Greene King closer to becoming a REIT
03-Jul-2008 By Hamish Champ
Greene King is the latest pub company to believe that "in principle" it could become a real estate investment trust (REIT).Announcing its results for...
Pubs still vital for social interaction, study shows
03-Jul-2008 By James Wilmore
The future for pubs may not be so bleak after a third of young people said on-line interaction will never compete with real-life encounters in the...
03-Jul-2008 By John Harrington
The chairman of the new Parliamentary inquiry into pubcos says he has no agenda "other than the search for the truth". Peter Luff MP spoke...
03-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
Greene King is optimistic about the impact of the smoking ban in England after reporting an 18% rise in profit at its Scottish Belhaven division in...
Luff ponders on the past
03-Jul-2008
Peter Luff, chair of the Business & Enterprise Select Committee probing pubcos, gave this reflection on trade lobbyists at the time of the Beer...
My New Pub
03-Jul-2008
Wellington Heifer Ainderby Steeple, North Yorkshire Agent: Guy Simmonds Scotsman Kenny Harkness comes to the Wellington Heifer after a celebrated...
The agent
03-Jul-2008
Chris Whirledge, Pub Innsite What is meant by the term "hard barrels"? I'm sure you'll be thinking that it bears some relation to health and safety...
Bar Talk
03-Jul-2008
What's the weather doing for your trade? John Ellis Crown Inn Oakengates Shropshire The weather has been average here, but it's a very good time for...
Moves
03-Jul-2008
Marcus Bewley joins Marston's Pub Co Marcus Bewley has joined Marston's Pub Company from Spirit Group as drinks promotions manager. The pubco said...
My pub juke box
03-Jul-2008
Geoff Thomasson, chief executive of worldwide refrigeration specialist, the Husky Group My taste in music has changed over the years, but each one...
Plan your snack attack
03-Jul-2008
Targeting the snack offer in your pub can be an easy route to greater profits. Simon Creasey reports At first glance, WH Smith may seem an unlikely...
Getting the core categories right
03-Jul-2008
Of those planning to buy a bottle of wine, 42% intend to spend more than £14 per bottle. Obviously, quality is an issue here. Is this reflected in...
Get your pub Ontrack
03-Jul-2008
Marketing consultancy him! has spent most of the past year gathering the views of 5,000 pub customers. The results show exactly how pubs can improve...
So what have you done since 2004?
03-Jul-2008
Well, we did say that it's on the cards, didn't we. At the start of May, in MA's Comment "Tisc, Tisc — another inquiry?", we pointed out that...
Q&A
03-Jul-2008
Licence may not be needed Q. I've worked in the licensed trade for a number of years and have now applied for a job as steward with a large social...
Machine changes may be no jackpot
03-Jul-2008
The news that the review of gaming machines has been brought forward by a year has been greeted with enthusiasm by sectors of the trade, in...
Tread warily as copyright case goes into extra time
03-Jul-2008
The battle over pub football continues! Somewhat surprisingly, given the rather dismissive comments of Lord Justice Pumfrey in the first part of this...
Your say
03-Jul-2008
Portman and a flurry of White Lightning Having read your article in the MA (12 June 2008), I find myself in shock at the response from the Portman...
The Guv'nor Alan Hamblett
03-Jul-2008
Lower duty so people can afford pubs again Pubs are places to relax, socialise and be entertained; a communal and healthy alternative to rotting in...
Gas bills rise in fixed-rate tariff
03-Jul-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Npower tried to raise pub's rate four times A licensee is furious after hearing his gas bill would increase, despite being told he was on a...
Pubco inquiry: 'Give us the truth'
03-Jul-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Committee to seek update on Tisc report The chairman of the new Parliamentary inquiry into pubcos says he has no agenda "other than the search for...
Tchenguiz pushes Reit route as way forward
03-Jul-2008
Opco-propco option is favoured path Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) biggest shareholder Robert Tchenguiz has re-stated his view that the company...
02-Jul-2008 By The PMA Team
Spirit Group, Punch's managed division, has reopened its flagship pub on London's Bankside, the Anchor, after a £1.6m investment. The company...
02-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers launches scathing attack on the Local Government Association for claiming the Licensing Act has failed to reduce alcohol related disorder.
Pubco shares hit as gloom continues
01-Jul-2008 By Hamish Champ
The sun may have been shining today but investors caught a chill as shares across a range of sectors dived once again.The stock market took the news...
