05-Jan-2010 By Gemma McKenna
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has appointed the panel which will review CAMRA's appeal of its super-complaint to the OFT.
05-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Digital gaming machines from specialist supplier Games Media are to be rolled out to a further 350 Marston's Pub Company sites. The pubs will get...
05-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
London focused food-led operator Geronimo Inns has reported a bumper Christmas trading period with like-for-like sales up 6% on last year. Overall...
04-Jan-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The BII has revealed its shortlist for the 2009 National Industry Training Awards (NITAs) across seven categories.
04-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
The collapse of a planned outdoor festival to celebrate the British pub, Pub in the Park, has left creditors out-of-pocket by just under £1m. Pub...
Hamish Champ: Plus ca change, etc, as they say in 'la belle France'
04-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
So how was it for you? Your New Year's Eve I mean. Mine was certainly pleasant, pre-loading in reverse as I did in a nice pub in East Dulwich - and...
'New Year revellers stuck in the pub for three nights thanks to the heavy snow'
04-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
They set out on New Year's Eve to toast the start of 2010 with a pint with some friends in their local pub. But for revellers at the Tan Hill Inn in...
Punch warns licensees to "think carefully" before taking industrial action
04-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns has warned its lessees to "think carefully" before signing up to the GMB's call for tied tenants to take industrial action against...
04-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Peach pub company operations director Paul Cutsforth is to leave the company to join the board of managed operator Orchid at the end of March. Peach...
04-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Pubs with a capacity under 100 could host live music without having the provision in their licence under new Government plans. However, residents...
'British pub goers sold short - literally'
31-Dec-2009
Britons are paying £400m too much for their pints each year, after it emerged that almost 90 per cent of pub-bought beers are sold short. Trading...
'Revellers to shun pubs on New Year's Eve'
30-Dec-2009
The recession is forcing most people to stay at home on New Year's Eve after a year of cutting back on spending, new research has revealed. A survey...
Licensees' strike ballot "a disgrace", says pubco rep
29-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
The GMB union's approach to 22,000 pub tenants over the issue of industrial action has been labelled a "disgrace" by a spokesman for one of the UK's...
'BrewDog aims to launch pub chain by end of 2010'
29-Dec-2009
The Scottish brewery behind the world's strongest beer is planning to open a chain of pubs by the end of 2010, its owners said. BrewDog partners...
GMB to ballot "thousands" of pubs on industrial action
29-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
The GMB union said today it hopes to be in a position to ballot up to 25,000 tied pubs on whether to take industrial action against pubco landlords...
24-Dec-2009 By M&C Report
R Capital and JD Wetherspoon are believed to be the front-runners to acquire the 3D Entertainment business. M&C Report understands that the two...
23-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
The amount lessees pay in rent as a proportion of operating costs is to be examined in the benchmarking survey of pub operating costs for 2009. As...
23-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
The Welsh Assembly Government as promised more help for small firms with their business rates from April. Currently firms with a rateable value up...
22-Dec-2009 By Gemma McKenna
The trade reacts to CAMRA's announcement that it will issue a legal challenge against the OFT's report that ruled out action on the beer tie.
M&B sees sales lift but profits slide
22-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
Rising consumer confidence since the start of August has helped Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) report improved sales across 2009, but profits are still down.
22-Dec-2009 By Gemma McKenna
CAMRA is calling on consumers to help fund a legal challenge against the OFT's report that ruled out action against the beer tie.
First flood-hit Cockermouth pub reopens
18-Dec-2009 By Lesley Foottit
The first pub in flood-hit Cockermouth, Cumbria has reopened temporarily for the Christmas season with a makeshift bar.
Robert Sayles: So you want to go to the Workhouse?
18-Dec-2009
With this view, they contracted with the waterworks to lay on an unlimited supply of water, and with a corn-factor to supply periodically small...
18-Dec-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Licensees who regularly refill their games machines can see earnings jump by 24% — that's according to a trial carried out by Enterprise Inns....
18-Dec-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Eight of the UK's best pub darts players have secured their place in the John Smith's People's Darts Final in January. The competitors include...
17-Dec-2009 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Piedmont, Joe Lewis's investment vehicle, has called for four well-known retail and leisure industry figures to be appointed to the board of Mitchells & Butlers.
