04-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team
Two M&B franchisees have joined forces to open a third pub as a joint venture with help from the Enterprise Finance Guaranteee Scheme.
04-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) is celebrating its 100,000th member on the day the Great British Beer Festival kicks off.
04-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team
A report leaked to the Telegraph newspaper shows Robert Tchenguiz was the single biggest client of Icelandic bank Kaupthing.
04-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team
The majority of Greene King executive directors saw a drop in pay in 2008-2009 compared to the year before. Chief executive Rooney Anand earned a...
'Britain's bouncing back to wealth'
04-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Britain's economy bounced back spectacularly yesterday with shares soaring and the pound on a 10-month high against the dollar. And as banks reported...
04-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Marston's has reported a "resilient" performance with further improvement since the end of the first half year on 4 April, despite the recent wet...
03-Aug-2009 By John Harrington
McMullens Brewery boss has given an impassioned plea to the Government to drop plans for its mandatory alcohol retailing code.
03-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
PASS (Proof of Age Standards Scheme) accredited ID cards have an "infinite future" despite the on-set of National ID cards.
03-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has appointed Adam Fowle as chief executive. Fowle had been acting chief executive at M&B since Tim Clarke resigned on 21 May.
Counting the cost of restructuring
03-Aug-2009 By Hamish Champ
The redundancies facing Diageo workers in Scotland are an unfortunate sign of the times. All businesses are currently looking at how they operate, to...
Hamish Champ: Signs of getting old. Pt 4
03-Aug-2009 By Hamish Champ
Like I or not - and I'm not sure I do - a number of things are increasingly telling me I'm getting old. Partial deafness, mental infirmity and a...
31-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Brewers and pub companies that adopted a cautious approach during the boom years are in prime position to acquire top-class assets in the current climate, says The PMA Team.
31-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
Punch has launched a new e-learning programme for its managers and their staff using e-learning, DVDs and coaching.
31-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
A judge has imposed a nationwide ban on a 20-year-old Waltham Abbey, Essex, going into any Wetherspoons pub following an incident in Harlow last...
'Woman gets £18K compensation after pub fall'
31-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
A hospital cleaner has won £18,000 compensation after she broke a leg when her stiletto heel got snagged in a pub courtyard. Selena Gilder, 40, was...
Staff seek cash to buy much-loved music pub
31-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
Former staff and regulars at one of Newcastle's oldest and most-loved music pubs are bidding to buy the freehold in an attempt to rescue it from...
31-Jul-2009 By Alastair Darby
Marston's tenanted division is trialing two new radical agreements. Division boss Alistair Darby explains the thinking. Success four flights...
31-Jul-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Pubcos could be forced to clearly show that their tied lease agreements are not anti-competitive.
30-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Norfolk brewery Woodforde's is celebrating the tenth anniversary and has almost trebled production in the past decade.
30-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Hertfordshire brewer and retailer McMullen's believes that it is well-placed to buy pubs after avoiding paying peak-of-market prices in recent years....
30-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Mike Dowell, the managing director of Pitcher & Piano, has left parent company Marston's by mutual agreement. After six years in the role, which...
'Evacuation after fire at Greene King brewery'
30-Jul-2009
Staff at Suffolk's biggest brewery were evacuated yesterday following a severe fire in a boiler room. Fire crews were called to the Greene King...
30-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
The "small" fire at Greene King's brewery will have "no impact on customer orders", the company has said. The boiler house was evacuated and fire...
30-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Government should consider whether current safe drinking and alcohol unit guidelines are "fit for purpose". That is the view of a group of MPs...
30-Jul-2009 By Tamara Sender, M&C Report
Commerzbank has acquired an equity stake in Town & City Pub Company from Kaupthing, the state-controlled Icelandic bank.
30-Jul-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A licensee whose trade was hit hard by the loss of Irish sport on TV has been allowed to terminate his Sky contract following a dispute with the...
28-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Manchester-based brewer and retailer Hydes has reported a strong first quarter helped by warm weather after a weak trading performance in its most...
28-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Bay Restaurants, the owner of La Tasca and Slug & Lettuce, has undergone a financial restructure that provides a new £150m debt facility until...
Marc Allinson: Big Brother is watching YOU
28-Jul-2009
Every little rule and law that the government brings in, in itself, seems to be of little concern, such as the newly-proposed national database of...
28-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Retail of Alcohol Standards Group (RASG) has appointed a consultant to help local authorities tackle underage drinking.
27-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
The man who is to head the FLVA says there's "no conflict" between his new role and his current job at Enterprise Inns.
27-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Whitbread has instructed Christie + Co and Gerald Eve to jointly market four pubs including three Brewers Fayre venues.
New FLVA boss will take an "even handed" approach in disputes
27-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The boss in waiting of trade group the Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations (FLVA) has moved quickly to allay concerns about his...
'Off-trade booze sales set to overtake pubs next year'
26-Jul-2009
"Beer sales in supermarkets and off-licences are set to overtake the amount sold in pubs next year. Cash-strapped Britons are increasingly turning to...
A sunny motion?
25-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
The City of London is a quiet place at this time of year. I'm quite sure deals of some sort are being plotted behind closed doors of various...
24-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
The British Beer and Pub Association is "not concerned" by the new probe into the beer tie but sees it as an "unwelcome distraction".
24-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has slated pubcos and the "unfair method of setting rents" as it forces a new OFT probe into the beer tie.
Father Ted Pubs and Bars acquires tenth site
24-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Father Ted (FT) Pubs and Bars, which owns and operates nine leasehold sites in London - six Enterprise Inns sites and three free-of-tie leases - has acquired another Enterprise Inns venue.
Publican Pub Golf Tournament: Corner Post reigns in Spain
24-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
After 13 years of trying the Corner Post pub team from Coventry finally made it to the final of The Publican Pub Golf Tournament. And not content...
BBPA questions CAMRA's claims on cost of a pint
24-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has argued a probe of the beer tie will be an "unwelcome and unnecessary distraction" during a critical...
CAMRA attacks "unfair" beer tie prices in OFT complaint
24-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will investigate the beer tie after CAMRA today lodged a "super complaint" about the issue, attacking high rents and...
23-Jul-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Pubs are the nation's favourite place for a sit-down meal, but consumers are more price consciuos than ever, that's according to a new survey of 1,000 adults.
23-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Mitchell's of Lancaster, the family-owned pub operator and brewer, is selling six freehold pubs as part of a rationalisation of the pub group's...
Marston's new tenancy deals
23-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Marston's is trialling an innovative reworking of the pubco/tenant relationship. The company is to launch two new schemes — Phoenix and Apollo —...
23-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Urban & Country Leisure, the managed multiple run by Ross Saunders and Dan Shotton, has reopened the Greyhound in Finchampstead, Berkshire, after...
Pub bitch: Public relations
23-Jul-2009
Public relations We've all done it, haven't we? Forwarded an email but forgotten to remove previous correspondence from the bottom of the missive...
Comment: Pub pours chances of repeat custom away with its ullage
23-Jul-2009
The Publican's Beer Matters initiative continues to celebrate the best drinks service. It's also important to draw attention to the worst. This is a...
Pubwatch turns to transport cops for help
23-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A campaign to get physical attacks on pub workers taken more seriously is looking for help from the British Transport Police (BTP). Court Not...
Punch Taverns' pub sale 'window' set to close
23-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns is set to close the 'window of opportunity' that has enabled hundreds of its lessees to lodge successful bids for their pubs, the group...
More room for error
23-Jul-2009 By Peter Coulson
One of the key policy elements of the Government in moving licensing over to local authorities was to remove the "inconsistencies" that they claimed...
