04-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
The BII managed to secure a £30,000 rebate cheque for a tenant after investigating a code of practice breach by a pubco. BII chief executive Neil...
04-Nov-2009 By Jo Bruce
The first pub to offer £1 credit crunch meals, is now offering 50p meals. Licensee Tony Rabbitts, of Marston's leasehold the Four Crosses, in...
04-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Marston's licensee David Ward has scooped a prize worth more than £1,500 for thriving in the tough economic climate. Ward, licensee of the Antelope...
The Publican Food & Drink Awards 2009: And the winners are...
03-Nov-2009 By James Wilmore
The winners of this year's Publican Food & Drink Awards have been revealed during a glittering ceremony at a top Central London hotel. Sixteen...
03-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
The MP behind the highly critical Business and Enterprise Committee report into pubcos says he is "sceptical" about the ability of pubcos to implement change in the industry. Peter Luff said he must be convinced the BBPA code can stick.
MPs to examine pubco reforms
03-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (BIS) has confirmed it is to host a new evidence hearing on the trade from industry organisations on...
'Mayfair set call time on Guy Ritchie's pub'
03-Nov-2009
With a string of celebrity regulars and attendant paparazzi, it has become one of London's most fashionable nightspots. But the days of film director...
Luff expects industry referral decision within the month
03-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
Conservative MP and chairman of the Business & Enterprise Select Committee (BEC) Peter Luff said the government was likely to respond early next...
03-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
Peter Luff gives his view as his committee announce a new probe into recent industry promises to improve the lot of tenants.
02-Nov-2009 By Roger Protz
British lager-makers are finding strength in numbers as lobby group gains ground, says Roger Protz.
02-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Over 1,500 pubs, clubs and restaurants have closed in Ireland over the past five years costing thousands of jobs, according to a new survey.
02-Nov-2009 By John Harrington
The vast majority of licensees have tried new ideas to boost business — particularly around food — as the recession bites, a new survey shows. A huge 94% have done so over the past 12 months, according to a survey of BII members.
Mark Daniels: Pub Revolution? Or PubCo Revolution?
02-Nov-2009
Has anybody noticed that when you mention the phrase Beer Tie, two names have become inextricably linked with it? Whenever we read through the...
Serving up a new strategy
02-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
A journalist from a Danish newspaper recently flew into London to interview Isaac Sheps, head of Carlsberg's UK operation. The hack got his story and...
Hamish Champ: Staycation schmaycation
02-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
Much has been made of 'staycations' in recent months, whereby financially battered Brits eschew holidays abroad and choose to spend what few quid...
'Irish pub trade in crisis as 1,500 close over five years'
02-Nov-2009
More than 1,500 pubs, hotels and restaurants have gone to the wall in the past five years, costing thousands of jobs, a stark survey will reveal...
02-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
The GMB trade union is to hold a demonstration against the eviction of an Admiral Taverns tenant, who has been at his pub for 17 years. Bill Synan...
'Rent boycott licensee awaits bailiffs'
01-Nov-2009
A Merseyside landlady has joined a national boycott of two leading pub companies over rent and beer prices. Angela Bennett, who runs The Brooke...
30-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
C2 Original Inns founder Matt Jackson was crowned the Best Individual at the Morning Advertiser 150 club awards for the country's top multiple...
30-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Managed operator Barracuda, led by Mark McQuater, has indicated that new openings are unlikely in the short term, given market conditions. The...
30-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Southampton-based pub group Gusto Inns has added another two sites to its portfolio, bringing its total to eight. Group founder Maurice Toal has...
30-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
One of the founders of Urban & Country Leisure, Dan Shotton, has left the company to launch his own pub group. Former Mitchells & Butlers...
Jongleurs brand name to return to founder
30-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Ten Jongleurs venues acquired by new company Intertain after Regent Inns went into administration, will trade under the same name until January 2....
Pubco eyes turn to Mandelson
30-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
All eyes are on Peter Mandelson to see if he can help sustain an initial bounce in pubco share prices following the Office of Fair Trading (OFT)...
