New website to highlight pubs' charity works
19-Dec-2008 By James Wilmore
The industry is going on the front foot to shout about the millions of pounds it raises for charity with the launch of a new web-based initiative....
Ember Inns celebrates star performers
19-Dec-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Ember Inns managers in the East are celebrating after scooping a host of prizes at the pub group's annual awards.The Essex and East Anglia districts...
Foundation Inns EIS on hold
18-Dec-2008 By Tamara Sender, M&C Report
Foundation Inns, the pub company funded through tax efficient EIS subscriptions, has put its Noble Pub Fund on hold as a result of the credit crunch....
17-Dec-2008 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is likely to see a number of leased pubs revert in the wake of the administration of Orchid Pub Company. There are 48 pubs currently in...
Regent Inns outlook remains grim
17-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ
Walkabout bar operator Regent Inns, which failed to find a buyer for the business earlier this year, has warned shareholders today that its...
15-Dec-2008 By Gemma McKenna
Enterprise Inns has sold ten closed pubs for alternative use at an auction held by Breach Wood Ingram (BWI).
15-Dec-2008 By The PMA Team
The Orchid Group has undergone a pre-pack administration. PricewaterhouseCoopers was appointed administrator last Friday with a total of 260 of the...
Comment: Queen's speech no concern for responsible licensees
15-Dec-2008
Should the content concerning the drinks industry in the Queen's Speech cause us concern?As debate continues following the Policing and Crime Bill...
Hamish Champ: Going to Hell in a handcart?
15-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ
'Two weekends to save the high street', screamed a headline from my newspaper on Saturday. If the weather over the weekend wasn't enough to tip even...
Seaside licensees defy downturn
15-Dec-2008 By Gemma McKenna
Torquay licensees are bucking the downward trend with innovative ideas to get customers into their pubs. One operator, Jim Burkett at the Sportsmans...
The Rose & Crown gets more real
14-Dec-2008
Rose and Crown - Visit 2FavershamDate of visit 25.11.08Time of visit 09.30Recommendations from last visit:• Have recommended that even if there is...
Grilling the pubcos: the new spectator sport?
14-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ
Watching pubco bosses squirm in front of a committee of MPs should be labelled a spectator sport. Appearing before the Business & Enterprise...
'Archbishop of Canterbury conducts sermon in Cardiff boozer'
14-Dec-2008
"The Archbishop of Canterbury told shoppers yesterday that Britain was an 'unhappy' country and 'didn't seem to like itself'. Speaking in a city...
Orchid Group announces financial rejig
13-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ
Orchid Group, the private equity-backed managed pub group, has announced the completion of a financial restructuring which, it claims, will...
12-Dec-2008 By The PMA Team
2008 turned out to be a tougher year than many expected. The PMA Team looks back on the themes that emerged during the year. Toxic leases and the...
Clear pubco estate acquires freeholds
12-Dec-2008 By The PMA Team
Clear Pub Company has radically reorganised its estate after taking on 25 Punch leaseholds less than 18 months ago. Clear Pub Company (CPC) now has...
'Rounds of talks on pubs plight'
12-Dec-2008
The plight of Britain's pubs has alarmed so many Labour MPs that no fewer than four ministers have agreed to separate talks with industry leaders to...
At least £1k on rates at 6,705 pubs
12-Dec-2008 By Gemma McKenna
At least one in seven pubs face an additional £1,000 or more on their business rates under new plans. Currently 6,705 pubs will be hit by...
333 Holdings opens fifth site
12-Dec-2008 By Graham Ridout
Chelsea-based operator 333 Holdings has opened its fifth site, just in time for the Christmas trade. The Woolpack Inn, between the villages of...
11-Dec-2008 By Roger Protz
Whether you start a craft brewery or get in a best-seller, cask is the way forward, says Roger Protz.
11-Dec-2008 By Peter Coulson
Those who are looking for specific legislative detail in the speech that the Queen read out last week do not perhaps understand the way Government works, says Peter Coulson.
11-Dec-2008 By Ewan Turney
A six-tier national Scores on the Doors hygiene rating scheme has been approved by the Food Standards Agency Board but trade slams it as 'ridiculous'.
11-Dec-2008 By Alistair Darby
A win-win approach between landlord and tenant is even more important in tough trading conditions, says Marston's Pub Company boss Alistair Darby.
11-Dec-2008 By Ewan Turney
Problem pubs could be shut for three months under tough new powers that came into force this week — the powers extend crack-house closure powers to other problem premises.
11-Dec-2008 By The PMA Team
A commercial property auction has shown a strong appetite for the Punch Taverns covenant. British Land sold all four freeholds of pubs tenanted by...
