05-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Police have provided 1,500 Northumberland pubs with "refusal cards" that can be given to troublesome customers as a sign that they won't be served...
04-Jan-2011 By MA team
Pub operators have reported the poor weather badly affected the run-up to Christmas although the week between Christmas and New Year saw strong...
04-Jan-2011 By Ewan Turney
Bedfordshire-based Charles Wells Pub Company has appointed Craig Mayes to the board as operations director. The 30-year-old took up his position on...
04-Jan-2011 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Punch Taverns, the leased and managed pub group, is reportedly considering selling its 50% stake in drinks wholesaler Matthew Clark, a move that...
04-Jan-2011 By John Harrington
Most groups and individuals who responded to a Government consultation on live music reform want to see licence exemptions for pubs and small music...
04-Jan-2011 By John Harrington
The Government is to consult next year on whether the use of restrictive covenants on pub sales, which force change of use, should be banned or...
Brewing figures get New Year's gongs
31-Dec-2010
Two brewing industry figures have been recognised in the New Year's Honours List for their achievements in the trade and elsewhere. Richard Everard,...
Campaigners step up pressure over live music in pubs
31-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
A group representing a variety of interests in the UK music industry has expressed its frustration over government inaction to exempt pubs from...
Fuller's recalls 320k bottles of its ales
29-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
London brewer Fuller Smith & Turner has recalled 320,000 330ml bottles of its ale after what it called "an isolated issue" at its bottle...
Punch bondholders appoint advisers
29-Dec-2010
A number of Punch Taverns' bondholders are reported to have appointed Rothschild, the investment bank, to advise them ahead of meetings with the...
24-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
A high-profile Enterprise lessee whose pub is up for auction is examining plans for a mass tenant buy-out of their pubs by the pubco's licensees.
24-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
JD Wetherspoon is not re-running its 99p pint deal in its January Sale next month, the Morning Advertiser has learnt. Next year's sale will see...
Mitchells & Butlers pays out £200k to ex-directors
23-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
All Bar One operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has shelled out £100,000 each to two former directors of the business. Denis Jackson and Ray...
23-Dec-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Geronimo Inns, the London group which recently agreed a £60m deal with Young's, has added the Surprise pub in Chelsea to its 26-strong managed pub...
22-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers has unveiled a seven-year partnership with Brakes Group worth over £200m, delivering significant savings for the company.
22-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A Cornwall pub has built an "amazing" tiered 16-seat cinema and conference room attached to the bar.
21-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published its final guidance on pub valuations, which offers some hope to tenants who feel they pay too much rent, although concerns have been raised about some sections.
21-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Greene King has sold the former Hardys and Hansons Kimberley Brewery in Nottinghamshire for an undisclosed sum. Greene King acquired Hardys and...
Foxman Pubs opens its first site
20-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
A new pub company Foxman Pubs is hoping to open six freeholds as it takes advantage of distressed conditions. The company has already opened the...
Pubwatch groups warned of outside influence
20-Dec-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The integrity of Pubwatch schemes could be called into question if staff from the emergency services have too much influence over groups, according...
'NI pub trade 'critical' after weather wipeout'
20-Dec-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The chief executive of a major hospitality body in Northern Ireland has said the situation for the local industry is "critical" after trade was badly...
Orchid: 2011 will be the year of simplicity
20-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Simple high quality ingredients and authentic drinks will be the key to making 2011 a success for pubs, the 300-strong Orchid Group believes. The...
20-Dec-2010 By Phil Mellows
Price is only one factor in a multiplicity of determinants that cause people to develop alcohol problems, says Phil Mellows.
20-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Bondholders in Punch Taverns are believed to have held a meeting with financial advisers ahead of a possible restructuring. According to the...
17-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Punch boss Ian Dyson has reported "improving trends" despite an 8.7% decline in like-for-like EBITDA in its leased estate.
Hamish Champ: Punch Taverns AGM showdown? Damp squib, more like
17-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
There was much anticipation surrounding Punch Taverns' annual general meeting (AGM), held in Central London today. Well, at least among hacks like me...
