23-Nov-2010 By Peter Coulson
To retire and use your pub as a home and not a business, you need to arrange change of use from commercial to residential, says Peter Coulson.
23-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Punch Taverns has joined up with the BII to provide a new qualification for its business relationship managers (BRMs) to help improve support for...
22-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
A senior City analyst has argued that the "status quo" at Punch Taverns is just "not an option".
22-Nov-2010 By Gurjit Degun
Pubs are missing out on over half a million legitimate customers because they do not accept PASS cards.
Caroline Nodder: Good pubs are in vogue - let the new era begin
22-Nov-2010 By Caroline Nodder
A common theme is emerging at the moment that could form the basis for the success of pubs of the future. Speaking last week to one of the UK's...
All change at Punch Taverns?
22-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
When he joined Punch Taverns as chief executive Ian Dyson said he'd review everything across the business. A month or so on and the results of his...
Hamish Champ: You're never too old to learn
22-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
As any parent knows education is an ongoing and vital part of a child's development, and it doesn't go amiss in the adult world either. We're never...
Bianca Dexter-Burnell: The two-speed economy
22-Nov-2010
It seems an age ago that the government announced it will be cutting £81bn from its spending by 2014/15. The effect of cuts will increase pressure...
Wetherspoons unveils new pub near first ever site
22-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon has opened a new pub in North London's Crouch End, not far from Muswell Hill, where it opened its first pub back in 1979. Managed by...
Enterprise in talks with 'dozens' of SIBA brewers
22-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns is in conversations with dozens of SIBA brewers about taking on one of its pubs with a free of tie deal on cask beer.
22-Nov-2010 By Gurjit Degun
Punch's latest cash back incentive scheme for its tenants and lessees has led to a 23% rise in sales. Under the on-going 10-week initiative,...
22-Nov-2010 By Gurjit Degun
Tradeteam has signed a five-year distribution deal with C&C Group to service its Scottish customers. This comes six months after the two...
'Punch Taverns set for showdown with its bondholders'
21-Nov-2010
Punch Taverns chief executive Ian Dyson is paving the way for talks to get big concessions from the group's bondholders or hand them the keys to...
19-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen has described the committee of MPs' investigation into the pubco/tenant relationship as an "exercise worth...
Fuller's posts 11 per cent profits rise
19-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Fuller Smith & Turner, the London brewer and pub operator, has announced an 11 per cent rise in pre-tax profits for the six months to September...
19-Nov-2010 By Peter Coulson
MA legal expert Peter Coulson considers the difference to policing football and rugby matches.
19-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Fuller's new MD Simon Emeny said his three-month sabbatical to Harvard Business School has given him a "fresh perspective" on the business.
19-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
London brewer and pub operator Fullers has reported an 11% rise in pre-tax profit to £16.8m for the 26 weeks to 25 September. Revenue rose 4% to...
18-Nov-2010 By Jo Bruce
TV chef Richard Phillips is opening a pub in Whitstable, Kent — the Pearson's Arms — on 1 December.
18-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
18-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
New national ops director Darren Topp has decided against joining the company — and a senior operations director has defected to Stonegate.
18-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
A senior City source has dismissed the GMB's call for Punch Taverns to swap debt for equity as "laughable". The GMB has called on Punch's board to...
18-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Sources at Stonegate Pub Company report that Graham Jones, the current Punch operations director, will join the company in February 2011.
Peter Brook leaves Admiral Taverns
18-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Peter Brook has left Admiral Taverns after two years overseeing the pubco's 'Phoenix' division of around 700 under-performing sites. A statement...
Punch bid to bulldoze pub rejected
18-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A licensee is celebrating after a pubco's bid to demolish his pub and turn it into eight homes was rejected. Paul St John Campbell said he only...
Pubs needed for Olympic effort
18-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubs are being urged to do their bit to help tourists feel at home when the Olympic Games roll into town in 2012. Mayor of London Boris Johnson has...
17-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal has officially re-opened a Buckinghamshire pub after a £50,000 revamp.
