04-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
The Campaign for Real Ale is urging MPs to back "radical reform" of the beer tie and to speak up for community pubs, local brewers and consumers.
03-Feb-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
One in five teenagers have purchased fake ID over the internet in a bid to buy alcohol, a new survey has claimed.
03-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Charles Wells Pub Company's induction programme for new tenants has been recognised by the BII awarding body (BIIAB).
Pubs' performance perking up, says Merrill Lynch
03-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
There are signs the worst may be over for the UK's tenanted pub sector, according to research published by a leading City broker. In a note published...
Fall in pub gig attendances blamed on 'economic factors'
03-Feb-2010 By James Wilmore
The government has admitted pubs are losing out to bigger venues over the resurgence in live music, but denied the current licensing regime is to...
03-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns is set to unveil a range of new lease agreements and support packages in the coming weeks as it seeks to attract new tenants and help...
03-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Rents at Punch pubs are at an historic low, the pubco has claimed as it seeks to attract new talent into the industry. Punch is broadening its...
03-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The Chesterfield Arms has been crowned Derbyshire's Pub of the Year 2010 by local ale enthusiasts. The Everards Brewery family-run pub received the...
02-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
The Institute of Licensing has elected CGA boss and Noctis chairman Jon Collins as its vice chairman.
Licensees arrested in foreign satellite football crackdown
02-Feb-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A dozen pubs have been raided and three men arrested in a police crackdown on foreign satellite broadcasts. Several private homes across Hull and...
BBPA campaign hits 100,000 supporter mark
02-Feb-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Support for the British Beer & Pub Association's (BBPA) campaign 'I'm backing the pub' has swelled with 100,000 people now on board. With so...
02-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Scammers are using more sophisticated tactics to dupe cash out of people, according to a survey carried out by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). ...
Pub Bitch: Has Tuppen joined the Spiders from Mars?
01-Feb-2010
Mine-tasting Perhaps the most bizarre charity tie-up of the week landed on my desk recently. A wine-tasting event to fund the removal of landmines...
M&B's executive merry-go-round
01-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
Anyone following the row between Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) and its expat billionaire shareholder Joe Lewis in recent weeks could be minded to...
Mark Daniels: An Englishman, Irish and Scotsman celebrated...
01-Feb-2010
I haven't touched a good whisky since Christmas Eve 1997. Not, you understand, because I'm some secret Government agent with a vendetta against...
Green shoots - or just a bit of mould?
01-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
While obviously welcome, last week's news that the UK economy had edged ever so slightly out of recession during the last quarter with growth of 0.1...
Paralysed charity worker gets pub's support
01-Feb-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A paralysed charity worker could be flown back to England to receive the specialist care he needs thanks to the fundraising efforts of a pub. Dan...
Win Greene King IPA tickets to Quins v Gloucester
01-Feb-2010
This all-England clash at the Twickenham Stoop will be the first of two encounter s between the sides in the space of a week. Will Skinner and his...
'Pubs in soft drink 'rip-offs' with £2.60 a pint cola'
01-Feb-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubs in soft drink 'rip-offs' with £2.60 a pint cola. Pubs are ripping off customers by charging up to £2.60 a pint for non-alcoholic drinks....
First Sheffield Best Bar None winners announced
01-Feb-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The Frog & Parrot in Sheffield has come out on top in the pub category in the city's first ever Best Bar None scheme. It beat city centre venue...
01-Feb-2010 By John Harrington
A small business lobby group has called for plans to scrap the default retirement age to be shelved. The Government has proposed removing an...
01-Feb-2010 By Punch Partnerships
Punch Taverns is to re-survey MA200 members at first seminar of 2010 on Wednesday 14 April after a survey of members last year produced a number of...
29-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
29-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
The "two strikes and you're out" rule on underage alcohol sales comes in to force today. Councillors and licensing officers can now also call for a licence reviews themselves, rather than wait for local people or police to raise concerns.
29-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
Brewer and retailer Marston's has reported that managed like-for-likes were were up 1.5% in the 16 weeks to 23 January. Trading over the Christmas...
