Punch's profits plummet
29-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns has announced its pre-tax profits for the 28 weeks to March 7, 2009 slumped by more than a third.Earnings before interest, tax,...
Campaign launched to re-open 'Tolkien' pub
29-Apr-2009
Pub lovers are backing a campaign to return a pub once popular with Lord of the Rings writer JRR Tolkien to its former glory. The Community Alert on...
28-Apr-2009 By Gemma McKenna
The Licensed Trade Charity has assisted 18% more licensees this year than last, as the number of requests for help is steadily increasing.
Regent Inns confirms plan to de-list shares
28-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ
Regent Inns has confirmed its intention to delist its shares from the London Stock Exchange once investors have approved the proposal.In a statement...
'Gunman jailed for shooting at pub'
28-Apr-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A masked gunman who fired shots outside a pub as a warning to another man has been jailed for almost 17 years. Sean McGovern, 25, targeted the...
Pubs could unite to ban stag parties
28-Apr-2009
Stag parties could be banned by pubs in a historic part of the country in a major bid to drive up standards. Around 30 pub and other local traders in...
28-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns brand Two for One is offering single unit meals for the first time since the brand was launched in 2002. The new "Price Cruncher" meals...
27-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team
The two key lieutenants of property magnate Robert Tchenguiz have resigned from the board of his two managed pub companies after a request from...
Mark Daniels: Checkout Charlies
27-Apr-2009
Aren't Supermarkets great?No, they really are. I know that, as publicans, we love to loathe the damned places, citing them as a close second to the...
'Punch Taverns to report slump'
27-Apr-2009
Punch Taverns: The embattled pub company is expected to report a 40 per cent slump in first-half pre-tax profits, but analysts believe that the...
27-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Manchester-based brewer and operator Joseph Holt is to absorb the 2% duty hike for all of its 130 pubs and 200 freetrade accounts until 1 July. Holts...
27-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Punch is set to sell a package of six pubs to Geronimo Inns, according to reports. The Independent reports that Geronimo has secured around £10m...
The pub industry: a house divided?
25-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ
People I spoke to last week about Alistair Darling's Budget were understandably peeved. There was the City analyst who viewed the Chancellor's...
24-Apr-2009 By Steve Haslam
Enough is enough, time to move on, dust ourselves down, leave the Pubco vs Lessee argument to run its course, says Steve Haslam.
24-Apr-2009 By Andrew Pring
Remember that chant in Animal Farm — "four legs good, two legs bad"? Well, it's becoming that heated and polarised in the pub trade these days, says Andrew Pring.
Adam Withrington: Isn't this a Fair Point?
24-Apr-2009
We are our own worst enemy in this industry - we really are.When all and sundry are calling for industry unity on the issue of alcohol duty, it...
Pilsner Urquell takes a putt with golf-themed pub promotion
24-Apr-2009
Pilsner Urquell is to run golf-themed activity in London pubs to promote its status as official beer of the Open Championship.'19th Hole' outdoor...
Tories: "We're unlikely to legislate on supermarket pricing
24-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ
A future Conservative government would be unlikely to force supermarkets to raise the price at which they sold alcohol, a senior shadow minister...
Top tourism prize goes to the English pub
24-Apr-2009
The English pub has scooped the award for 'outstanding contribution to tourism' at the England travel industry's Oscars.The award, which has...
24-Apr-2009 By Gerry Price
Gerry Price, leaseholder of the Inn at West End, Surrey considers the Budget, St George's Day and, of course, his up and coming rent review. What a...
24-Apr-2009 By Peter Linacre
This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is perhaps the end of the beginning, says Peter Linacre.
24-Apr-2009 By MA Reporter
Several Enterprise lessees have defended the pubco in emails to the Morning Advertiser amid criticism about how it operates. Attacks on pubcos and...
23-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has proposed implementing major changes to the pubco model to ensure a "fair distribution of the economic benefit between the landlord and the lessee".
Gilmore: Minimum pricing would not harm pubs
23-Apr-2009
Reports in the national media suggesting pub prices would be hit by minimum pricing of alcohol are misleading, according to one of Britain's top...
