City news round-up
23-Nov-2001
MBO for CapitalIreland-based Capital Bars, which owns Planet Hollywood, the Major Toms pubs and the Capital Hotel chain, has been approached by its...
Trade holds up despite attacks
22-Nov-2001
Companies boosted by strong sector performanceLeisure groups are standing defiant in the face of terrorist attacks and curbed travel. Companies...
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22-Nov-2001
The threat of a ban on smoking in pubs is not a new one. It has hovered over the trade for more than two years and even now represents a very real...
King maker
21-Nov-2001
Wholesaler King has had to change to meet the needs of the independent publican, says Phil MellowsAs the trend from tenanted to managed houses has...
Right to refuse shifts ruling could hit pub trade
21-Nov-2001
Tribunal sees working mothers given new shift rightsA new ruling giving working mothers the right to refuse shifts which conflict with family...
Against all odds - W&DB's Ralph Findlay
20-Nov-2001
Having led W&DB through Pubmaster's attempted takeover, Ralph Findlay now faces the task of restoring confidence. He talks to Mark Stretton.When...
Scotia Properties snaps up two of Aberdeen's best-known pubs
20-Nov-2001
Things are on the move in Aberdeen after two of the city's best-known pubs were bought by newly set up pub company Scotia Properties.Bex Bar and...
Top tenancies on the market in Scotland
20-Nov-2001
Change in Scottish trade sees rise in high-quality sitesPub companies such as Voyager, Punch and Pubmaster are changing the face of the trade in...
Irish Republic to use identity parades to support ID card campaign
20-Nov-2001
The drinks trade in the Irish Republic is supporting its campaign for a compulsory ID card with a series of identity parades.The parades are designed...
What the Sunday papers said - 18 November
19-Nov-2001
The Mail on SundayFresh merger talks between Pubmaster and Laurel Pub Company were abandoned after just two days. Pubmaster wants to buy Laurel's...
Birmingham drinkers return to city bars
19-Nov-2001
Pub-goers in Birmingham are defying terrorists who struck with a bomb earlier this month by returning to the city centre bars and pubs.Drinkers, many...
Settlement for disabled pub cleaner in Whitbread case
14-Nov-2001
A disabled pub cleaner has been paid a £9,500 settlement by Whitbread after claiming discrimination.Arthritis-sufferer Shelia Prytherch of Derby...
University challenge
14-Nov-2001
Kerry Rogan looks at a new campaign targeted at studentsStudents and drinking are a well-established combination. Like gin and tonic or real ale and...
Mistress of the house - Robin Saunders of Germany's WestLB
13-Nov-2001
Robin Saunders of Germany's WestLB is the woman pulling the strings at Pubmaster. Mark Stretton finds out what else she has planned.The tabloids have...
Bid speculation mounts at Eldridge Pope
13-Nov-2001
Eldridge Pope, the West Country pub operator, is the subject of intense bid speculation with both Greene King and Noble House named as possible...
Pubs are losing up to £50bn without disabled facilities
13-Nov-2001
Sky TV debate highlights discrimination problems and solutionsPubs are losing up to £50bn every year by failing to make their premises accessible to...
Nomura puts Inn Partnership up for sale
12-Nov-2001
Nomura has put Inn Partnership up for sale for an estimated £500m. The 1,250 pub group is one of three pub companies the Japanese investment bank...
What the Sunday papers say - 11 November
12-Nov-2001
Sunday BusinessNomura has put Inn Partnerships, one of three pub companies it owns, up for sale for an estimated £500m. Guy Hands, head of Nomura's...
The weekend City round-up
09-Nov-2001
Punch makes Bagnall redundantBrian Bagnall, the only surviving member from the former Allied Domecq management at Punch Retail, has been made...
Agency bids to save rural pubs
09-Nov-2001
Report targeting suffering pub market is just 'tip of the iceberg'The Countryside Agency has launched a major new initiative aimed at saving rural...
Gambling's a lottery
07-Nov-2001
A report from the Gambling Review Body has not been favourable to the trade. The future looks increasingly uncertainJust six months ago the pub...
Getting a move on
07-Nov-2001
Selling your outlet doesn't have to be too stressfulSo the decision to move on has been made. Whether it is a change in area, pub or even career that...
Foreign affair for trendy bars as tastes change
07-Nov-2001
Foreign vodkas are top of the hit list for customers in the UK's most fashionable bars, according to new research.A team at Newcastle University...
Licensees pay for extra beat officer to cut late-night crime
07-Nov-2001
Trade leaders have warned that licensees could end up paying a "levy" to cover the cost of policing, following the launch of a new scheme in...
Licensees rights with regards to the law
07-Nov-2001
Licensees should be fully aware of police procedures and their rights with regards to the lawby Suzanne Davies, one of thePublican.com's legal exerts...
