13-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Chelmsford Licensed Victuallers Association (LVA) last week met with Conservative MP Simon Burns to discuss mounting pressures in the trade.
13-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney
Income and debt levels have been squeezed by the recession for everyone — not just pub tenants, says the BBPA.
12-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
12-Apr-2010 By John Grogan
Pubs and British general elections have a somewhat chequered common history, says John Grogan.
12-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers has rebuffed preliminary approaches from a number of private equity firms keen to buy its Browns and All Bar...
'Mitchells & Butlers rejects suitors'
12-Apr-2010
Mitchells & Butlers, the pub and restaurant operator, has rebuffed preliminary approaches from a number of private equity firms keen to buy its...
09-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
The departure of Punch boss Giles Thorley is part of a changing of the guard trend, says The PMA Team. He's the last of seven senior or board-level...
09-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Veteran pub entrepreneur Ted Kennedy has been drafted in to run around 200 freehold tenanted pubs that were formerly owned by London Town. Kennedy,...
Pub Bitch: News from the dark side
09-Apr-2010
Just a swift one Not that we are ones to deal in stereotypes here at The Publican (far from it!), but it came as no great surprise that a new survey...
Election Question Time for Gloucestershire pub
09-Apr-2010
Politics is coming to the pub as a licensee in Gloucestershire is hosting pre-election Q&A sessions with the candidates in his constituency who...
Pubs get gambling warning ahead of Grand National
09-Apr-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The Gambling Commission has warned pubs that it is illegal to allow commercial betting on their premises. The government body has issued the warning...
09-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Award winning chef Andrew Green has been named the new chairman of the Craft Guild of Chefs following a unanimous members' vote. The Sodexo general...
09-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A licensee is hosting a 'grilling' session for prospective MPs for his local area at his pub. All party candidates for the Forest of Dean...
09-Apr-2010 By Jo Bruce
TV chef Paul Bloxham is to open a second gastropub — the Blue Anchor in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
09-Apr-2010 By Phil Mellows
Phil Mellows talks to CGA Strategy chief executive Jon Collins about putting the company at the heart of providing statistical information for the industry.
08-Apr-2010 By Peter Coulson
I now have the latest edition of the LACORS code on test purchasing, which confirms the police are not playing it by the book, says Peter Coulson.
08-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Former director of corporate affairs at Punch Taverns, Nigel Turpin, has joined LT Pub Management as planning director. Turpin, who was also...
08-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Channel Islands pub and drinks business The Liberation Group has bought a nightclub site from Luminar. The venue, the Bar, is located on Jersey's...
Publican Local Focus: Blackburn - Lancashire hotspot
08-Apr-2010
When you first arrive in Blackburn, it appears a fairly typical northern industrial town. It's probably best known for being one of the Lancashire...
Only two per cent of licensees plan to vote Labour
08-Apr-2010 By James Wilmore
Licensees are set to give Labour a major thumbs down at the general election after a Publican survey revealed nearly half plan to vote Conservative....
08-Apr-2010 By Jo Bruce
The beer bottle and glass collections of the late Michael Jackson are on display at Meantime Brewing Company's new bar. The display of bottles from...
08-Apr-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Supermarket giant Tesco has been accused of targeting pubs for new stores, in order to avoid complex planning laws, by Nottingham City Council....
07-Apr-2010 By Roger Protz
John Healey's appointment as pub minister prompted a wave of optimism — shortly squashed by another trade-bashing Budget, says Roger Protz.
Food sales helps Marston's show growth
07-Apr-2010
Marston's delivered growth across its key trading divisions in the first half of the year and confirmed it is on track to complete 15 new build...
Coors aiming to get one million people back in the pub
07-Apr-2010
Molson Coors Brewing Company has completed the first phase of a major education programme to engage its employees with the aim of stimulating beer...
07-Apr-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Marston's has revealed improving trading in all three of its divisions, with managed pub like-for-like sales up 1.4% for the 26 weeks to 3 April.
