OFT urged to address 'phoenix companies'
13-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
The issue of companies that go bust and then re-appear under a new name leaving small creditors unpaid must be looked into by the Office of Fair...
13-Nov-2009 By Emma Eversham, Big Hospitality
Marco Pierre White is to open a pub in Aughton, Lancashire next year along with another restaurant and an events venue.
13-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
All home matches in the Ashes cricket series between England and Australia should be broadcast on free to air TV, a panel has recommended. The...
13-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Punch lessee John Chittock of the Globe Inn, Chichester has scooped the gong for the most responsible pub.
12-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
12-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Loungers has opened a new site in a suburban part of Southampton and has two openings lined up for the next six months.
12-Nov-2009 By Gemma McKenna
The new Independent Pub Confederation (IPC) wants MPs who conducted the probe into pubcos to formally review the trade's progress in one year's time.
12-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Fat Cat Cafe Bars has reported an increase in turnover to £8.83m in the year to 28 February 2009.
12-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Microbrewers passionate about beer are enjoying tax breaks from Progressive Beer Duty and capitalising on the benefits of running their own pubs.
Shadow culture secretary gives pubs support
12-Nov-2009 By James Wilmore
A senior Tory has spoken up for pubs saying they can be part of the solution to the problems around alcohol. Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt...
12-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns has begun to advertise the estimated profit a licensee could expect to obtain from leasing one of its pubs, along with a flexible plan of discounts and rents. It is part of its drive to become "more transparent".
12-Nov-2009 By Tim Martin
Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin challenges the claim of Davis Coffer Lyons' Tim Munden that it is tenants who have set rental tone in the high street.
11-Nov-2009 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Pubs and restaurants should do more to promote a sense of community around brands by embracing social media.
Cautions review gets cautious welcome
11-Nov-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A review of the cautions system must take into account the individual circumstances of attacks on licensees, according to National Pubwatch. Steve...
BBPA hits back at 'code critics'
11-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has hit back at claims that it has not been open regarding its proposed new pubco code of practice....
Pub in the pink for cancer event
11-Nov-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A pub which is often filled with leather-clad bikers will be turning pink to raise funds for a great cause. Michelle Oastler, a cancer patient at...
11-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Fair Pint has followed through with its threat to publish full details of the BBPA's industry agreement along with stinging criticisms. But the BBPA said it has breached the confidentiality agreement of the mediation process in doing so.
11-Nov-2009 By Robyn Lewis
A worm shortage has hit UK pubs and bars, following a hugely successful promotion by Hi-Spirits for its Mexican Monte Alban Mezcal brand. The...
10-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns is hoping to raise a further £10m by selling the freeholds of seven pubs at an Allsops auction planned for 3 December. The company...
Marc Allinson: The media's vendetta against the on-trade
10-Nov-2009
We have brought people together, allowed our premises to be used for business meetings and private parties, we've created communities and raised vast...
Industry row erupts over BBPA's plans
10-Nov-2009 By James Wilmore
The Independent Pub Confederation (IPC) claims the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has "forfeited the right" to be the voice of licensees...
Mulholland slams BBPA over pub industry debate
10-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
Greg Mulholland, the Lib Dem MP who chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group, has slammed the sector's leading trade body for refusing...
Children learn about industry - in the pub
10-Nov-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Brewer Wadworth has been introducing youngsters to a local licensee as part of a course in alcohol awareness. The company has teamed up with...
10-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
The newly formed Independent Pub Confederation (IPC) told MPs it represented the true voice of the pub trade at a meeting last night.
10-Nov-2009 By Jo Bruce
The Michelin-starred Star Inn at Harome, near Helmsley, in North Yorkshire, has re-opened following an outbreak of the norovirus. The Star Inn, run...
10-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
National Pubwatch urges Government to ensure its review of the use of cautions for violence will mean proper justice for attacked licensees.
09-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
Managed pub company Tattershall Castle Group is re-opening nine sites in as many weeks after refurbishments.
09-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
The Campaign for Real Ale has begun a campaign to re-open seven well-known Bristol pubs that are currently boarded up.
09-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Eclectic Bars has reported total sales for the 12 months to the end of June 2009 up 19% on last year.
09-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Victoria on Stratheam Place, London has been named Fuller's pub of the year for achieving the best standards across the business.
09-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Abbey Inns has taken a fourth pub in its home city of Bath — it's added the pub next door to its brewery, Bath's famous jazz pub, Ye Old Farmhouse,...
Mark Daniels: Cheer them, don't boo them!
09-Nov-2009
We work in an industry that has its roots in providing entertaining, relaxing environments for hard-working denizens of all walks of life to sit,...
You say you want a revolution, well...
09-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
89 was a tumultuous year in anyone's book. First we had the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union, thanks to the 'velvet revolution' taking...
A Revolution in brewing
09-Nov-2009
One of the curious things about the timing of the Beer Orders that - as far as I know - nobody has ever touched on, is that they came into force just...
Hamish Champ: On the road with Punch Taverns
09-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
I was in the back of a taxi in Bristol last week when the driver peered at me in the rear view mirror. "What do you for a living then?" he asked me....
Lucky seven for CAMRA campaign
09-Nov-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A CAMRA branch is hoping that seven is a lucky number by launching a campaign to promote pubs. The Bristol & District CAMRA Pubs Campaigning...
GMB claims "thousands" more joining, as licensee is evicted
09-Nov-2009 By James Wilmore
The GMB union has stepped up its campaign against the pubcos this morning by staging a protest in support of an evicted licensee, who it claims was...
Lowlander does a pre-pack after big City losses
09-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
Mounting losses in its City of London site have forced Lowlander, the London-based bar operation, to undergo a pre-pack administration. Following the...
Fuller's names its Pub of the Year
09-Nov-2009
London brewer has awarded its Pub of the Year accolade to The Victoria, in London's Bayswater district. The pub, managed by Chris Cochran and Helen...
09-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
Calls from the country's top prosecutor to end the use of cautions for serious assaults could help the fight for justice for licensees who are...
'Student pub crawl company under fire'
08-Nov-2009
"Carnage, the company that organises college pub crawls, is facing a massive backlash from student unions, MPs and the police over the behaviour of...
Ritblat to regain control of Merchant
06-Nov-2009 By MA Reporter
Sir John Ritblat, the former chairman of British Land, is set to buy back Merchant Inns after the company went into administration.
06-Nov-2009 By Paul Wigham
Tenants new and old need to understand what RPI means to their business and their income, says Bar Group chief executive Paul Wigham. The Retail...
CAMRA asks to meet government minister over OFT failure
06-Nov-2009 By James Wilmore
CAMRA claims the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) "failed the entire industry" by rejecting its super-complaint and has asked to meet a government...
06-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney & John Harrington
Plans to introduce a minimum price on alcohol in Scotland suffered a further significant blow yesterday. During a debate, called for by the...
06-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
Sting operations targeting sales to drunks in pubs are to run in selected parts of the country as the festive season approaches. But the Government...
Lowlander in pre-pack restructure
06-Nov-2009 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Lowlander, the fledgling Belgian beer concept, has been restructured via a pre-pack administration. The process has seen the group emerge with its...
05-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
05-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Wellington Pub Company, the 829-strong free-of-tie pub company, has seen a 2.6% decline in Ebitda.
Residents revolt over Ritchie's London pub
05-Nov-2009 By James Wilmore
Residents living near film director Guy Ritchie's London pub have mounted a major campaign against the venue - complaining of late-night noise,...
