16-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
The Government's plan to let small firms borrow money from pension funds and insurance companies has been met with a cautious welcome.
Chris Maclean: Why GP is just gross
16-Sep-2009 By Chris Maclean
I am growing to despise the very idea of GP. This may be a heresy for many, but there is life beyond, and above GP - honestly. I had a long meeting...
16-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Sun has launched its campaign to Save the Great British Pub and looked at duty on beer, the beer tie and red tape.
NHS and pubs join forces to tackle violence
15-Sep-2009
Bangor and District Pubwatch has two new members - the North West Wales NHS Trust and Wales Ambulance Service Trust have joined as associate members....
Carlsberg announces Wetherspoon supply deal
15-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Carlsberg UK has signed a deal with JD Wetherspoon that will see its beers replace Carling and Coors Light across the managed pub group's 730-strong...
'Luminar targets 'divorced, single and dumped' market'
15-Sep-2009
If you are single, solvent and looking for love, then Stephen Thomas has a tip: go to one of his clubs. The chief executive of Luminar, the country's...
15-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
A former Inntrepreneur multiple lessee is urging others interested in re-opening the infamous case against the pubco to get in touch. The case...
15-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Tenants, lessees and freeholders are the ones feeling the pinch as managed pubs and restaurants continue a steady increase in sales. Like-for-like...
15-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Pubwatch bans are being handed out to thugs who attack ambulance staff in north-west Wales. A similar scheme already operates in Manchester,...
14-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Pub operator JD Wetherspoon is introducing a record 13 new drinks products across its estate this week.
Wetherspoons confirms new drinks range
14-Sep-2009
Wetherspoons has confirmed it is introducing a large range of new drinks. As exclusively revealed by thepublican.com last week, alcoholic ginger beer...
Hamish Champ: Keeping it real in Europe's stag party capital
14-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
I'm sure many of you know the phrase 'What goes on tour stays on tour.' It's much used on stag do's and was the inevitable mantra when I found myself...
14-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Enterprise says a High Court ruling where rent at one of its pub was reduced "does not bind the outcome of any other lease renewal or rent review".
14-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
A 26 year-old woman has written to her MP complaining of being thrown out of a Wetherspoons pub because one person in her group had no ID. MP Lynne...
14-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
The price of a pint of lager in a tied pub can be up to 80p more than a pint in a JD Wetherspoon managed house, according to a new GMB study....
Forget 2009, 2010 will be the year to watch out for
12-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
News of Kraft's recent multi-million-pound bid for UK chocolate behemoth Cadbury and talk of a possible merger between telecommunications giants...
Punch's progress
12-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
It's not to everybody's liking but Punch Taverns operations director Kevin Georgel claims to enjoy getting up in the morning. Given the state of...
Pubcos go separate ways over AWP tie
11-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
The bruising Business & Enterprise Committee report on the pubco/tenant relationship in May this year was no less than a major body shock for the...
11-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon has unveiled a 13.6% rise in profit before tax of £66.2m as the company opened 39 pubs and saw like-for-likes for the rest of the...
Wetherspoon boss calls for "pragmatic approach" towards the pub trade
11-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Tim Martin, founder and chairman of managed pub group JD Wetherspoon has used his company's annual results announcement to take yet another swipe at...
11-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
National ID cards will eventually replace current ID used to buy alcohol in pubs, says the man heading the national ID card roll-out. Identity and...
What's really in a name?
11-Sep-2009 By Peter Coulson
We all laughed or shrugged our shoulders when the Government announced — late in the day — that a new being was to be created under the Licensing...
11-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Senior Scottish & Newcastle executive Jonathan Townsend has been named as the new commercial director of WaverleyTBS. He replaces Gordon...
11-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
An East Midlands pub chef will challenge TV's Hairy Bikers to see who can produce the best local dish when they visit his pub. The Red Lion at...
Brighton paves the way with alternative approach to alcohol issues
10-Sep-2009
In the parlance of drug and alcohol policy it's harm reduction versus consumption reduction. For the licensed trade this crucial debate can be...
