Government insists new regime for handling complaints, in place of the now defunct energywatch, will offer a better system but concerns still exist that the new Consumer Direct only offers a limited service to businesses.
Enterprise Inns is currently offering special concessions to 850 licensees as it seeks to help them through the tough trading period — at a cost of £5.5m to the pubco.
A Tyneside pub has called time on one of its regular visitors after the premises were refurbished. Peggy, a 12-year-old mare, used to enjoy a pint of...
Punch boss Giles Thorley has denied claims that the pubco is struggling to let pubs despite a weekend report that around 1,400 of its pubs are looking for new tenants.
The news that brothers Sudarghara and Ajmail Dusanj had bought Cains Beer Company back out of administration caused a mighty kerfuffle.Many wondered...
The vote on the proposed US$700bn 'bail out' of the US banking system is being keenly awaited by City analysts, desperate for some good news for the...
The Robert Tchenguiz-owned Globe Pub Company said year-on-year drinks sales for the three months to August 2008 fell more than six per cent compared...
Pressure is mounting on Punch Taverns after it emerged that almost one in five of its tenanted public houses is looking for a new licensee. Punch has...
Punch shares took a further battering yesterday as they slumped to another record low finishing at 172p a share — their lowest since flotation in May 2002 and a significant decline from the peak of £13.23.
Now though in the latest piece of council claptrap, someone, probably in order to justify their job, has decided that A boards are bad. They are now...
The national hunt for the Racing Pub of the Year is under starter's orders once more.The Publican has teamed up with Racing UK and race-goers' bible...
Punch Taverns has unveiled a new discount scheme to help tenants fight back against cheap drinks deals from managed houses — with the scheme already in place at around 300 pubs.
A licensee has launched an online TV channel to bring his traditional community pub into the 21st century. Licensee Gary Nattrass has tapped into his...
St Austell Brewery has announced what it calls "a major investment" in its wholesale drinks operation.The brewer is to take over the lease of a large...
St Austell has announced plans for a new regional distribution centre in Cornwall to supply its 2,000 pub, club and hotel accounts. The purpose built...
Managed operator warns of "substantial" cost increases ahead but reveals a 4.8% increase in same outlet like-for-like food sales for the year as demand for its value formats continues to rise.
The Dusanj brothers have regained control of the Cains brewery and nine pubs from administrators — as widely expected following revelations they still owned the brewery freehold.
A number of people have asked me with varying degrees of incredulity quite how it is that the Dusanj brothers - Sudarghara and Ajmail - can buy back...
Troubled bar operator Regent Inns is looking to offload six of its leasehold sites, including five Walkabout venues, in an effort to reduce its debt...
There's stormy weather ahead for many in the pub game, but community pubs are having an especially tough time of it. Between them, the credit crunch...
Two directors of discredited bar company Vodka Bar Management, Gary Hibberd and Timothy Allen, have been jailed for conning £2.5m out of a bank and a loan company to fund extravagant lifestyles.