The power of a united pub trade
11-Dec-2008
Herbert Asquith was not the likeliest politician to drive through legislation aimed at tempering the nation's drinking habits. Often observed swaying...
Punch Taverns slides - and recovers - after negative City comment
11-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Punch Taverns recovered today after a piece of negative City research sent the company's stock tumbling by more than 20 per cent.The...
More pubs going part time
11-Dec-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Part-time pubs are becoming more common as venues struggle to make a profit on quiet days, new research has revealed. Nearly one in 10 licensees told...
UK socialising spending to fall 12 per cent over Christmas
11-Dec-2008
Many UK consumers are expected to sharply cut their spending on gifts, socialising and food and drink this Christmas, according to accountancy firm...
11-Dec-2008 By Gemma McKenna
British pubs are being "strangled in red tape" by the Government, which will destroy £8bn worth of economic activity by 2012. That was the message...
11-Dec-2008 By Gemma McKenna
A Lancashire licensee, victim of an alleged brutal assault in his own pub, is outraged after his underage attacker was let off with a reprimand. The...
11-Dec-2008 By Neil Morgan
A move back to basics is surely making a start, says head of pubs at Christie + Co Neil Morgan.
10-Dec-2008 By Gemma McKenna
JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has scooped this year's Loo of the Year award for the top quality toilets in its pubs and wine bars across the UK.
Mark Daniels: A Totalitarian Trade
10-Dec-2008
Pubco bosses must be laughing in to their wallets this morning after Ted Tuppen, Chief Executive for Enterprise Inns, deftly deflected criticism of...
Marston's extends banking facilty to 2013
10-Dec-2008
Marston's has agreed an extension of its banking facilities for three years to 2013.The brewer and pub operator has tied up the deal with a syndicate...
Pubs pressed to push pork provenance
10-Dec-2008
Pubs are being urged to state the country of origin of all pork dishes and products on menus.The call comes in the wake of the withdrawal of Irish...
10-Dec-2008 By MA team
Enterprise boss Ted Tuppen said he was "very surprised and disappointed" at claims from the ALMR that the "pubco model is not working".
10-Dec-2008 By Ewan Turney
Wiltshire-based brewer Wadworth has launched a Pub School for new tenants at its flagship pub — the Green Dragon in Market Lavington. Potential...
09-Dec-2008 By The PMA Team
Bedford-based Charles Wells has reported profits up by 20% on record turnover in results for the 52 weeks to September 2008. The results mark the...
Tuppen and Thorley say pubco debt is not a problem
09-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ
Bosses of the UK's leading pub operators today emphatically denied their companies' massive debts were putting the institution of the Great British...
Admiral Taverns puts a further 22 pubs on the market
09-Dec-2008
Admiral Taverns has confirmed that it has put a further 22 of its pubs on the market.The new properties are in addition to the 200 freehold sites...
Enterprise chief reveals licensee tax scandal to MPs
09-Dec-2008 By James Wilmore
Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen has told MPs that some of his company's licensees buying outside the beer tie are also committing tax...
ALMR chief attacks pubco model
09-Dec-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers chief executive Nick Bish has told MPs the pubco model is not working. Bish was speaking at the second...
'Scientists find gene that can predict alcoholism'
09-Dec-2008
Alcoholics could be identified before they develop a physical or psychological dependence on drink, after scientists identified a genetic basis for...
Pubs signs voted number one icon
09-Dec-2008
Traditional pub signs may be dying out amid "bland corporate makeovers" - but they are England's number one icon, a new poll has revealed. In a poll...
09-Dec-2008 By Tony Halstead
North west-based Mitchells of Lancaster has purchased the York Brewery and its four tied pubs for an undisclosed sum. The deal means a return to...
09-Dec-2008 By John Harrington
Enterprise Inns chiefs mounted a strong attack on tenants buying outside the tie when they gave evidence to MPs in the pubco inquiry. They accused...
09-Dec-2008 By Ewan Turney
The pubco model is not working well, especially in the current economic climate, and the beer tie should be phased out, MPs were told by ALMR boss Nick Bish.
09-Dec-2008 By Mark Day, Valuation Office Agency
Mark Day, Head of Leisure and Licensed Property Valuations at the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), answers questions on the forthcoming revaluation of business rates and how this might affect your pub.
Mark Kenyon: Trade's resilience being tested as never before
08-Dec-2008
The Chancellor's pre-Budget Report dealt another blow to the industry. While the VAT reduction from 17.5 per cent to 15 per cent until the end of...
