Still no licensees at mandatory code meetings
10-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
More than half of the places at government-run meetings about its controversial plans to introduce a mandatory code of practice have been left empty....
10-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
AWP operator Gamestec has seen a 13% increase in income since the new £1 stake and £70 prize limits were introduced a month ago. Gamestec has...
09-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
Punch has added new meal options to its cut-price food deal for tenants at set prices of £1.99 and £4.99.
09-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Bay Restaurants emerged from the pre-pack administration of Laurel Pub Company 15 months ago. The PMA Team met chief exective Paul Symonds. Better...
Mark Daniels: Projectile Vomit, Cornish Pubs, and a very angry seagull
09-Jul-2009
Given that I rank supermarkets in my top-five list of "Things That Are Wrong With Pubs At The Moment", I feel somewhat guilty - not to mention...
Proud of Pubs Week crosses the Atlantic
09-Jul-2009
The list of pubs involved in the third Proud of Pubs Week 2009 now stretches to Canada following contact from a pub in Vancouver. Alastair Knott,...
Heavyweight backing for Proud of Pubs Week
09-Jul-2009
Two of Parliament's most high profile spokesmen on pubs have come together to back The Publican's Proud of Pubs Week. Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland has...
Licensee couple to quit over live music row
09-Jul-2009
An award-winning licensee couple are vowing to hand back the keys to their pub after a council branded their live music "a noise nuisance". Tanya...
09-Jul-2009 By Roger Protz
Just because some ales are lower in abv, it doesn't mean they must be lacking in taste, says Roger Protz. On a day of blistering heat in London last...
09-Jul-2009 By Andrew Pring
Ted Tuppen's offer to help fund a trade body should make licensees think long and hard about what it means to run pubs professionally, says Andrew Pring.
09-Jul-2009 By Andrew Pring & Gemma McKenna
BII boss Neil Robertson has spoken against plans for a new pubco-funded trade group to represent tenants, which this week received backing from Punch...
09-Jul-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Pubs across Britain are losing out after the plug was pulled on Irish sport on TV with the collapse of broadcaster Setanta in the UK. The games,...
09-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
Shepherd Neame has agreed to new licence conditions at three Hastings pubs to stave off licence suspensions, the removal of a licensee and hardline...
09-Jul-2009 By Jo Bruce
A Punch Taverns inn is offering customers the chance to use discount vouchers from other restaurant chains. The Greswolde Hotel in Knowle High...
Daniel Pearce: What pubs can learn from Michael Jackson
08-Jul-2009
Where were you when you heard that Michael Jackson had died? For a few days the 'King of Pop's' sad demise was the story that dominated every news...
Punch says it will attend Fair Pint summit
08-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubco giant Punch Taverns has confirmed it will be represented at an event organised by anti-beer tie campaigners next week. Fair Pint has invited...
08-Jul-2009 By Jo Bruce
A Kiwi chef has added a third pub to his group of Norfolk inns. Chris Coubrough, owner of Flying Kiwi Inns, has taken on a private lease at the...
08-Jul-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A Welsh brewing and pub entrepreneur is to open a new £1m "traditional" pub in Cardiff — the first to be built in the city for 25 years. The...
08-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
Restrictive covenants on pubs being sold are a "revolver to the head" of local authorities but small changes in planning could make a huge difference...
07-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
Brigid Simmonds has stepped down as chief executive of Business In Sport and Leisure (BISL) following a "business plan review".
Trade union brands industry mediation meetings "a sham
07-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
A leading trade union has described as a "sham" efforts by the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) to find a solution to the issue of...
'We paid a pound for our dream pub'
07-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
A pound doesn't get you much these days. Not even half a pint in most pubs. But 100 new English pence was enough to make one couple's dream of owning...
Historic pub damaged in town centre fire
07-Jul-2009
A fire which swept through Wimborne, Dorset at the weekend has left the town's oldest pub shut. The Albion Inn, a 17th Century coaching inn, has...
07-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
Pubs across Wales can now get paid to let non-customers use their toilets. Seventeen of the 22 county councils in Wales have so far agreed to take...
07-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
A Bristol pub has been banned from serving any drinks in glass and running drinks promotions following an incident involving a police officer. The...
