You will be getting a bigger television in time for Euro 2012, won’t you?” The short answer to that question was “no”. Over the years I’ve acquiesced left, right and centre to customer requests, head buried deep in the belief that if I provide it, they...
Forty years ago Peter Salussolia fulfilled an ambition to run his own business. Since then Glendola Leisure has become a star player among the UK’s multiple operators. But, as he tells Phil Mellows, there’s more to the company than pubs.
A court hearing between Punch Partnerships and licensee Dave Mountford of the Rising Sun in Middleton, Derbyshire, is due to take place on 3 May at 3pm, at Derby County Court.
An Enterprise Inns licensee is to lodge a formal complaint with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), after failing to obtain the market evidence the pubco used for his rent review.
Punch Taverns this morning said it was on track to meet full year expectations despite a drop in first-half profits after experiencing weaker consumer market conditions in recent months.
Piper, the private equity group, which formerly backed Pitcher & Piano and Las Iguanas, has taken a significant minority stake in Loungers, the fast-growing cafe/bar restaurant group led by Alex Reilley.
Nobody can accuse Portman Group’s chief executive Henry Ashworth of not having enough experience of the harm that alcohol misuse can cause. As Adam Pescod discovers, he is the ideal man to encourage responsible drinking.
Beds & Bars, the pub-meets-hostel operator, is planning to open six sites in America over the next three to five years and could eventually float or sell the US business, according to managing director Keith Knowles.
A Worcestershire licensee has said he will never stock John Smith’s in his pub again after claiming he was “misled” and “deceived” over a horse-racing promotion.
The first round bids are due by end of play today for TCG, the 96-strong pub and bar operator, which was placed on the market by its private-equity backer Alchemy Partners at the start of the year.
Licensees risk criminal prosecution and a loss of their alcohol licence if they sell packaged beers that don’t meet new regulations aimed at combating duty fraud.
Young’s-owned pub operator Geronimo Inns plans to add five outlets per year, its co-founder revealed, as the company took back control of its first-ever site.
Harveys, the East Sussex-based brewer and pub operator, has reported a fall in profits in 2011 after experiencing increased pensions contributions and lower income from property sales.
A group of 40 licensees in Bath have teamed up with the local council and police to implement a ‘Nightwatch’ scheme with the aim of creating a safer night-time economy in the city.
Longshot, the business led by entrepreneurs Joel Cadbury and Ollie Vigors, has launched a new round of fundraising as it looks to raise up to £10m to expand its four-strong Bel & The Dragon brand.
The story on the front page of last week's issue of the Publican’s Morning Advertiser (PMA), that after a long battle Michael Kheng has gained damages for his clients for the unlawful ‘instant’ closure notices issue by West Yorkshire Police, was...
Taxation is never a happy subject at the best of times, but it tends to come to the fore at Budget time. In the licensed trade the question often arises as to whether tax is chargeable on the benefits that an employee receives in addition to their wages....
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) and the Bar Entertainment & Dance Association (BEDA) have announced plans to merge, creating one trade body representing more than 140 retailers operating more than 11,000 outlets.
I know it’s not quite April Fool’s Day but, as I read through the myriad of news stories, Facebook status updates and Twitter feeds I trawl through each morning in an effort to avoid getting out of bed and helping my wife get the children ready for school,...
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed pub operator, has appointed a representative of Elpida, a significant shareholder in the group, to its board as non-executive director.
The former boss of JM Inns, which operated circa 50 pubs across the south coast in the 1980s and 1990s, is eyeing plans to start a new pub group in the UK, M&C Report has learnt.
I have been having another look at some premises licences for out-of-town pubs recently and find it amazing that the raft of conditions contain long, direct quotes from the ‘old’ Licensing Act throughout.
Obviously the budget will take centre stage over the next couple of weeks so apart from a brief mention I thought I’d steer well clear. Yes it’s going to be another kick in the teeth but we have to dust ourselves down and get on with what we do best,...
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has hit back at criticism levied against it by leading beer writer and PMA columnist Pete Brown for delaying its support for a petition against the beer duty escalator.
Wet-led pubs and nightclubs were the biggest losers as the number of on-trade outlets fell 2.5% last year, with only food-led pubs and hotels experiencing moderate growth.
One of the first activities to be affected by the proposed changes in licensing laws due to come into effect next month will be temporary event notices.
Drinks promotions in pubs won’t be affected in the short term by the Government’s new alcohol crackdown, although a fresh round of sting operations targeting sales to drunks could be imminent.
Home Office minister Theresa May has issued support for the pub trade in her statement to the House of Commons this morning concerning the Government’s Alcohol Strategy.
Twice during his Budget speech, George Osborne stated that he wanted a transparent tax system. He also said that it should be fair. But the swift dismissal of the pub industry in his budget was anything but transparent, or fair.
The Association for Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has disputed statistics that show alcohol consumption has increased deaths from liver-related diseases.
Other controversial changes due to come into force next month, according to the Home Office, concern sales to children. First of all the maximum fine (not the actual fine) has been doubled to £20,000 for underage sales, if they are prosecuted in the magistrates’...
City Pub Company, the new Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) funded venture from serial entrepreneurs David Bruce and Clive Watson, has acquired its first three pubs for circa £3.5m.
It’s 1974. A working class boy made good from the valleys is keen to make even better. Peter Thomas, Bass’s first graduate trainee in Wales, is working a patch for the brewer containing 21 pubs on a road 12 miles long and is about to negotiate his first...
