'Follow lead of Fuller's on RPI rents'
07-Apr-2011 By Ewan Turney
A trade expert has challenged pubcos to follow the lead of Fuller's and cap RPI-indexed rent rises at 3%. The record level of the Retail Prices...
07-Apr-2011 By PMA Reporter
The best licensees, pubs and companies have all been rewarded for their outstanding efforts at The Publican Awards. At a glamorous ceremony at the...
06-Apr-2011 By Lesley Foottit
A man fell 50 feet to his death from a fourth floor balcony at Tiger Tiger in Manchester at the weekend.
06-Apr-2011 By Gurjit Degun
A Devon licensee has hit out at the business rate-relief system after he missed out on the rates holiday, extended in the Budget for another year,...
06-Apr-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Tenants at six Brakspear pubs have received £2,000 each as winners of the first ever Hospitality Awards. The awards were made to the licensees who...
Don't empower those wanting to close pubs
05-Apr-2011 By Greg Mulholland
The pubco model stifles entrepreneurship when we need this to revitalise pubs, says Greg Mulholland.
05-Apr-2011 By Lesley Foottit
St Austell Brewery has launched its own iPhone app with an Ale Trail game to reward customers with prizes as they visit more pubs.
04-Apr-2011 By MA reporter
Pub operator Healy Group has taken on six pubs on tenancy-at-will agreements in the past year as it switches focus away from long leases.
04-Apr-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
A total of 126 high-volume, mostly freehold pubs that were formerly part of Robert Tchenguiz's empire have been put on the market.
04-Apr-2011 By The PMA Team
East Midlands pub operator Orange Tree is branching out into nightclubs with plans to open its first two venues in the near future. The group,...
04-Apr-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Charles Wells is encouraging 50 of its community pubs to drive trade during March and April by offering them a chance to "win a Wells for a day"....
04-Apr-2011 By Gurjit Degun
The Campaign for Real Ale is once again preparing for a month of campaigning in May to celebrate the mild beer style. CAMRA will target consumers...
04-Apr-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
London-based pub operator Capital Pub Company has bought its 33rd site, a freehold in Dulwich for £1.55m. The 3,000 sq ft Mansion pub on Gypsy Hill...
04-Apr-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Oxfordshire based Hook Norton held its Gold Awards on Friday to reward its best tenants. The awards aim to reward the high standards and excellence...
01-Apr-2011 By The PMA Team
Bravo Inns, the Warrington-based pub operator, is set to complete on four new sites by mid-May to take its estate to 28 freeholds. Managing...
01-Apr-2011 By Gurjit Degun
A licensee is urging others to keep an eye on their bills and bank balance, after encountering an ongoing energy nightmare with several suppliers....
01-Apr-2011 By Graham Ridout
People power has helped secure the future of licensees at two Greene King outlets who were at risk of losing their pubs. Regulars at the Red Lion in...
01-Apr-2011 By Lesley Foottit
The woman behind Drake & Morgan has won the Outstanding Entrepreneur award at the Women 1st Shine Awards. Jillian MacLean was also named as one...
31-Mar-2011 By Gurjit Degun
A new independent body for door staff regulation will replace the Security Industry Authority (SIA) by 2013.
Karen Black: Still here and going down fighting
31-Mar-2011
I read in the Express today that pubs and bars are still going out of business at a ridiculous rate. The arguments put forward include cheap...
The Publican merges with Morning Advertiser
31-Mar-2011
After more than three decades of covering the UK pub trade as a standalone title The Publican is joining forces with the Morning Advertiser. The...
31-Mar-2011 By Jo Bruce
Restaurant operators Mark Friend and Steve Slater have opened a new gastropub inside one of Liverpool's most famous buildings. The duo, who own...
31-Mar-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Thousands of pubs will pay no business rates for another year — or will see rate relief double, from October. The Morning Advertiser can reveal...
Mike Saul: Banks are in the lending game, and are still playing
30-Mar-2011
"Banks are in the business of lending, and it's what we're doing. This does not mean that securing funding is without its challenges and it is clear...
The Publican: 36 years in the business
30-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
The Publican has been in business for 36 years but this week is the last issue before we merge with our old rival the Morning Advertiser. Looking...
