28-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has withdrawn its merger proposal for Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) but is still pursuing other possible deals involving the...
Heavy-handed cops arrest Punch BRM
27-Mar-2008 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Punch Taverns seeks an apology from the police for their aggressive enforcement approach to a minor licence breach Punch is demanding an apology from...
26-Mar-2008 By MA reporter
For professional multiple operators within the licensed trade there are few pub companies that offer the same scope of opportunities or flexible...
Punch shareholder revolt on the cards
14-Feb-2008 By The PMA Team
One Punch shareholder has warned the board it will vote against the proposed merger with Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) because it gives too much...
11-Feb-2008 By The PMA Team
One Punch shareholder has warned it will vote against the proposed merger with Mitchells & Butlers
'Punch's shares offer for M&B is worth less than the group's pub freeholds'
05-Feb-2008
Punch Taverns is seeking to win control of rival pub group Mitchells & Butlers through an £11bn merger proposal that offers M&B investors...
30-Jan-2008 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Punch Taverns is to reduce the number of regions within its leased business from 12 to eight. The move means that it will lose four regional...
25-Jan-2008
Punch Taverns has signed a new three-year contract worth £150m with leading gaming group Gamestec. Gamestec has been responsible for the management...
Punch pub themed as 'hunting lodge'
24-Jan-2008
A £60,000 investment by the licensees has seen a rural Punch pub in Herefordshire transformed with a Scottish hunting-lodge theme. Hosts Keith and...
Punch announces BRM of the Year
17-Jan-2008
Punch has named Michael Bridger as its Business Relationship Manager (BRM) of the Year. Bridger, who is responsible for pubs across the West...
16-Jan-2008
Smoking ban and declining consumer confidence cited for profit drop
Punch Taverns' pub profits down on last year
15-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Punch Taverns fell more than 30p today - five per cent - after the pubco reported subdued trading across its estate.In an interim...
Punch lessees to become 'customers' of the pubco
15-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns is changing the moniker of its lessees from 'retailer' to 'customer' as part of a drive to improve the relationship between the group's...
14-Jan-2008
The Forum of Private Business is urging small businesses to consider switching utility suppliers
11-Jan-2008 By The PMA Team
Rumours of a Punch bid for Mitchells & Butlers has undermined its share price because of the limited logic of such a deal, analyst Douglas Jack claims
Punch executives land double-digit pay rises
10-Jan-2008 By The PMA Team
Punch executive directors have been awarded double-digit increases in basic salaries and a 50% increase in the potential size of bonuses in the...
Punch to boost partnerships
10-Jan-2008
Punch business relationship managers (BRMs) will hold one-to-one workshops with hosts about running pubs for the first six months of lease...
09-Jan-2008
Michael Bridger, who is responsible for pubs in the West Midlands, is named the pubco's best business relationship manager
09-Jan-2008
Punch BRMs will hold one-to-one workshops with hosts for the first six months of lease agreements
02-Jan-2008 By The PMA Team
Punch executive directors also get a 50% increase in the potential size of bonuses in the current financial year
Punch Taverns to build new multi-million pound HQ
02-Jan-2008
Punch Taverns has secured planning permission to build a new three-storey, multi-million pound office building in Burton on Trent.The pubco said it...
13-Dec-2007 By John Harrington
Punch says it has acted on its commitment to be more transparent by abandoning a planned rent increase after it failed to follow procedure
Punch sticks to new charter
13-Dec-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Punch says it has acted on its commitment to be more transparent with licensees by abandoning a planned rent increase after it failed to follow...
Punch Taverns lands Cable & Wireless MD as non-exec
06-Dec-2007
Punch Taverns has appointed two new non-executive directors, including the joint managing director of telecoms giant Cable & Wireless.Tony Rice...
Punch denies £5bn approach for M&B
29-Nov-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has denied that it is in talks regarding a £5bn takeover of rival Mitchells & Butlers (M&B). Media reports at the weekend...