Licensees have a 'tough job', pubs minister admits
17-Dec-2010 By James Wilmore
Community pubs minister Bob Neill has acknowledged licensees do a "tough job with long hours" and said the coalition wants pubs to "succeed"....
'High income households among biggest alcohol drinkers'
17-Dec-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Top earners are more likely to drink alcohol frequently than adults in poorer households, a survey says. The Health Survey for England 2009 found...
Punch Taverns to update on strategic review 'early next year'
17-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
Announcing its first quarter figures today, Ian Dyson, Punch Taverns' chief executive, said he plans to update the market on the progress of his...
17-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns executives got an easy ride from shareholders at its Annual General Meeting. Shareholders had been expected to take Punch to task on...
'Punch boss Ian Dyson in line for £4m shares'
16-Dec-2010 By James Wilmore
The new boss of Punch, Britain's largest pub group, could earn nearly £4.6m this year as a result of a controversial pay package. Ian Dyson, the...
16-Dec-2010 By Gurjit Degun
A Lincolnshire pub is offering kids the chance to meet Santa whilst parents relax with a drink. Batemans pub the Bricklayers Arms in Boston has set...
16-Dec-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
The new boss of Punch Taverns could earn nearly £4.6m this year as a result of a controversial pay package. Ian Dyson, the former finance director...
Pub group collapses up 31 per cent in third quarter
15-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
The number of on-trade businesses going belly-up rose by nearly a third in the third quarter of 2010, prompting fears that the much-heralded economic...
Sceptre Leisure sees profits slump by a third
15-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
UK-wide pub closures were partly to blame for a 33 per cent slide in first half profits for Sceptre Leisure, which supplies amusement machines to the...
15-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns critic Greg Mulholland MP has slammed its bosses for putting "their own greed before the needs of their own tenants" after receiving...
15-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
AWP supplier Sceptre Leisure believes it is in a strong position despite revealing a 33% drop in profit before tax to £0.6m for the six months to 31...
14-Dec-2010 By Gurjit Degun
The Yorkshire Bridge Inn in Bamford, Derbyshire, has won gold again at the East Midlands Tourism Excellence Awards 2010. It is the second year...
14-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Drinks wholesaler Matthew Clark has signed a deal to supply a range of Elgood's Brewery ales to its customers in the Midlands and East Anglia. In...
The Great British pub faces a critical year
13-Dec-2010 By Greg Mulholland
The rise in VAT next January and low-cost supermarket alcohol will make 2011 a critical year for the pub trade, says Greg Mulholland.
An interesting few months to come
13-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
This time last year I wrote about the inaugural Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) select committee hearing, held at Westminster, which put a...
Pub Bitch: Santa loses his head
13-Dec-2010
Rocking the Kasbah You have to hand it to those BrewDog guys, they are such rebels. At its AGM the other week the PR-hungry indie brewery outlined...
Chris Maclean: Pubs are a force for good
13-Dec-2010 By Chris Maclean
I have long believed that the demonisation of alcohol is the single greatest threat to the licensed industry. It is the systematic removal of any...
Hamish Champ: Who needs footy on the pub telly when there's a riot goin' on?
13-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
I never watch televised sport in pubs as a rule. I might latch onto a game of football or rugby if a pub I'm in is showing one, but I haven't made a...
Top end trading slows in November
13-Dec-2010
Pub industry experts are warning that following a sluggish November, the trading picture for December is likely to be badly affected by the current...
13-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Communities will get the right to buy their pub and other community assets under new plans to shift power back to local communities. Groups of...
13-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Punch executives are set to come under renewed pressure from shareholders at the company's annual general meeting this week. Speculation over the...
'Punch Taverns' investors set for AGM showdown'
12-Dec-2010
Directors at Punch Taverns will come under fire at its AGM this week when shareholders demand action to reduce debt of more than £3bn. The new chief...
10-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Pay for extra police or we'll object to your temporary event notice (TEN) - that's the message from police to licensees in Watford.
10-Dec-2010 By Phil Mellows
He's had his ups and downs, but through it all Phil Dixon has spoken up for pubs and the people who run them. Phil Mellows catches up with him.