10-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Pub in the Park, the open-air festival designed to celebrate great British pubs, has been cancelled, citing slow ticket sales and the challenging...
10-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Greene King has been accused of enforcing a no-rent-reduction clause, regardless of the circumstances, at a Devon pub. An historic clause on the...
Trade accountants Austens and Milestone merge
09-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Trade accountants Milestone (MLTSTA) and Austens have merged.
Police draw a blank in hunt for missing licensee
09-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
The former partner of Ben Davey - the missing licensee who disappeared seven weeks ago - says he has not given up hope despite a national appeal...
09-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A tenanted pubco in Scotland has paid out more than £200,000 to prepare for licensing reform — that's £4,000 per pub. Craig Bruce, director of...
08-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Greene King has reported that its managed division is enjoying like-for-like sales growth of 4.6%, with food like-for-likes up 8.1% in the 17 weeks...
Greene King: "We're stronger now than before the recession began
08-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Suffolk brewer Greene King claims it is in better condition to withstand whatever else the recession has to throw at it than before the credit crunch...
'Kids safer in the pub than the park'
08-Sep-2009
A report by Brighton and Hove council claims it would be "preferable" for underage teenagers to drink in pubs rather than gather in parks or on...
Camden licensee fined for excessive noise
07-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
A Camden licensee has been fined over excessive noise
Bristol operator Flatcappers to expand
07-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Bristol-based pub company, Flatcappers, which owns the award-winning Castle Inn in Bradford-on-Avon, has started work on their second pub in Rode,...
07-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Whitbread has claimed its pub restaurant brands - Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table and Taybarns - have continued to claim market share during...
Copper Dragon reports leap in turnover
07-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Growing Yorkshire brewer Copper Dragon's is expected to report a 50% leap in turnover to £4m for this year. This came after it opened a new £4.5...
07-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
The number of troublemakers banned from Swindon Pubwatch pubs has more than tripled since the launch of its website. Around 40 pubs and clubs in...
It's still about the economy. Stupid
07-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
The summer is fast becoming little more than a distant memory in the minds of pub operators. It won't be long before the industry's attention...
Hamish Champ: Three cheers for chucking mobile phones out of pubs
07-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Proof, if any were needed, that I am a Boring Old Fart arrived last week in the form of my raising a glass in the direction of one Harry Walker,...
Live music leads to £500 hit for pub
07-Sep-2009
A pub has been forced to pay out more than £500 in fines and costs after residents said they were being kept awake by live music. Licensee Frank...
'Pub landlord robbed by a gorilla and a clown'
07-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
A pub landlord was tied up and robbed by two men dressed as a clown and gorilla. The men, dressed in masks and full papers suits, burst into the...
04-Sep-2009 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
While the leased pub industry is focused on resolving its issues through mediation, perhaps it is time to at least consider the possible scenario of life without the tie, writes Mark Stretton.
04-Sep-2009 By Roger Protz
Businesses must be wary of the new tactic of slapping trademarks on beer styles, says Roger Protz.
04-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Times may be tough, but the high standards championed by the licensees in the Great British Pub Awards provide great hope for the future, says The PMA Team.
04-Sep-2009 By Andy Slee
Any business not offering value to 30% of its customers is in trouble, says Andy Slee.
04-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Devizes-based Wadworth saw a 1% drop in turnover to £49.609m in its most recent year to 30 September 2008, but operating profit was down 13% to...
A spirited defence
04-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
"How can I be sure, In a world, that's constantly changin'?" For female readers of a certain age - and who knows, perhaps even a few male ones - the...
GMB slams mediation process as "window dressing
04-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Members of trade union the GMB are set to tell European Union officials the mediation process examining relationships between licensees and pub...
Admiral Taverns joins career advice site
04-Sep-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Admiral Taverns has joined pub career and business advice website mypublife.com The pub company joins founding members including Enterprise Inns,...
