McMullen, the Hertfordshire-based brewer and pub operator, is offering four pubs on a ‘try-before-you-buy’ one-year agreement with reduced rent for the first six months.
Lucy Knowles has stepped down as managing director of Corney & Barrow, the City of London-based wine bar operator, after 17 years, with Ed Gardner, group business development director at Corney & Barrow Group, which includes its wine and spirits...
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) Special Committee of Noteholders has rejected the restructuring proposals put forward by Punch Taverns last month but said it was prepared to work with the tenanted pub operator “to reach a quick & efficient...
The Retreat is the first pub in Reading to be made an ‘asset of community value’ (ACV), after Reading Borough Council accepted the bid put forward in December 2012.
TCG plans to invest in 20 sites during its current financial year after the company’s main backer Irish Bank Resolution Corporation extended its banking facilities for a further 18 months.
Orchid’s Pizza Kitchen & Bar (PKB) concept could “comfortably” grow to 100 sites across the country, commercial and HR director Simon Dodd has told M&C Report.
One poor pub owner received a phone call recently that no doubt every licensee dreads - something along the lines of "did you know your pub's been knocked down?"
Readers can now download a PDF of March's We Heart Lager, the Publican's Morning Advertiser's new monthly coverage dedicated to the standard lager category.
Antic Limited, the 14-strong trading division of south London pub operator Antic, collapsed owing £2.6m to creditors, including £1.7m to HMRC, a new report from its administrator shows.
Barclays has insisted that it is “supporting and lending to the pub industry” after an award-winning licensee hit out at its refusal to offer him financial assistance.
A Manchester licensee admitted “it was not worth the risk” to contest the FA Premier League (FAPL) over foreign satellite football claims, in the first High Court case since the FAPL launched a renewed crackdown on pub football broadcasts.
Guy Ritchie-owned pub the Punchbowl in London's Mayfair is set to be acquired by Cirrus Inns, the investment vehicle launched to back a premium estate of freehold pubs with rooms.
Spirit Pub Company has reported a 1.1% decline in sales across its managed estate for the eight weeks to 2 March and said that trading conditions were very challenging during the period as a result of the snowfall in January and prolonged cold weather...
New Incentive Leisure chief executive Mark McQuater has said that the Revolution Vodka Bar operator has the potential to become a "significant-scale operation" and he will look to make acquisitions.
Perceptions is a new campaign that aims to change the image of the pub industry and get young people into work. Phil Mellows meets Keith Knowles, its driving force
JD Wetherspoon will have to increase prices as one response to rising costs that are affecting the company, chairman Tim Martin has told the Publican's Morning Advertiser's sister title M&C Report.
Prince Charles has penned a special message of congratulations to Pub is the Hub chief executive John Longden after his recognition at the Publican Awards.
JD Wetherspoon has reported a fall in profits and operating margin in the six months to 27 January due to "considerable" cost inflation in the period, despite like-for-like sales growing 6.9% and overall sales rising 10% to £626.4m.
Carvery Heaven, the Midlands-based pub carvery operator, has opened its sixth site after taking a lease with Star Pubs & Bars on the Ashfields Hotel at Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Former SSP brands director Wayne Chapman has been appointed chief executive of the four-strong Ribble Valley Inns, the food-led pub business owned by the Northcote Group.
Pubs in Torquay are fearing for their future as some venues on the Devon town’s waterfront face staggering rises of up to 600% in the cost of outdoor seating.
Bowmark Capital, the private equity backer of Las Iguanas, the Latin American restaurant chain, is understood to have entered exclusive talks to acquire Drake & Morgan, the highly-regarded, bar-restaurant operator.
Pubwatch schemes play a crucial part in helping to tackle alcohol-related violence and creating safer local drinking environments, according to new research
