Pub raises thousands in honour of fallen soldier
03-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Staff and customers at pub that were left devastated when a regular died in Afghanistan have helped raise a staggering £40,000 for injured soldiers....
03-Jun-2009 By John Harrington
The case for having minimum pricing of alcohol is "weak" and previous studies about its impact have been "overestimated". That's according to a new...
Red Stripe Guide to Live Music (Part 4): How to get in on the act - sourcing the right band for your pub
02-Jun-2009
In the penultimate instalment of our 'how to host live music in your pub' guide - in association with Red Stripe - we tackle the not insignificant...
Curry houses, not pubs, priority for new Cobra owners
02-Jun-2009
Molson Coors has suggested that it sees the priority for its newly-acquired Cobra beer brand as being consolidating distribution in curry houses,...
CAMRA to lodge beer tie "super complaint" by end of the month
02-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) will lodge a fast track "super complaint" with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) about the beer tie by the end of...
'Darling's career hanging by a thread'
02-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The career of the man responsible for imposing swingeing tax hikes on the industry was hanging by a thread last night after Gordon Brown appeared to...
Royal Oak chef wins Craft Guild award
02-Jun-2009
Dominic Chapman, head chef at the Royal Oak in Maidenhead, has been named Pub Chef of the Year.The accolade was announced at the Craft Guild of Chefs...
Energy brokers targeting "vulnerable" licensees
02-Jun-2009
New tenants have been warned to be on guard against energy brokers targeting them with 'special offers' on their first days in the job. According to...
02-Jun-2009 By John Harrington
A licensee has "given up fighting for justice" after police failed to prosecute a yob who attacked her. Amanda Wilkinson formally complained to...
02-Jun-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Marston's has fired the first salvo in the battle for the Ashes this year with news of a tie up with Marmite. The brewer has launched Pedigree...
Local Hero: Glory for the Bell
01-Jun-2009
Winning a gold medal in any sport is a huge achievement - but when it comes after the winner lost the use of both his legs, it is something very...
Hamish Champ: When's a good time for a quick polish then?
01-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
It was mad-as-a-bag-of-cats Colonel William Kilgore, played by Robert Duval, who uttered the now-legendary line: "I love the smell of napalm in the...
Licensees hit out at "abhorrent" BNP
01-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
Licensees have hit out the British National Party (BNP) for targeting pubs as part of its campaign for this week's European elections. The BNP claims...
01-Jun-2009 By John Harrington
Six out of 10 Wadworth tenants agree their rent is fair, according to survey commissioned by the Wiltshire brewer and pub operator. A total of 60% agreed with the statement "I believe my rent is fair for the business I do".
Adding value with wi-fi
30-May-2009 By Hamish Champ
While it may not be to the more traditional pub-goer's taste, the technological age is finally catching up with Ye Olde Englishe Pubbe, with more...
A meeting of minds: hard to achieve, but surely desirable
30-May-2009 By Hamish Champ
A friend said to me recently that if he had a pound for every time the pub media trotted out the line that the prospect of tenants and landlords...
29-May-2009 By Roger Protz
At Harvey's Brewery, in Lewes, they do things the time-honoured way, says Roger Protz.
29-May-2009 By Andrew Pring
Pubcos must ask themselves some searching questions if the trade is to reform, says Andrew Pring.
29-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Tenanted pub companies now need to accept criticism and engage on how to evolve their business model, a panel of leading observers has claimed.
29-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers boss Tim Clarke quit last week after fresh hedge losses. The PMA Team looks at the background.
29-May-2009 By The PMA Team & Tony Halstead
Now in its 8th year — The Morning Advertiser ranks the trade's movers and shakers on the impact they've had on the industry in the past 12 months...
Foundation duo to run Close sites
29-May-2009 By The PMA Team
The board of the Close Imperial Pub Company has chosen Foundation Inns bosses Ian Grundy and Gavin Drew to run its six-strong estate, following a...
Pubs urged to make most of summer tourist trade
29-May-2009 By James Wilmore
Pubs have a "great opportunity" this summer to capitalise on the trend for holidaying in this country, according to the chairwoman of enjoyEngland....
