UK banks may need more taxpayer's cash, warns report
04-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ
A new report has warned that as funding pressures mount UK banks might have to be bailed out yet again by the taxpayer. The report, published by a...
04-Oct-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Greene King has completed the first stage of its Code of Practice training for BDMs, following feedback from tenants. The Leading the Way programme...
04-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney
A high profile BII member has resigned his position claiming the organisation did little to clear his name of false accusations made against him a...
01-Oct-2010 By Peter Coulson
The threatened removal of the (SIA) is not surprising, but to suggest that the industry can police itself is scarcely credible, says Peter Coulson.
Pub Bitch: And one for the dog?
01-Oct-2010
The miscellaneous party Anyone still unclear as to who holds the reins of power within our coalition government need only look as far as the list of...
Pub unlocks Foursquare Swarm Badge at reopening party
01-Oct-2010
The Greyhound pub on Kew Green, West London, re-opened under new management last Friday, and used the opportunity to experiment with Foursquare....
01-Oct-2010 By John Harrington
A police bid to get nightclubs in one north-east nightspot to revert to 2am closing failed after operators refused to comply. Officers approached...
30-Sep-2010 By Phil Mellows
How did Steve Haslam – who runs Enterprise Inns leaseholds – become one of the country's most successful licensees?
30-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Stephen Thomas, the founder of Luminar, is to launch a new "up market, all seated and fully waiter serviced bar" concept called the Greene Room,
30-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Richard and Loren Pope are the first licensees to act in response to the MA's call for a "peasants' revolt" against proposed licensing reform changes.
30-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
The Morning Advertiser has learnt that industry veteran Ted Kennedy is running the 28 tenanted pubs formerly owned by InnDeeD Group.
30-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
Analyst: Enterprise close to turning a corner?
30-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
A City analyst has claimed that Enterprise Inns is close to turning a corner — and could resume dividend payments in 2011. John Beaumont, leisure...
30-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Two tenanted pub companies, Pubfolio and the smaller Goldtry, have gone into administration. The companies own 253 primarily freehold pub...
Publican Local Focus: Southampton
30-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A pub in Southampton was the subject of some rather unflattering media debate in the summer when an angry bunch of mums were told their custom was...
Licensee survives review after one neighbour complains over noise
30-Sep-2010 By James Wilmore
A disgruntled licensee has accused his local council of "shabby" treatment over a licence review hearing sparked by noise complaints from just one...
Haunted pub in spooky fundraiser
30-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A haunted pub is opening its doors for a spooky sleepover to raise cash for the Stroke Association. The Abbey Inn in Leeds bills itself as the most...
30-Sep-2010 By Tim Martin
JDW founder Tim Martin has responded to the Morning Advertiser's appeal for a charter of important subjects around which the industry can unite.
30-Sep-2010 By Tony Halstead
Trust Inns boss Brian King retires tomorrow (Friday) after 32 years in the trade. Tony Halstead caught up with him.
29-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Passionate Pub Company, the seven-strong operator based in north-east England, has gone into liquidation after its bank RBS withdrew its support.
29-Sep-2010 By Phil Mellows
Phil Mellows gives his views on the GMB and whether it has a role to play in the dispute between tied pub tenants and pubcos.
Pubfolio goes into administration owing £50m-plus
29-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Pubfolio, the Trowbridge-headquartered pub operator, has gone into administration owing its banks in excess of £50m. As well as Pubfolio, whose...
Wetherspoons looks to harness Foursquare popularity with UK event
29-Sep-2010
JD Wetherspoon has agreed to provide the venue for the UK's first ever 'Super Swarm Badge', using location-based social networking site, Foursquare....
Tap into The Publican's WaterAid Pub Quiz
29-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The Publican is getting quizzical in the latest stage of our fundraising drive for the charity WaterAid. We have teamed up with Wetherspoons to host...
