30-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
Peach Pub Company has bought its 14th site — a pub previously been run by high-profile chef Jean-Christophe Novelli.
Mike Saul: Banks are in the lending game, and are still playing
30-Mar-2011
"Banks are in the business of lending, and it's what we're doing. This does not mean that securing funding is without its challenges and it is clear...
The Publican: 36 years in the business
30-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
The Publican has been in business for 36 years but this week is the last issue before we merge with our old rival the Morning Advertiser. Looking...
New form of SIA will have 'teeth' to deal with issues
30-Mar-2011 By James Wilmore
The replacement body for the Security Industry Authority (SIA), which regulates pub doorstaff, will have "statutory teeth" to deal with problems in...
30-Mar-2011 By Phil Mellows
Phil Mellows looks at how the pub industry has evolved since the 1989 Beer Orders.
30-Mar-2011 By Graham Ridout
JD Wetherspoon has been praised for its corporate responsibility strategy for the eleventh year in a row. The pubco is included in the...
29-Mar-2011 By Phil Mellows
Selling Balls Brothers to Novus Leisure is just the latest deal by Paul Hemming. But he's not just a number-cruncher, as Phil Mellows discovers.
29-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
ETM Group is to open two new venues in the Grade II listed Whitbread Brewery building in the City.
Ban George Osborne from your pub, urges licensee
29-Mar-2011 By James Wilmore
A licensee has started a campaign to get Chancellor George Osborne banned from as many pubs as possible across the UK. William Lea, of the Trengilly...
29-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
The licensee of Kate Middleton's favourite pub has rubbished claims that her family is unhappy with the events he has planned for the night of the...
29-Mar-2011 By Graham Ridout
A Cornish nightclub owner is facing a hefty bill after being caught playing copyright music without a proper licence. Matthew Cudlipp, who runs...
28-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team
William Reed Business Media, owner of the Morning Advertiser, has bought The Publican and will merge the two magazines from 7 April. The Publican's Morning Advertiser will combine best items of content from each magazine, website and events.
Hamish Champ: What makes a great pub?
28-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
What, in the current economic climate or indeed any economic climate, makes a great pub? Is it the physical environment one finds on entering, or...
Warning for licensees after cellar death
28-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
A stark health and safety warning has been sent to licensees after a publican was jailed when a customer plunged to his death by falling through a...
Fight to convince government over duty will go on, says Neame
28-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
"Needless to say 'extremely disappointing'." Jonathan Neame's reaction to last week's Budget was echoed across the pub sector, but the chief...
Enterprise sells three pubs in latest sale and leaseback auction
28-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
Auctioneers found homes for three of the 12 Enterprise Inns freeholds which went under the hammer last week, while nine pubs were withdrawn from the...
Licensee's foreign satellite conviction quashed by High Court
28-Mar-2011 By James Wilmore
A licensee has had a conviction for screening foreign satellite football overturned by the High Court in London. Gregory Turner, of the Golden Cup,...
28-Mar-2011 By Ewan Turney
A licensee has had his conviction for screening Premier League football via a foreign satellite system quashed by the High Court. In March last...
28-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Michelin-starred gastropub the Harwood Arms in Fulham, London, has a new head chef. Ex-Ledbury chef Stephen Williams, who revived the pub in 2008...
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...
Another Budget, another industry campaign falls on deaf ears
26-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
Looking at the latest Budget can those lobbying the government hope to learn any lessons on how better to get its message across? Given Jonathan...
25-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
Live music and other entertainment provisions could be taken out of the licensing regime, in a move that could make it easier for venues to host gigs. DCMS has already given partial backing to a Bill that wants licence exemptions for small gigs.
Enterprise raises another £3.4m at auction
25-Mar-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Enterprise Inns has raised £3.4m after selling three pubs at an Allsop auction today, but withdrew nine pubs prior to the auction.
25-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
The BII is eyeing plans to facilitate small-scale financing for licensees and pub owners, via a third party, for those who make a good business case.
Licensees register 'serious complaints' over pubco codes
24-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
More than 20 "serious complaints" about pubcos have been raised with the board that oversees how the new industry codes of practice are being...
Society of Licensees keen to speak to Enterprise Inns over funding offer
24-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
A freeholder behind a new trade body for licensees has said he would have no problem accepting cash from a pubco to help achieve the group's aims....
24-Mar-2011 By Ewan Turney
Local authorities are set to unveil new undercover stings to clamp down on so-called "proxy" purchases of alcohol. Independent test-purchasing...
24-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
MA forum poster and blogger Publican Sam has updated his easy-to-use GP calculator for fellow licensees to coincide with the 7.5% hike in beer duty...
Mark Daniels: Society of Licensees - reinventing the wheel?
23-Mar-2011
Like many great ideas, the premise for the Society of Licensees came up in a discussion over a few pints of beer and a game of poker. As a mix of...
Andrew Pring: The UK has too many pubs
23-Mar-2011 By James Wilmore
The UK has an excess of pubs and many bad ones are run by illiterate and innumerate people, a respected industry observer has told MPs. Andrew...
PubAid's call to arms to licensees
23-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubs across the country are being urged to help show just how much the sector collectively raises for charity. The team behind the website PubAid...
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 Phil Dixon
How can tenanted pubs compete with managed pubs within the same estate, asks Morning Advertiser columnist Phil Dixon. It was of those phone calls...
23-Mar-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Pubs need more investment to boost the industry and encourage people to keep visiting their local. That was the consensus at think tank The Bow...
23-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
High-profile ex-policeman Brian Paddick has labelled enforcement of underage alcohol sales "laughable" and suggested licences should be revoked after...
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....
23-Mar-2011 By Robyn Black
Soft drinks put in a resilient performance last year in the on-trade, outgrowing ale, lager and stout with value up 1% to £2.8bn, according to the...
22-Mar-2011 By Peter Coulson
The link between betting and pubs is a long-established one Peter Coulson sets the record straight.
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...
Courts urged to take pub attacks more seriously
22-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
A campaign that calls for tougher sentences for those who attack licensees is celebrating a success - but warned that more work needs to be done....
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...
M&B's revolving door management policy continues apace
21-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
"Is it me, or has everybody gone mad?" The sage words of Brian Potter, the fictional owner/operator of the Phoenix Club, sprang to mind as I digested...
Hamish Champ: Show 'em how it's done
21-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
My local butcher has come up with an ingenious revenue-generating scheme. For 85 quid he will spend an hour or two taking you through the fine art of...
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...
Thwaites to ramp up pub investment
21-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
Daniel Thwaites, the Lancashire brewer, could double the number of investment schemes across its tenanted pub estate in the coming months. Richard...
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...
18-Mar-2011 By Michelle Perrett
The five-strong Oakman Inns is to launch a concept to help the company rival major coffee shop chains.