17-Nov-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Shares in Enterprise Inns dropped by around 10% yesterday following disappointment that the group did not resume dividend payments.
Mark Daniels: There's a Royal wedding, let's have a party!
17-Nov-2010
I, like many other barkeeps the length and breadth of this great nation, am often asked to provide bar services for events, such as weddings,...
GMB calls for Punch debt-for-equity swap
17-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
The GMB trade union has called on Punch Taverns boss Ian Dyson to kick off debt-for-equity swap talks with the pubco's bondholders. The union said it...
Cornish pubs experience mixed fortunes in floods
17-Nov-2010 By James Wilmore
Pubs in a Cornwall town have experienced mixed fortunes after this morning's floods caused havoc for many in the county. Heavy rain and gale-force...
17-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Drinks wholesaler WaverleyTBS has announced the appointment of Ian Norman as the new regional trading director for the south-west, reporting directly...
Enterprise edges to 'hard-won stability'
16-Nov-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Enterprise Inns, the leased and managed pub group, has reported a 5% decline in like-for-like (LFL) net income per pub — but did not pay out a dividend despite achieving what it described as a "hard won stability".
16-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
A former 27-bedroom Walkabout hotel in Bristol has been re-let to Brooks Hotels for an undisclosed sum.
Cashbox snapped up by ATM rival
16-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Cashbox, the ATM supplier whose shares were suspended last week, has been bought by a rival company. InfoCash, based in Abingdon, has acquired...
Wetherspoons hopes to cut red tape with council link-up
16-Nov-2010 By James Wilmore
JD Wetherspoon has signed up to a "groundbreaking" partnership with a local council, designed to cut red tape for the managed chain across the UK....
Enterprise Inns sees annual profits fall 16 per cent
16-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns, the UK's second largest pubco, said today the business was in a "sound position" to deliver returns to shareholders, despite...
16-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
Punch has made an approved list of 14 trade experts to help lessees and tenants handle their finances. The company has vetted experts from local and...
16-Nov-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Phil Dutton, the finance director of Punch Taverns, the leased and tenanted pub operator, is to leave the company. No reason was given for his...
16-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Drinks wholesaler Matthew Clark has announced a new on-trade supply deal with Oxfordshire-based brewer and pub operator Hook Norton. As part of the...
16-Nov-2010 By Joe Lutrario
Claude Bosi, chef patron at two-Michelin star Mayfair restaurant Hibiscus, is to take on an Enterprise pub-with-rooms with brother Cedrick. The Fox...
15-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Pleisure scooped the award for Best Drinks Offer at the recent MA200 awards for the country's top independent multiple retailers. Managing director...
15-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
Mark Hastings has left his position as British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) communications director.
Enterprise to sell Michelin pub — plus 10 more
15-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns (ETI) is hoping to raise around £11m by undertaking a sale and leaseback on another 11 pubs, including one with a Michelin star.
15-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Talks over merging Stonegate Pub Company with Town & City Pub Company are making very slow progress, sources indicate. Stonegate, backed by...
Mark Daniels: Telling the real drunks from the fakes
15-Nov-2010
Harrison Ford, he of Intergalactic fame, snogger of Princess Leia, pilot of the Millennium Falcon and best friend of a wookie, recently found himself...
Caroline Nodder: Is the British Stiff Upper Lip softening?
15-Nov-2010 By Caroline Nodder
I am concerned this week that the famous British Stiff Upper Lip is softening somewhat. We Brits used to be famed for our steely resolve in the face...
Hamish Champ: What can the internet do for your pub?
15-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
I experienced a couple of 'firsts' last week. It was the first time I'd ever attended the Federation of Licensed Victualler's Associations' (FLVA)...
M&B shares rise on rosy outlook for managed pubs
15-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) were outperforming the market today, boosted by good trade numbers across the managed pub sector and news...
BBPA says goodbye to communications chief
15-Nov-2010 By James Wilmore
The British Beer & Pub Association has parted company with its director of communications, Mark Hastings. Hastings stepped down from the role on...
