31-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns has hit out at the level of cash offered to help the trade by the pubs minister John Healey. Healey announced that £4.3m would be...
30-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch chief executive Giles Thorley has indicated that he is likely to remain in post until early summer to ensure a smooth hand-over to his...
30-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
A City analyst has tipped former Marks & Spencer and De Vere executive Carl Leaver to replace Giles Thorley as Punch Taverns boss. Nigel Parson...
Giles Thorley's replacement to be announced "at the end of April
30-Mar-2010 By Caroline Nodder
Punch chief Giles Thorley said he expects his successor to be named by the end of April, and confirmed that final interviews were taking place...
Disloyal licensee refused Sky's 3DTV
30-Mar-2010 By James Wilmore
A disappointed licensee has been refused Sky's new 3DTV service on the basis he is not a "loyal" customer of the satellite broadcaster. Paul Taylor,...
Giles Thorley to quit Punch Taverns
30-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Giles Thorley, chief executive of Punch Taverns, has announced he is leaving the company. In a statement issued today Punch said Thorley had informed...
30-Mar-2010 By Soundnet
Since its founding in 2000, Soundnet has built a solid reputation as one of the leading supplier of audio and visual content to bars, clubs and other...
30-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The pub and club industry has welcomed Government moves to ban "legal high" drug mephedrone, which will become a Class B drug. Mephedrone, sold as...
30-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
The MP behind the recent inquiry into pubco power has lent his support to British Pubs Week, due to run from 30 October to 6 November. Business,...
30-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns chief executive Giles Thorley has announced his resignation from Punch Taverns. Punch said it is "well advanced" with the process of...
29-Mar-2010 By John Harrington
A new BII qualification for music promoters has been launched — it is the first qualification of its kind to be devised.
Hamish Champ: Learning about the joys of the pub quiz
29-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
I don't usually do pub quizzes. There's something about them that's never quite gelled with me. I feel the same way when it comes to watching snooker...
Getting out of wet-led pubs - and THAT Budget
29-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) announcement that it plans to get out of wet-led boozers to concentrate its resources on half a dozen core...
GMB not bowed by BBPA threats
29-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Trade union the GMB, has accused the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) of not having "any real understanding" of the issues licensees face....
London still booming for Geronimo Inns
29-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Geronimo Inns, the London multiple operator, said the capital's pub market continued to outshine the rest of the UK, which was still experiencing...
Top trade chiefs to speak at Publican event
29-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The chiefs of the three top trade bodies are set to come together for a debate for the first time since the industry's mediation sessions. Tensions...
29-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
A joiner from Mirfield in West Yorkshire has been crowned Redtooth UK Pub Poker Champion. Daniel Blackburn beat 384 poker players in the Redtooth...
29-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
People from Swansea are the UK's stingiest tippers, with just 18% regularly leaving a tip after a meal out. The study of 1,925 people by discount...
29-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
London-based pub operator Geronimo Inns recorded an overall loss of £1.5m last year, despite a 47% increase in operating profit. The 28-strong...
29-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
West Ham vice chair and Apprentice star Karen Brady is to be the guest speaker at the BII Annual Lunch. The event will take place on Tuesday 11 May...
26-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
A retired barrister is to open her fifth pub — Maggie Van Hagen is set to reopen former Punch pub the Manor Arms, in Burton, Hampshire.
26-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Tim Bacon, the founder of Living Room bar and restaurant chain, is to launch a new concept in the West Kirby district of Wirral next month, called...
Pub Bitch: No beating around the bush
26-Mar-2010
No beating around the bush The following reminds me of the old saying that begins with the line "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone…"...
26-Mar-2010 By John Harrington
At least 200 pubs were supplied by a digital jukebox firm that issued copyrighted tunes without permission, the Morning Advertiser has learnt.
25-Mar-2010 By Michael Kheng
Why is it that our industry, one of the oldest and one of the nation's favourites, is always under attack, asks Michael Kheng.
25-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Pubs minister John Healey waded into the tie debate last week, but was vague on the detail, says The PMA Team.
25-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
Quality Focus: Recruiting the smile
25-Mar-2010
Recruit the smile, and the training can follow later. That's the modern mantra used in barstaff recruitment. Genuinely outgoing personalities who...
Quality Focus: Master the basics
25-Mar-2010
A survey carried out by Retail Eyes in late 2009 shockingly showed that only six per cent of almost 7,000 consumers asked rated the quality of...
Adnams gives pubs green MOT
25-Mar-2010
Suffolk brewer Adnams is running a green audit on its pubs with a view to making them ecological 'hubs' of their communities. The EcoLocal audit is...
25-Mar-2010 By Phil Mellows
Thorley Taverns operations director Philip Thorley has forthright views on the tie, licensing legislation and just what it takes to run a diverse pub...
25-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney & John Harrington
Pubs will be forced to add 8.2p to a pint of beer, and 10p to cider, after Wednesday's bombshell Budget. That's according to industry estimates...
Moves to clarify fake ID seizure welcomed
24-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
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24-Mar-2010 By Robyn Lewis
Louise Redknapp is to be the face of Carlsberg's female friendly offer, Eve, as it is rolled out across the UK following a successful trial in Manchester.
24-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
The BII has announced the semi-finalists in its Licensee of the Year competition — six finalists will now be selected.
24-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers is likely to sell between 10 and 15% of its estate — 200 to 300 wet-led pubs — to fund investment in growing key food-led brands.
Price of a pint could rise 20p, says CAMRA
24-Mar-2010 By James Wilmore
CAMRA has warned that the price of a pint could rise by 20p after today's Budget and close "many more valued community pubs". The consumer group...
Enterprise Inns raises £5.5m in sale and leaseback auction
24-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns has sold four of the eight pubs in a sale and leaseback auction hosted today by Allsop, grossing £5.5m. However three of the pubs...
Mitchells & Butlers to exit wet-led pubs
24-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
It could be open season on many of Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) wet-led pub businesses after the managed operator announced plans to focus its...
24-Mar-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Enterprise Inns raised just over £8.5m from the sale of six prime London sites, following an Allsops Commercial sale in London. Four pubs sold in...
24-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Mitchells & Butlers is to "rapidly reshape" into a food-led business and plans a withdrawal from the more price sensitive drinks-led business....
23-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has evolved 36 Harvester sites into a more modern Harvester format it calls "salad and grill".
23-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
The number of pubs in the UK could drop by around 8,000 to 10,000 over the next five years, according to Marston's Alistair Darby.
23-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns' leased division is likely to reduce in size by a further 1,300 pubs to a core size of 5,000 pubs, division boss Roger Whiteside has...
Punch barrelage case settled out of court
23-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A court case centring on claims that Punch Taverns provided false barrelage information to incoming licensees has been settled out of court with the...
23-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A licensee who tried to get two supermarket licences revoked for selling alcohol so cheaply has had his case thrown out for the second time. Jeff...
Forget Healey; the gloves are well and truly off
22-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
It's a rare thing for MPs from opposite sides of the political divide to agree on anything. So when representatives from the three main parties...
Hamish Champ: Is Healey's package even likely to be implemented?
22-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Despite City analysts being non-plussed, the minister for pubs' finger-wagging aimed at the nation's pubcos was greeted by many licensees (and one MP...
Head of Steam boss complains of tie 'strangulation'
22-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A multiple operator has described the beer tie as a "strangulation" that has the licensee "at its mercy". Tony Brookes, managing director of the...
Punch gets World Cup plans in motion
22-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Punch Taverns is offering licensees a host of ways to ensure they score during the World Cup this summer. It's Profit Through Sport training course...