29-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
The BBPA held a meeting with Home Office officials yesterday to voice concerns over the proposed changes to the Licensing Act.
29-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
New Labour leader Ed Miliband has backed action against cut-price alcohol sold in supermarkets. In his acceptance speech at the Labour Party...
29-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
AWP supplier Sceptre Lesiure has secured a two-year deal to supply Punch's managed estate of pubs. The deal will see Sceptre supply coin operated...
Pub regular bags £20K in Tarrant-hosted quiz
28-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A pub regular picked up a cool £20,000 after getting the chance to answer questions from Chris Tarrant. Craig Palfrey, a regular at the Three...
28-Sep-2010 By Roger Protz
The campaign to halt a JDW outlet in Lymington seems to be based on snobbery and delusion, says Roger Protz.
Enterprise hope to raise further £11.3m at auction
28-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns is hoping to raise around £11.3m by undertaking a sale and leaseback on another 11 pubs at at an Allsops commercial auction on 19...
28-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
The third Best Bar None (BBN) Practitioners Conference is to take place in Durham in 24 November.
28-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Orchid Group chief executive Rufus Hall will be giving staff regular updates on YouTube to help them keep up-to-date with the business. The videos,...
28-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The Red Rooms bar in Brighton was forced to pay more than £7,000 by magistrates after complaints of "unbearable" noise.
28-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
The leading seminar and think-tank for business leaders from the UK eating-out market is back this autumn, with an unrivalled line-up of speakers....
Punch Taverns' new lease of life
27-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Patience, they say, is a virtue. Punch Taverns will have to wait a while before being able to assess the popularity of its new lease agreements,...
Robinsons reborn
27-Sep-2010 By Caroline Nodder
Rugby player-sized commercial director Oliver Robinson breezes through the main doors of the brewery that bears his surname, joking with reception...
'Men who won't go to the pub without putting their face on'
27-Sep-2010
It may not sound very macho, but it seems three million of our men wear make-up regularly. According to research, fake tan, concealer, eyeliner and...
Bierkeller chain seeks franchisees
27-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Bavarian Beerhouse, the London-based group specialising in German-style bierkellers, is offering potential franchisees the chance to recreate the...
27-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Twenty finalists across 11 pub companies have been revealed for the 2010 Operations Managers Awards. The awards, organised by the Association of...
Brighton pub fined £1,000 over music levels
27-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A Brighton pub was fined more than £1,000 by magistrates last week following complaints over noise levels in summer last year. Licensee of the...
27-Sep-2010 By Phil Mellows
Barracuda Group's Mark McQuater believes change is crucial for survival in the current economic climate and beyond, as Phil Mellows discovers.
27-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Luminar, the UK's largest nightclub operator, has reversed its decision to only use polycarbonate glassware in its estate. The group went fully over...
27-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The actress who pulled pints for three years at Eastenders' the Queen Vic will run her own pub for a week. Rita Simons, who plays feisty barmaid...
The finance conundrum
26-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Bank lending came under the nerve-shredding gaze of Business Secretary Vince Cable last week, and let's face it, the LibDem minister was not a happy...
24-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
A foundation week and development planning day are included in the new training programme for incoming tenants and lessees.
24-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
But the GMB's bid to have its say on the beer flow equipment accreditation is likely to be denied, the Morning Advertiser understands.
24-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
The Alcohol Education Research Council is among the list of quangos — or taxpayer-funded public bodies — that could be scrapped.
24-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Marston's has so far paid more than £200,000 in finder's fees to property agents, as it scours the UK for the best new-build sites. The company has...
24-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
A top London accountant has traded the City for life in Cornwall, where he has taken charge at one of the county's most photographed pubs. Matthew...
Guaranteed agreements: guaranteed to cause problems
24-Sep-2010
The recent case of Good Harvest Partnership LLP v Centaur Services Limited [2010] which was first reported upon in The Publican (April 26, 2010) was...