Rebel shareholders succeed in ousting M&B chairman
29-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Dozens of ordinary Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) shareholders used yesday's annual general meeting (AGM) to voice their anger at the behaviour...
29-Jan-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Two North Wales pubs must decide between prosecution or a weekend shutdown after failing three underage sting tests over two months. The case is a...
28-Jan-2010 By M&C Report
Simon Laffin has been voted out of the Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) boardroom this afternoon and will be replaced by John Lovering as chairman.
28-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
High noon in the on-going battle of wills between M&B management and rebel shareholders is set for the company's annual general meeting today.
'Strong interest' in Elizabeth pub sale
28-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
The agent selling the 13 pubs belonging to Elizabeth Estates, which fell into administration in December, has reported "strong interest". GVA...
28-Jan-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The Frog and Parrot has been crowned Best Bar None at the inaugural Sheffield City Centre's Best Bar None Awards. The awards ceremony took place...
28-Jan-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Smaller shareholders in Mitchells & Butlers have aired their grievances at the company annual general meeting this morning.
28-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Manchester brewer JW Lees plans to freeze the wholesale and retail price of its beers during 2010. The brewer said it would be "cynical" to raise...
28-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Hundreds of pubs are set to receive the new channel Sky 3D from April. A preview is to take place in the Arsenal v Manchester United clash on Sunday.
Licensee faces £6,000 pay-out over cancelled Sky
27-Jan-2010 By James Wilmore
A distraught licensee is facing an upcoming pay-out of around £6,000 to Sky, despite quitting her pub last year. Julie Crane, who ran Bar 44, in...
M&B shareholder has "no confidence" in group's chairman
27-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Days before its crucial annual general meeting a significant minority shareholder in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has indicated it has "no...
27-Jan-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Greene King has launched a campaign to encourage its pubs to attract more women aged 35 and over, with the help of its female licensees. Dubbed the...
27-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
The health of Greene King tenants and lessees continues to improve thanks to increased levels of price support, the pubco reports.
Public see 'aggressive' supermarket offers as a problem
26-Jan-2010 By James Wilmore
Supermarkets' "aggressive promotions" are causing people to drink more at home and "sleepwalk" into alcohol dependency, a new report suggests. The...
'UK recession finally over'
26-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Britain's economy finally exited its deepest recession since the 1930s in the fourth quarter of last year, growing by just 0.1% compared to the...
26-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
A former Joseph Holt's pub manager has been awarded £43,500 in compensation after being sacked over accusations of watering down beer. Trade union...
26-Jan-2010 By Gemma McKenna
A Greene King host who stole more than £15,000 from a village post office has been allowed to keep her pub by the pubco. Julia Jones, of the Ibex...
26-Jan-2010 By Gemma McKenna
National Pubwatch chairman Steve Baker has urged Justice Secretary Jack Straw to get tougher on thugs who assault licensees when reviewing how cases...
26-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
Cornish brewer St Austell has rewarded two of its licensees for outstanding achievement with a new Director's Award. The award, handed out for the...
25-Jan-2010 By Lesley Foottit
More than 23,000 application packs for National ID cards - billed as the ideal ID for alcohol sales - have been requested. The news comes as the controversial scheme is set to be rolled out in London on 8 February.
M&B chairman orders sweep for bugs
25-Jan-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
The Observer has claimed M&B chairman Simon Laffin had his home swept for bugs in the latest twist in the boardroom row led by Joe Lewis.
Lewis representative lists M&B grievances
25-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
Activist M&B investor Joe Lewis has called on the company to change its banking advisors, concentrate on bottom-line profits and improve disclosure.
Albion consolidates pub estates
25-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
Albion Ventures has consolidated its pub portfolio to be managed by Bravewood Pub Management Company Limited. The 34-pub estate will be managed by...
Pub Bitch: 'Fill my cups' promotion causes a stir in Singapore, and BBPA Framework to help people run empty pubs?
25-Jan-2010
They must be in their cups... The mandatory code might be about to make life hell for UK pubs but at least in some parts of the world life goes on as...
More mergers mooted for 2010
25-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Last week's multi-billion pound bid for Cadbury by US food giant Kraft highlighted that everything has its price. Cadbury had been resolute in...
