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Hot topic: EPCs show the energy efficiency of properties

Licensees selling up face fees surge

By Gurjit Degun

Hosts selling or leasing their pub will face greater upfront fees as the Government confirms new plans on marketing materials.

Scotland: supporting local produce

SNP aims to promote homegrown pub produce

By Lesley Foottit

The Scottish National Party has announced plans to grow and promote its pubs' and restaurants' use of local produce in its new manifesto.

M&B: changes at Ember Inns

Pinegar nets new position with M&B

By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Nigel Pinegar, formerly of Paramount Restaurants, has joined Mitchells & Butlers as an operations development manager for Ember Inns.

Abinger Hatch: Who Cares Wins site

Who Cares Wins opens second site

By Jo Bruce

Pub company Who Cares Wins has opened a second site, with plans for further sites over the next two years. Business partners Richard Coltart and...

Stricter guidelines for business rates appeals

Licensees face appeal woe

By Gurjit Degun

Licensees contesting their 2010 business rates could see their appeals thrown out if new, stricter deadlines are not met. Under old procedures the...

Hall and Woodhouse: cap on RPI

Hall & Woodhouse caps RPI rents at 2.8%

By John Harrington, M&C Report

Hall & Woodhouse has revealed that it capped Retail Price Index-linked rent adjustments at 2.4% in 2010 and 2.8% this year.

Luminar: under fire for flyer

Luminar slammed over 60p promo

By Lesley Foottit

Luminar Leisure has come under fire for an irresponsible promotion that claims to "specialise" in getting its customers drunk. A flyer for Liquid...

Charity: The Bull's Head bursts through traditional parameters

The Bull's Head — the genre-busting pub

By The PMA Team

The task for the bulk of the pub industry is about evolving the offer — and it could do worse than looking at the Bull's Head in Repton.

Williams: praised the BII service

BII offers pubs a mediation 'lifeline'

By Ewan Turney

A former pubco tenant has hailed the BII's new mediation service as a "lifeline" after he clawed back £34,000 from his pub company.

Up front fees: licensees could be pouring cash down the drain

Licensees in rate review fees warning

By Michelle Perrett

Licensees are being warned not to pay fixed fees to companies offering rating review services or they could face being out of pocket. The warning...

Pic: Peter Jackson, chairman of Otley Pub Club; Audrey Van Der Haar, landlady of the Black Bull; Greg Mulholland, MP for Leeds North West

Otley pubs royal-wedding tribute

By Michelle Perrett

Pubs in Otley are renaming themselves for the Royal Wedding on April 29 in honour of Kate Middleton's connections to the area.

Pubs: an investment opportunity, says Paul Hickman

Pub sector on upward course

By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

The view that the UK pub market is over-indebted and under-performing is at least two years out of date, says a new report.

Principle Leisure: fell into administration earlier this month

Ex-Principle bars in sale by early May

By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

A sale of the bars and restaurants formerly run by Tyne and Wear-based Principle Leisure is expected in early May.

Harvester: new venue at O2

Harvester opens at O2 Arena

By Jo Bruce

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has opened a 140-cover Harvester site at London's O2 Arena in the Entertainment Avenue.

Martin: sting operations are entrapment

Wetherspoon spends £50k on aborted review

By John Harrington, M&C Report

JD Wetherspoon spent about £50,000 on legal and other fees preparing to defend itself at an aborted licence review for one of its pubs that failed...

Sting ops: self-testing could keep authorities away

Fewer sting ops for pubs that self-test

By Ewan Turney

Pubs that carry out their own underage test-purchase operations are set to be subjected to fewer sting operations, the Publican's Morning Advertiser...

Paul Chase: a supporter of AV

Why publicans should vote 'yes' to AV

By Paul Chase, CPL Training

CPL Training's Paul Chase believes AV would make MPs more independent of the party line and more responsive to local needs.

Police are on the look-out for false and fake IDs

Newquay pubs move to Challenge-25

By Ewan Turney

Pubs and off-licences in Newquay have agreed to adopt a Challenge-25 policy ahead of the expected summer invasion of youngsters. The move is part of...

Spring Fair: chance to get new ideas

Punch hails Spring Fair success

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...

Sullivan: get back to beer

Paul Sullivan: man of the (pub) people

By Phil Mellows

Things are on the move at Wadworth, and Paul Sullivan is the man in the driving seat. He talks to Phil Mellows about understanding pubs.

Fair Pint: concern over churn rate

Fair Pint: 'Five pubs fail every day'

By Ewan Turney

Anti-beer tie group Fair Pint believes the failure rate of pubs may be as high as five per day — it disputes figures given by BBPA.

Waterside Pub Partnership: LT Pub Management will run pubs for administrator

S&NPC's waterside pub venture folds

By John Harrington, M&C Report

Waterside Pub Partnership has fallen into administration after failing to secure further financing.

Travelodge: pub plans

Travelodge in £100m pub group link up

By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Travelodge is to link up with several pub groups, including Greene King and Mitchells & Butlers, as part of a £100m expansion programme.

Everards: building on the success of Project William

Everards' artisan pub push

By Jo Bruce

Leicestershire brewer Everards has linked up with the Real Bread Campaign (RBC) to help engage artisan producers.

Watson: company is trading well

Capital: London pub market remains strong

By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Capital Pub Company, the London-based pub group, has reported a 24% increase in revenue for the year to 26 March 2011, driven by organic growth in...

Tenanted Pub Company Summit: book your tickets now

Tenanted Pub Company Summit speakers lined up

By John Harrington, M&C Report

Senior figures from across the tenanted pub sector have been confirmed as speakers for this year's Tenanted Pub Company Summit, a must-attend event...

The Fleet pub will undergo a £750,000 revamp

Scoff & Quaff buys up pub

By John Harrington, M&C Report

Worcester-based pub operator Scoff & Quaff has bought its seventh site — a flood-hit Enterprise Inns leased pub that is to undergo a £750,000...

Greene King: new group finance director

Greene King appoints new finance chief

By John Harrington, M&C Report

Matthew Fearn, chief financial officer at foodservice company Brakes, is to replace Ian Bull as group finance director at Greene King.

Red tape: a concern for licensees

BBPA unveils red tape concerns

By Michelle Perrett

The British Beer & Pub Association has unveiled its major concerns for industry over red tape.

Stonegate: new chief operating officer

Graham Jones named new COO at Stonegate

By John Harrington, M&C Report

Graham Jones, former operations director with Barracuda, has been appointed chief operating officer at Stonegate Pub Company.

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