Churchill Inns, the Wellingborough-based pub business, and sister group Clementines Taverns have been placed into administration, M&C Report has learnt.
The majority of licensees in England and Wales support plans to introduce a minimum price on alcohol, according to a national survey by the BII (British Institute of Innkeeping).
The Premier League will no longer use Media Protection Services (MPS) to prosecute licensees it believes have illegally infringed its rights by broadcasting football through a foreign satellite system.
Admiral Taverns has begun a push to unearth new licensee talent by appointing one of its experienced business development managers as a recruitment consultant.
Police in Grantham, Lincolnshire, have decided to “redistribute” officers on weekend nights with the aim of putting an emphasis on pubs and clubs to do more to reduce alcohol-related crimes.
A Essex licensee who was forced to remove three rainbow flags from the front of his pub has said that the “grief and anguish” it has caused is worth more than an apology from the local council.
The Black Bull Inn in Penwortham, Lancashire, has become the latest pub to install a defibrillator after a customer had a suspected heart attack during its weekly Thursday night quiz.
Old Orleans turned around a loss to generate pre-tax profits of £779,000 in the 34 weeks to 24 September 2011, a fortnight after owner Intertain sold the eight-strong chain to Mitchells & Butlers (M&B).
Turnover across the UK’s informal eating-out market is set to grow by 3% to reach £52bn in 2012 and is forecast to rise to £65bn by 2017, according to the latest research by Allegra.
Pop legend, Paul Young visited the White Horse Inn, Launceston, last Thursday evening (2nd August) and surprised some of the locals by helping to pour pints for them.
The percentage of young pub goers (18-24 year olds) visiting the pub regularly – once a week or more – has plummeted from 38% to 16% since 2005 - new research from CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) has revealed.
Imagine my horror when I discovered I was going to be spending a day at The Great British Beer Festival this week. Not, you understand, because I’ll be attending what is effectively the world’s biggest pub – I’m quite looking forward to spending Tuesday...
LT Pub Management, the pub management business led by Billy Buchanan, has turned around a loss to report a pre-tax profit of £674,000 in the 12 months to 25 December 2011.
The Publican’s Morning Advertiser (PMA) is backing a campaign with StartUp Britain and Pub is the Hub to put pubs at the centre of boosting the economy.
A trade body for pubs in Northern Ireland has welcomed plans to extend opening hours in the province, although venues that do so would be charged an additional late-night levy.
Two pub companies — St Austell Brewery and Heavitree Brewery — are the latest companies to pay for BII (British Institute of Innkeeping) membership and training for their licensees.
A Norfolk landlady is hoping to push pubs to the top of the Government’s agenda after attending Labour’s inaugural business reception in London last week.
British Gas has teamed up with the Plain English Campaign to help pubs and other small businesses understand the “complex jargon” which often hinders them getting the best energy deal.
Licensees that offer live and recorded music in their pubs see an increase of £667 in sales at weekends – that’s according to new research from CGA Strategy.
TLC Inns, the multi-site operator led by Steve Haslam and Jo Drain, has identified two more sites for the rollout of its American restaurant and bar concept Grand Central.
Fuller’s has blamed the rain for a 1% fall in like-for-likes across its managed arm in the 15 weeks to 14 July, although the Jubilee and Euro 2012 lifted sales in its tenanted and beer divisions.
Phoenix Pub Group, the newly incorporated umbrella company operating c.80 pubs mostly in south-east England, plans to expand to about 120 sites over three years following a period of churn.
Pubs are being urged to respond to a consultation on a new draft code of practice for age restricted sales which has been issued by the Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO).
Hertfordshire pub, the Harpenden Arms, has won the Master Cellarman of the Year award for the second time from London brewer and pub retailer Fuller, Smith & Turner.
An Essex couple are set to celebrate 30 years at their pub on 21 July. Lesley Day took over the Admiral Taverns-owned White Admiral in Harlow, Essex, with husband Ray, when she was 29, and feels she wouldn’t have made it without her customers.
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has warned licensees to be careful what they wish for when asking for pub business rates to be calculated in the same way as shops.
It is a busy time of year right now and balancing cost control with great customer service is a challenge. Add in the additional effort for promotional activity vital to keep that sparkle in your customers’ eyes and it makes it a serious job.
If the industry can demonstrate that self-regulation is working over the pubco-tenant relationship, the Business Innovation and Skills Committee (BISC) chairman, Adrian Bailey, will recommend “no further action”.
Scotland, or at least the Scottish Government, is proud to find itself at the cutting edge of global alcohol policy. The decision to pioneer minimum unit pricing is a symbol of that, as much as a practical measure.
Following the Good Pub Guide's controversial claim that thousands of pubs are "stuck in the 1980s", the PMA reminisces about the things from that era - and even further back - that you don't see in pubs anymore.
Five years after the introduction of the smoking ban in England, almost seven out of 10 licensees want the legislation amended to allow for separate smoking rooms in pubs.
Pubs are missing out on serious upselling opportunities compared to venues such as fast-food outlets and coffee shops. That was the message from two Tenanted Pub Company Summit speakers in London last week.
