04-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
Batemans, the Lincolnshire based independent brewer and retailer, has enjoyed record beer sales during 2009. The brewery benefited from a 5%...
28-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Manchester brewer JW Lees plans to freeze the wholesale and retail price of its beers during 2010. The brewer said it would be "cynical" to raise...
26-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
A former Joseph Holt's pub manager has been awarded £43,500 in compensation after being sacked over accusations of watering down beer. Trade union...
22-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Scottish pub and restaurant operator Maclay Inns plans to open five new venues in 2010 after reporting strong sales over the Christmas period....
21-Jan-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Urban & Country Leisure, the managed multiple operator headed up by Ross Sanders, has taken on a new site, bringing its estate to 14 pubs. The...
Luminar issues profit warning
14-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Luminar Group were trading more than 11 per cent down today at 42.25p after the nightclub operator issued a profits warning and admitted...
14-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
The Orchid Group has taken on a lease at the Crown Point Inn in Sevenoaks, Kent after its sale to Quercus Partners. Quercus purchased the pub from...
BrewDog hits share subscription target
11-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Maverick Scottish brewer BrewDog says it has hit the target for its proposed £2.3m fund raising exercise to go ahead. The Aberdeen-based brewer,...
BrewDog needs £47,000 to complete share issue
06-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
BrewDog, the controversial Scottish brewer, revealed today it is nearly £47,000 short of what it needs to complete a multi-million pound share issue...
04-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Peach pub company operations director Paul Cutsforth is to leave the company to join the board of managed operator Orchid at the end of March. Peach...
15-Dec-2009 By The PMA Team
Orchid Group, the managed pub operator, is expected to announce the acquisition of the troubled Premium Bars & Restaurants (PBR) business.
Orchid buys Premium Bars & Restaurants venues
15-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Orchid Group, the private equity-backed pub operator announced today it had bought 43 venues from the administrators of Premium Bars &...
01-Dec-2009 By Tony Halstead
Peach has acquired the freehold of the Richard Onslow at Cranleigh, Surrey — its third new site in as many weeks.
Wine bar operator Davy's is selling two sites
27-Nov-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Wine bar operator Davy's is selling two sites — the Dock Blida in Central London and Croydon's the Wine Vault.
19-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Urban & Country Leisure, the managed multiple headed by Ross Sanders, has opened three new pubs to take its estate to 12 sites. It has...
17-Nov-2009 By Tony Halstead
Peach has unveiled the latest addition to its pub estate, an £800,000 investment in a new build site the Almanack in Leicester city centre.
Tavistock to run Alexandra pub as managed house
17-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
North East operator Tavistock Leisure will now run the Alexandra in Grangetown, Sunderland as a managed house. Tavistock acquired the Alexandra for...
12-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Loungers has opened a new site in a suburban part of Southampton and has two openings lined up for the next six months.
09-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
Managed pub company Tattershall Castle Group is re-opening nine sites in as many weeks after refurbishments.
29-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
One key relationship in the pub sector is the one between pubcos and their multiple tenants. The PMA Team looks at the results of a Morning...
21-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Foundation Inns is gearing up to open its sixth site, following a £500,000 refurbishment at a pub in Oxfordshire. The King's Head & Bell, at...
BrewDog looking to raise £2.3m from share sale
20-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
BrewDog, the maverick brewery responsible for producing the UK's strongest beer, is to invite the public to invest in the company via the internet....
20-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Controversial micro-brewer BrewDog is hoping to raise £2.3m through a share rights issue to fund a carbon neutral brewery in Aberdeen.
13-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Orchid boss Rufus Hall has said that the company will look to re-open a base in the north-east for Premium Bars and Restaurant (PBR) after Orchid completes its take-over plan.
Suburban Style Bars goes into administration
09-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
Bradford-headquartered Suburban Style Bars (SSB) is currently on the market after going into administration. The business, formerly owned by Andy...
Moleface pubco to open fourth site
01-Oct-2009 By Jo Bruce
Nottinghamshire-based pubco Moleface is opening a fourth site — the Royal Oak Pub and Kitchen in Radcliffe-upon-Trent.
