08-Jul-2011 By MA Reporter
Punch Taverns has revealed Stephen Billingham, former finance director of British Energy Group, is to become its non-executive chairman in September...
07-Jul-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Punch Taverns has revealed the full terms and conditions for its proposed demerger into two separate listed companies - Punch and Spirit Pub Company....
30-Jun-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Punch tenants are being advised to contact their bank managers and get an independent valuation to make sure they are well-placed to buy the freehold...
22-Jun-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Punch Taverns is spending £250,000 on turning the Boddington Arms in Blackburn into a Fayre & Square — the concept focusing on a low-priced...
20-Jun-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Punch has organised a number of meetings for its partners (licensees) across the UK where they can share their ideas on how to run a successful pub...
16-Jun-2011 By The PMA Team
The obvious and rather high hurdle for tenants remains the need to raise a lot of equity to obtain the necessary bank lending, says The PMA Team.
16-Jun-2011 By The PMA Team
A total of 2,300 Punch licensees will be told by Punch Taverns this month that the company is open to offers from them for their freehold. The pubs...
08-Jun-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
Punch Taverns has reported an improved performance in both its managed and tenanted pub divisions for the 12 weeks to 28 May, with the company citing...
07-Jun-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Punch Taverns is spending nearly £250,000 turning the Nosey Parker in Lincoln into a Flaming Grill — the concept that focuses on grilled/barbecue...
Punch launches national pub quiz contest
25-May-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Punch has launched a national pub quiz competition for its tenants to help drive sales during quiet trading times. More than 400 have already...
12-May-2011 By The PMA Team
A total of 50 Punch licensees are applying each week to join the Punch Buying Club, which now has 1,600 pubs signed up less than a year after it was...
26-Apr-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Punch Taverns is launching a post-graduate qualification in July, which is available to "high-calibre" candidates across the business. The pubco is...
20-Apr-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Over 1,800 Punch tenants and lessees attended its first Spring Fairs, which aim to provide business boosting ideas. Punch explained that the Spring...
Punch encourages lessees to celebrate St George's Day
15-Apr-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Punch Taverns has been encouraging its tenants and lessees to make the most of St George's Day, by sending them a pack with tips, ideas and POS. A...
13-Apr-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
Punch Taverns is trialling a franchise-style agreement where the licensee takes a proportion of the sales and has to meet certain running costs....
12-Apr-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Punch Taverns' current chief executive Ian Dyson is to head the group's demerged managed division Spirit.
08-Apr-2011 By The PMA Team
Two senior staffers in Punch Taverns' leased division, Suzy Jackson and Ian Ronayne, are set to leave in the wake of last week's strategic review.
06-Apr-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
Rating agency Moody's has downgraded Punch Taverns A and B securitisations — it expects profits to stabilise in 2012.
04-Apr-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Punch licensee Marilyn Coleman-Mellins is celebrating after winning the first episode of Channel 4's Three in a Bed show. The licensee of the Blue...
31-Mar-2011 By Graham Ridout
Punch Taverns has sent a guide to reducing red tape to help all its 5,800 strong leased estate.
28-Mar-2011 By Graham Ridout
Punch Taverns is stepping up its campaign to recruit entrepreneurs to take on leaseholds. Punch's managing director Roger Whiteside explained: "We...
Bondholders give Punch demerger plans the thumbs-down
23-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns' bondholders have given a withering assessment of the pubco's plans to de-merge its managed pub business, accusing it of walking away...
23-Mar-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Bondholders in Punch Taverns have accused the pubco of ignoring the issues surrounding its tenanted estate in the strategic review of its business....
Video: Punch strategic review — Dyson Q&A
22-Mar-2011 By MA Reporter
Punch chief executive Ian Dyson answers questions on the strategic review announced this morning.
22-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
Punch has confirmed it is to demerge its managed pub division before the end of summer and downsize its leased arm to 3,000 "high quality" pubs.
Punch licensees will get option to buy their pub in sell-off
22-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns plans to offer some of its lessees the option to buy the pubs they run as it seeks to downsize its non-managed pub operations over the...