Regent Home in on Leicester Square superclub
07-Nov-2001
Regent Inns snapped up one of the most celebrated sites in London's West End when it bought the leasehold on Home nightclub in Leicester Square on...
WestLB may securitise whisky stocks
06-Nov-2001
WestLB is exploring the possibility of securitising the Whyte & Mackay whisky stocks.The German bank recently backed the £200m management...
Jennings to dispose of managed pub business
06-Nov-2001
Jennings, the Lakeland-based brewer and pub operator that dates back to 1828, says it is pulling out of managed pubs.The company plans to sell off...
Comments
05-Nov-2001
We asked you to email in any responses you had to the recent delivery-disrupting computer glitches at ScotCo. Here are the responses so far:Ian...
What the Sunday papers said - 4 November
05-Nov-2001
The Sunday TelegraphThe Punch Group has begun talks with Laurel Pub Company over a £5.5bn double merger which would create the biggest pubco in...
BBPA speaks out against gambling proposals
05-Nov-2001
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has met with sports minister Richard Caborn to outline its objections to the recommendations made in the...
Prepare your pub, and yourself, for Christmas
02-Nov-2001
Not only should your trade increase in the run-up to Christmas, but customers' drinking patterns will also change - so you need to vary your usual...
Drinkers back all night pub opening
02-Nov-2001
Pub-Goers survey reveals customers favour 24-hour drinkingPub customers have given the thumbs up to a 24-hour drinking culture - a view that is...
Inventive Leisure - taking its best shot
01-Nov-2001
Inventive Leisure has opened its first London vodka bar. Mark Stretton reports.Last Tuesday the Capital heralded the long-awaited arrival of vodka...
Open all hours?
01-Nov-2001
The Magistrates Association's decision to step in over New Year hours has re-opened the debate on who should control licensing. By Jackie AnnettIt's...
Drinks analyst warns of Price of segmentation
01-Nov-2001
Stuart Price, drinks analyst at WestLB Panmure, has warned of a grim reality facing the UK licensed retail sector.Speaking at The Publican Conference...
Vodka bar eyes international Revolution
01-Nov-2001
Revolution, the vodka bar chain, could be rolled out abroad as part of its ongoing roll-out strategy.The 25-strong bar brand, which is owned by...
Trust sells £6.57m of W&DB shares
01-Nov-2001
A staff trust has sold £6.57m of Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries' shares. The annoucement that Baily Thomas Charitable Trust had disposed of...
Drinkers lend a hand as licensees mop up eighth flood
31-Oct-2001
Unlucky licensees Bill Plumbe and Gloria Williams from the Sweet Home Inn in Poole, Dorset, have been mopping up after their eighth flood in just two...
Booking acts
31-Oct-2001
A revival of interest in live entertainment has increased the availability of acts which are suited to the pub circuit - but how do you go about...
Many hoppy returns! CAMRA's 30th anniversary
31-Oct-2001
CAMRA recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. Phil Mellows tells the storyMy drinking life coincides almost exactly with the history of the...
Regional sales are on the rise
31-Oct-2001
Regions receive a boost from recent shift in tourismProperty agents believe a shift in tourism away from Britain's major cities is helping the...
Hugh Osmond buys stake in Belgo
31-Oct-2001
Hugh Osmond, founder of Punch Taverns, has bought up a two per cent stake in Belgo, the beer and chips chain run by Luke Johnson.Matthew Allen, a...
Murphy's law - the man behind new pubco Balaclava
30-Oct-2001
Mark Stretton meets Leo Murphy, the man behind new pub company Balaclava.The trade has been swamped by various catastrophes including foot-and-mouth...
Carling buyers set for auction
30-Oct-2001
Financial details of business sent to potential biddersThe first round of bidding for Carling draws ever closer. Interbrew, the Belgian brewer that...
Licensee awarded for services to disabled
29-Oct-2001
A Shropshire licensee has beaten two major pub chains to take a top award for services to disabled customers.Norman Pearce, licensee of the Sun Inn...
Blow for London pubs as tourists shun city in favour of regions
29-Oct-2001
American tourists are shunning London in favour of the regions, according to new figures for September - bringing bad news for the capital's pubs and...
What the Sunday papers said - 28 October
29-Oct-2001
The Sunday TimesWhitbread is expected to shelve £70m of new ventures to offset losses caused by the downturn that followed the September 11...
Pub cannabis use to be discussed
26-Oct-2001
Trade leaders have demanded a meeting with the Home Office and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) to discuss cannabis use in pubs.They...
SFI: To buy or not to buy?
25-Oct-2001
The name on everyone's lips at the moment is SFI Group, the pubs and bars group that owns the Slug and Lettuce and Bar Med brands. The stock has been...
