Licensee wins rent paid for a year
22-Jun-2010
A lucky licensee will have his rent paid a year after winning £30,000 in a competition run by brewers Shepherd Neame. Geoff Mountain, licensee of...
Licensees getting in the Proud of Pubs spirit
22-Jun-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubs across the country are gearing up to host a range of events and activities to mark Proud of Pubs Week 2010. This year's week runs from July 19...
22-Jun-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The charity single released last week to help raise funds to save the Great British pub has been picked up by an independent online jukebox company....
21-Jun-2010 By Jay Smith
Licensee Jay Smith gives a view on the challenges facing tenants in the wake of the Morning Advertiser's Tenanted Pub Company Summit.
21-Jun-2010 By Roger Protz
A committed couple have proved Enterprise Inns wrong by resurrecting Ipswich pub the Dove Street Inn, says Roger Protz.
21-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Stockport-based brewer Frederic Robinson has signed a multi-million pound order to upgrade the brewhouse at its Unicorn Brewery in Stockport.
21-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Bidders for Bay Restaurants have been given a deadline of the end of July for full and final offer for the business. The sale, which is being...
It's official: austerity starts tomorrow. Probably
21-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
There is hope - though not expectation - in the City and beyond that the government's stance on the pub sector will be an improvement on its...
21-Jun-2010 By John Harrington
Two Derbyshire hosts have had their rent paid for a year, plus a bit extra, after coming up trumps in a promotion for Shepherd Neame's Spitfire ale.
21-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Pub website Useyourlocal.com is offering consumers the chance to score their local pub — including rating the drinks offer.
21-Jun-2010 By Jo Bruce
Whitbread it is to roll out an innovative food waste recycling scheme to more than 300 of its hotels and restaurants this year. The company is...
18-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team & Mark Stretton
The PMA Team and Mark Stretton give their views on last week's Pub Company Summit, which ended in a controversial presentation by MP Greg Mulholland.
Auctions offer rich pub pickings
18-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Buyers are picking up bargain pubs at auctions in the north-west and Midlands, with one site being picked up for £50,000 less than its guide price.
Caroline Nodder: A critical few weeks for the pub trade
18-Jun-2010 By Caroline Nodder
The next few weeks are going to be really critical for our industry. Not only are we about to hear from the horse's mouth what kind of a taxation...
Industry fears tax hikes in emergency Budget
18-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
Brewers and pub operators are clinging to the hope that next week's emergency Budget does not feature a 'double whammy' of tax increases: beer duty...
'Belfast pubs put in administration'
17-Jun-2010
The companies behind a popular chain of well known music venues and bars in Belfast have gone into administration. John Hansen of KPMG was appointed...
16-Jun-2010 By Trust Inns
Experienced licensee looking for a new challenge? Unique pub business opportunities with as little or as much support as you need. Because Trust...
Capital Pub Co to tap shareholders for acquisition cash
16-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
Capital Pub Company hopes to boost its chances of snapping up more pubs in the near future by raising millions of pounds via a rights issue. The...
16-Jun-2010 By Neil Robertson
BII chief executive Neil Robertson talks about how licensees can increase footfall and the overall benefits of this festival for pubs.
16-Jun-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Royal Bank of Scotland is thought to be close to appointing a pub group to operate Merchant Inns.
Mark Daniels: Dear George...
15-Jun-2010
Dear George, Firstly, let me congratulate you on your promotion to Chancellor of the Exchequer. I'm sure it was quite exciting, 'winning' the...
New name for Northern Ireland trade group
15-Jun-2010
Northern Ireland's leading pub trade body has been renamed in a bid to promote the industry's image. The Federation of the Retail Licensed Trade...
'Boozed-up kids are hospital bed blockers'
15-Jun-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Boozy kids as young as 10 are blocking hospital beds after being admitted for alcohol problems. The number of under-16s arriving drunk at accident...
14-Jun-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Licensees have been warned to look out for lower-priced alcohol after more than 400 counterfeit bottles were confiscated from pubs in Lancashire.
King Cobra's bid to conquer the world
14-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
Lord Karan Bilimoria, the founder of Cobra Beer, says the clinking sound of a bottling line is "music to my ears". Celebrating the first anniversary...
