30-Jun-2009 By Gemma McKenna
An Ember Inns customer has won a national competition to brew her own ale, which will be sold in 170 pubs nationwide. Michelle Martin, who has named...
29-Jun-2009 By John Harrington
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) is putting 20 freehold pubs on the market with Fleurets this week.
29-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
Licensee and actor Neil Morrissey is being sued by the Bank of Scotland for £250,000 after his purchase of a pub ended in administration.
29-Jun-2009 By John Harrington
The pubco outlines 13 commitments in a letter to Lord Mandelson, including more discounts and "royalty-free" AWP machine share.
Marc Allinson: Signs of the times
29-Jun-2009
However I do think that there is an information sign overload in this country. You cannot walk into any commercial premises without being faced with...
Enterprise Inns to drop restrictive covenants
29-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Enterprise Inns has vowed to ditch restrictive covenants that prevent pubs being used as licensed premises when sold off. The move is one in a series...
Unite: Action needed to help pubs now
29-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
More than 100 licensees have contacted trade union Unite in the last month alone due to fears of being evicted. In total 117 tenants facing eviction...
Jobs safe for now as Dark Star Scotland goes into administration
29-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Scottish bar, restaurant and hotel businesses Dark Star Scotland Limited has been placed in administration.The Glasgow-based company operates a chain...
American keen to make most of Brit pub closures
29-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
An American businessman is looking to take advantage of pub closures in the UK by salvaging goods to create his own traditional pub. While up to 50...
29-Jun-2009 By John Harrington
One of Scotland's largest bar, restaurant and hotel businesses, Dark Star Scotland, has been placed in administration. Administrator Tenon Recovery...
29-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Anti-pubco lobby group Fair Pint has invited Punch and Enterprise to a summit meeting to discuss a way forward for the pub industry following the...
Jumping to it?
27-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
To the untrained eye it could look as if brewers and pub operators have been falling over themselves to do right by their licensees in the wake of...
26-Jun-2009 By Phil Dixon
There's a lot of work still to be done on the part of pub companies, says industry expert Phil Dixon.
Signs of an economic recovery exist, but when will this boost sales?
26-Jun-2009
Macro economic data is continuing to show improvement in the UK on an almost daily basis, yet is this just temporary or the first stage of a...
25-Jun-2009 By John Harrington
An Enterprise Inns lessee has clawed back nearly £4,000 in fines for buying out after her bank agreed the money was taken without authorisation.
25-Jun-2009 By Gemma McKenna
More than 80 Kent villagers have clubbed together to save their local pub — the 400-year-old Farriers Arms in Mersham.
25-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
A leading sector analyst has described Marston's plans to invest in new-build pubs as impressive, but said the regional brewer would be better served...
25-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
A host of tenanted pubcos are to make changes to the AWP machine tie in the wake of the critical Business & Enterprise Committee report on...
Mark Daniels: Coins of the Realm - how do I get hold of some?
25-Jun-2009
I always say that I take the quiet nights as readily as I take the busy nights - just as long as the busy ones outweigh the quiet ones! The quiet...
United by a community - how locals can save a pub
25-Jun-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
It's mid-June and opening night at Shurlocks Inn. The Berkshire pub is full of local people who have watched three of the four pubs in Shurlock Row...
Pubs ponder compensation over Setanta
25-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
Licensees paying Sky for Setanta channels are still trying to find out whether they could receive compensation after the demise of the Irish...
Trade chiefs warn of 'crisis' in Scotland
25-Jun-2009
Trade chiefs in Scotland have warned of a "looming crisis" with thousands of publicans yet to receive personal licences with deadline day...
25-Jun-2009 By Andrew Pring
A bit of clever retailing and a sense of adventure is all licensees need to reap the rewards of a top-notch soft drinks offer this summer, says Andrew Pring.
25-Jun-2009 By Jo Bruce
The licensee who featured in Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares has left the pub featured in the Channel Four show. Brian and Elaine Rey's Punch lease, the...
24-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Former Punch commercial director Jonathan Paveley has been appointed as non-executive chairman of Hook Norton.
