11-Mar-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Enterprise Inns sold the freeholds of five out of eight London pubs included in a Cushman & Wakefield auction yesterday, raising around £8.12m....
11-Mar-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Eclectic Bars said this morning it was optimistic for the future after revealing what it called a substantial increase in like-for-like sales and profits.
11-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
JD Wetherspoon has reported record first half profits, successfully carried out a refinancing deal and reinstated a dividend. The 746-strong managed...
10-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns is to face court claims over the validity and accuracy of information it provided about a pub's trade to former County Estate Management (CEM) head of pubs Philip Sambell.
Neil Robertson: Rateable values and the beautiful game
10-Mar-2010
Many are facing increases at least in double figures. 'How can my rateable value be so high? What has the Valuation Office based this figure on?'...
Robert Sayles: Exclusive - Pubco CEO defends business model
10-Mar-2010 By Robert Sayles Robert
Pubco CEO and long-time friend of mine, Roland Rodent recently announced that he intends to retire in June 2011 after a long and distinguished career...
Punch due in court over false barrelage claims
10-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubco giant Punch Taverns is to be questioned in court over claims it provided false barrelage information to incoming tenants. Philip Sambell,...
10-Mar-2010 By Gemma McKenna
A Tory MP had half a pint of bitter thrown over her during a constituency meeting held in a pub in North Yorkshire. Anne McIntosh, a shadow minister...
10-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A West Yorkshire licensee has been forced to sack a 15-year-old and two 16-year-old waitresses following a council request. Kirklees Council...
09-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
The Orchid Group is the 20th best big company to work for, according to the Sunday Times guide.
Millionaire lottery winner takes on local pub
09-Mar-2010 By James Wilmore
A £13m lottery jackpot winner has given up her life of leisure to take on her local pub. Sandra Fosbrook has become tenant at the Stag at Five...
Diageo GB and Coca-Cola Enterprises launch joint campaign
09-Mar-2010
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) and Diageo GB have unveiled a joint initiative aimed at helping licensees grow sales of spirits with mixers. Under the...
09-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A Hereford licensee was forced to throw out and bar a customer after he was caught using new "legal high" drug Mephedrone or "Meow". The Litten Tree...
09-Mar-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Pubs should check the details of their rateable values now, before new bills come out at the start of April, warns the Valuation Office Agency (VOA)....
09-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
An Admiral Taverns tenant has been named as the Lib Dem candidate for Gosport at the next general election. Rob Hylands, who runs the Foresters Arms...
09-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Drinks logistics firm Tradeteam has signed a five-year extension to its deal with pub group Mitchells & Butlers (M&B). The new deal will...
08-Mar-2010 By Roger Protz
This is about a brewery in Yorkshire that brews Barnsley Bitter — sounds simple but it's a complicated story, says Roger Protz.
08-Mar-2010 By Jo Bruce
Pivovar has launched a second site, following the success of York's Pivo cafe-bar — the Sheffield Tap.
Shortening the road to recovery
08-Mar-2010
The past 24 months have truly tested the resilience of the licensed trade. Major dislocations in financial markets across the globe have had a...
Wriggling off the hook
08-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Whichever way you look at it, members of the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) have got to be pretty pleased with the Business, Innovations...
Punch pub sale thwarted by investigation
08-Mar-2010 By James Wilmore
Plans by Punch Taverns to sell-off a popular community pub to housing developers have been thwarted by the BBC. The pubco wants to sell the Cross...
Punch launches new business scheme to attract lessees
08-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns has launched a new scheme to encourage university graduates and entrepreneurial types to enter the pub trade. 'Capital Builder' is the...
08-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns has launched a new recruitment scheme, where graduates and entrepreneurs can now take on a pub for as little as £5,000. Under the...
08-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
A bid by Punch Taverns to convert a community pub into 13 houses has been halted following a BBC investigation. Planning for demolition and building...
05-Mar-2010 By John Harrington
BISC chairman Peter Luff speaks exclusively to MATV about the follow-up pubco report and teh chance for reform.
05-Mar-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Jeremy Townsend, finance director, of the managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers has resigned to join Rentokil Initial,
05-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
What did for Big Steve Thomas? The PMA Team gives a personal view of Luminar's departing boss.
05-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns has slammed the "sinister" activities of the GMB union in a letter to the Business Skills and Innovation Committee.
Enterprise asked MPs to warn licensees about GMB
05-Mar-2010 By James Wilmore
Enterprise Inns asked MPs investigating the industry to warn licensees about the "risk" of taking advice from trade union the GMB. In supplementary...
05-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Four-site operator Mole Face is launching an alfresco pizza and ice-cream dining concept at one of its sites. Enterprise lease the Lord Nelson in...
05-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
The BBPA has been accused of resorting to "obfuscation and hostility" in regard to developing a more transparent method of calculating rents.
05-Mar-2010 By John Harrington
Pubcos are on "probation" and "absolutely not off the hook" — that's according to the MP who heads the Business Innovation and Skills Committee....
04-Mar-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Summary of all the recommendations made by the Business Skills and Innovation Committee inquiry into pubco power.
04-Mar-2010 By Gemma McKenna
The latest BISC report represents the "last chance saloon" for pub companies, says the CAMRA chief executive, Mike Benner.
04-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
04-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Our local GMB meeting was full of vehemence, but failed to reassure tenants on the legality of any future industrial action, says The PMA Team.
04-Mar-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Pub Revolution wants direct action by tenants to bring pubcos to their knees, Gemma McKenna met its mysterious founder.
Luff tells the pubcos: "You're on probation
04-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
The pub industry remains "on probation", and woe betide pub companies if they do not implement initiatives to reform their business practices and...
04-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
The Government must order a full Competition Commission inquiry into the relationship between pubcos and tenants. That's the view of the Federation...
04-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Pub companies have been given until June 2011 to implement major reform or face statutory regulation, the BISC has warned.
04-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A Durham policeman has floated the idea of tightening pub security in Consett by scanning drinkers' driving licences and passports on entry. Durham...
03-Mar-2010 By Tony Jennings
Whatever you think about the actions of the Belgian brewery workers, by getting their bosses back to the table, they won that round.
03-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
The recession will have a "cathartic" effect on the eating out sector, The Restaurant Group (TRG) has claimed as it reported a "resilient" 2009.
03-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
CAMRA and the Save the Pub Group will host a Question Time style "Who will Save the Pub" debate for all three main political parties.
03-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has opted to help tenants' competitive position by holding price rises to 1% this year. The move will mean that Punch has chosen to...
The Restaurant Group to beef up pub estate
03-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Pub restaurant operator The Restaurant Group (TRG) said it expects to capitalise on the economic downturn forcing existing operators to downsize...
Just weeks left to contest old business rates
03-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Companies have until the end of this month to lodge an appeal against the amount they have paid in business rates over the last five years, which in...
Pub Question Time for political parties
03-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The three leading political parties are set to be quizzed about their 'pub policies' in a Question Time style debate. Greg Mulholland MP will take...
Wetherspoons preparing for mass maternity
03-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
There must be something in the water at a Wetherspoons pub as five members of staff are all pregnant. Kim Newstead, manager at the Swan, in Weymouth,...
03-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The head chef of a Cardiff pub has been crowned 2010's Face of British Pie Week, in association with Jus-Rol Professional. Adam Pavey won the prize...