29-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna
The average pub faces a 23% rise in its rateable value from 2010 — although the most they will pay is 11% more than this year's bill. That's according to a survey of almost 3,500 — or 10% of — leased and tenanted pubs in England and Wales.
29-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
One key relationship in the pub sector is the one between pubcos and their multiple tenants. The PMA Team looks at the results of a Morning...
'Alcohol worse than ecstasy'
29-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Alcohol and tobacco are more harmful than ecstasy, cannabis and LSD, the Government's chief drug adviser has claimed as he accused ministers of...
Pledge to help over rates rises
29-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Licensees facing massive hikes in their business rates are to be helped through the appeals process by trade bodies. The newly-formed Independent...
29-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
Licensees can access free help to secure bank loans via a new Government-backed scheme. Specialist advisors are now on hand through Business Link,...
Little Gem restructures
29-Oct-2009 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Steve Wilkins, the serial bar and restaurant entrepreneur, has led a restructuring of the Little Gems Country Dining business. M&C understands...
28-Oct-2009 By Tony Jennings
The pub trade can not afford to be ageist, says Budweiser Budvar chief executive Tony Jennings.
28-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Nearly half of all Brits (47%) are put off returning to eat at a restaurant or pub if the service charge is automatically added to the bill.
Julian Grocock: Pub industry is at a crossroads
28-Oct-2009
And it's worse if you're at a crossroads, because then they fly at you from all directions. That's how I would paint a picture of the pub industry...
28-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna
London operator Forest Inns has bought its second site — Ye Olde White Bear in Hampstead. The Punch lease was sold off an asking price of...
28-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Controversial Scottish micro-brewer BrewDog has acquired its first pub — the Marischal in Aberdeen.
27-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Trying to broker an agreement with the parties involved in mediation talks between pub tenants and their landlords was described by one observer as "like herding cats", says The PMA Team.
Culture Secretary: Pubs are part of the solution
27-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Community pubs must be seen as part of the solution to solving alcohol related issues, according to Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw. In an interview...
Brakes announces new CEO
26-Oct-2009
Brakes has announced the appointment of Philip Jansen to succeed Frank McKay as group chief executive officer following his retirement. Jansen will...
Luff: Competition Commission inquiry should not be ruled out
26-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Business and Enterprise Committee (BEC) chairman Peter Luff believes a Competition Commission investigation into the industry should not be ruled...
Greene King quitting BBPA to focus on its own lobbying efforts
26-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
Suffolk brewer Greene King said it was quitting the UK's leading pub trade organisation next year because it preferred to lobby government and others...
Pubcos should not view the OFT's decision as a 'victory'
25-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
I suspect there were huge sighs of relief in the offices of the country's pub companies and regional brewers last week when the Office of Fair...
Great food - no chef required
25-Oct-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
If you simply looked at the facts surrounding the Royal Oak and its food trade you would think that licensee Myles Ball was either an extraordinary...
'Rent strike could cost pubcos £50m in first 3 months'
25-Oct-2009
"An organisation calling itself the Pub Revolutionary Group run by a Punch Taverns' licensee from Southampton and which claims to represent 2,000...
Pub bitch: Plastered rats and party time at the pubcos
23-Oct-2009
TV pubs blamed for police woes As if pubs don't have a hard enough time of things in the real world it seems even when they appear in soap operas...
OFT tie probe 'not a waste of time and money'
23-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) yesterday defended itself against accusations that its investigation into the effects of the beer tie on consumers...
23-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
Licensees could be forced to wait up to a year before they can claim back money from music licensing body PPL following a major legal ruling. The...
23-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
The newly formed Independent Pub Confederation is to position itself as the trade representative body for Government to talk to about all issues affecting the pub industry.
23-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
The country's two biggest tenanted and leased operators saw share prices rise yesterday after the OFT delivered its report on the beer tie.
22-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
The OFT has recognised there may be some individual examples of poor behaviour by pubcos and tenants but there is no "systematic failure".
22-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
The Campaign for Real Ale says the Government must overrule the Office of Fair Trading's decision to take no further action on the beer tie.
