07-Oct-2009 By Stephen Crawley
Alcohol faces many challenges in the UK, as it becomes the new smoking, says Stephen Crawley.
Chris Maclean: Forget the Good Pub Guide, here's my top ten...
07-Oct-2009 By Chris Maclean
I've argued before that the endorsement of a pub in any of these guides is hugely welcome; a confirmation that what we do is appreciated. But there...
07-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
Trade chiefs fear the Conservative Party's hard-line plans for alcohol and licensing will mean more pub closures and penalise responsible operators....
07-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Kent brewer and operator Shepherd Neame has reported a 24.6% drop in operating profit as it faced "one of the most challenging and difficult years"...
07-Oct-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Around 300 Greene King licensees are to be rewarded for their work with cask beer, with the launch of a new initiative called the Head Brewer's Club....
07-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
A Channel 4 Cutting Edge documentary is to explore the importance of the pub to the British nation. Award winning film maker Sue Bourne has...
06-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Pub sales agent Colliers CRE plans to raise £20m through a share issue to supplement £8.9m raised from a private equity group.
06-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Marston's is offering return customers free kids meals at 300 of its managed pubs to mark the launch of its new menu.
OFT looks at C&C's Tennent's deal
06-Oct-2009 By James Wilmore
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is examining C&C Group's purchase of the Tennent's lager brand to see if it is a "merger situation" which could...
Pub boss starts online campaign against supermarkets
06-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A pub group boss has turned his anger at bargain basement booze prices in supermarkets into an online campaign. Michael Kheng, who runs the six-pub...
Punch licensee roadshows kick-off today
06-Oct-2009 By James Wilmore
Punch Taverns is today launching a series of UK-wide roadshows aiming to give its licensees "ideas and support to help them make a difference". This...
06-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
A Lincolnshire-based pub group has launched a Facebook group to keep an eye on the "irresponsible" supermarket deals.
06-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Pub tenants and lessees can get rent review advice at the BII Rent Review Roadshow in Newcastle.
05-Oct-2009 By Roger Protz
With the Tories odds on to win the next election, hosts face threats to their freedom, says Roger Protz.
Chef competitions: Can you rise to the challenge?
05-Oct-2009
Modesty is not an attribute normally associated with publicans, but too many pub kitchens are keeping the talent that lurks within a secret. That's...
05-Oct-2009 By Neil Robertson
Eight months after taking the helm of the BII, the chief executive sets out his vision for the future. In its introductory article back in January,...
05-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Pubs must improve their retail standards, a new survey has claimed — hotels finished top of the pile.
The Tories need to engage with the trade, and quickly
04-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
To quote the legends that were Derek and Clive, if I ran pubs - managed, leased, tenanted or as an independent operator - right now I would be sore...
Pubs "foolhardy" to raise prices
02-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubs that put up prices by around 10p a pint following tax hikes have been described as "foolhardy" in this year's Good Pub Guide. The annual guide...
Case for beer tie "overwhelming", says City analyst
02-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ
A leading City analyst has claimed there is an "overwhelming case" for retention of the beer tie. In a research note that is sure to raise the...
Pub safety tips at RDR 2009
02-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
Insights into schemes to make pubs safer will be offered by key players who are confirmed as speakers at the 2009 Responsible Drinks Retailing...
02-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna
The trespass row between host George Scott and Punch Taverns has ended, with the judge returning the lease into Scott's name. Scott, licensee of the...
02-Oct-2009 By Tony Halstead
The British Beer & Pub Association is to lobby scores of prospective parliamentary candidates in the run-up to the general election, the...
01-Oct-2009 By M&C Report
The pub industry invited the emotive response of the Business and Enterprise Committee (BEC) committee by not acting on recommendations of the previous inquiry.
Moleface pubco to open fourth site
01-Oct-2009 By Jo Bruce
Nottinghamshire-based pubco Moleface is opening a fourth site — the Royal Oak Pub and Kitchen in Radcliffe-upon-Trent.