Mark Daniels: So long 2009 - you won't be missed!
17-Dec-2009
So we've made it. It's the end of the year and we're here, battered, bruised and severely depleted in numbers but, against all odds, there are still...
Mitchells & Butlers set for AGM shareholder showdown
17-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed pub group, has appealed to investors for help in fending off actions by a number of majority...
St Austell tenants happy with their deal
17-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
St Austell tenants are overwhelmingly happy with the quality of their beer and the vast majority are satisfied with the level of support they receive...
Punch Taverns shareholders in AGM revolt
17-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns shareholders signalled their displeasure with the company yesterday by voting against the company's remuneration report. The...
Punch shares dip as trading "disappoints" the City
16-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Punch Taverns dipped nearly three per cent this morning as City analysts took a dim view of the group's trading - and perhaps even survival...
16-Dec-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Drinks logistics provider Tradeteam has bought 25 new tractors to help reduce the fleet's carbon footprint. The firm's 20 new Volvo FH13s and five...
16-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
Punch says it has increased its support for struggling lessees to £2m per month, up from £1.6m in the year to August. The pubco also revealed it...
15-Dec-2009 By The PMA Team
Orchid Group, the managed pub operator, is expected to announce the acquisition of the troubled Premium Bars & Restaurants (PBR) business.
'Pub landlord shuts only pub in village'
15-Dec-2009
A landlord has shut the only pub in his village after getting fed up with customers wanting to drink all night. Publican Paul Swan became so tired of...
Orchid buys Premium Bars & Restaurants venues
15-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Orchid Group, the private equity-backed pub operator announced today it had bought 43 venues from the administrators of Premium Bars &...
15-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
The 10 former Jongleurs comedy clubs are to be relaunched from 8 January as entertainment venues under new name Highlights, owner Intertain has...
14-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
Enterprise Inns has denied allegations from Greg Mulholland that it has made legal threats against the Parliamentary Committee probing pubcos, as well as the media. But the MP has hit back.
Pub Bitch: Bridget Simmons, Brigit Symmons or Brigid Simmonds?
14-Dec-2009
Slapstick politics Marston's Pub Company boss Alistair 'Cuddly' Darby was given a robust introduction to the rough and tumble of politics at the BIS...
Are regional brewers in a better place than the pubcos?
14-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
The City appeared to ignore last week's BIS shindig, but there may be signs of a shift in the tectonic plates of the industry all the same. Sitting...
Hamish Champ: Whose truth is truest?
14-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Attending the BIS committee evidence hearing thing in Westminster last week was an interesting if at times rather predictable way to spend a Tuesday...
Yesteryear Pub Company boss in buyback bid
14-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Tony Callaghan, founder of Wigan-based pubco Yesteryear, is close to buying back some if not all of the company's assets after it went into...
Union anger as undercover cops target pubs
14-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A trade union has criticised police for bringing back undercover officers trying to catch licensees serving drunks. The Home Office initially...
Industry must try harder, says Marston's Alistair Darby
14-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Speaking to the Business, Innovations and Skills (BIS) Committee last week Marston's Pub Company boss Alistair Darby admitted relationships between...
Expect VAT to rise, warns leisure industry expert
14-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
A leading leisure expert has warned the pub sector should prepare for a possible hike in VAT in the near future. Richard Hathaway of accountants KPMG...
'Poor weather dampens pubs' sales'
14-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The UK's leading pub and restaurant groups suffered a sharp slide in sales in November, ending a run of upbeat trading figures. Sales last month were...
14-Dec-2009 By Gemma McKenna
The latest auction of Enterprise Inns pubs saw seven lots sell raising almost £12m. Enterprise sold the freeholds of seven London pubs at an...
14-Dec-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A further three racing magnates have been revealed as major shareholders in Mitchells & Butlers. Together Michael Tabor, Dermot Desmond and...
14-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
Licensees Unite's concerns follows reports that police in some areas are to station themselves in bars over the festive period.
'Ritblat to make a move for Merchant Inns?'
13-Dec-2009
"Property tycoon Sir John Ritblat, the former British Land chairman, is expected to table a bid this week for Merchant Inns, the pubs group he half...