New form of SIA will have 'teeth' to deal with issues
30-Mar-2011 By James Wilmore
The replacement body for the Security Industry Authority (SIA), which regulates pub doorstaff, will have "statutory teeth" to deal with problems in...
30-Mar-2011 By Phil Mellows
Phil Mellows looks at how the pub industry has evolved since the 1989 Beer Orders.
29-Mar-2011 By Phil Mellows
Selling Balls Brothers to Novus Leisure is just the latest deal by Paul Hemming. But he's not just a number-cruncher, as Phil Mellows discovers.
29-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
ETM Group is to open two new venues in the Grade II listed Whitbread Brewery building in the City.
Ban George Osborne from your pub, urges licensee
29-Mar-2011 By James Wilmore
A licensee has started a campaign to get Chancellor George Osborne banned from as many pubs as possible across the UK. William Lea, of the Trengilly...
29-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
The licensee of Kate Middleton's favourite pub has rubbished claims that her family is unhappy with the events he has planned for the night of the...
29-Mar-2011 By Graham Ridout
A Cornish nightclub owner is facing a hefty bill after being caught playing copyright music without a proper licence. Matthew Cudlipp, who runs...
28-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team
William Reed Business Media, owner of the Morning Advertiser, has bought The Publican and will merge the two magazines from 7 April. The Publican's Morning Advertiser will combine best items of content from each magazine, website and events.
Hamish Champ: What makes a great pub?
28-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
What, in the current economic climate or indeed any economic climate, makes a great pub? Is it the physical environment one finds on entering, or...
Warning for licensees after cellar death
28-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
A stark health and safety warning has been sent to licensees after a publican was jailed when a customer plunged to his death by falling through a...
Fight to convince government over duty will go on, says Neame
28-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
"Needless to say 'extremely disappointing'." Jonathan Neame's reaction to last week's Budget was echoed across the pub sector, but the chief...
Licensee's foreign satellite conviction quashed by High Court
28-Mar-2011 By James Wilmore
A licensee has had a conviction for screening foreign satellite football overturned by the High Court in London. Gregory Turner, of the Golden Cup,...
28-Mar-2011 By Ewan Turney
A licensee has had his conviction for screening Premier League football via a foreign satellite system quashed by the High Court. In March last...
Another Budget, another industry campaign falls on deaf ears
26-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
Looking at the latest Budget can those lobbying the government hope to learn any lessons on how better to get its message across? Given Jonathan...
25-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
Live music and other entertainment provisions could be taken out of the licensing regime, in a move that could make it easier for venues to host gigs. DCMS has already given partial backing to a Bill that wants licence exemptions for small gigs.
25-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
The BII is eyeing plans to facilitate small-scale financing for licensees and pub owners, via a third party, for those who make a good business case.
Licensees register 'serious complaints' over pubco codes
24-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
More than 20 "serious complaints" about pubcos have been raised with the board that oversees how the new industry codes of practice are being...
24-Mar-2011 By Ewan Turney
Local authorities are set to unveil new undercover stings to clamp down on so-called "proxy" purchases of alcohol. Independent test-purchasing...
24-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
MA forum poster and blogger Publican Sam has updated his easy-to-use GP calculator for fellow licensees to coincide with the 7.5% hike in beer duty...
Mark Daniels: Society of Licensees - reinventing the wheel?
23-Mar-2011
Like many great ideas, the premise for the Society of Licensees came up in a discussion over a few pints of beer and a game of poker. As a mix of...
Andrew Pring: The UK has too many pubs
23-Mar-2011 By James Wilmore
The UK has an excess of pubs and many bad ones are run by illiterate and innumerate people, a respected industry observer has told MPs. Andrew...
PubAid's call to arms to licensees
23-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubs across the country are being urged to help show just how much the sector collectively raises for charity. The team behind the website PubAid...
23-Mar-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Pubs need more investment to boost the industry and encourage people to keep visiting their local. That was the consensus at think tank The Bow...
23-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
High-profile ex-policeman Brian Paddick has labelled enforcement of underage alcohol sales "laughable" and suggested licences should be revoked after...
23-Mar-2011 By Robyn Black
Soft drinks put in a resilient performance last year in the on-trade, outgrowing ale, lager and stout with value up 1% to £2.8bn, according to the...