'Young's in the scramble for Punch pubs'
29-May-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Regional brewers may be falling over themselves to snap up the pubs put up for sale by Punch Taverns but Young & Co continues to adopt a more...
29-May-2009 By MA reporter
Excitement builds as a number of companies join in to make the debut of Pub in the Park a truly interactive experience that will, with the calibre of...
29-May-2009 By John Harrington
HSBC has admitted one of its staff told a licensee the bank won't lend to pubs — and has apologised.
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
A special round-up from the Business and Enterprise Committee's report into pubco power.
Jonathan Adnam
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Jonathan Adnam chairman, Adnams (41) Why he is on the list: Taking an environmental stance has given Adnams, one of the oldest brewers in the land, a...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Jim Dickson chief executive, Brulines (48) Why he is on the list: Dickson oversees the UK's largest operator of beer monitoring and data collection...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Stephen Gould chief executive, Everards (47), Stuart Bateman managing director, George Bateman & Son (49) Why they are on the list: Gould and...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Ann Elliott managing director, Elliott People (new entry) Why she is on the list: Ann Elliott is founder of Elliott People, which offers sales,...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Peter Morris managing director, Daniel Thwaites (new entry) Why he is on the list: Peter Morris is a year into his new job as boss of...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Justin Adams managing director, Greene King Brewing Company (40), Stephen Oliver managing director, Marston's Beer Co (15), Nigel McNally managing...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Stuart McFarlane president A-B InBev UK (36), Mark Hunter chief executive Molson Coors UK (new entry), Isaac Sheps chief executive, Carlsberg UK (new...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Jonathan Webster managing director, Greene King (GK) destination pubs (34) Jonathan Lawson managing director, GK local pubs (34), Mark Derry managing...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
The analysts Geof Collyer Deutsche Bank, Jamie Rollo Morgan Stanley, Mark Brumby Blue Oar Securities, Douglas Jack, Numis Securities Paul Hickman,...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Brian King managing director, Trust Inns (28) Why he is on the list: King heads up Trust Inns, which runs a nationwide estate of 600 tenanted and...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Iain Holden. managing director, Sky Business (24) Why he is on the list: Holden wields considerable power over thousands of UK pub TV viewing rooms...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Lynne D'Arcy joint managing director, Admiral Taverns (21), Andy Clifford joint managing director, Admiral Taverns (21) Why they are on the list:...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Phil Dixon, Trade consultant (37) Why he is on the list: The Barnsley boy is an extremely rare bird in this trade — he's trusted by both licensees...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Derek Andrew, managing director, Marston's Inns & Taverns (20) Why he is on the list: Derek Andrew is the blunt, no-nonsense boss of Marston's...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Nick Bish chief executive, Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers Paul Smith executive director, Noctis Mark Hastings communications director,...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Roger Whiteside managing director, Punch leased division, Mike Tye managing director, Spirit Why they are on the list: Whiteside and Tye are the new...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Willie Crawshay managing director, Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (new entry) Why he is on the list: Crawshay, an experienced S&N...
Adam Fowle
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Adam Fowle acting chief executive, Mitchells & Butlers (17) Why he is on the list: Fowle has been catapulted to the top of the M&B tree after...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Michael Turner chief executive, Fuller's (35) Why he is on the list: Turner is a fifth generation descendant of Fuller's Brewery co-founder John...
Gary Landesberg
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Gary Landesberg owner, Admiral Taverns (7) Why he is on the list: Landesberg owns Britain's third biggest tenanted and leased pub company, and the...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Ted Tuppen chief executive, Enterprise Inns (2) Why he is on the list: Tuppen heads the UK's largest tenanted pubco, although pub numbers have been...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Giles Thorley chief executive, Punch Taverns (1) Why he is on the list: The head of Britain's biggest pub company, which like other big tenanted...
Trade union launches attack on pubco profit margins
28-May-2009 By James Wilmore
Trade union the GMB has stepped up its attack on the pubcos - claiming that Enterprise Inns has a profit margin nine times that of supermarket giant...
