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Realpubs runs the Pembroke in Old Brompton Road

Realpubs buys five Punch freeholds

By The PMA Team

Realpubs have acquired five freehold London pubs from Punch Taverns in a deal estimated to be worth under £10m. The company has bought the freehold of two Punch pubs it currently leases plus three more sites.

JD Wetherspoon: taking advantage of current conditions in pub property market

JD Wetherspoon snapping up bargain pubs

By The PMA Team

JD Wetherspoon is now buying freehold pubs for a little as half the price of two years ago. The company is acquiring sites for as little as £1m for...

Protz: campaigners should be wary of forcing the break up of the tie

Beware of EU prying into tie

By Roger Protz

The GMB trade union should consider the overall impact before taking grievances over the tie to Europe, says Roger Protz.

Findlay: good time to purchase new builds

Marston's to raise £176m to fund new pubs

By Ewan Turney

Brewer and pub operator Marston's hopes to raise £176m through the issue of 299m new shares to fund the opening of around 30 new build pubs. The company will use approximately £140m of the money to acquire and develop new build pubs.

Scott: emailed Roger Whiteside after reading MA article

Punch 'trespass' host wins reprieve

By Gemma McKenna

A Punch host about to be kicked out of his pub for "trespassing" as his name was incorrect on the lease has won a reprieve. Roger Whiteside, MD of...

Peer is hoping to make it easier for pubs to host live music

New bid to free up live pub music

By John Harrington

A Liberal Democrat peer is to table a Private Member's Bill to make it easier for pubs to stage live music. Lord Clement-Jones' Bill wants the...

Beefeater: deals have sparked uplift

Pub meal deals spark Whitbread growth

By Ewan Turney

Value meal deals sparked a 2% like-for-like sales increase at Whitbread's pub restaurants for the 13 weeks to 28 May. Whitbread, which owns the...

Thorley: 300 pub sales to licensees

Thorley: 300 hosts lined up to buy pubs

By The PMA Team

The number of individual Punch licensees who end up buying their pub is likely to end up well in excess of 300. This morning, Punch said there were around 300 deals either complete or going through legals.

Punch: BEC promises

Punch makes BEC promises

By The PMA Team

Punch has confirmed that it will be backing a range of recommendations contained within the highly critical BEC report.

Punch: challenging trading environment

Punch: leased and managed divisions stable

By The PMA Team

Punch Taverns has reported that it has stabilised performance in both its leased and managed division for the 40 weeks to 30 May. Like-for-like...

Pubwatch bans: under scrutiny again

Pubwatch bans back in High Court

By MA reporter

The legality of Pubwatch bans face further examination as a second legal challenge got underway in the High Court today. Drinker Francis James Boyle,...

Punch is hoping to raise cash

Punch Taverns hoping to raise £350m

By Ewan Turney

Punch Taverns has announced its intention to raise £350m via a firm placing and an open offer of new ordinary shares and use the cash to make a...

Dixon: strong words for the pubcos

Dixon: 10 areas for pubco change

By The PMA Team

Industry expert Phil Dixon has told tenanted pub company chiefs that the pubco/tenant relationship must change in ten areas.

Enterprise: invested in BDM training

Enterprise: parts of BEC hard to argue with

By The PMA Team

A senior executive at Enterprise Inns has stated that there are recommendations within the BEC report, which was highly critical of pubco/tenant relations, that "are difficult to argue with".

Protz: Guiness has been a remarkable success

250 years of the black stuff

By Roger Protz

When Arthur Guinness signed the lease on a brewery in 1759 it was the start of a legend, says Roger Protz.

Charity: tenanted sector has been rocked

Pubco power in the balance

By The PMA Team

Major tenanted companies are now trying to put together a unified response to the hostile Bec report. The PMA Team looks at what might happen.

Linacre: should the tie stay?

The whys and wherefores of the tie

By Peter Linacre

Two unrelated news events in this weekend's press made me ponder the continuing saga of the beer tie, says Peter Linacre.

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