'Punch Taverns lining up a merger with Mitchells & Butlers'
25-Nov-2007
Punch Taverns has approached investors in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) about plans to mount a £5bn merger that would create Britain's biggest...
15-Nov-2007 By The PMA Team
MA deputy editor The PMA Team runs his sharp eye over Punch's results
08-Nov-2007 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Performance driven by the integration of new businesses and disposals, the pubco says
Punch boosts new licensee support
08-Nov-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is ramping up its support for new licensees in an attempt to reduce the number of business failures in the first year of...
Pub customers "responding positively" to smoking ban, says Punch boss
08-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns' chief executive Giles Thorley said the UK-wide smoking ban had improved the environment of his group's pubs and customers were...
'Punch Taverns to warn smoke ban honeymoon period at an end'
04-Nov-2007
Punch Taverns is expected to warn that any honeymoon period from the smoking ban is firmly over and that it is likely to affect future profits when...
Packing A Punch
02-Nov-2007
"The Punch Pub Pack contains everything a new licensee needs to know about running one of our pubs from scratch, from basic stuff through to...
31-Oct-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is ramping up support for new licensees in a bid to reduce the number of business failures
Regent aims for 100 Old Orleans
18-Oct-2007 By The PMA Team
Regent Inns still believes it can triple the size of the Old Orleans restaurant brand it acquired from Punch last year to around 100 sites - despite...
03-Oct-2007
Customer services director Patton to leave Punch in December after 22 years
Francis Patton to leave Punch Taverns
02-Oct-2007 By Hamish Champ
Francis Patton, Punch Taverns' long-serving customer services director, has announced he is to leave the company on December 7.Patton said he had had...
06-Sep-2007
Punch expects profits to be down because of dismal summer but says smoking ban has had no detectable impact
Punch Taverns profits hit by bad weather
06-Sep-2007 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Punch Taverns soared this morning despite the group warning that its pre-tax profits for the year will be up to three per cent below...
04-Sep-2007
A senior manager with 20 years' experience in retailing has returned to his first love, the hospitality sector, and joined leading pub company the...
Punch defends 'fat cat' chief
30-Aug-2007
Punch Taverns has defended its chief executive Giles Thorley, disputing claims he earns 1,147 times the average salary of his employees. A report in...
Punch's Phil Pegler to join former boss
30-Aug-2007
Phil Pegler, the Punch executive who oversaw conversion of 750 Spirit managed pubs to lease, is to join the company now run by his former boss,...
Punch slashes rent to £5 to save pub
30-Aug-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Punch Taverns has slashed the rent at one of its Leicester pubs to just £5 a week in a bid to help it continue trading. John Griffin, who suffered a...
Christie + Co completes on over 650 ex-Spirit Group Punch leases
20-Aug-2007 By Joe Lutrario
Christie + Co has successfully transferred in excess of 650 ex-Spirit Group Punch leases
Clear Pub Company buys 25 Punch sites
31-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Two ex-Punch Taverns senior managers have teamed up to create a new pub company after acquiring 25 sites from their former employers.Backed by Allied...
Siba urges Punch to join cask scheme
19-Jul-2007
Small brewers are calling on Britain's biggest pub operator Punch to commit itself to the independent sector by joining the industry's...
29-Jun-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is to recruit 25 Operations Managers for its tenanted division to create closer relationship with licensees.
Punch
28-Jun-2007
Francis Patton Customer services director How many pubs do you operate? Approximately 8,400 in England, Wales and Scotland. These are a combination...
27-Jun-2007 By The PMA Team
Greene King and Punch Taverns shares should be bought on a long-term basis, according to Panmure Gordon analyst Douglas Jack. He said: "Overall,...
Punch tenant claims legal victory
20-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore
A former Punch Taverns tenant has claimed a legal victory against the pubco after a six-week delay in refunding his rent deposit. Ben Hope, former...
20-Jun-2007 By Ewan Turney
Former Punch lessee wins legal battle over late return of deposit