25-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Nightclub company Luminar has reported a "significant risk" it will not meet profit forecasts for its current year, which ends on 25 February 2010. ...
25-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Suffolk brewer Adnams was a victim of the price-fixing scandal in the construction industry, the Office of Fair Trading has revealed.
Luminar warns on profits as young stay at home
25-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
Luminar, the UK's largest nightclub owner, has warned there is a "significant risk" it will not meet its full-year profit expectations next February,...
Liberation Group hails successful first year
22-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Jersey-based pubco and brewer Liberation Group has reported revenues and pre-tax earnings have grown in the wake of its buyout from retail operation...
ALMR welcomes mandatory code's possible delay
17-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has welcomed the recommendation by Trade Secretary Lord Mandelson to delay introduction of the...
'Luminar targets 'divorced, single and dumped' market'
15-Sep-2009
If you are single, solvent and looking for love, then Stephen Thomas has a tip: go to one of his clubs. The chief executive of Luminar, the country's...
04-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Devizes-based Wadworth saw a 1% drop in turnover to £49.609m in its most recent year to 30 September 2008, but operating profit was down 13% to...
01-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Managed pub company Tattershall Castle Acquisitions has sold the lease of the Minerva Hotel pub in Hull, East Yorkshire, to local operator Phil Daly,...
Novus enters JV with Mahiki entrepreneurs
28-Aug-2009 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Novus Leisure, the privately-owned bar operator, is to team up with the entrepreneurs behind Mahiki, the high-profile Mayfair nightclub, M&C...
27-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team
Lincolnshire brewer and pub retailer Batemans has reported an 8% increase in barrelage in its most recent year to just over 30,000 barrels....
18-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Nightclub operator Luminar Leisure has announced a 95.5% take-up from shareholders on its plan to raise £35.75, through a new share issue. On 31...
14-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team
Loungers, the 10-strong neighbourhood café bar group based in the south-west, is set to add eight new sites by the end of 2010 as it expands away...
12-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team
The group installed ten brewing vessels at its site in Hartlepool which will increase beer production from 375,000 barrels a year to about one...
12-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Charles Wells has sold 11 pubs with a further four under offer of the batch of 24 it put up for sale. The rural and urban pubs range in price from...
03-Aug-2009 By John Harrington
McMullens Brewery boss has given an impassioned plea to the Government to drop plans for its mandatory alcohol retailing code.
30-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Hertfordshire brewer and retailer McMullen's believes that it is well-placed to buy pubs after avoiding paying peak-of-market prices in recent years....
Luminar sees 'slight' improvement in tough market
17-Jul-2009
Luminar Group has sounded a cautiously optimistic note about trading conditions in the cut-throat town centre market. Updating shareholders at its...
08-Jul-2009 By Jo Bruce
A Kiwi chef has added a third pub to his group of Norfolk inns. Chris Coubrough, owner of Flying Kiwi Inns, has taken on a private lease at the...
Jobs safe for now as Dark Star Scotland goes into administration
29-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Scottish bar, restaurant and hotel businesses Dark Star Scotland Limited has been placed in administration.The Glasgow-based company operates a chain...
11-Jun-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Average pub turnover fell by 1.8% last year as costs in-creased 4% to a huge 52% of turnover, according to the ALMR.
01-Jun-2009 By John Harrington
Six out of 10 Wadworth tenants agree their rent is fair, according to survey commissioned by the Wiltshire brewer and pub operator. A total of 60% agreed with the statement "I believe my rent is fair for the business I do".
Foundation duo to run Close sites
29-May-2009 By The PMA Team
The board of the Close Imperial Pub Company has chosen Foundation Inns bosses Ian Grundy and Gavin Drew to run its six-strong estate, following a...
27-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Peach Pub Company has secured its eleventh site and launched a search for its next joint-venture partner. The company will open its second Almanack...
14-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
Late night operator has reported a post-tax loss of £21.5m for the year after writing down the value of its investment in 3D Entertainment.