06-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
The Fridge, an independently owned nightclub in Brixton, South London, has been sold to Kingdom Entertainment Group. Kingdom Entertainment Group...
Batemans buys pub at auction
06-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Batemans, the independent family-run Brewery based in Lincolnshire, has bought the Cross Roads Inn pub, East Barkwith, at auction.
Greene King trims board
06-Apr-2010
Greene King is to slim down the size of its board following its decision to relieve the managing director's of its Brewing Company and Local Pubs...
Licensees urged to avoid rates cowboys
06-Apr-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Licensees have been urged to take professional advice to avoid cowboy operators who promise to reduce their business rates bill. Michael Yass, an...
01-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
01-Apr-2010 By John Harrington
Plans to make it easier for licensees to stage last-minute events are under threat as DCMS says it will look at it again.
01-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
The managed division of Punch has launched a new concept called Flaming Grill at a pub in Solihull. The company has converted the Drawbridge Inn,...
01-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is to invest up to £20m on "sparkle jobs" at around 450 pubs, with a view to providing a trading boost for licensees. The plan is...
Mark Daniels: April Showers
01-Apr-2010
Has anybody noticed how winter just doesn't seem to want to go away? (To readers in the north of England and Scotland, that will seem like a...
IPC: One voice for all
01-Apr-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
When the Independent Pub Confederation (IPC) arose from the ashes of the industry's failed mediation process, the initial reaction in many quarters...
Booker's catering sales break through the £1bn barrier
01-Apr-2010
Booker, the food and drink wholesaler, has reported catering sales in excess of £1bn for the first time. Total turnover for the year to March 26,...
The Publican links-up with WaterAid to help the world's poorest communities
01-Apr-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
New laws mean that from next week pub customers can demand free tap water - but The Publican is urging licensees to turn on the taps for deprived...
'Enterprise Inns says fewer pub tenants are struggling'
01-Apr-2010 By James Wilmore
Pub owner Enterprise Inns said the cost of bailing out struggling tenants has fallen in the last two months as the company sells off its...
Government proposes 'drinking licence' for pub customers
01-Apr-2010
As part of a move to cut binge-drinking the government is proposing that pub customers carry a card licensing them to drink outside their own homes....
01-Apr-2010 By Phil Mellows
Mark Hunter, CEO of Molson Coors UK, talks to Phil Mellows about the prospect of making 4p on a pint of beer, diversifying the company's portfolio...
01-Apr-2010 By Neil Robertson
The BII chief responds to calls for the group to become the industry's policeman and develop a wider dispute-resolution service There has been a...
01-Apr-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Thousands of pubs will pay no business rates for a year — or will see rate relief double — from October. The Morning Advertiser can reveal that...
01-Apr-2010 By John Harrington
JD Wetherspoon plans to explicitly market its pubs as the place in which to watch the World Cup. The company is set to screen most games — and...
01-Apr-2010 By John Harrington
Licensees have been warned of a new scam involving upfront payments for bogus translators used by letting guests. Hosts are asked to take payment...
31-Mar-2010 By Stephen Crawley
As the pub industry prepares for yet more Government intervention, my mind wandered to a particularly British topic — toilets, says Stephen Crawley.
31-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Managed company Mitchells & Butlers unveiled a new business strategy last week. The PMA Team looks at the plan. Welcome to the brave new world...
Enterprise Inns making 'excellent progress' in selling off pubs
31-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
In a pre-close statement which was described by one City analyst as "extremely vague", Enterprise Inns said it was making "excellent progress" in...
Grand National boost for pubs
31-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Thousands of pubs across the UK are being encouraged to make the most of the nation's greatest horse racing event. Grand National sweepstake kits...
31-Mar-2010 By John Harrington
British Gas has promised to help a licensee — whose electricity bills increased four-fold — after the Morning Advertiser got involved. Bills at...
