Is pub owner The Stig?
14-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
As snowfall and freezing conditions continuing to cause havoc across the country this week a mystery visitor has appeared in a pub garden in Surrey....
Luminar issues profit warning
14-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Luminar Group were trading more than 11 per cent down today at 42.25p after the nightclub operator issued a profits warning and admitted...
Peer vows to "keep hammering away" on pub live music
14-Jan-2010 By James Wilmore
A Liberal Democrat peer has argued the government's proposed live music exemption for small pubs does not go far enough and vowed to "keep hammering...
14-Jan-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Police have apologised to a Worthing licensee after a clerical error labelled his pub a major troublespot. Statistics published on Monday by Sussex...
14-Jan-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Restrictions on pubs hosting live music bought in by the Licensing Act are "quite ridiculous", one Peer has told a group of MPs.
14-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
The Orchid Group has taken on a lease at the Crown Point Inn in Sevenoaks, Kent after its sale to Quercus Partners. Quercus purchased the pub from...
13-Jan-2010 By Tony Jennings
You can't beat an educated bar team for improving beer sales, says Budvar UK chief executive Tony Jennings.
13-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
2009 was a year of recession in the wider econony. The PMA Team looks at the key themes that emerged in the pub sector.
Pubs to benefit from land order ruling
13-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Following a consultation, the Department for Innovation, Business & Skills (BIS) concluded that it could "see no justification" for retaining the...
Blood & Co argue M&B board case
13-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
The four men whom Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) shareholder Piedmont Inc proposes join the pub operator's board have rejected M&B's...
Piedmont accuses M&B board of misleading investors
13-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
The battle for the future of Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) intensified as Piedmont, the investment vehicle owned by Joe Lewis, who owns 23 per...
13-Jan-2010 By PPL
• Tell us what your favourite top 10 tracks of all time are by clicking here. Jillian MacLean, the founder of Drake & Morgan, picks her top 10...
13-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
Mitchells & Butlers investor Piedmont has accused the board of presiding over a "culture of obfuscation and excess".
M&B appeals to shareholders ahead of AGM board vote
12-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has appealed to shareholders to vote for what it called a "strong and balanced" board and ignore attempts by a...
Plans to scrap retirement age gain support
12-Jan-2010
Calls for the government to scrap the default retirement age have found support in the trade. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) made the plea...
12-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
Living Room managing director Danny Fox is to leave his post following Orchid Group's acquisition of 43 Premium Bars & Restaurants.
Ex-Beautiful South singer seeks pubs to play at
11-Jan-2010 By James Wilmore
Ex-Beautiful South singer Paul Heaton is looking for venues to perform at as part of a cycling tour to promote traditional pubs. Heaton will begin...
BrewDog hits share subscription target
11-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Maverick Scottish brewer BrewDog says it has hit the target for its proposed £2.3m fund raising exercise to go ahead. The Aberdeen-based brewer,...
11-Jan-2010 By Tamara Sender, M&C Report
M&B has recommended that shareholders accept two of the four independent board nominees put forward by Piedmont.
11-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
National Pubwatch has welcomed news that a 25-year old Abingdon man has been successfully prosecuted after assaulting a barman. Nathan Ponting was...
11-Jan-2010 By Gemma McKenna
The GMB plans at least 14 roadshows across the country to inform tied licensees of industrial action before balloting starts in mid-February....
What will 2010 bring the pub sector?
10-Jan-2010
Pub revenues under pressure, companies going into administration, rising costs of doing business, tenants revolting and debt-laden pub companies....
Is joining the GMB the answer?
10-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
The GMB's recent 'call to arms' to tied pub tenants rounded off one of the industry's most difficult years in living memory. Never mind collapsing...
'Licensee trys to use drink laws to stop supermarkets selling cheap booze'
10-Jan-2010
"A Scottish publican is to attempt to use licensing laws to stop supermarkets selling alcohol at a loss. Jeff Ellis, who runs the Bear Taverns in...
08-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
Industry sources indicate that Pebble Hotels, the company chaired by former Mill House Inns boss Ted Kennedy, has tabled a bid for Merchant Inns....
