28-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Globe Pub Company saw an impairment charge of £199.1m in the value of its pubs in the year to 31 May 2008.
A Grand [Union] Plan
28-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Grand Union's plan to build an estate of 20 high-end pubs took a further step last week when the independent pub group added another London pub to...
To sell and lease?
28-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
It's fair to say eyebrows were raised across the property world last week after Enterprise Inns revealed its plan to sell then lease back a number of...
'Now Gordon wants to put a tax on 'nice' pubs'
28-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Landlords who have added beer gardens, children's play areas and even postal services in a bid to survive will be stung in a rates revaluation...
28-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
The Conservatives have warned of a "tax bombshell" for pubs that offer community facilities. Shadow Communities Secretary Caroline Spelman warned...
Pubs 'n' Bars sees 3.05% fall in turnover
28-Sep-2009 By Tamara Sender, M&C Report
Pubs 'n' Bars, the Aim-listed pub operator, has reported a 3.05% decline in like-for-like turnover for the six months to the end of June following...
25-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Labour MP John Grogan has praised the role of the ALMR in bringing the pub sector together through mediation.
25-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Helen Cook of Novus Leisure and Jim Owthwaite of Punch Taverns have been named Area Manager and Business Development Manager of the Year.
25-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Nightclub company Luminar has reported a "significant risk" it will not meet profit forecasts for its current year, which ends on 25 February 2010. ...
25-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
London Town, the AIM-listed pub operator, London Town has reported revenues for the six months to 28 June are "broadly unchanged" at £13.6m. ...
25-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Suffolk brewer Adnams was a victim of the price-fixing scandal in the construction industry, the Office of Fair Trading has revealed.
25-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Property tycoon Nick Leslau has resigned as a director of Chicago Rock Cafe operator 3D Entertainment;.
25-Sep-2009 By MA Reporter
The MA has teamed up with SIBA to hold the first-ever free-to-attend pub retailing conference for microbrewers who run pubs.
25-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
London Town has come up with a new way to create hundreds of jobs out of pubs which it has not yet been able to re-open.
Growing up in a pub taught me everything, says Arsenal boss Wenger
25-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
High-minded Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has revealed that his approach to football tactics and his ability to understand people is down to growing up...
Luminar warns on profits as young stay at home
25-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
Luminar, the UK's largest nightclub owner, has warned there is a "significant risk" it will not meet its full-year profit expectations next February,...
Pubs urged to consider "incidental music" exemption
25-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
The Musicians' Union (MU) is hosting a band without applying for a licence in a bid to encourage pubs to consider using the "incidental music"...
24-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
M&B has warned the outlook for consumer spending is "uncertain" because of rising unemployment and the scheduled VAT rise.
ALMR announces Operations Managers Awards winners
24-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The best operations managers in the business have been recognised today by the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR). Helen Cook of...
Licensee hits out at TENs "nightmare
24-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
A frustrated licensee who wants to host more live music has branded the system for applying for temporary event notices (TENs) a "time-consuming...
Enterprise Inns could sell and leaseback 100 more pubs
24-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns could offload a further 100 pubs through sale and leaseback deals if the seven sites it is looking to sell and let back at next...
Julian Grocock: We must unite against BMA's diagnosis
23-Sep-2009
Except indirectly, because every time we immerse ourselves in impassioned argument about the structure of our industry, we do so united at least by...
23-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Scottish operator Dunedin Pub Company is selling both of its Edinburgh pubs for almost £1.8m, to focus on opportunities south of the border....
23-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Pro-pub Welsh Assembly members expect to set an agenda for action to help community outlets today. The first formal meeting of the Cross-Party...
23-Sep-2009 By Jo Bruce
JD Wetherspoon's new menu focuses on British comfort dishes and bigger portions. The menu, out on 30 September, features new dishes including steak...
22-Sep-2009 By Martyn Leek & The PMA Team
Tenanted pub company Enterprise Inns is planning to sell seven of its top quality freehold pubs in a sale-and-leaseback deal at a public auction....
Liberation Group hails successful first year
22-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Jersey-based pubco and brewer Liberation Group has reported revenues and pre-tax earnings have grown in the wake of its buyout from retail operation...
Valuation Office urges licensees to check property valuation
22-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Business owners - including licensees - are being urged to check details of their property valuation to ensure they are paying the right rates. Over...
22-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
All lap-dancing clubs will have to apply for a new licence under strict new rules unveiled by the Government. The Policing and Crime Bill...
22-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
The plastics industry has defended polycarbonate glassware in a letter to the British Beer and Pub Association. It follows criticism of plastic...
21-Sep-2009 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
New figures show that the number of those convicted of or receiving a police caution for drunkenness has slumped by more 75%.
21-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
The alternatives to the landmark mediation process failing are "too awful to contemplate", one trade leader has warned as the final round of meetings get underway. ALMR boss Nick Bish is hopeful an agreement can be reached.
The UK economy: has the tide really turned?
21-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Last week I wondered out loud whether economically next year would make 2009 look like a chimpanzees' tea party. Notwithstanding that while hugely...
Enterprise Inns should do a rights issue, says City broker
21-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns declined to comment today on suggestions in the City that it should raise funds via a rights issue. Stockbroker Seymour Pierce said...
'Shame of being found paralytic in street disappears as convictions fall by 75%'
21-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Drunken behaviour is raging unchecked because offenders are escaping with a 'slap on the wrist'. Doctors' leaders expressed alarm at figures showing...
Pubco mediation deal due to be struck tomorrow
21-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
A top barrister is due to have a legally binding agreement in place over how the pubco model should be operated by tomorrow (Tuesday). After weeks...
21-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A Brighton couple have snapped up a bargain Punch freehold in Lewes — paying £125,000 less than originally advertised. Dominic McCartan and Tony...
21-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Camra boss Mike Benner will give an update on the progress of the super-complaint to the Office of Fair Trading at a BII meeting.
21-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Former Refresh owner Rupert Thompson has joined Thatchers Cider as a non-executive director. Thompson sold Refresh, which brewed the Wychwood and...
No weak link in the JDW chain
19-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Presenting his company's annual results recently JD Wetherspoon chief executive John Hutson didn't bear the look of a man whose business had just...
18-Sep-2009 By Peter Linacre
The French are beginning to replicate the Great British pub, says Peter Linacre.
18-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Wetherspoon's results show that there's an awful lot that the pub chain is doing right — what can we learn from it?
18-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Top docs are "misguided" and "ill-informed" on the alcohol debate and further draconian measures could shut up to 10,000 pubs. That's the blistering attack launched by BII chief executive Neil Robertson on the BMA.
18-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A Chepstow host has warned licensees to beware of bogus callers after receiving nine calls in one day from a bogus charity.
18-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
A M&B field trip to its own and competitors' pubs has spotlighted the "glaring differences in price point on product and asset quality".
Top music venue sold to tycoon
18-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
London live music venue Parker McMillan has been sold to the man responsible for bringing Gold's Gym to the UK.
ALMR welcomes mandatory code's possible delay
17-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has welcomed the recommendation by Trade Secretary Lord Mandelson to delay introduction of the...
Mandatory code looks set for major delay
17-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
The government looks set to delay the introduction of its controversial mandatory code of practice until after April 2011, according to reports this...
17-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Enterprise Inns has defended its redrafted lease code of practice against accusations that it makes it harder for hosts to secure rent cuts....
17-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Enterprise has agreed to reduce rent by 38% for 12 months at a south Wales pub on advice of a valuer chosen by the pubco. In a rare move, Enterprise...
