22-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch has claimed that by the end of this year 220 pubs will have been "fixed" by conversion to new concepts or investment.
22-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is to trial new leases in September that offer licensees free-of-tie prices and a free-of-tie option on cask ale produced by smaller...
Licensee support hits profits, says Punch
22-Apr-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns said today that its short term profitability had been hit in part by its decision to increase financial support for its licensees and...
22-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney
Profit at tenanted and managed pub operator Punch Taverns dropped 18% for the 28 weeks to 6 March on last year as it warned conditions remained...
'Pub shares are packing a Punch'
13-Apr-2010
Many investors turned to drink after sitting through another round of mind-numbing election campaign broadcasts. Shares of pubs group Punch Taverns...
01-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
The managed division of Punch has launched a new concept called Flaming Grill at a pub in Solihull. The company has converted the Drawbridge Inn,...
01-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is to invest up to £20m on "sparkle jobs" at around 450 pubs, with a view to providing a trading boost for licensees. The plan is...
Giles Thorley to quit Punch Taverns
30-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Giles Thorley, chief executive of Punch Taverns, has announced he is leaving the company. In a statement issued today Punch said Thorley had informed...
30-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns chief executive Giles Thorley has announced his resignation from Punch Taverns. Punch said it is "well advanced" with the process of...
23-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns' leased division is likely to reduce in size by a further 1,300 pubs to a core size of 5,000 pubs, division boss Roger Whiteside has...
Punch barrelage case settled out of court
23-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A court case centring on claims that Punch Taverns provided false barrelage information to incoming licensees has been settled out of court with the...
Punch gets World Cup plans in motion
22-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Punch Taverns is offering licensees a host of ways to ensure they score during the World Cup this summer. It's Profit Through Sport training course...
16-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Punch Taverns has been earmarked as "one to watch" by the Sunday Times' Best 100 Companies to Work For survey. Punch was just 20 points short of...
Sunday Times names Punch Taverns as 'One To Watch'
15-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns has been named as 'One To Watch' in a Sunday Times company survey. The newspaper's accolade for the UK's largest pub operator comes in...
10-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns is to face court claims over the validity and accuracy of information it provided about a pub's trade to former County Estate Management (CEM) head of pubs Philip Sambell.
Punch due in court over false barrelage claims
10-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubco giant Punch Taverns is to be questioned in court over claims it provided false barrelage information to incoming tenants. Philip Sambell,...
Punch pub sale thwarted by investigation
08-Mar-2010 By James Wilmore
Plans by Punch Taverns to sell-off a popular community pub to housing developers have been thwarted by the BBC. The pubco wants to sell the Cross...
Punch launches new business scheme to attract lessees
08-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns has launched a new scheme to encourage university graduates and entrepreneurial types to enter the pub trade. 'Capital Builder' is the...
08-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns has launched a new recruitment scheme, where graduates and entrepreneurs can now take on a pub for as little as £5,000. Under the...
08-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
A bid by Punch Taverns to convert a community pub into 13 houses has been halted following a BBC investigation. Planning for demolition and building...
03-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has opted to help tenants' competitive position by holding price rises to 1% this year. The move will mean that Punch has chosen to...
19-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has appointed Dave Pawson as its first-ever partner relationship manager. The PMA Team asks him about the job.
18-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Punch has denied accusations that it enforced a no-rent reduction clause at a Northamptonshire pub. County Court documents from a case involving...
18-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Fuller's recruitment manager Louise Lawler has been recruited herself, this time by Punch Taverns. Lawler, former tenanted and leased recruitment...
12-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Almost 1,000 Punch pubs are on schedule to get £100 cash back per barrel of beer, following the introduction of an incentive scheme. The company's...
Punch awards Best in business
08-Feb-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The top managers at Punch pubs have been rewarded at an awards dinner with company directors. The Best Awards event was held at Hotel Du Vin in...
08-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Punch Pub Company has recognised its top 10 pub managers with Best Awards at a ceremony at the Hotel Du Vin in Birmingham. Winners were selected...
03-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Rents at Punch pubs are at an historic low, the pubco has claimed as it seeks to attract new talent into the industry. Punch is broadening its...
01-Feb-2010 By Punch Partnerships
Punch Taverns is to re-survey MA200 members at first seminar of 2010 on Wednesday 14 April after a survey of members last year produced a number of...
15-Jan-2010 By Jo Bruce
A Punch licensee is making a visit to his bar an emotional experience for customers with the help of new technology.
Cash back incentive scheme for Punch licensees
07-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Punch Taverns pubs have been given the chance to earn cash back from the company if they exceed sales targets during the winter. The pubco giant has...
06-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
Punch is offering its tenants an incentive of up to £100 cash back on every barrel of beer they sell over an agreed target. The Winter Incentive Scheme runs from mid December until 6 March.
Punch warns licensees to "think carefully" before taking industrial action
04-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns has warned its lessees to "think carefully" before signing up to the GMB's call for tied tenants to take industrial action against...
Punch Taverns shareholders in AGM revolt
17-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns shareholders signalled their displeasure with the company yesterday by voting against the company's remuneration report. The...
Punch shares dip as trading "disappoints" the City
16-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Punch Taverns dipped nearly three per cent this morning as City analysts took a dim view of the group's trading - and perhaps even survival...
16-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
Punch says it has increased its support for struggling lessees to £2m per month, up from £1.6m in the year to August. The pubco also revealed it...
03-Dec-2009 By Jo Bruce
Punch Taverns plans to add three new packages to its Simply Pub Food concept for tenants. Simply Pub Food is on trial in 50 pubs, with plans to...
27-Nov-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A Punch lessee who claimed he was badly treated and misled by the pubco has agreed to stay on after Punch promised a £40,000 investment at his pub.
19-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns executive directors were awarded cash bonuses of up to 11.5% of base salary for exceeding specific performance objectives.
Punch Taverns boss sees total pay slide 55 per cent in 2009
17-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns boss Giles Thorley took a near-55 per cent cut in his total pay last year, according to the pubco's annual report. But his pension pot...
16-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns could also be affected by the administration of First Quench with a number of leasehold off-licences bouncing back to it, a City...
12-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns has begun to advertise the estimated profit a licensee could expect to obtain from leasing one of its pubs, along with a flexible plan of discounts and rents. It is part of its drive to become "more transparent".
Hamish Champ: On the road with Punch Taverns
09-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
I was in the back of a taxi in Bristol last week when the driver peered at me in the rear view mirror. "What do you for a living then?" he asked me....
Neil Morrissey gives up the Punch Bowl
22-Oct-2009
Celebrity publicans and brewers Neil Morrissey and Richard Fox have given up the pub made famous in their Channel 4 TV series last year. The lease on...
21-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna
The latest Punch tenant to become a freeholder says his bank turned the deal around in just eight days. Gary Kidd, with Dickie Cotterill and Tony...
Punch Taverns executives awarded millions of shares
19-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
Members of Punch Taverns' senior management team have been awarded millions of shares in the company to incentivise their performance in the coming...
Old Orleans could return to Punch Taverns
19-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns could find itself running a number of Old Orleans restaurants if Regent Inns is the subject of a pre-pack administration this week...
19-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Punch has launched a new website, eBusiness, to help its tenants place orders online at time of their convenience.
14-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Graham Jones, operations director at Barracuda, has joined Punch to oversee the roll out of Punch Pub Company's new concepts.
14-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns could return to paying dividends next year, analyst Douglas Jack, of Numis Securities, has forecast. He reported that the disposal...