Enter the The Publican Pub Golf Tournament 2010
08-Jan-2010
Hundreds of pubs have put teams forward and countless golfers have taken part. Will 2010 be the year that a team from your pub puts themselves on the...
08-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
The Health Select Committee Report on alcohol is a welcome boost for community pubs in their fight against cheap supermarket alcohol, according to...
08-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
A minimum price on alcohol would be "ineffective" and policies to deal with alcohol abuse must be "smarter" than targeting everyone — that's the...
Chris Maclean: 10 things that changed the face of the pub trade
07-Jan-2010 By Chris Maclean
Keg beer - my pal claims he can remember the night when the landlord of his pub, the Tally Ho! in Kentish Town, proudly announced a new era; no more...
Cash back incentive scheme for Punch licensees
07-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Punch Taverns pubs have been given the chance to earn cash back from the company if they exceed sales targets during the winter. The pubco giant has...
WaverleyTBS appoints new managing director
07-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Drinks wholesaler WaverleyTBS has promoted Jonathan Townsend from his position as the group's commercial director to the role of managing director....
07-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
Drinks wholesaler WaverleyTBS has promoted commercial director Jonathan Townsend to managing director. Townsend joined Waverley last summer and has...
07-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
Marston's Pub Company has pledged its support once more for the National Pub Week run by the Justice for Licensees group. Although Marston's backed...
07-Jan-2010 By Gemma McKenna
West Bromwich Albion Football Club has bought a freehold pub next to its grounds. The football club bought the pub for an undisclosed sum from an...
06-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has appointed Andy Tighe as its new director of brewing.
06-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
Punch is offering its tenants an incentive of up to £100 cash back on every barrel of beer they sell over an agreed target. The Winter Incentive Scheme runs from mid December until 6 March.
06-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
Revolution vodka bar operator Inventive Leisure could open as many as a dozen new sites in 2010 as it re-starts its property pipeline. Chief...
Eric Illsley: Cheap alcohol is creating issues we ignore at our peril
06-Jan-2010
The choice was to drink beer for under 50p per can at home or pay upwards of £2.75p per pint to drink the same beer in a pub. Cheap availability of...
Send your big freeze photos to The Publican
06-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The heaviest snowfall in 30 years has caused chaos across the country and could cost the economy up to £1bn pounds. Some pubs have benefitted from...
BrewDog needs £47,000 to complete share issue
06-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
BrewDog, the controversial Scottish brewer, revealed today it is nearly £47,000 short of what it needs to complete a multi-million pound share issue...
BBPA appoints new brewing director
06-Jan-2010 By James Wilmore
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has appointed a new director of brewing to help with its fight for fairer treatment on beer duty. Andy...
Wetherspoons likely to shine in 2010, says City
06-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Managed pub group JD Wetherspoon has emerged as being among the companies most likely to succeed in the coming months, according to City analysts....
06-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
Bedford based brewer and operator Charles Wells has announced it will not increase its beer prices to its tenants until at least 1 April, despite the...
06-Jan-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Cheshire-based pub the Helsby Arms is aiming to beat the difficult January period with a 50% off promotion on main courses. Licensee Carole Currie,...
05-Jan-2010 By Emma Eversham, Restaurant
Pub operator Charlie McVeigh has announced plans to roll out his Draft House concept to more sites in London this year following the launch of his...
05-Jan-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Hot on the heels of JD Wetherspoon's 99p a pint offer, a host of managed operators have unveiled January sales.
05-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
Trade creditors of Regent Inns are owed £4,045,268, according to documents filed by administrator BDO Stoy Hayward.
Piedmont nominates new man to M&B board
05-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has received a proposal to appoint Ronald Robson, a representative of Piedmont, the group owned by Joe Lewis, who...
'Wetherspoons defends 99p pint promotion'
05-Jan-2010 By James Wilmore
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has denied claims it is irresponsible after it revealed it is selling a pint for under a quid. Health campaigners criticised...
Snowed-in pub is put up for sale
05-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The pub at the heart of a New Year's story that made headlines across the globe is up for sale. Around 60 people were forced to stay the night at...