Tentative steps towards a better industry
06-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
So Lord Mandelson can have a nice, relaxing summer break without having to fret over whether or not to refer the pub industry to the Competition...
Marston's gets shareholder nod for £175m rights issue
06-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
Executives at Midlands brewer Marston's breathed sigh of relief this morning after the group's proposed £176m rights issue was given the go-ahead by...
Yates's staff help wounded soldiers
06-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Staff at Yates's pubs across the country have been throwing themselves into a host of activities to raise funds for wounded soldiers. To mark its...
06-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
A Dorset licensee is bidding to become a Lib Dem MP at the next general election. Philip Eades is a Hall and Woodhouse tenant at the Sloop in Poole...
'Greene King boss sees merit in minimum pricing proposals'
05-Jul-2009
"Rooney Anand, chief executive of pubs giant Greene King, admitted he had some sympathy for minimum alcohol pricing proposed by the Scottish...
03-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
High profile tenant rights activist Inez Ward will be evicted from her Enterprise Inns pub on Thursday next week (9 July).
Thursday July 16: The house of funds!
03-Jul-2009
It's always been the great unknown in the pub trade. Whenever pubs come in for criticism from the press and politicians, the response from within the...
Wednesday July 15: Play the fame game for Proud of Pubs
03-Jul-2009
Everyone knows someone, who knows someone who's famous. Don't they? With the number of celebrities now involved in the trade from celebrity chefs...
Tuesday July 14: Put on your Proud of Pubs event
03-Jul-2009
Every day it seems there are new things going on in pubs up and down the country. The response of many pubs in the UK to the recession has been to...
02-Jul-2009 By Andrew Pring
The biggest pubcos pledge fairness and reform, but what about the others — and what about the nitty gritty of their offers, asks Andrew Pring.
02-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Is there an argument for turning more pubs free-of-tie? The PMA Team examines the idea.
02-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Greene King has found solutions for more than 25% of the 400 tenanted pubs contained within its turn-around Independence Pub Company division. The...
Wetherspoons bangs drum for Proud of Pubs Week
02-Jul-2009
With days to go before Proud of Pubs Week the campaign got a major boost when Morrissey Fox Proud of Pubs Best bitter went on sale in JD Wetherspoon...
BEC chairman urges government to delay pubco power response
02-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
Major industry efforts to stave off a probe into the pubco model appear to be working after MPs asked the government to delay its response to a...
Greene King "now stronger than before recession", claims CEO
02-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
Greene King is in a stronger position now than it was before the start of the economic downturn, according to the Suffolk brewer's chief executive...
02-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
A minimum price on alcohol in Scotland is seen as "non-negotiable" by the ruling Scottish National Party, according to a senior Scottish Government...
02-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
Business and Enterprise Committee chairman Peter Luff has urged the Government to give the industry until October to change following its damning...
02-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
Greene King is looking forward with "cautious optimism" after a 1.3% rise in revenue to £942.3m for the 52 weeks to 3 May. Operating profit dipped...
02-Jul-2009 By Tony Halstead
A pair of former Wetherspoon managers have transformed the fortunes of two West Yorkshire pubs, after crossing the trade divide to become their own...
02-Jul-2009 By Jo Bruce
Whitbread is asking customers to vote for where they want the next Taybarn's all-you-can-eat concept to open. The company, which has seven Taybarns,...
01-Jul-2009 By Stephen Crawley
Does cricket mirrors the ups and downs of life, asks Caledonian managing director Stephen Crawley.
St Austell's tenants' code gets BII stamp of approval
01-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
St Austell has become the latest pub company to have its code of practice for tenants approved by the BII's accreditation scheme The Cornwall-based...
30-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
Marston's should be able to open between 20 and 25 new-build pubs per annum after ear-marking £140m, says an analyst.
Pubs 'n' Bars sees little light at the end of the tunnel
30-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
AIM-listed pub operator Pubs 'n' Bars (PnB) said it expects little in the way of economic recovery to help boost its fortunes in the coming year.The...
'Russell Crowe's big tip for pub'
30-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Russell Crowe has become a local hero in West Wales after leaving staff in a country pub a £600 tip. The New Zealand-born actor is filming Ridley...