Pubs and politics - a heady mix
14-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
Political intervention in the pub industry, whether direct or indirect, looks set to continue following Labour's fairly catastrophic contribution in...
14-Jun-2010 By Ewan Turney
Like-for-like sales at the country's top pub and restaurant groups fell 1.2% in May on last year as trading remains tough. Companies taking part in...
11-Jun-2010 By John Harrington
Labour and Tory MSPs have tried to block plans to introduce minimum pricing in Scotland but paved the way for other measures that could hit pubs.
Fuller's backs calls for a minimum price for alcohol
11-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
Fuller, Smith & Turner, the London-based brewer and pub operator, has called on the coalition government to consider imposing a minimum price for...
11-Jun-2010 By Ewan Turney
Fuller's has hailed the exceptional performance of its tenanted pubs despite a 1% drop in like-for-like profits. The London brewer and operator said...
11-Jun-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Fuller's, the London-based brewer and pub operator, has this morning unveiled a 17% rise in pre-tax profits to £22.8m, partly on the back of pub...
10-Jun-2010 By John Harrington
One of the country's wealthiest Business Improvement Districts (BID) is being launched in Victoria, London.
10-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
'Give us accreditation', says Brulines chief executive
10-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
Accreditation from Trading Standards would put an end to criticism of Brulines' beer flow meters, James Dickson, the group's chief executive...
Court considers liability of pub in drink-drive death case
10-Jun-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A court case in Ireland where a licensee could be found liable for deaths caused by a drink-driver is being watched with interest on the other side...
09-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Everards has opened its 18th Project William pub in conjunction with Derbyshire microbrewer Amber Ales.
09-Jun-2010 By Gerry Price
Enterprise licensee Gerry Price attended yesterday's Tenanted Pub Company Summit, he gives a tenant's view.
Proud of Pubs: Get in on the charity act
09-Jun-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Did you know that the average community pub raises more than £3,000 for charity every year? Whether it is via collection tins on the bar or a range...
Caroline Nodder: Licensees are not policemen or social workers
09-Jun-2010 By Caroline Nodder
Now that the Cameron/Clegg love-in has given way to some more testing times for the new government I think we as an industry are on the cusp of...
Tough pub market hits Brulines' installs
09-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
Cash-strapped pub operators have been holding off ordering beer flow monitoring equipment from Brulines, the group admitted today. Revealing its...
09-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna
A Cumbria licensee shot by crazed gunman Derrick Bird is improving but remains in hospital. Harry Berger, host at the Woolpack in Eskdale, was shot...
09-Jun-2010 By Ewan Turney
Beer flow monitoring company Brulines wants to establish "some form of approval" for its equipment regardless of whether its services fall under the...
Proud of Pubs Week to be a flipping record breaker
08-Jun-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Proud of Pubs Week 2010 is set to get off to a flipping brilliant start with a triple World Record attempt. This year we want licensees across the...
07-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Town and City Pub Company has converted a former Hogs Head in Liverpool and a Litten Tree in Old Street, London, into two traditional style pubs....
Mark Daniels: Can they do it?
07-Jun-2010
It's no secret amongst my customers, friends or family that I have very little time whatsoever for football. I don't understand the tribal religion...
Getting to grips with insolvency
07-Jun-2010
It is now more than a year since it was reported that outspoken TV chef and pub owner Gordon Ramsay had breached the terms of a £10.5m loan and had...
Bianca Dexter-Burnell: What have we learned from the recession - and can we prevent it happening again?
07-Jun-2010
It has been a serious time for the licensed trade. The sector is battle-weary from the recession and the fight towards a recovery. However, it is...
Managing success... literally
07-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
A recent report has concluded that managed pubs, especially branded ones, have performed marginally better in recent times than their independent...
Many recruits to pub sector lack necessary skills
07-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
The UK's pub and restaurant sectors are experiencing a 'talent hole', despite the recession making it easier for companies to hire and retain staff,...
07-Jun-2010 By John Harrington
The Government's privacy watchdog has urged pubs not to let the public see pictures of banned troublemakers. It follows concerns about...
