04-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Anti-pubco campaigners will tell EU officials the pubco mediation process is a sham and action is needed to outlaw the beer tie. The GMB Union and...
04-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Punch says it has taken "huge strides" in its approach to health and safety after pleading guilty to serious breaches of fire safety legislation at a...
04-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
An all-inclusive price war has begun in Banbury, with two bars running the deals in the Oxfordshire market town. It has been blamed on a rise in...
04-Sep-2009 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Jon Moulton — the boss of Alchemy Partners, the private equity firm that owns the Tattershall Castle and Inventive Leisure chains of managed pubs...
04-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Shepherd Neame has revealed details of plans for more flexible tenancy agreements as part of a new package of measures for licensee support. The...
Listen Up! - all you need to know
03-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
The Publican's Listen Up! campaign really seems to have struck a chord with the trade and many outside the industry. Since launching it last month,...
Comment: When any publicity is bad publicity
03-Sep-2009
People who say any publicity is good publicity should try telling that to licensees affected by the stink around Diageo at the moment. The spirits...
Punch Pub Company to get major revamp
03-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Mike Tye, boss of Punch Taverns' managed pub assets, is going for an all-out revamp of the group's 800-odd sites as part of a multi-million pound...
Pernod warns of "stagnating" wine and spirits market
03-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Drinks giant Pernod Ricard said today it believed "an overall stagnation" of the wines and spirits industry will continue for at least the next 12...
BII: One in five Scottish licensed premises closed
03-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
One in five licensed premises in Scotland have failed to open since the new Licensing Laws were introduced on Tuesday, according to the BII. Janet...
Appeal to find missing licensee
03-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A former licensee is making a desperate plea to Publican readers to help him find his missing partner. Ben Davey has not been seen since July 20 and...
03-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Punch has been ordered to pay £17,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to serious breaches of fire safety legislation. Punch Pub Company's...
03-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Doubts have been raised about whether a proposed move to force licensing chiefs to consider bans on alcohol sales to U-21s will apply to pubs.
02-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
The countdown is on for the unveiling of the best pubs in the country with the Great British Pub Awards just one week away. The Category and...
'Pub stops drinkers from using mobile phones'
02-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A pub has stopped drinkers from using mobile phones as part of a crackdown on 'antisocial customers'. Staff at the Court Inn in Durham order patrons...
Villagers link up with TV firm to re-open pub
02-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
A committee of villagers has taken over the running of their under-threat local pub thanks to the help of a television company. The Raven Inn, in...
Wetherspoons makes staff skills pledge
02-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
JD Wetherspoon has committed to investing in the future of its 21,000 staff members by becoming the first pub operator to sign up to the government's...
02-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
A pair of former Punch tenants believe they will be £30,000 a year better off after buying the freehold of their pub. Business partners Joe Cussens...
02-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
JD Wetherspoon is the first pub company to commit to the Government's skills pledge initiative. The pledge is a voluntary, public commitment to...
02-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Racing TV channel Racing UK has reported an uplift in subscriptions from Greene King managed pubs. The channel, which does not require a Sky...
01-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Punch Pub Company, the managed arm of Punch Taverns, is trialling several different concepts to plug gaps in its portfolio.
01-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has begun to stop rentalising machine income in a move that will boost pub income for licensees by around £1,250 per annum. The...
Punch hoping for record turnout to lessee roadshows
01-Sep-2009 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns is hoping up to 3,000 of its lessees will attend its programme of roadshow events to be held later next month. Punch operations...
'Tom Jones to play gig in a pub'
01-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
It's not unusual for Tom Jones to enjoy a pint of Guinness - so much so he's going straight to the source by playing a gig in a Dublin pub. The...
Dozens of Scots pubs closed on first day of Act
01-Sep-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Dozens of pubs across Scotland were warned that if they opened their doors today they could be prosecuted after failing to apply for new licences....
Fight against Form 696 hots up
01-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
Campaigners against the Metropolitan Police's controversial Form 696 have stepped up the pressure by writing to the government's equalities watchdog...
