Pub Bitch: Tough breaks for industry bigwigs
24-Sep-2010
Tough breaks I would like to pass on all our best wishes for a speedy recovery to Brigid Simmonds, head girl at the British Beer & Pub...
Caveat emptor: Pub buyer beware
24-Sep-2010
The High Court has recently been asked to determine a preliminary issue of whether the removal of fixtures and fittings prior to the sale of a...
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Co rolls out new lessee support service
24-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Anyone taking on a new lease with Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company (S&NPC) will be required to sign up to the company's new back office...
24-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Managed pub giant JD Wetherspoon has launched a real ale website featuring beer blogs and tasting notes. The wesbite, www.jdwrealale.co.uk,...
23-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
All the gossip from the UK Pub Retail Summit, which took place last week and was hosted by the Morning Advertiser and M&C Report.
23-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers has 45 site acquisitions in its property pipeline as it seeks to double the size of its six core brands.
23-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Retailers must speak with one voice if they are to even begin the process of winning over political hearts and minds, says The PMA Team.
Finalists for The Publican Food & Drink Awards 2010 announced
23-Sep-2010 By Caroline Nodder
"I am absolutely delighted to be able to unveil the full list of finalists for The Publican Food & Drink Awards 2010. "These licensees, pub...
Punch Taverns to resurrect Taylor Walker name
23-Sep-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Punch Taverns is to resurrect one of Britain's historic brewing names, badging a slew of London pubs under the name Taylor Walker, M&C Report...
23-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Bar and club trade body Noctis has warned scrapping the Security Industry Authority could herald a return to the "dark old days".
23-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
M&B has hailed a "very encouraging" performance with like-for-like sales up 4.4% on last year for the nine weeks to 18 September.
22-Sep-2010 By Jo Bruce
A new London bar offering hot cocktails served in teacups and jam jars and a giant Narnia-style wardrobe seating area is to open.
Pete Robinson: Pub closures? All in your imagination, says ASH
22-Sep-2010
First the good news. Apparently there have been no pub closures since the imposition of the smoking ban. In fact this industry has never had it so...
Punch gives jobseekers a taste of the trade
22-Sep-2010 By James Wilmore
Ten jobseekers were given a two-week taste of the industry and a guaranteed job interview thanks to a link-up between Punch Pub Company and a...
CBI expects slower economic growth in 2011
22-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
There's good news and there's bad news for the UK economy, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). The business organisation said...
22-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black
JD Wetherspoon will be the exclusive stockist for the launch of a sweet-tea based liqueur from the US. The spirit, called Jeremiah Weed, is owned by...
22-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
Insights into by-law plans to stop cheap supermarket alcohol also on offer at the Responsible Drinks Retailing conference.
21-Sep-2010 By Peter Coulson
Some clarification appears to be needed about whether a local council has the power to close down a pub "on the spot", says Peter Coulson.
21-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Drinkaware has roped in two Hollyoaks stars to front its "get watered, not slaughtered" message, as new research shows that two-thirds of young...
Market Town Taverns buys 15th pub
20-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Market Town Taverns (MTT), the Yorkshire based pub retailer, has bought a pub in Otley, West Yorkshire, from Enterprise Inns.
UCL reopens pub after £250,000 refurb
20-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Urban & Country Leisure, the pub, bar and hotel operator led by Ross Sanders, has reopened the Plough in Downside, Surrey, after investing...
Molson Coors slammed for extending supplier payment terms
20-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Brewing behemoth Molson Coors has been heavily criticised for extending the length of time it takes to pay its suppliers. The Forum of Private...
Better management can save three quarters of failing pubs
20-Sep-2010
A hospitality 'mentor' has claimed that three quarters of failing UK pubs can be saved by following a few basic rules. With trade bodies and...
'Village life - and pubs - dying at an alarming rate'
19-Sep-2010
Campaigners say traditional village life is "dying out" after it was revealed that almost 900 country pubs were forced to close last year. Other key...
Another link in Wetherspoon's chain
18-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
It's easy to imagine some pub tenants cheering local councillors in Lymington for saying 'no' to JD Wetherspoon's application to open one of its pubs...
