10-Dec-2010 By Paul Smith
As Paul Smith leaves his role as executive director at Noctis, he reflects on his time at the organisation and predicts the future of the industry.
10-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen enjoyed a 51% earnings increase in the company's most recent financial year to 30 September 2010 — he...
10-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Enterprise Inns lessee Gerry Price is opening a speciality wine and spirit shop next to his pub early next year. Price, who runs the Inn at West End...
09-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Liverpool brewery Cains is taking its range of beers and lagers across the pond to America after linking up with Win-It-Too of Boston.
New LTC film tugs at the heartstrings
09-Dec-2010 By James Wilmore
An emotionally-charged short film commissioned by the Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) is set to get its public premiere this week as part of a fresh bid...
09-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
The upcoming Localism Bill will "make good Christmas reading" for those who want to save pubs by making it easier for communities to take them on....
09-Dec-2010 By Chris Druce, M&C Report
Embattled nightclub operator has completed a refinancing exercise, granting its management team more time to turn around the business. Luminar's...
09-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Trade chief Neil Robertson says he's "reasonably optimistic" the Government won't alter the drink-drive limit after a committee of MPs rejected calls...
08-Dec-2010 By Ufi Ibrahim
The British Hospitality Association's chief executive Ufi Ibrahim argues that Britain will benefit hugely from the 2010 Olympics.
08-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Charging the full price for a meal out will become more difficult for restaurant and pub operators, due to discount vouchers.
08-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Police and councils in 26 areas are to receive "intensive" support visits to get them up to speed on their powers to tackle 'problem pubs'. The Home Office cited a "lack of confidence" among enforcement officers.
Pub Bitch: Crap Gordon
08-Dec-2010
Crap Gordon Gordon's alive?! Brian Blessed, the 'face' - if not the voice - of Greene King's Old Speckled Hen, isn't a man to be messed with, it...
Can Harry Potter help pub's fortunes?
08-Dec-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A pair of publicans are hoping Harry Potter can weave his magic to help their bid to run a cinema from their pub. Angela Morgan-Knight, licensee of...
M&B sells former Lakota bars
07-Dec-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has sold 10 former Lakota bars at the centre of a legal tussle with a Bristol nightclub over ownership of the name.
07-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
A number of major pub companies, including Enterprise Inns, are trialling the Brulines i-draught technology that has been a major success in the...
Petrol station analysis boosts Brulines
07-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
Brulines' recent move into the petrol station forecourt sector has helped the group post a near 25 per cent hike in first half turnover. Best known...
07-Dec-2010 By Gurjit Degun
Enterprise Inns has raised £9.9m selling all of the nine pubs it put up for auction today. The company sold the freeholds of the pubs with a...
07-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Paul Smith is to leave his role as executive director of Noctis, the trade body for late-night bar and club operators, at the end of the year. The...
06-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Managed pub operator JD Wetherspoon has been crowned overall winner of the Loo of the Year Awards 2010.
06-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
A leading City analyst has claimed that Punch Taverns' best option now is to allow the two securitisations — A and B — that cover 5,325 of its...
Hamish Champ: 'Brulines blog lands author in spot of bother shock!'
06-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
When licensee and Publican blogger Mark Daniels told me he was going to write a piece on his experience with Brulines he acknowledged that he would...
Tom McMullen: Hitting supermarkets with a 'responsibility tax' will level the playing field
06-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
No sooner had McMullen, the Hertford-based family brewer, welcomed another member of the McMullen clan to its ranks than he goes and comes up with a...
Is the government's duty proposal a bright idea? Or just the 'same old same old'?
06-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
'Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.' Immortal words from The Who's Pete Townsend which sprang gazelle-like to mind after the government...
06-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
One Surrey pub reported a "very successful" week after opening an "aprés ski lodge" — and is praying for more snow. Carol Haime, chef proprieter...
06-Dec-2010 By Innscribe
Innscribe are Specialist Pub Accountants committed to providing quality professional accounting services and business advice at sustainable prices....