Chefs fight it out for Shepherd's Pie crown
01-Sep-2009
The winner of the Major Shepherd's Pie Challenge has been named. David Woods, executive chef at the Sofitel London hotel, Gatwick, saw off the...
Pub ban could be slapped on 'booze ASBO' offenders
01-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
Magistrates will be able to ban drunken thugs from entering pubs, bars and off-licences, under new powers unveiled by the government. Drinking...
01-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A number of pubs in Scotland have been forced to close following the chaotic introduction of the country's new Licensing Act. Patrick Browne, chief...
01-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
A rogue till-roll supplier that tried to con hundreds of licensees has been wound-up by the Insolvency Service.
01-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Managed pub company Tattershall Castle Acquisitions has sold the lease of the Minerva Hotel pub in Hull, East Yorkshire, to local operator Phil Daly,...
'Punch set to overhaul Spirit pubs'
30-Aug-2009
"Punch Taverns is planning an overhaul of Spirit, its managed pubs arm, home to brands including Chef & Brewer, in its quest to raise funds and...
BBPA book to expose myths around alcohol
29-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Falling alcohol consumption, the rise of bottled and canned beer, and the average price of a British pint are all revealed in a new book from the...
28-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team
Managed pub company Mitchells & Butlers has appointed Denis Jackson and Ray MacSharry as non-executive directors. Denis Jackson has significant...
BII: fairer rents would help solve tie debate
28-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The beer tie issue would take on "less significance" if rents were fairer according to members of the BII. The view is expressed in a letter by...
Punters and pet save pub from fire disaster
28-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
An alert dog and a kind-hearted community ensured a disaster was averted when fire struck at a historic Shepherd Neame pub. The blaze started in the...
Museum marks 'passing' of Britain's pubs
28-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A museum has responded to the plight of Britain's pubs by opening the first exhibit dedicated to the UK's vanishing inns. Curators at the Carnegie...
28-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Pubcos have "failed miserably" to self-regulate and it is "imperative" the pubco model is investigated by the Competition Commission. That's the...
28-Aug-2009 By John Harrington
More pub operators will submit their lease codes of practice to be accredited for clarity after final details emerge of the Government's mandatory...
Novus enters JV with Mahiki entrepreneurs
28-Aug-2009 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Novus Leisure, the privately-owned bar operator, is to team up with the entrepreneurs behind Mahiki, the high-profile Mayfair nightclub, M&C...
28-Aug-2009 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Robert Breare, the executive chairman of Merchant Inns, the pubs-with-rooms operator, has been forced out of the group by business partner Sir John...
28-Aug-2009 By Jo Bruce
A ice cream parlour is helping boost sales at a Daniel Thwaites pub in Lancashire. Licensee Ron Lambton has transformed a vintage double decker bus...
The kings of Corfe castle
27-Aug-2009 By Roger Protz
A thriving year-round trade means the pubs in Corfe are in rude health
27-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team
Bar Room Bar is set to leave creditors out of pocket by around £16m, a report by administrator Zolfo Cooper indicates.
27-Aug-2009 By John Harrington
The firm that manages Wellington Pub Company's free-of-tie estate says it doesn't expect to offer any rent reductions to licensees. Tenant says Wellington's view is that they are not like Punch and Enterprise.
Reality check at Sam Smith's
27-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team
The Tadcaster-based Samuel Smith's business lives in its own bubble. Parts of its world are charming. It eschews well-known brands and piped music....
27-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team
Lincolnshire brewer and pub retailer Batemans has reported an 8% increase in barrelage in its most recent year to just over 30,000 barrels....
27-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team
Timothy Taylor, the company that brews Madonna's favourite tipple, Landlord, has reported an increase in turnover but a drop in profit after being...
Licensees' Choice Awards: winners for a reason
27-Aug-2009
The Licensees' Choice was launched this year and it has proved to be an unqualified success. The results have drawn huge interest from across the...
Publican staff get behind the bar
27-Aug-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
I've abseiled down a very tall building in a blizzard. I've walked through Manchester city centre at four in the morning wearing a very short skirt....
