08-Mar-2011 By Graham Ridout
A pub gift voucher company has launched its scheme in Scotland at around 100 Belhaven pubs. Pub Tokens is the idea of former Scottish &...
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.
Caroline Nodder: Energy firms must be less slapdash in their dealings with pubs
07-Mar-2011 By Caroline Nodder
There are some big plus points to being a journalist and one of them is the ability to stir companies into action on behalf of your readers. The...
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...
Orchid merges HR and commercial teams
07-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
Managed pub operator Orchid Group is claiming a first for the pub sector by merging its human resources and commercial departments. A new division...
'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...
Sharing the load
05-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
McMullen's, the Hertfordshire-based brewer and retailer, hopes its new type of letting agreement will help attract entrepreneurial individuals to the...
Who's Pete Perfect in the pub industry then?
05-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
Perhaps it's my slightly warped sense of humour, but the idea of 'Wacky Races' as a metaphor for the pub sector tickles my funny-bone no end. For...
House broker cuts Enterprise share target
04-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team
The broker for Enterprise Inns, Deutsche Bank, has slashed its share price target for the company from £2.30 to £1.00.
04-Mar-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Enterprise Inns has made another £1.5m at an auction in Wales, selling four out of the six pubs it put up for auction.
04-Mar-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Breweries are getting behind the 40th birthday of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) this month with the launch of a range of dedicated ales.
04-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team
Premium Bars & Restaurants' former group commercial director Caroline Craik is opening her second Punch leased site. She will re-open the Dog...
Non-London pubs set for tourism boost
04-Mar-2011 By James Wilmore
Pubs outside of London are set for an extra boost after the government promised to rebalance the economy away from the capital as part of a new...
Brulines shares slump after profit warning
04-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
Brulines shares dived 15 per cent this morning after it warned its full year profits were likely to be 20 per cent lower than previously predicted....
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.
04-Mar-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Disputes between tenants and pub companies about inventories could be reduced thanks to a new procedure agreed by more than 100 pub property valuers....
Ex-chef launches order and reserve app
04-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
An ex-chef has launched an iPhone app that enables customers to order food, reserve tables and receive promotions. Andy Evans was a chef for 24...
03-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team
Pubs can capitalise on the fact that it's good value, and more convenient, for punters to venture out to eat than dine at home, says The PMA Team.
03-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team
Lincolnshire brewer and retailer Batemans has offered its licensees the opportunity to cancel out price rises on a key company product this year....
03-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
A Surrey town could incorporate facial recognition into its CCTV system to help keep troublemakers out of pubs. The suggestion came up during a...
03-Mar-2011 By John Harrington
Greene King has held its first "business fit" seminar to help its tenants and lessees trade during the recession. The Darlington event, which...
02-Mar-2011 By Dave Daly
Dave Daly reflects on the changes to the managed-house system since he entered the trade.
02-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team
David Crabtree has stepped down as chief executive of Atmosphere Bar and Clubs. Former JDW chief operating officer Paul Harbottle will replace him.
02-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team
Managed operator JD Wetherspoon re-opened the former Blu Bambu nigtclub in Sunderland yesterday after a £1.2m investment — and is believed to have...
John Roberts to leave Fuller's
02-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
John Roberts, managing director of Fuller's Beer Company, is leaving the company next week after 15 years with the business in order to pursue what...
02-Mar-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Pubs are capitalising on royal-wedding fever with a range of imaginative food promotions. London pub operators ETM Group and Renaissance have...
02-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
A west Belfast based pub company that has a chain of pubs in the city has gone into administration. Castle Street Inns owns six bars, which are...
02-Mar-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Whitbread, the leisure group, has this morning reported a 6.7% increase in like-for-like sales for the 50 weeks to 17 February 2011, driven by strong...
01-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
An anti-supermarket campaigner and bar operator has welcomed calls to ban the placing of alcohol in stores near everyday items such as milk and bread.
Licensee facing fifth prosecution for showing foreign satellite football
01-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
A licensee is facing her fifth prosecution for showing Premier League football through a foreign decoder - but her lawyer is confident of another...
01-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
TV presenter Fiona Phillips has become the latest celebrity to venture into pub ownership. She and husband Martin Frizell have bought the freehold...
28-Feb-2011 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns is hoping to raise £14m in an Allsop Commercial Auction on 24 March, as it continues its freehold sale and leaseback programme.
28-Feb-2011 By John Harrington
Tributes have been paid to Alec Roud, BII founding member and chairman of the BII Wessex region, who died on Thursday (24 February).
Pub manager sacked for 'no travelers' sign
28-Feb-2011 By John Harrington
The manager of a tenanted pub in Cambridge has been sacked for displaying a 'no travelers' sign.
28-Feb-2011 By Phil Mellows
Martin Rawlings has fought the pub trade's corner with steely determination. He talks to Phil Mellows about what makes a campaign succeed.
Karen Black: Is it paranoia when they really are out to get me?
28-Feb-2011
Painful as it is to share these defects with you, share I must: • I am blonde - and as we all know blondes are stupid. We are now the acceptable...
The Fourth Option
28-Feb-2011 By Hamish Champ
The days of filling in order forms for a pub's supplies and things like staff rotas and holidays could soon be a thing of the past for an increasing...
Talent, not quotas, is the way forward
28-Feb-2011 By Hamish Champ
Lord Davies' argument that there should be more women in the boardroom of UK plc will strike a chord with many, and will irritate others to high...
More women needed on company boards, says peer
28-Feb-2011 By Hamish Champ
UK boardrooms are over-populated by men and companies must do more to recognise the part women play in business, Lord Davies, the former minister of...
'Mr Average spends 10585 hours of his life in the pub'
28-Feb-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
If your fella is either in the boozer, watching the box or shopping online, don't panic… it's normal behaviour.The typical bloke spends 10,585...
Booker launches Fully Booked to drive trade
28-Feb-2011 By Jo Bruce
Booker has launched a campaign to help licensees drive extra trade around events. The "Fully Booked" initiative aims to help pubs capitalise on the...
28-Feb-2011 By John Harrington
Everards is giving customers the chance to have their say on the planned revamp of Nottinghamshire pub via an on-line blog. The Newcastle Arms,...
25-Feb-2011 By Tony Holman
Only when the Murphy case is complete will hosts know limits on the use of foreign domestic cards on commercial premises, says Tony Holman.
25-Feb-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Making the Challenge 25 age check policy compulsory in pubs on Saturday 1 October could be "very problematic for pubs", says SBPA.
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...
25-Feb-2011 By John Harrington
The UK's last Rat & Parrot, the former Scottish & Newcastle Retail brand, closes today. TCG, which operates the Rat & Parrot on the High...
24-Feb-2011 By The PMA Team
Moving to British Double Summer Time before next year's Olympics would be a great boost to the pub industry, says The PMA Team.
24-Feb-2011 By John Harrington
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is urging the Welsh Assembly Government to lobby Westminster to grant it powers to act on the beer tie.
Justin Carter joins Fuller's
24-Feb-2011 By Hamish Champ
Justin Carter, the founder of the Elbow Room chain of pool bars, has joined London brewer Fuller, Smith & Turner to run its Premium City pubs...
Electricty giant halves £25k bill after Publican intervenes
24-Feb-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
A utilities giant has shaved £12,000 off a licensee's electricity bill after The Publican intervened on his behalf. Neil Crampton, who runs the...