Fuller's completes Horndean site deal
01-Jul-2008
London brewer Fuller, Smith & Turner has completed its acquisition of a two-acre site near the former Gale's brewery site in Horndean,...
Pub campaigners celebrate their summer
01-Jul-2008
Pub lovers who are campaigning to stop their local being turned into houses clubbed together to celebrate Midsummer's Day last week.The Summer Cross...
MillerCoors opens for business today
01-Jul-2008
MillerCoors, the combined US beer interests of SABMiller and Molson Coors, launches today in what Graham Mackay, chief executive of SABMiller,...
30-Jun-2008 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) biggest shareholder Robert Tchenguiz has reiterated his view that the company should pursue the route of converting...
Hamish Champ: Is this a pub or a creche?
30-Jun-2008 By Hamish Champ
I was in my local boozer in South East London on Saturday evening enjoying a few pints. Well, I think it was my local boozer, only the number of...
The smoking ban: rising to the challenge
30-Jun-2008 By Hamish Champ
A year on and the smoking ban in England, like Scotland and Wales, is still testing the country's pubs to the limit. Some licensees have strongly...
History repeating?
30-Jun-2008 By Hamish Champ
Being a young 'un - OK, relatively speaking - I only know of Harold MacMillan's famous quote about British people never having had it so good via...
Pub closures set to accelerate, says accountancy firm
30-Jun-2008 By Hamish Champ
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), the firm of accountants, expects pub closures to accelerate beyond its own predictions as the smoking ban and consumer...
Brakes in deal to buy Woodward Foodservice
28-Jun-2008
Brakes has agreed terms to aquire rival distributor Woodward Foodservice.The deal, which will need the approval of the UK competition authorities,...
27-Jun-2008 By Ewan Turney
Food supplier Brakes has announced a deal to acquire Woodward Foodservice, subject to Office of Fair Trading approval. Woodward Foodservice has eight...
Gilmore: 'One could end up looking evangelical'
26-Jun-2008 By James Wilmore
It is a little-known fact, but the Royal College of Physicians, where Professor Ian Gilmore is currently president, founded the group Action on...
New customers at a third of pubs since ban
26-Jun-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
According to results from the Publican's smoking ban survey one in three licensees have attracted new customers in the last year. The research -...
Smoking ban supported by majority of licensees
26-Jun-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Despite the majority of licensees losing cash because of the smoking ban, more and more are supporting the measure. The 1,500 licensees quizzed by...
Moleface lines up next site
26-Jun-2008
Moleface Pub Company, the Midlands-based gastro-pub operator, has snapped up its second pub, the Lord Nelson, an Enterprise leasehold in Burton...
26-Jun-2008 By John Harrington & Ewan Turney
All you need to know about the news that pubcos will be scrutinised by MPs on how they treat tenants
26-Jun-2008 By Ewan Turney
Walkabout operator says sale is off but unveils plans for a sale and lease back on freeholds and a raft of board changes
Snifter
26-Jun-2008
BBN chair not part of scheme The new chairman of Best Bar None, Lib Dem peer Lord Redesdale, has admitted that his own pub is not part of the...
The Guv'nor Andrew Eccles
26-Jun-2008
Be proactive — or risk going backwards For many years, the cliched saying "if you do what you have always done, you will get what you have always...
The agent
26-Jun-2008
Graham Allman, managing director, GA-Select Freeholds are a valuable commodity and great consideration should be given as to how best to use the...
SIA slams 'hardest doorman' contest
26-Jun-2008
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has criticised a contest to find "Britain's hardest doorman". SIA chief executive Mike Wilson said the contest...
Energy plans fail hosts
26-Jun-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Only 30% of licensees would get protection Fewer than one in three licensees would qualify for energy protection under current plans for a new scheme...
Bar Talk
26-Jun-2008
Would you allow smoking inside your pub again if you had the choice? Ric Sainty The Old Spot Dursley Gloucestershire No, I've had health problems...
Moves
26-Jun-2008
Hyman joins First Drinks Brands First Drinks Brands, the distributor of Glenfiddich single malt Scotch whisky, Hendrick's gin and Russian Standard...
Oh Vienna: Euros' final fling
26-Jun-2008 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
The second Euro 2008 semi-final takes place on Thursday (7.30pm, ITV1). Perennial underachievers Spain play a resurgent Russia side — and one of...
Ban hits ALMR: half see profits dip 6%+
26-Jun-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Wet sales and AWP income hit worst The damaging impact of the smoking ban one year on is laid bare in a survey of Association of Licensed Multiple...
