10-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Enterprise Inns is close to agreeing a refinancing deal of its £1bn bank loan, reports the Sunday Times. Shares in the pubco fell by 11% on Friday...
What now for the pub trade - and the country?
09-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
So, days after the election, we still don't know who is to govern the country. This despite the Tories winning more seats with more votes than its...
'Enterprise Inns poised to agree new bank loan'
09-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns is close to agreeing a long-awaited refinancing of its £1bn bank loan, staving off fears that shareholders might be asked to make an...
07-May-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
The managed pub arm of Punch Taverns is to launch a new bar brand called West Coast Grill to replace the Old Orleans name.
07-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Magistrates have banned a man from all pubs in England and Wales for six years using an Anti Social Behaviour Order (ASBO).
07-May-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
07-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers' decision to sell its 300 high-street and town-centre wet-led pubs is an historic moment, says The PMA Team.
07-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Barworks, the London-based late-night operator behind the Electricity Showrooms in Hoxton Square, has acquired its 12th site. The privately owned...
07-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Marston's managed division, Inns & Taverns, is to open its first managed pub in a larger format it calls "Magnum", at a location in Dover this...
BII looks to China in membership drive
07-May-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubs in China are being targeted by the BII as part of a bid to recruit new members and run training courses in the Far East. The Publican...
07-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Enterprise licensees are being offered a hat-trick of schemes worth £1m to keep tills ringing in the run-up to the World Cup. The pubco has...
06-May-2010 By Rick Pearson
Former Housemartins and Beautiful South front man Paul Heaton tells Rick Pearson about his 1,000-mile trip around England by bicycle, to play in local pubs.
06-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
An American-based country singer is to release a single in support of the Great British pub. British born country singer and record producer Bob...
06-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Serial entrepreneur Martin Webb is set to open his sixth Brighton pub in September — the Portland is on track to open in September.
06-May-2010 By Phil Mellows
Phil Mellows says the idea of nationalising pubs, as in the Second World War, is growing on him.
06-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Slug and Lettuce is celebrating 25 years on the high street by offering customers a range of drinks and dishes from the 80s. The first Slug and...
06-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
A major pubco has wiped out combined debts of over £250,000 for 90 licensees after TV star licensee Jay Smith brokered a deal. The pubco, which...
05-May-2010 By Jo Bruce
Twelve pubs have received awards in the new Alastair Sawday"s Pubs & Inns of England & Wales Guide.
05-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Carlsberg UK is to supply all guest ales to Punch Tavern's managed estate — it takes over from Waverley TBS.
Punch Taverns names M&S man as CEO
05-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns has appointed Ian Dyson, currently Marks & Spencers' (M&S) group finance and operations director, as its new chief executive....
'Paul Heaton swaps tour bus for two wheels for pedal-powered pub gigs'
05-May-2010
Singer Paul Heaton is embarking on a cycling tour of the country to celebrate the great British pub. The former Housemartins and Beautiful South lead...
Wetherspoons warns on economic outlook
05-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Rising taxes, higher interest charges relating to its refinancing and "subdued consumer confidence" have prompted JD Wetherspoon to sound a note of...
Scamsters test licensees' gullibility
05-May-2010 By James Wilmore
A licensee is warning others to be on their guard after being the target of an outrageously ambitious scam by a man claiming to know him. Pete...
Punch Taverns looking for at least £36m in latest pub sell-off
05-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns hopes to raise at least £36m by selling more than 30 of its managed pubs in England and Scotland. The pubco has appointed property...
05-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Marks & Spencer finance and operations director Ian Dyson is to become chief executive of Punch Taverns. Dyson has previously been finance...
05-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Managed pub operator JD Wetherspoon has claimed back £14.9m in overpaid VAT on gaming machines in its pubs. The money has been claimed back from HM...
04-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has hired boutique finance firm Sapient Corporate Finance to sell 300 or so wet-led pubs, according to reports.
04-May-2010 By The PMA Team
The Bay Restaurant Group, which operates La Tasca and Ha Ha Bar and Grill, has been put up for sale by its owners Kaupthing and Commerzbank for an...
M&B looking to raise up to £500m through pub sell-off
04-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Private equity firms are understood to be lining-up to back operators who want to buy some of the hundreds of pubs being sold by Mitchells &...
04-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Pubs enjoyed a busy bank holiday despite the wash out weather over most of the UK. Whiting & Hammond pub the Little Brown Jug in Tonbridge,...
04-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers has been fined £10,000 after a three-year-old boy suffered an electric shock at one of its Lancashire pubs....
04-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Contracts with Mitchells & Butlers, Punch Taverns and Adnams have helped boost trade to record levels at Purity Brewing Co. Warwickshire-based...
04-May-2010 By Phil Mellows
Phil Mellows considers a new German experiment for drinking rooms to help people with drinking problems.
04-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Stanford Orchards Cider has been crowned best cider in Britain by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). Winner of the Perry Gold medal was Hartlands...
Hamish Champ: Lord Bell didn't strike the right note
03-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
I was looking forward to hearing what advice Tim Bell had to offer the pub trade when he addressed last week's ALMR 'Business Day' conference. While...
30-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
A Norfolk pub entrepreneur has bought her fourth pub — Sarah-Jane Roberts has acquired the Rose Valley Tavern in Norwich.
30-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Managed operator JD Wetherspoon is buying three hotels as part of its plan to open 50 pubs a year for the next five years. The company has...
30-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
The old Gales brewery site in Horndean — now owned by Fuller's — is set to be the subject of a £20m redevelopment scheme that will create 100...
Mark Daniels: EU don't care about us
30-Apr-2010
Last week, the EU ruled that the Beer Tie is perfectly legal. Cue a load of harumphing from people who disagree with them, but should we really be...
Julian Grocock: Did I watch the debates? No, I was in the pub
30-Apr-2010
Some wag remarked that, with the sudden leap to prominence of a man called Clegg in this General Election, we don't have to look further than Messrs...
Plus ca change, as some French bloke once said
30-Apr-2010 By Hamish Champ
I'll admit I was rather scornful of the much-hyped televised leaders' debates when they were first mooted some months ago. What little I saw over...
'Pre-loaders' spend more in the pub, survey finds
30-Apr-2010 By Hamish Champ
Cheap supermarket booze is driving more people to drink at home before a night out in the pub, according to a new survey. Findings of a poll by...
C&C Group sells its spirits business for £260m
30-Apr-2010 By Hamish Champ
C&C Group has today announced the sale of its spirits and liqueurs division to William Grant for €300m (£260m). C&C's spirits business...
'Carnage student pub crawl organiser spared jail after punching 61-year-old unconscious'
30-Apr-2010 By James Wilmore
A student pub-crawl organiser has been given a suspended jail sentence for punching a 61-year-old man unconscious after he expressed concerns about...
30-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A Lancashire licensee has called for tougher deterrents for pub troublemakers, after the man who "nearly killed" him escaped prison. Barrie Wearing,...
30-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney
Celeb chef Heston Blumenthal has bought a second pub in Bray — opposite his Fat Duck restaurant. Blumenthal, who already also owns the Hind's Head...
30-Apr-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Whitbread has put the rollout of its Taybarns brand on hold and will assess further expansion later this year, M&C Report can reveal. The...
30-Apr-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
The nightclub sector is struggling even more than the pub sector. Mark Stretton take a look at what's going on. Analysts tend to make company profit...
30-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney
Over 78% of 18-34 year-olds regularly drink at home before going out — a trend that is causing serious damage to the pub trade. New research from...
29-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
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