publican...
Licensee threatened after Welsh flag is used as a target during celebrations
13-Jul-2006
A landlady who received race hate mail over her St George's Day celebrations says she will continue to mark the saint's day next year.Angie Sayer, of...
13-Jul-2006 By John Harrington
A multiple operator faced gas bill hikes of up to 300% after agreeing to change supplier following a "cold call" from a utility agent that allegedly...
Aprèsbars earmarks 13 towns for new venues
13-Jul-2006 By Tony Halstead
The four-strong Aprèsbars chain has unveiled an ambitious list of target towns it wants to open sites in. The company's development plans could see...
Driving force
12-Jul-2006
Andy Longman is a man on a mission. A mission to quite literally put responsible drinking on the menu. Customers visiting one of his six Leeds...
Public wants tighter controls on underage drinking
11-Jul-2006 By James Wilmore
Nearly half of all adults want to see tighter controls on underage drinking in pubs, according to a new report. A survey of 980 people by research...
Tadcaster hits the 60-pub mark
11-Jul-2006
Tenanted and leased pubco Tadcaster Pub Company has reached the 60 outlet barrier with the acquisition of a 16th century coaching inn said to be...
What I Love about Pubs: Georgina Wald
11-Jul-2006
When I was a kid, I was convinced that Julie Andrews (in the guise of Maria in The Sound of Music) would one day turn up to babysit, and it would be...
11-Jul-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Pubgoers in Exeter have launched a petition over fears Heavitree Inns is considering changing the name of their local. Heavitree owns the Horse and...
SABMiller appoints new marketing chief
10-Jul-2006
International brewer SABMiller has confirmed the appointment of Nick Fell as its new group marketing director effective from the start of next...
What the Sunday Papers said
09-Jul-2006
Tony Blair's flagship identity cards scheme is set to fail and may not be introduced for a generation, according to leaked Whitehall e-mails from the...
Laurel investment rolls on with £1.25m venue
06-Jul-2006 By The PMA Team
Laurel Pub Company, the managed operator owned by Robert Tchenguiz, has opened a new £1.25m Ha! Ha! Bar & Canteen venue in London's Victoria as...
CAMRA's view
06-Jul-2006
When EastEnders pub the Queen Vic was up for pub of the year the barstaff were up in arms as two rain-coated bearded boffins came in and discussed...
Comment: Acquisition costs continue to rise
06-Jul-2006
No-one can really be surprised to see yet another family-owned brewer snapped up by a hungry, super-pubco. Even so, after 170 years of trading, it...
Nationwide campaign on underage sales launched
06-Jul-2006
A nationwide campaign to crackdown on underage sales is being launched in Doncaster. The initiative, part of the industry's Challenge 21 campaign,...
Pubs urged to get behind the Drinkaware Trust
06-Jul-2006
Pubs are being urged to get behind a new partnership between the drinks industry and the government aimed at raising awareness of responsible...
06-Jul-2006 By Ewan Turney
Prepare for the smoking ban now and get licence variations and planning applications in as soon as possible - that's the advice from licensing...
06-Jul-2006 By Andrew Pring
If you think your pub's having it tough at the moment, and many are, at least you're not running a nightclub. If you were, you'd probably be...
Off-trade booze bargains cut into pub Cup profits
06-Jul-2006 By Tony Halstead
Licensees and pub companies this week raised a glass to a successful and largely trouble-free World Cup despite England's sad exit from the...
Portsmouth licensees may escape fines over foreign broadcasts
05-Jul-2006 By James Wilmore
Three more Portsmouth licensees look likely to escape prosecution for showing Premiership football via a foreign satellite on the basis they were not...
Po Na Na owner in receivership
05-Jul-2006
The owner of the Po Na Na and Fez Club late-night concepts has gone into receivership, with a new company formed by the management to buy the 18...
04-Jul-2006 By The PMA Team
Utopian Leisure boss Bob Senior is to go head-to-head with his former company, Ultimate Leisure, in Belfast, the Morning Advertiser has learnt....
Thwaites' profits dip on rising costs
04-Jul-2006
Regional brewer Daniel Thwaites has reported a fall in profits for the year to the end of March, with rising costs countering the benefits of...
Noisy pubs face £500 on-the-spot fines
03-Jul-2006 By James Wilmore
Pubs that cause late-night noise will face the threat of a £500 on-the-spot fine under government plans. And the penalty for licensees could rise to...
What the Sunday papers said
03-Jul-2006
Alcohol companies could be banned from sponsoring sport or advertising on television before the 9pm watershed under strict plans being considered by...
30-Jun-2006 By The PMA Team
Heaven & Hell nightclub chain owner Entrepreneurial Leisure has become the first casualty of the new licensing laws after losing trade to pubs...
30-Jun-2006 By The PMA Team
The Po Na Na nightclub operator Barvest has been restructured by way of a controlled receivership, the Morning Advertiser has learnt. The...
Right move
30-Jun-2006 By Hamish Champ
Hemmed in by some of South West London's busiest roads, traffic swirling around its island site in Wandsworth, the future of Young & Co's cramped...
Comment: The consumer environment: on an even keel
30-Jun-2006
With temperatures soaring well into the eighties and the World Cup in full swing, the past few weeks must have seemed like Nirvana to many publicans...
29-Jun-2006 By The PMA Team
Mill House Inns, the managed operator led by Ted Kennedy, is to operate a hotel division after buying the two biggest venues in its history for a...
29-Jun-2006 By The PMA Team
The new licensing regulations are just a little over six months old, but in that time they have had a noticeable effect on behaviour on the town pub...
City Comment: Hamish Champ
29-Jun-2006 By Hamish Champ
It seems that barely a week goes by without yet another bid being launched or a deal being completed for one pub estate or another.According to a...
Village people
29-Jun-2006
Have you set up an internet café in your cellar? Maybe you host regular meetings of the local ferret-keepers club in your function room. You might...
Pub company websites failing disabled
29-Jun-2006
Pub company websites are failing to meet the minimum requirements for the visually impaired. More than three-quarters (86 per cent) of businesses in...
29-Jun-2006 By Roger Protz
Gordon Brown could well be the next Prime Minister so we should listen carefully to what he says. His remarks now are an indication of the policies...