BBPA chief attacks soundbite politics
01-Oct-2009 By James Wilmore
New British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) chief executive Brigid Simmonds has warned the trade to be prepared for more "soundbite politics". She...
01-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
BII chief Neil Robertson has made it clear the group will not shirk from criticising and acting against pub operators — and individual licensees...
01-Oct-2009 By John Harrington
The licensee of a Surrey nightclub has agreed to become a "gold-plated" doorstaff provider within nine months. In what's believed to be a first,...
01-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Pubs are performing well despite the economic climate, and managing to cut or keep food prices low in an effort to attract customers, says the Good Pub Guide.
30-Sep-2009 By Jo Bruce
Most pubs have come a long way to improve a woman's — and indeed everyone's — pub experience, but many reap even more rewards from being further down the female-friendly path, says Jo Bruce.
30-Sep-2009 By David Elliott
Bring on the SWAGs — Sassy, Wise and Grown Up — says Greene King Pub Partners chief executive David Elliott.
30-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney & Gemma McKenna
Councils will be able to set a blanket curfew for pub opening hours in designated problem areas under new plans from Gordon Brown. Councillors will also be given the power to instigate a review of a licence themselves.
'Falling earnings could force more landlords to close pubs'
30-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
Britain's biggest pub owners face cash-flow problems in the next few years as they wrestle with high debt levels and falling earnings, credit-rating...
Drop in heavy drinking in Scotland
30-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Figures that indicate heavy drinking is on the decline in Scotland have been welcomed by a leading trade group. According to the Scottish Health...
Pubs in problem areas face blanket opening hours clampdown
30-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
The government is seeking to alter the Licensing Act to give councils the powers to restrict the opening hours of every licensed venue in a problem...
Licensee urges government to take food VAT action
30-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A licensee is launching a bid to get the government to apply new laws on VAT that would help "most pubs in the country". Helen Glover, lessee at...
30-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
London operator Brian Mannion has taken on a fourth pub in the north-west of the capital. Mannion bought the Wellington Pub Company lease on the...
30-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
The only major reform Labour or the Tories could bring in is a curfew on pub and club hours. That's the view of licensing expert Peter Coulson in response to Gordon Brown's speech at the Labour Party Conference yesterday.
30-Sep-2009 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers has appointed three managing directors to run three defined segments of its 2,000-strong pub and restaurant estate. The...
29-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns could raise as much as £200m by selling the freeholds of 100 pubs at public auctions, if an auction trial this month is successful.
29-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
The rate of business failures in the Enterprise Inns estate is "slowing" with the amount of financial help required from the pubco also reducing....
29-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Anti-pubco campaigner and Enterprise licensee Mike Bell has failed to get leave to appeal against an arbitration ruling that saw his rent increase by...
29-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Brewer and pub retailer Hall & Woodhouse has reported a "difficult year" in which the industry was hit by recession and poor summer weather....
The Publican Food & Drink Awards 2009 - finalists
29-Sep-2009
After a rigorous judging process, the finalists in The Publican Food & Drink Awards 2009 can be revealed. Getting this far is an achievement in...
London Town to hire caretakers for its closed pubs
29-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Tenanted and managed pub operator London Town is on the lookout for nightwatchmen - and women - to keep on eye on its closed pubs. London Town plans...
BBPA to drop "Axe the Tax" message
29-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
Brigid Simmonds, the new British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) chief executive, has indicated the group is looking to "refine" its "Axe the Beer...
Enterprise Inns says pub support is still affecting profits
29-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns has warned that its overall profitability is still being affected by the financial cost of supporting those of its lessees who are...
Globe Pub Company finding it tough to re-open shuttered pubs
29-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Globe Pub Company (GPC), the Robert Tchenguiz-owned pub operator, said the inability to access funding to spend on its pubs meant re-opening closed...
28-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Pubcos have failed miserably to self-regulate, Lord Mandelson has been told by one tenants group.
28-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Pub operator Marston's is teaming up with Travelodge, the budget hotel operator, to co-locate pub restaurants alongside hotels. Marston's will...