Punch splits managed and leased divisions after strategic review
22-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns has confirmed it is to split its leased and managed pub businesses into two separate companies. The move, which was flagged at the...
21-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team
A leading analyst has said that although there is a myriad of options available to Punch Taverns in regard to tomorrow's strategic review, the most...
Punch Taverns may de-merge managed pub operation
21-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
As the market awaits details of Punch Taverns' strategic review, industry pundits suggest a de-merger of the indebted pubco looks like the route with...
21-Mar-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Punch Taverns has confirmed that a de-merger of its managed arm is one of the options it is considering as part of its strategic review, the results...
'Punch shares rise on surprise results'
11-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
Shares rose 6 per cent on an 8.6 per cent increase in same-store sales at the pubs Punch manages directly, including the Fayre & Square and Chef...
10-Mar-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Punch has reported a step change in the performance of its managed estate, which has seen an 8.6% increase for the 12 weeks to 5 March.
Punch Taverns' bondholders' committee to give update on talks
10-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
Advisers to the special ABI committee of Punch Tavern's bondholders are due to hold a conference call this Friday to give an update on the progress...
07-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns chairman Peter Cawdron is to step down after four years in the role, according to reports.
Hamish Champ: Whither Punch Taverns?
07-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
All eyes - or most, anyway - will be on Punch Taverns in a couple of week's time when the pubco reveals the results of its much anticipated strategic...
'Punch Taverns considering pub sell-off'
06-Mar-2011
Punch Taverns is considering selling nearly one-quarter of its 6,800 pubs as part of a strategic review that would see it focusing on its managed...
Punch lessees able to choose SIBA ales
04-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Punch Taverns lessees and tenants will be able to choose ales supplied through the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) from June.
25-Feb-2011 By MA reporter
Punch Taverns has been named as the UK's 21st best big company to work for by the Sunday Times. Punch employees were surveyed anonymously for the...
21-Feb-2011 By The PMA Team
Punch's bondholders have held initial discussions with potential new operators for the company's tenanted pubs, says the FT.
Punch Taverns' bondholders 'in talks with rival pubcos'
21-Feb-2011 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns' bondholders are reported to have held talks with rival operators with a view to them running those pubs currently covered by...
18-Feb-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Punch Taverns has badged over 100 of its town and city centre pubs across the UK under one of Britain's most historic brewing names, Taylor Walker....
Punch Taverns ups drink prices by three per cent
14-Feb-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubco Punch Taverns has revealed it is to increase its drinks prices to licensees by an average of 3.3 per cent. Letters have been sent to 'Punch...
14-Feb-2011 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns is to increase its drinks prices by an average of 3.8% to its tenants while Punch Taverns is to pass on an average 3.3% increase —...
Going clubbing with Punch Taverns
07-Feb-2011 By Hamish Champ
When Punch Taverns announced the launch of its online purchasing portal for lessees last year Andy Slee, director of the Punch Buying Club (PBC) and...
03-Feb-2011 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has completed its first 'free of tie on cask ales' lease agreement with a microbrewer. The company has leased the Fleece in Otley,...
Punch pubs will show football in a different dimension
03-Feb-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
Punch Taverns has become the first UK company to trial 3D projectors in its pubs. It has signed an deal with manufacturer LG to trial the...
02-Feb-2011 By John Harrington
Punch Taverns is claiming a first by trialing 3D projectors for screening football at its managed pubs. The projectors, from technology firm LG,...
Peter Brook to return to Punch Taverns
28-Jan-2011 By Hamish Champ
Peter Brook, the former head of Tattershall Castle Group, is to join Punch Taverns next week, the second time in his career he has worked for the...
14-Jan-2011 By John Harrington
Punch Taverns has stressed that it's pub investment programme is "on track" despite delays in its Investment for Growth (I4G) scheme.
11-Jan-2011 By The PMA Team
A former Pubmaster operations director is set to double the size of his leased estate. Harry Costigan was one of 14 shareholders of...
