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Booker: acquisitions

Booker acquires Ritter and Classic Drinks

By Ewan Turney

Food and drink wholesaler Booker has acquired speciality foods supplier Ritter and pub wholesaler Classic Drinks. The trading business and and...

Darby: welcomed OFT report

Darby: time for CAMRA to move on

By Ewan Turney

Marston's Pub Company boss Alistair Darby has urged the CAMRA to get back to what it is good at — promoting the virtues of cask ale — after the...

OFT: pub sector is competitive

OFT: no further action on pubcos

By Ewan Turney

The OFT findins no evidence of competition problems that are having an adverse significant adverse impact on consumers.

Chase: time to challenge the proposed licensing reform plans

Licensees must fight back

By Paul Chase

The proposal to rebalance the Licensing Act is a seminal moment for the on-trade, argues Paul Chase.

Amber Taverns management: big plans to expand

LGV backs MBO at Amber Taverns

By Ewan Turney

Private equity firm LGV Capital, the original backers of Enterprise Inns, has backed a management buy-out of Amber Taverns. LGV has backed the...

Charles Wells: applications up

Lessee applications up at Charles Wells

By Natasha Devan

Applications to run Charles Wells pubs have risen by 66% since last October, says the Bedfordshire-based tenanted operator. A total of 42 licensees...

Ibrahim: hospitality industry can become one of the key drivers of economic recovery

Hospitality sector to lead economic recovery

By Martyn Leek, M&C Report

The UK hospitality industry could become one of the key building blocks for an economic recovery, according to a new report released today. The...

Chef & Brewer: investment promised

Punch to invest £38m in managed pubs

By The PMA Team

The managed division of Punch plans to invest £38m in refurbishing between 230 and 240 pubs this financial year. The company would focus on four brands: Chef & Brewer, Fayre and Square, Taylor Walker and Flaming Grill.

Maher: fronted the campaign

Community pub buy out plan fails

By Lesley Foottit

A community's attempt to take on the local pub and restore basic village services fell at the last hurdle despite raising more than £200,000. The...

Mosley Arms, Bolton: on the market

Holts puts 15 pubs up to let

By Natasha Devan

Manchester brewery Joseph Holt has announced it will be letting 15 pubs in north west England. Traditional three-year brewery tenancies are being...

Lee with his step daughter

Family of Paul Lee: 'Tuppen should quit'

By Lesley Foottit

The family of the licensee who died after Enterprise failed to ensure the pub was safe have joined a call for the resignation of chief executive Ted Tuppen.

Punch: investing in its pubs

Punch pumps £15m into I4G extension

By Robyn Black

Punch Taverns has confirmed plans to extend its Investing For Growth scheme into next year, earmarking a further £15m to help another 350 pubs.

Downey: pubs should be social hubs

Don't be the last drinker in your own bar

By Jonathan Downey

It's time operators recognised the scale of the problems facing pubs. This is the first step towards saving a great institution, says Jonathan Downey.

Brokenshire: confirmed slot at RDR conference

Brokenshire to speak at RDR Conference

By John Harrington

The Government minister handling controversial plans to overhaul licensing is to speak at this year's Responsible Drinks Retailing (RDR) Conference.

M&B: Harvesters opening at retail parks

M&B lines up two Harvester retail park openings

By Mark Stretton, M&C Report

Mitchells & Butlers is to unveil its first two retail park locations for Harvester, its mid-market family dining brand, this November — in Bristol and Staines.

Cheap deals: out of favour in north-east

North-east licensees back minimum pricing

By John Harrington

More than eight out of 10 north-east licensees support minimum pricing to curb cheap supermarket sales and lift their trading gloom. That's...

Shepherd Neame: record turnover

Shepherd Neame profits surge

By Martyn Leek, M&C Report

Shepherd Neame this morning revealed a record turnover and beer volumes as it unveiled a 25.5% increase in profit before tax of £8.7m.

Heineken: merge could mean 50 job losses

Exclusive: S&NPC radical shake-up

By The PMA Team

Heineken UK is to merge its S&NPC pub management division with its on-trade beer division in a move that is likely to mean 50 job losses.

ALMR: 45 companies backing campaign

45 companies back ALMR's campaign

By The PMA Team

A total of 45 companies have thrown their support behind a major "direct action" campaign to halt proposed changes to the Licensing Act. They have...

Good Pub Guide 2011: out today

Licensees who put up prices are 'foolhardy'

By Lesley Foottit and Jo Bruce

As the Good Pub Guide 2011 editor criticises hikes on pints, Lesley Foottit and Jo Bruce highlight the good work of the award winners. Licensees who...

Beefeater: winter variant

Beefeater spices up the winter

By Sonya Hook

A special edition gin for the winter season is set to join the Beefeater stable — Beefeater London Dry Winter Edition.

Marston's: results will be in line with expectations

Marston's: tenanted pub profits improving

By Ewan Turney

Underlying profits at Marston's tenanted and leased pubs have begun to improve, the brewer and operator has said. Like-for-like profits for the year...

Polycarbonate glasses: shatter proof

Cleethorpes pubs trial plastic glasses

By Natasha Devan

Twelve pubs in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire have agreed to use polycarbonate glasses in the evening as part of a drive to reduce violent crime. Members...

Hickman: fortune favours the brave

Analyst: Time to buy Punch shares

By The PMA Team

City analyst Paul Hickman, of KBC Peel Hunt, has issued a buy note on Punch Taverns — fortune favours the brave, he said.

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