Neville Hall: We are too confrontational within our own ranks
24-Jun-2009
Whether they be government, local authorities, the police or the freelance busy bodies this crippled and malign administration loves "consulting"...
Licensees urged to attend mandatory code meetings
24-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
A series of 10 regional consultation events will take place next month covering the government's controversial mandatory code of practice - and...
Scotland urged to carry on with minimum price plan
24-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The World Health Organisation has urged Scotland to plough on with plans to introduce a minimum price for alcohol. Speaking at an Alcohol Summit in...
Hook Norton names Jonathan Paveley as non-exec chairman
24-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
Cotswold brewer Hook Norton has appointed ex-Punch Taverns commercial director Jonathan Paveley as its non-executive chairman.Paveley, who was made...
24-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
A team from Shepherd Neame is to take part in the Six Peaks Challenge in a bid to raise money for the Water Aid charity. The team consists of six...
Photo gallery: MA-150 business briefing
23-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
The MA-150 club of the country's leading independent, multiple retailers met last week for a business briefing at Belton Woods Hotel, Lincolnshire.
Enterprise couple face eviction
23-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
A licensee couple have been given 42 days to leave their pub after losing a high-profile court battle today with owners Enterprise Inns. David Ball...
23-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
A Beckenham bar has won the right to extend its opening hours despite being in a controversial cumulative impact zone. Multiple operator GC Mallen...
23-Jun-2009 By Tony Halstead
Licensees David and Anne-Marie Ball today lost their court battle to prevent Enterprise Inns obtaining an order for repossession of their Sheffield...
23-Jun-2009 By Tony Halstead
Rebel Enterprise Inns licensees are to join forces with the GMB union to strengthen their hand in a bid to get a better deal from the pubco giant. A...
23-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Established managed, branded pub and restaurant chains are holding off stiff competition from supermarkets and tightening consumer spending with...
22-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
A consortium of Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) investors are demanding two seats on the board, according to reports.
Hamish Champ: Wanna go tie-free? Check out the Emerald Isle
22-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
Despite my own political stance being positioned somewhat to the left of centre the newspaper I regularly choose to read is the good ol' Daily...
Kai's bar knocks competition for six
22-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A pub that based an innovative promotion around the recent ICC World Twenty20 Tournament has scooped the Pepsi Cricket Pub 2009 Prize. Bar manager...
'Marston's to create 2,500 jobs for new pubs build'
22-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
British pubs group Marston's Plc said it would invest 140 million pounds ($229 million) to build 60 pubs starting this summer, which would create...
Affordable housing shortage fuelling pub closures
22-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
A chronic shortage of affordable housing in rural areas is causing an "unprecedented" number of pubs and village shops to close, a coalition of...
22-Jun-2009 By Andrew Pring
Raising the chronically low levels of literacy and numeracy amongst licensees must be a key priority for the trade, says BII boss Neil Robertson.
22-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
People can now have their parcels delivered to their local pub rather than the sorting office under a new scheme. Scottish & Newcastle (S&N)...
22-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Charles Wells Pub Company is promising a fairer deal on machine income for its tenants. The operator will still share the income with licensees but...
Doing the decent thing, but will it be too late?
21-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
"It's not out of the woods yet." So mused a pretty well-informed industry observer on the situation at Punch Taverns. When the UK's largest pub...
19-Jun-2009 By John Harrington
Police want to force six Hastings pubs to ensure a personal licence holder is on site whenever alcohol is served.
19-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
New Punch boss Roger Whiteside has given the sector's first indication of how a post-Bec tenanted pub company will look. The PMA Team gives it the once-over.
19-Jun-2009 By Andrew Pring
The promise of change makes it an exciting time and, if the pubcos are genuine in their desire to evolve, the future will be fairer for licensees, says Andrew Pring.
19-Jun-2009 By Stephen Oliver
If Bec allows the feckless, incompetent and indolent to pin the blame on others rather than themselves, the trade will continue to be a poorer place for it, says Stephen Oliver.
19-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
Molson Coors (UK) marketing director Simon Davies is to leave the business after 13 years at the end of September.
