19-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Toby Carvery's Great British Roast Dinner Debate TV and radio ads have helped attract a new, less price conscious consumer to the outlets. The...
19-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers has announced a 1.8% increase in like-for-like sales on last year for the 33 weeks to 15 May. M&B,...
Punch polls partners over code of practice
18-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns is inviting all 6,318 of its lessees to comment on its soon-to-be-published code of practice. The document has been accredited "in...
Pub is the Hub gets half a million pounds of lottery money
18-May-2010 By James Wilmore
Pub is the Hub - the not-for-profit group that helps pubs diversify - is set to expand thanks to a grant of nearly half a million pounds from the Big...
18-May-2010 By Paul Chase
Paul Chase says regulation from the Government does not address the underlying causes of alcohol problems.
18-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
All Punch tenants will be able to have their say on the pubco's new code of practice before it is finalised. The 63-page code of practice has been...
18-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns directors sold shares worth around £580,000 last week, following a rise in the share price. Shares in the pubco rose by around 30%,...
18-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
The threat of spending cuts, VAT rises and the economic uncertainty mean pubs and restaurants are in for a long haul to recovery. The warning comes...
17-May-2010 By Peter Coulson
Lincoln police are forcing pubs to stop selling alcohol "on the spot" until alleged breaches of their licences are corrected, says Peter Coulson.
A shift in focus
17-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Ask any operator for a 'shopping list' of what is necessary to run a good pub and having well-trained, qualified staff is bound to feature. But...
New government, new era?
17-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
"Austerity begins here." That was the stark assessment of John Philpott, chief economist of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development,...
Hamish Champ: Having fun on two wheels
17-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
I do love riding a motorcycle. But let's face it, it's a pretty counter-intuitive hobby. Hazardous, to say the very least. Push the right handlebar...
Enterprise Inns raises £13m in latest sale and leaseback auction
17-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns has raised more than £13m by selling the freeholds of another batch of its London pubs at auction. The pubco plans to lease back the...
17-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A Humberside man has been given a two-year region-wide pub ban by magistrates under new powers introduced last year. Thomas Clifford Jackson of...
17-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Brighton's Indigo Pub Company has taken on two new sites, growing its estate to 10 pubs in the seaside resort. It recently bought the Punch lease of...
14-May-2010 By Phil Mellows
Paul Nunny tells Phil Mellows about how he has turned Cask Marque into progressing champion of cask beer quality with industry-wide influence.
14-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Nightclub company Luminar has given up on turning its Majestyk nightclub in Leeds into a Las Vegas-style complex — it has been put up for sale.
14-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed pub operator, has expressed regret for the sacking last December of four non-executive directors it...
'Drunk man from pub left on freezing street'
14-May-2010
A Devon pub's licence has been suspended after a drunk man was taped into a chair and left in the street by other customers on a cold February day....
Former Greene King boss joins new pubco
14-May-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Former Greene King Pub Partners Managing director David Elliott has joined a Cardiff-based property with plans to expand into pubs. Elliott, who...
M&B pays costs to settle row with former directors
14-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has settled a long-running legal row with a number of former directors. M&B has agreed to pay personal costs...
14-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Punch is offering more than 400 lucky customers a Goalden ticket that will get them free food and drink throughout the World Cup.
InnBrighton buys flagship Old Orleans site in Brighton
13-May-2010 By The PMA Team
InnBrighton has added a flagship site to its 43-strong estate — the city's former Old Orleans outlet in the Lanes area.
13-May-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
13-May-2010 By The PMA Team
As one of the judges for the BII Licensee of the Year awards, The PMA Team reveals the secret that led Richard and Loren Pope to win the title.
13-May-2010 By Jo Bruce
JD Wetherspoon has launched a week-long curry festival in 64 sites in the North West.
Cavendish re-opens another Walkabout
13-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Cavendish Bars, the company led by Christian Arden, is re-opening a former Walkabout bar in Swindon as TP's. A spokesman said: "The aim of TP's is...
