Punch Pubs & Co

Meal deal: Punch offer

Punch tenants' £1.99 meal plan

By John Harrington

Punch tenants can sell meals for set amounts starting at just £1.99, under a new scheme. The Table Top scheme, initially available for around 1,000...

Banks are not lending to pubs

Punch host can't buy pub

By John Harrington

A Punch tenant says his bank's decision not to lend him money to buy his pub's freehold defies logic. John Chapman asked NatWest for a loan of...

Thorley: finishing touches

Punch boss puts finishing touches to new HQ

By Ewan Turney

Punch boss Giles Thorley lent a helping hand to put the finishing touches to the solar panelled roof on its new HQ building. The new 4,088m² low...

Bebo: photos posted were not used as evidence

Punch denies Bebo used to shut pub

By Ewan Turney

Punch Taverns has denied that photos from a social networking site were used to shut one of its pubs on the grounds of underage drinking. Police said...

Punch: over 1000 pubs in new division

1,000+ Punch pubs in new division

By John Harrington

The Turnaround Division for struggling pubs at Britain's biggest pubco will be split into two regions containing more than 1,000 pubs

Punch Taverns: restructuring leased division

Punch: new division for struggling pubs

By John Harrington

Punch Taverns is creating a new division to help its struggling pubs as part of a restructuring of its leased estate, which will mean fewer regional operation directors.

Turpin: met protesters at Punch

Punch: leased model does work

By Ewan Turney

Punch Taverns has stressed that the leased model does have a future despite a protest from licensees outside its HQ. Punch facilities director Steve...

Protest will be led by Inez Ward (second from left) and other Fair Pint members

Punch to welcome protesters at HQ

By Ewan Turney

Punch Taverns will welcome any of its lessees attending the protest outside its HQ next week in for a coffee and a chat. Frustrated licensees are...

Sir Robert Peel: Surrey pub is run by Mark Pester

Punch licensee's rent victory

By John Harrington

Punch Taverns is thought to have agreed to reduce a licensee's rent and offered discounts of £12,505 a year after proposing a 51% rent increase.

Punch: suffered share price decline

Analyst: Punch shares could hit 10p

By Ewan Turney

Punch's day of woe finished with share prices reaching an all time low of 39.75p — a drop of over 30% — one analyst warned they may hit 10p.

Thorley: trading extremely challenging

Punch: profits down 12% at leased pubs

By Ewan Turney

Profit from Punch's leased and tenanted pubs plummeted 12% on last year for the 20 weeks to 10 January. Britain's largest pubco said trading...

Punch: 45 sites returned from Orchid

45 Orchid sites revert to Punch

By Mark Stretton, M&C Report

Punch Taverns has taken back — and closed — 45 leasehold sites from administrators to the collapsed Orchid pub business, M&C Report has learnt.

Punch: new training courses

Punch redevelops customer training

By Gemma McKenna

Punch Taverns new customer training package will incentivise trainees, who can get almost 50% of their money back, based on their success. Punch's...

Orchid

Punch Taverns likely to see pubs revert

By The PMA Team

Punch Taverns is likely to see a number of leased pubs revert in the wake of the administration of Orchid Pub Company. There are 48 pubs currently in...

Thorley: leased system is robust

'Punch tenants earn 70% above average wage'

By Ewan Turney

Punch tenants earn around 70% more than the average full-time adult worker, according to chief executive Giles Thorley — Punch's earnings per leased pub are up 4% to £64,000 on last year.

Deborah Kemp: on the way out at Punch

Deborah Kemp leaves Punch

By John Harrington

Deborah Kemp, managing director of Punch Taverns' leased estate, is to leave the business — her replacement will be former Thresher Group boss Roger Whiteside.

Punch's food development team

75% of Punch pubs serving food

By Ewan Turney

Three-quarters of Punch lessees are now serving food thanks to its food development team, according to the pubco.

Kemp: roadshows will offer helpful tips

Punch offers licensees help at roadshows

By Ewan Turney

Punch Taverns is to hold a series of ten roadshows designed to offer valuable business tips to licensees. Drinks and food suppliers will be on hand...

Punch: paying back debt

Punch shares up as it starts to repay debt

By Mark Stretton, M&C Report

Shares in Punch Taverns have this morning jumped 30% after it announced plans to repay a tranch of debt to some of its bondholders.

Thorley: No problems letting pubs

Punch denies letting problems

By Ewan Turney

Punch boss Giles Thorley has denied claims that the pubco is struggling to let pubs despite a weekend report that around 1,400 of its pubs are looking for new tenants.

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