It's official: London Town goes into administration
19-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
After months of speculation London Town, the indebted property developer turned pub operator, has gone into administration. In a complicated deal...
Market Town Taverns bullish about prospects in 2010
19-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
Ian Fozard, chairman of Harrogate-based Market Town Taverns, said he expected the business grow its sales "significantly" in 2010. Founded by Fozard...
19-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Two of the finalists in the BII's Licensee Trainer of the Year competition say they feel "humiliated" by the decision not to give out the award. The...
19-Feb-2010 By Phil Dixon
MA columnist Phil Dixon says the move by the GMB to promote industrial action from pub tenants is a crying shame.
19-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Stick to your guns and call for a full Competition Commission inquiry in to the way pubcos treat their tenants says Greg Mulholland.
19-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Award-winning Ossett Brewery is opening its first Leeds pub the Hop at Granary Wharf development on 26 March. The brewery already has 13 pubs in...
19-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottitl
Popular professional darts player Wayne Mardle dropped into the Prince of Wales pub in Moseley, Birmingham this week to host a darts night. The pub...
19-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Pendle residents in Lancashire are being urged to report pubs, clubs and off-licences selling alcohol to under-18s via a new 24-hour hotline. Pendle...
19-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Luminar boss Steve Thomas, the man who once ran notorious all-you can drink deals, is now leading the calls for a minimum price to be introduced on...
19-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Community spirit is running high in Winterton, Lincolnshire as licensee Dale Oades opened a barber's in his pub after the last one in town closed...
18-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Industrial action against pubcos could kick off as early as April, says the GMB, who will also be "quite happy" to go to court with the pubcos.
18-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
18-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
The newly-appointed pubs minister John Healey was on his rounds last week visiting pubs in his Wentworth constituency.
18-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
The BBPA is working on a plan to make it easy for licensees to claim their share of the £10m owed in music licence fees.
18-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A pub operator has opened a second site — the Millstream in Marden, Wiltshire — after winning £33,000 at the races.
Pub Bitch: Darling's Blarney budget
18-Feb-2010
Blarney Budget I recall as a young pup sulking mightily when all my favourite TV programmes got chopped to make way for hours and hours of boring...
18-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Punch has denied accusations that it enforced a no-rent reduction clause at a Northamptonshire pub. County Court documents from a case involving...
18-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
The trade has hit back at suggestions that Alcohol Disorder Zones are the answer to the binge drinking problems.
18-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Magners producer C&C Group has appointed former Scottish & Newcastle chairman Sir Brian Stewart as chairman designate and non-executive...
18-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Fuller's recruitment manager Louise Lawler has been recruited herself, this time by Punch Taverns. Lawler, former tenanted and leased recruitment...
18-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Entrepreneur Julian Leefe-Griffiths has opened his third venture, the George & Dragon at Chipstead, Kent, with experienced business partner...
17-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
Alcohol Concern has slammed pub and club operators after finding half the venue in three Welsh city centres were offering "irresponsible" discounts.
17-Feb-2010 By John Harrington
The BBPA has written to MPs investigating pubcos saying it's "not aware" of its members taking fines directly from licensees' bank accounts.
17-Feb-2010 By John Grogan
John Healey's new role as minister for pubs means that public houses will play a greater role in the general election campaign, says John Grogan.
Enterprise Inns shares up despite credit rating downgrade
17-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns' shares were trading strongly today despite the pubco's 'corporate family rating' being downgraded by Moody's, the US-based credit...
Shepherd Neame scoops regional family business award
17-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
Kent brewer Shepherd Neame has been named 'Best UK Family Business' in Southern England and Wales. The Faversham-headquartered group won the regional...
17-Feb-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Fuller's is conducting a tail-trimming exercise of its pub estate, selling six properties from its tenanted division.
17-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns has reminded tenants they can take advantage of a free ratings appeal service. Many licensees are facing crippling rises in business...
16-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Enterprise Inns hopes to raise a further £12.6m through the auction of eight more of its prime London pubs.
Banks still not lending to businesses, says IoD
16-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
Banks are still rejecting the majority of lending applications from the business community, according to the Institute of Directors (IoD). The IoD...
'Businessmen convert ice van into mobile pub'
16-Feb-2010 By James Wilmore
The chimes of one ice-cream van will no longer alert children for a cornet - instead, they will lure thirsty adults to a quick, crafty pint....
Licensee tries again in bid to tackle supermarkets
16-Feb-2010 By James Wilmore
A Scottish licensee is having a second crack at trying to prove supermarkets in his area fall foul of licensing laws over their deep discounting of...
16-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Licensees can get advice on boosting sales and increasing customer footfall at the BII Scotland annual general meeting in Edinburgh next week. Guest...
15-Feb-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
London Town is reportedly set to undertake a pre-pack administration this week after failing to find an alternate solution to tackling its debt burden.
Debt reduction good/debt reduction bad
15-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P's) rather rained on Punch Taverns' parade last week when it revealed it was putting some of the...
Faucet Inns Pub Co goes through pre-pack deal
15-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
Faucet Inn Pub Co, which until recently operated more than 20 pubs in London and the Home Counties, is understood to have gone through a pre-pack...
London Town shares slide further on administration rumours
15-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
Shares in London Town, the Norfolk-headquartered pub company, fell by a third this morning to 0.5p after weekend press reports suggested the group...
Academy trains pub chefs and managers of tomorrow
15-Feb-2010
Nestle Professional is backing the launch of a new academy aimed at helping budding pub, restaurant and hotel managers to train in a fully operating...
15-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Joe Laventure has been appointed sales director of Budweiser Budvar following the retirement of Neville Hall. Laventure steps up from national...
15-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Managed pub and restaurant chains took a hit on sales in January due to the severe weather conditions. According to figures submitted by 15 pub and...
'JD Wetherspoon backs time zone shift'
14-Feb-2010
'One of Britain's biggest pub chains is backing plans to move the UK into the Continental time zone - in the hope that longer, lighter evenings will...
12-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
John Healey has been made minister for pubs — but he might not have enough time to make an impact, says The PMA Team.
12-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
Market Town Taverns: strong trading results
12-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
Market Town Taverns, the Enterprise Investment Scheme, has reported strong results for the year to 30 September 2009.
12-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
The Orchid Group has set up a new company, Parkmill Pub Management, to acquire and develop both individual sites and larger acquisitions, such as...
Pub Bitch: Camra gets Gordon Brown's autograph
12-Feb-2010
CAMRA gets PM's autograph Now that the Office of Fair Trading has decided to take a second look at evidence surrounding the beer tie, CAMRA has put...
Mark Daniels: It is time to bring some sense to the table...
12-Feb-2010
Last week, Michael Turner - chairman of Fuller, Smith & Turner - stated that whilst there was so much in-fighting going on inside our own trade,...
12-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Temporary pub management company Publicana has been fined £15,000 after being convicted of fire safety breaches at the Little George pub,...
12-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Almost 1,000 Punch pubs are on schedule to get £100 cash back per barrel of beer, following the introduction of an incentive scheme. The company's...
11-Feb-2010 By David Elliott
David Elliott looks back on 25 years in the trade and gives his views on the sector a month after retiring from running Greene King's tenanted division.
