Poland gets pub's support for Euro 2008
23-May-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
With the home nations failing to make it to Euro 2008 a pub in west London has decided to throw its support behind Poland. Last Friday The Belvedere,...
Darts stars urge pubs to step up to the oche
23-May-2008
Pubs have been urged by a host of top darts stars to step up to the oche and capitalise on soaring interest in the sport.James 'The Machine' Wade,...
Marston's profits hit by share buybacks
23-May-2008 By Hamish Champ
Midlands brewer Marston's has announced first half pre-tax profits down more than 15 per cent, but said the decline was principally the result of its...
23-May-2008
Enterprise Inns is helping its retailers drive trade with a reverse auction across its estate. The in-pub initiative allows customers to text a bid...
R20 staffers to join M&B
22-May-2008 By The PMA Team
Company confirms wish to become Reit
22-May-2008 By Andrew Pring
Andrew Pring speaks on the BII annual event.
Enterprise steadies ship
22-May-2008
While Enterprise boss Ted Tuppen concedes that the past six months have been the industry's most difficult ever, he's not about to chuck in the bar...
Belhaven's best bows out
22-May-2008
Belhaven chief executive Stuart Ross is retiring from the business after a hugely distinguished career. He talks to The PMA Team about his career...
Spirit churn hasn't improved profits
22-May-2008 By The PMA Team
A top City analyst has claimed he is "worried" by the performance of Spirit, Punch's managed estate, three years after it was acquired. Geof...
White Horse Inn: First steps
22-May-2008
Welcome to the first instalment of our pub blog. Over the coming weeks, we will be detailing the ins and outs of buying (or attempting to buy, as it...
Marc Allinson: Solutions to the trade's ills
22-May-2008
As a follow on to my previous blog about the way in which society is being picked apart, which I admit is very negative, I would like to offer some...
We're backing Proud of Pubs Week - what about you?
22-May-2008
John McNamara, chief executive of the BII, said: "We totally endorse and support Proud of Pubs Week. We'll do anything we can to help raise the...
Gilmore "sympathises" with pubs
22-May-2008 By James Wilmore
A leading anti-alcohol lobbyist today expressed sympathy for the plight of pubs and blamed the off-trade for an increase in hospital admissions...
Tax warning to pubs opening new businesses
22-May-2008 By James Wilmore
Licensees thinking of offering other business services in their pub are being urged to check with the Valuation Office Agency first. The warning has...
Pub threatened by bank's cautious policy
22-May-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
A struggling licensee believes a bank's cautious approach to lending to pubs could see him go out of business. Gerry Hall, who runs freehouse pub the...
Newky Broon — or is it?
22-May-2008
Multiple operator Tony Brookes has jumped at an opportunity. Brookes, who runs the Head of Steam chain, has bought a large batch of Newcastle Brown...
Marston's maidens move up the order
22-May-2008
Marston's, the official beer of the England cricket team, has recruited what the tabloids call "a bevy of beauties" to talk to cricketing fans about...
Diary
22-May-2008
Compiling stats on the stub-out Punch boss Giles Thorley has an interesting theory on why statisticians in Ireland have some accurate figures on pubs...
Eclectic opens a second Sakura
22-May-2008
Eclectic, the bar group which owns the Po Na Na chain, will open its second Sakura brand outlet in Gun Street, Reading, Berkshire, today, on the site...
Inn bed with my business
22-May-2008
Adding accommodation to your wet and dry offer will not only improve turnover, but it could boost the value of the property itself, should you want...
Moves
22-May-2008
Premium Bars lands new finance director Premium Bars & Restaurants (PBR) has announced the appointment of Wayne Anthony Arthur as group finance...
My pub juke box
22-May-2008
Paul Smith, the executive director NOCTIS (formerly BEDA) chooses his favourite tracks Here's the list in alphabetical order (by band), not...
Going up? It's play-off final time
22-May-2008 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
Bristol City recorded a home victory over Crystal Palace at Ashton Gate to book their place in the Conference play-off final, but how will they fare...
Shattered Lives
22-May-2008
Tips on reducing serious accidents The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is running a Shattered Lives campaign to try to change the attitudes of...