Blaming the wrong party?
18-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Last week felt like being back in the days of the Heath government, power cuts, and men wearing platform shoes. At the TUC's conference, speaker...
17-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek and The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has called on the sector to unite against the tax and regulatory burden onslaught it faces.
17-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has offered further concessions to new licensees to tempt them to sign up to three new leases it's offering. The company launches the leases officially in its south-east region next week.
17-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has bought the Ha Ha Bar & Grill brand from Bay Restaurant Group for £19.5m.
Pub Bitch: Nightingale Special
17-Sep-2010
The manager's view As any bar worker knows, complaining customers are part and parcel of the working day. One gets used to dealing with tricky types...
GMB calls pubcos 'tax dodgers' in conference resolution
17-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
The GMB has warned it will draw a link between what it calls 'inflated rental incomes' from pubcos and tax avoidance schemes that see businesses...
Mitchells & Butlers buys Ha Ha Bar & Grill for £19.5m
17-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
In a surprise move Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has snapped up the Ha Ha Bar & Grill chain from Bay Restaurant Group for £19.5m. The deal...
16-Sep-2010 By Tony Jennings
Supermarkets, smoking ban, beer tie and official meddling are the pub trade's four horsemen, argues Tony Jennings.
16-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black
Research firm CGA Strategy is predicting that the number of UK pubs will continue to fall over the next five years with café-bar style outlets the most likely to survive.
16-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
The winners of the Great British Pub Awards are shining examples of what can be achieved with hard work and dedication, says The PMA Team.
16-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
Enterprise licensees could save around 25% on their gas bills if they take part in a new 'bulk-buying' scheme, it has been claimed. Enterprise has signed up Contract Natural Gas (CNG) and Flogas UK as preferred suppliers to its pubs.
16-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
A top line-up of speakers has been unveiled for the November meeting of the MA200 club for managed multiple retailers. The event, on Wednesday, 3...
City profile: The Young's ones
16-Sep-2010
Keris De Villiers is a 30-year-old South African who together with her Liverpool-born partner Lee manages the Nightingale, an award-winning Young's...
16-Sep-2010 By Dave Daly
The Government should not be penalising a million young revellers for the mistakes of a few idiots, says Dave Daly.
16-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
A central London nightclub that refused to close to let police gather evidence after a serious assault has been ordered to shut its doors for three...
16-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
A Punch tenant has criticised the pubco for adding a £25 plus VAT charge for every cash payment made to the company. Carol Anderson said she was...
15-Sep-2010 By Roger Protz
Passion for authentic cask ale is driving expansion of Alastair Hook's iconic empire, says Roger Protz.
John Comyn: The problem with pubs is, well, the customers
15-Sep-2010
I hate customers. But I'm in a quandary - I am one. Damn. The issue here is: "The customer is always right." Well, I'm a customer; I am right. And I...
Geronimo Inns buys its first City of London pub
15-Sep-2010
Geronimo Inns, the multiple pub operator, has bought its first pub in the City of London for an undisclosed sum. The London-headquartered group has...
Strikes start today at Coca Cola bottling plant
15-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Strike action at Coca Cola Enterprises' (CCE) North London bottling plant could mean four million fewer bottles of Coke being produced this month....
'GMB blames owners for decline in pub-going'
15-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A bar room brawl between the GMB and the top pub groups kicked off again today as the trade union blamed a 25% drop in the amount of alcohol served...
WaterAid fundraiser gathering a Head of Steam
15-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
African communities are to receive a huge boost thanks to the fundraising efforts of a pub group. The Head of Steam, which has venues across the...
15-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
Licensees are still suffering the after-effects of receiving huge out-of-the-blue utility bills, with monthly repayments soaring to "unmanageable"...
15-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Pubs are on a "life support machine" because they are selling 25% less drinks now than in 2002 — and the GMB is blaming pubco rents.
14-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
S&NPC has denied industry rumours that it's giving up its contract to run 279 tenanted pubs on behalf of Piccadilly Licensed Properties Limited.
