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Vending machines: Facing the axe

Vending machine ban could break pubs

By Ewan Turney

A massive 74% of licensees believe the smoking ban has been bad for business — a damning statistic that could become worse if cigarette vending machines are banned.

36 pubs are closing every week

Pub crisis: Five close every day

By Ewan Turney

Pubs are now closing at the rate of five a day — up 33% on last year as the credit crunch and Government enforced duty rises and red tape take a...

Chicago Rock Cafe: Tenants wanted

3D moves sites to tenancy to reduce losses

By The PMA Team

Chicago Rock Cafe operator 3D Entertainment is to try to find tenants for its loss-making sites to reduce losses with nightclubs to let for as little as £1,000-£4,000 a week.

Supermarket power must be curbed

Time to get grocers off our turf

By Andrew Pring

Cutting the price of alcohol to combat the economic downturn can only do harm in the long term, so isn't it finally time for Government to tame the supermarkets?

Greene King: New licensing guide

Greene King launches new licensing guide

By Ewan Turney

Greene King Pub Partners has launched a new licensing guide for its tenants. The guide aims to advice licensees on how to get the most from their...

Martin: Believes JDW sells more meals per pub per week than anyone else

JD Wetherspoon reports profit slump

By Martyn Leek, M&C Report

JD Wetherspoon has this morning reported a 4.3% drop in like-for-like bar sales for the full year and an 11.4% slump in annual pre-tax profits. There...

Sara Lee man to run Belhaven

Sara Lee man to run Belhaven

By John Harrington

Euan Venters - who helped launch draught Fosters in the UK - become MD of Greene King's Scottish brewery and pub operator.

Pubcos

Pubcos "bend over backwards" over rents

By John Harrington

The gap between what landlords seek and what tenants are prepared to pay is widening but pubcos are shunning arbitrations, says Fleurets chairman Barry Gillham.

I want to break free

I want to break free

By Hamish Champ

If the nation's pubcos had followed the recommendations of the Trade & Industry Select Committee's (TISC) findings four years ago, they might not...

Michelin Pub of the Year announced

Michelin Pub of the Year announced

By Jo Bruce

The Punch Bowl Inn, at Crosthwaite, Cumbria, has been named Michelin Pub of the Year 2009. The pub is owned by Paul Spencer, who also owns the...

Setting a new trend

Setting a new trend

Never mind the cities - let's go for the towns and the customers nobody else seems to have bothered about.That's broadly how Scottish pub firm Gastro...

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