13-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Nightclub company Luminar has reported a loss of £123.1m for the year to 25 February with trade worsening in its current year — like-for-like...
Matt Eley: How will the 'New Politics' affect the pub trade?
13-May-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Finally, after a political poker match that metaphorically dragged on into the early hours, the landscape in which we will operate for the coming...
Luminar Group finance boss quits
13-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Robert McDonald is to quit his job as finance director of Luminar Group, the nightclub operator, at the end of next month to "pursue other...
13-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
CAMRA has written to the Prime Minister calling for a new pubs minister — and has suggested either Nigel Evans or Greg Mulholland for the role.
13-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Ticket sales for this summer's Great British Beer Festival are up by 32% on last year, and organisers are hoping for a bumper event. Last year, more...
13-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
A multiple operator turned new MP has pledged to do all he can to support the trade in the corridors of power at Westminster. Simon Kirby,...
'Enterprise shares rise after loan secured'
12-May-2010
Shares in Enterprise Inns rose 14 per cent after the UK's second-biggest pub landlord said it had signed a new £625m borrowing facility and hinted...
12-May-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Kevin Georgel, the highly-regarded operations director within Punch Taverns' leased arm, is to join Admiral Taverns as managing director. Georgel is to replace Lynne D'Arcy, who has decided to step down from Admiral.
11-May-2010 By Peter Coulson
There is a notable reluctance among licensing officers to make concessions under the new minor variations procedure, says Peter Coulson.
11-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns, the leased and tenanted pub operator, has confirmed it has secured a new £625m debt facility from a syndicate of banks.
11-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns is to introduce a new lease from July that offers free-of-tie pricing in return for higher rent and abolishes rent reviews. The new 10 to 20 year lease will see rents rise in line with the Retail Price Index.
11-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns has reported that trading within its 7,100 pub estate "appears to be stabilising". Average net income per pub across the whole...
A financial guide to buying a pub
11-May-2010
Before embarking on securing finance against a licensed business, you must first ensure that your own finances are in good shape. If you have CCJ's...
Enterprise reveals details of new lease agreements
11-May-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubco giant Enterprise Inns has revealed details of new lease agreements which will include free-of-tie options and no rent reviews. The new deals,...
11-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Former Punch tenants Richard and Loren Pope were crowned BII Licensees of the Year at the BII's Annual Lunch today. The couple bought the freehold...
11-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
More than 1,200 Punch tenants and lessees attended a training course to help them boost sales during the World Cup. Profit Through Sport aimed to...
11-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Punch is hosting wine tasting roadshows for its tenants and lessees to mark the launch of its new wine list yesterday. The new wine offer comprises...
Nick Clegg among MPs backing CAMRA's wish list
10-May-2010 By James Wilmore
CAMRA has revealed that more than a fifth of newly elected MPs are signed up its charter to help pubs - including Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg....
Licensees fined £13k for breach of Sky contract
10-May-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A pair of licensees have been ordered to pay £13,000 for screening Sky without a commercial contract. Vincent Mark and Gary Smith, of the Plough...
Bank loan deal could herald management change at Enterprise Inns
10-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Simon Townsend, Enterprise Inns' chief operating officer, is being tipped to succeed Ted Tuppen, the pubco's chief executive, within the next 18...
A new chief executive at Enterprise Inns?
10-May-2010 By James Wilmore
Ted Tuppen is poised to announce a £1 billion debt refinancing for Enterprise Inns in a move that could trigger a boardroom succession plan,...
10-May-2010 By Roger Protz
The annual meeting on the Isle of Man celebrated the organisation's high-profile stature, says Roger Protz.
10-May-2010 By Jo Bruce
A licensee has been running their own Britain's Got Talent contest to help drive trade. Val Kearsey, owner of freehold the Granville in Barford,...