Greene King to raise £207m via rights issue
23-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ
Suffolk brewer Greene King has announced plans to raise more than £200m through issuing new shares to investors.The group said it was issuing nearly...
Tim Martin: 'Gordon Brown is the worst Prime Minister in history'
23-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has branded Gordon Brown the "worst Prime Minister in history" in the aftermath of yesterday's Budget. Speaking to...
23-Apr-2009 By John Harrington
A couple have been jailed for running a "factory" producing fake ID used by youngsters to buy alcohol, in a landmark prosecution. Adrian Holmes and...
23-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Greene King is hoping to raise £207.5m through a new rights issue to fund acquisitions and pay off some of its securitised debt. The Suffolk brewer...
23-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Applications for the search to find the industry's best operations managers for 2009 close at the end of April. The Association of Licensed Multiple...
22-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Budget has shown that the Government does not give a XXXX about Britain's pubs, says the ALMR.
Mark Daniels: Thanks for nothing, Mr Darling
22-Apr-2009
It's not a very funny joke, but then neither is the Chancellor's decision to once again hike up the tax on alcohol, with a further 2% added to the 8%...
Licensees blast duty hike
22-Apr-2009
Licensees have slammed Chancellor Alistair Darling's decision to press ahead with a two per cent tax hike in alcohol tax in today's Budget.At a...
Pub bosses' anger at Darling's hike
22-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ
Leading figures across the UK brewing and pub industries have reacted with weary resignation to the Budget. Marston's chief executive Ralph Findlay...
'Darling has betrayed Britain's struggling pubs'
22-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore
The British Beer & Pub Association has slammed today's Budget for signing "the death warrant for thousands of Britain's pubs and for tens of...
Pubs to become booze free bars for teens
22-Apr-2009
Pubs lying empty are set to be reborn as non alcoholic venues for teenagers under a new government backed initiative.A major pub company along with...
22-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Chancellor has signed the death warrant for thousands of British pubs by increasing duty 2% from midnight. The British Beer and Pub Association...
21-Apr-2009 By Tony Halstead
Pubco tenants and lessees can look forward to an unexpected rent reduction after the annual Retail Price Index inflation rate went negative last month.
Licensee warned over tipping
21-Apr-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
An unsuspecting licensee narrowly escaped prosecution when spirits in the pub she had just taken over were found to be counterfeit. Trading standards...
21-Apr-2009 By John Harrington
The man heading the national rollout of Best Bar None hopes the number of schemes will almost double to 150 over the next year. It's after the Home...
20-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team
London Town has re-opened 125 pubs in the four months to March this year — and created 550 jobs in the process. The company has embarked on this...
Win £10,250 to invest in your pub with Guinness - in association with The Publican
20-Apr-2009
As part of its 250th anniversary celebrations, Guinness has teamed up with The Publican in order to offer one Community Pub the chance to win...
48 hours to save the pub
20-Apr-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has warned there are just two days left to save the British pub. The comments were made by chief...
20-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
The beer and pub industry has warned the Chancellor there are just 48 hours to save the pub trade. Industry figures, MPs and celebrities including...
Darling faces £242m tax black hole from pub closures
18-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore
The government is facing a black hole of £242m in lost tax revenue due to pub closures since the last Budget - and the figure is set to get worse,...
17-Apr-2009 By Roger Protz
Greene King's new font is tempting keg drinkers to have a go, says beer expert Roger Protz.
17-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team
Craig Bell, the former finance director of Premium Bars and Restaurants (PBR), has joined north-east bar operator Ladhar Group has finance director.
17-Apr-2009 By Tony Jennings
It always ends in tears when Utopian individuals or movements get hell bent on changing our lifestyles, says Tony Jennings.
17-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team
The current economic crisis is providing better conditions for tenants as pubcos adjust their business strategies to survive, says The PMA Team.
17-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon is to re-open another former Laurel Pub Company site — the White Swan in Portsmouth. The venue, which was called the Muddy Duck and...
17-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Trade union Unite has thrown its full weight of support behind Inez Ward's Justice for Licensees campaign — including backing a protest march on...