06-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Two members of the MA-200 club — Grand Union and Amber Taverns — have been listed in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list. The list is made up...
06-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Several private equity groups are said to be plotting bids for Punch Taverns, according to reports. The Daily Mail reports that CVC, which was...
'Private equity group plotting bid for Punch Taverns'
05-Dec-2010
Private equity group CVC is thought to be plotting an audacious bid for Punch Taverns, whose leased and managed pub estates have combined debts of...
03-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
Realpubs, the London pub operator founded by Malcolm Heap and Nick Pring, has bought the freehold of its 14th pub.
03-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
Greene King boss Rooney Anand has issued a stark warning about the structural challenge facing the leased and tenanted pub sector. He said: "There...
Greene King announces major organisational revamp
03-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
Greene King has announced a major shake-up of its operation which will see its Scottish Belhaven pub and brewing businesses fully integrated with the...
03-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The UK's big freeze has brought mixed fortunes to the pub trade as rural pubs suffer and city pubs do a roaring trade. Michael Kheng, of...
03-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A Devon pub suffered a loss of trade yesterday after a tractor towing a trailer of manure crashed and dumped its 14-tonne load on the doorstep....
Enterprise 'content' over beer flow monitoring
03-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns has refused to respond to six key questions over the use of Brulines in its estate posed by anti-beer tie group Fair Pint. Fair Pint...
03-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Greene King has reported good progress on its three-to-five-year strategy to reduce the size of its tenanted estate from 1,600 to 1,100 and increase...
02-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has fired a warning shot to bondholders that it may hand back the keys to 5,000-plus leased pubs, unless they offer flexibility on debt...
WaterAid: Water with Whitbread
02-Dec-2010
With words such as 'inspiring', 'eye-opening' and 'thought-provoking' peppering conversation it is not difficult to understand the impact a recent...
Marco Pierre White slams expensive gastro pubs
02-Dec-2010
Leading chef Marco Pierre White has slammed expensive gastro pubs for failing to deliver, in an exclusive interview with The Publican. The pub lover...
Marston's announces senior executive changes
02-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
Marston's, the Midlands brewer and pub operator, announced today a slimmed down executive board from October next year - from five to three personnel...
Piccadilly lessees to get letters confirming Admiral Taverns deal
02-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
Lessees with pubs formerly owned by Piccadilly Licensed Properties (PLP) will receive letters today confirming their new landlord is Admiral Taverns....
02-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Licensing authorities will be judge, jury and executioner under proposed changes to the Licensing Act. That's the warning from the Association of...
02-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Marston's has announced a reshuffle of its management team with Derek Andrew deciding to step down after 30 years with the company.
02-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Underage test purchase operations have "served their purpose" and a more "holistic" strategy is needed to tackle child drinking. So says a new...
02-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Brewer and pub operator Marston's has reported a 4.6% jump in underlying end of year profits to £73.5m fuelled by a strong performance in its...
01-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
Admiral Taverns has acquired around 190 pubs formerly owned by Piccadilly Licensed Properties, owned by aAIM.
'Lets battle the bingers'
01-Dec-2010
Home Secretary Theresa May will today vow to "reclaim the streets" from drunken louts causing misery in towns across Britain. She will declare war on...
Marston's announces its pub of the year
01-Dec-2010
A pub in Leeds has been named Marston's pub of the year. The Mustard Pot in Chapel Allerton was came out on top out of the Marston's 1,700 pubs for...
Molson Coors: Stemming the tide of water consumption
30-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner could easily be the sort of thing that keeps brewers awake at night....
Licensees weather storm to serve school dinners
30-Nov-2010
Award winning licensees Ashley and Kelly McCarthy, of Ye Old Sun Inn, in Colton Yorkshire, stepped in to provide lunch for more than 50 school...
Ian Payne quits as Town & City/Bay Restaurant chairman
30-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Ian Payne has resigned as chairman of the Town & City Pub Company and Bay Restaurant Group with immediate effect. Payne, who according to a...