Rising to the challenge
22-May-2008
Stosie Madi talks to Amanda Wragg about the success of her Ribble Valley pub Kathy Smith and Stosie Madi are co-proprietors of the Parkers Arms, in...
Learning to thrive
22-May-2008
The LTC schools — the Licensed Victuallers' School and the Elvian — aim to develop confident caring citizens for the future Young people thrive...
Service lifts winner in west Glamorgan
22-May-2008
Rural, yet well connected, you can be certain of a warm welcome at Tafarn-y-deri — a great example of a pub with very high standards of service,...
Hospitality is high on list at rural hubs
22-May-2008
This month's Quality Tracker survey discovers that the smallest details can make all the difference. Noli Dinkovski reports According to the Welsh...
Cross Guns, Westhoughton, Bolton
22-May-2008
Licensee Colin Wells has tripled volumes at this community pub since he and a member of his staff gained their ABCQ certificates through the...
Holly Bush, Church Broughton, Derbyshire
22-May-2008
Two beer awards, £2,000 and an in-pub cellar training session — that's what Marston's lessees Jannine and Matthew Clarke have gained so far from...
If you can keep your locals when all are losing theirs...
22-May-2008
If you can be inclusive yet discerning, if you can see the smaller picture as well as the bigger one, if you can make your pub important to people...
Q&A
22-May-2008
Clean glasses for each round Q. When I was in training we were told that a clean glass should be used for every drink, ie, no refills. Someone has...
Dish up exactly what you promise
22-May-2008
Celebrity chef Kevin Woodford's championing of organic and local produce at the recent BII annual lunch had me nodding in approval, but it also...
Your say
22-May-2008
Gambling Commission is taking action I am writing with regard to your article "Gambling body retracts claims" in your edition of Thursday 15 May....
21-May-2008 By John Grogan
Fair Pint campaign needs to be focused, says MA columnist and Labour MP John Grogan
21-May-2008 By John Harrington
Market report predicts more gloom for pubs over the next two years
21-May-2008 By John Harrington
Trade lobbyists and campaigners must put differences aside to save the pub
20-May-2008 By The PMA Team
A leading City analyst has poured cold water on its plan to convert to real estate investment trust status
20-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
Managed operator wants Reit conversion to maximise property value
Back to basics: Choosing a poker operator
20-May-2008
LAST SEPTEMBER the gambling powers-that-be finally laid their cards on the table and the law over poker in pubs became clearer. When it confirmed...
Mark Daniels: Fighting a losing battle
20-May-2008
You know the type I mean: you wake up to bright sunshine streaming through the window, the children have risen and quietly made themselves...
Trade leaders meet to fight for future of pubs
20-May-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Industry leaders met at the House of Commons today in a bid to unite and fight for the future of the British pub. In a meeting called by Publican...
'Loss-making Mitchells & Butlers wants to become a REIT'
20-May-2008
Mitchells & Butlers has reported a first-half net loss of £87 million. The owners of O'Neill's and Browns said it plans to split its property...
R20 gets two seats on M&B board
20-May-2008 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has bowed to pressure from major shareholder Robert Tchenguiz and appointed not one but two of his lieutenants to...
Hamish Champ: One of life's 'average' pleasures
19-May-2008 By Hamish Champ
We hear a lot about 'averages' these days. Average age of customers in a pub; average customer spend; average pub profitability, etc, etc, ad...
Fat ladies and other tales
18-May-2008 By Hamish Champ
So the fat lady has finally sung regarding which pubco will be first to convert to a real estate investment trust (REIT). True, Enterprise Inns...
Andrew Meadowcroft: Looking at the fundamentals
18-May-2008
Just as I was starting to accept there was little positive in the sector to report, two things happened. Firstly, I read what I have always believed:...
'Tchenguiz's man to get seat on M&B board'
18-May-2008
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) will this week bow to pressure from Robert Tchenguiz, the pubs and property tycoon, by handing one of his key...
Pub Bitch
17-May-2008
Feeding his egoTop marks to the BII and John Mac for another sterling annual lunch at the Grosvenor House hotel in London last week. No marks at all,...
16-May-2008 By Stephen Crawley
Caledonian boss Stephen Crawley says retail is detail
