David Bremner to leave Everards
21-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
David Bremner, Everards commercial operations director, is to leave the Leicestershire brewer after four years. Everards' managing director Stephen...
Pubcos 'hopeful' about prospects for 2008
21-Jan-2008
More than half of the UK's managed pub companies are gloomy about prospects for the first quarter of 2008, according to a survey conducted by the...
21-Jan-2008 By Ewan Turney
Drink sales were down 3.6% over the festive period but food sales increased by 3.6%, according to a survey of Association of Licensed Multiple...
'UK pubs closing at rate of 67 a month'
20-Jan-2008
Britain's pubs are closing at the rate of 67 a month as beer sales slump to a record low. Bars are selling 50 million fewer pints of beer a month...
18-Jan-2008 By Ewan Turney
ADZs must be scrapped or at least a level playing field on charges introduced
17-Jan-2008 By John Harrington
Two JD Wetherspoon (JDW) pubs have been suspended from a Pubwatch scheme in Carlisle for breaching an agreement not to sell drinks for less than £1.50.
17-Jan-2008 By The PMA Team
All the latest City Gossip
17-Jan-2008
Enterprise Inns has vowed to work more closely with its lessees in a bid to overcome "difficult" trading conditions
17-Jan-2008
It can take just one noise complaint to spark a licence review, warns MA editor
17-Jan-2008
MA Deputy Editor takes a look at the state of the tenanted and leased sector
Pubs price war looms in wake of trade slowdown
17-Jan-2008
Tough economic conditions could trigger a price war among the managed operators, industry observers warn. Tony Halstead and The PMA Team report With...
Bulldog set for expansion
17-Jan-2008 By The PMA Team
Bulldog Pub Company is to expand in the three-star hotel market after disposing of its pubco leases. The company, headed by Kevin Charity, is to...
Enterprise opts for contractor network
17-Jan-2008 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns is chopping the number of building contractors that maintain its 7,800 pub estate to 25 firms. The tenanted operator wants a network...
Fury over ADZs as last-minute changes continue
17-Jan-2008 By James Wilmore
Trade leaders have renewed their demands to see Alcohol Disorder Zones scrapped before they ever see the light of day after further changes were made...
Stranded sailor phones a friend - his local licensee!
17-Jan-2008
A licensee has hit the headlines for coming to the rescue of one of his regulars - who was stranded in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Alan...
Bulldog Pub Company pulls out of pubs
17-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
The Lincolnshire-based Bulldog Pub Company (BPC) has announced that it has all but pulled out of pubs, blaming the current trading environment for...
Enterprise Inns pledges support for 'struggling' licensees
17-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Enterprise Inns bounced back today after the pubco issued an interim management statement that contained no nasty surprises.Though short on...
Still plenty to smile about
17-Jan-2008
England might be out of Euro 2008 but there's plenty of other action to keep fans riveted this year, says Noli Dinkovski Prior to the game, it was...
Saluting pubs' heroes
17-Jan-2008
Ten pubs have already won £1,000 each to donate to charity thanks to the MA and S&NUK's Heart of the Community Pub Honours. Rosie Davenport...
LETTERs
17-Jan-2008
The changing face of Opus It is difficult to make an effective comeback from bad publicity. Some say that no publicity is bad publicity, but I...
Punch announces BRM of the Year
17-Jan-2008
Punch has named Michael Bridger as its Business Relationship Manager (BRM) of the Year. Bridger, who is responsible for pubs across the West...
No benefit to pubs in energy shake-up
17-Jan-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
The vast majority of pubs will not benefit from a new scheme to protect against being ripped off by energy suppliers. Government has said that small...
THE GUV'NOR
17-Jan-2008
Roy Chuter A good range of customers and beer contributes to a pub's atmosphere, says the licensee of the Duke of Wellington, Shoreham-by-Sea, West...
BarTalk
17-Jan-2008
What are your plans for getting through the tough winter? Alan Dreja Royal Oak Southampton We were thinking about cutting costs by having fewer staff...
Licensee faces High Court noise battle
17-Jan-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
A St Albans licensee is facing a £30,000 legal bill in a High Court battle with his council over complaints about customers talking in his beer...
NewsDigest
17-Jan-2008
A total of 55% of pub-company chief executives expect a downturn in 2008, with 82% predicting a slump in January and February. That's according to an...
Pubs face £1,500 bill for energy certificate
17-Jan-2008 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
New energy certificates to increase red tape and costs in only nine months' time An energy performance certificate (EPC) could cost pubs up to...
MyNewPub
17-Jan-2008
Palk Arms Hennock, Devon Agent: Bettesworths The Palk Arms, at Hennock, in Devon, has been taken over by Kevin Morgan and Susan Cocks, who bring with...
The Agents
17-Jan-2008
Barney Bettesworth Director Bettesworths While the pub companies are actively looking to buy, there are still a number of private individuals - many...
Villans look to steal into top six
17-Jan-2008 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
As speculation over Rafa Benitez's support - or lack of it - from Liverpool's American owners continues, action on the Anfield pitch hots up with a...
Getting it right: Black Horse, Hertford
17-Jan-2008
When Tony Dawes took over as licensee of the Black Horse pub in Hertford three years ago he also inherited his own rugby team (pictured below). Dawes...
Bet on a dead cert
17-Jan-2008
The new year promises to provide a variety of big race thrills guaranteed to pull in the punters. Noli Dinkovski reports It is said that horses come...
15-Jan-2008
S&N is suing the owners of a London bar famous for trying to prove poker was a game of skill over a £45,000 loan
Punch Taverns' pub profits down on last year
15-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Punch Taverns fell more than 30p today - five per cent - after the pubco reported subdued trading across its estate.In an interim...
Punch lessees to become 'customers' of the pubco
15-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns is changing the moniker of its lessees from 'retailer' to 'customer' as part of a drive to improve the relationship between the group's...
15-Jan-2008 By Joe Lutrario
Licensees are bracing themselves for a repeat of the devastating floods of last summer
Pete Robinson: Apocalypse now!
15-Jan-2008
The Gala Bingo hall closed without warning and now has a 'for sale' sign on the premises. With the writing on the wall for local social clubs what...
Half of all UK pubcos will thrive in 2008, claims research group
15-Jan-2008
Despite concerns about the future trading performance of the UK licensed trade, around half of all pub companies "look surprisingly well placed to...
Continental pub culture brought to Scotland
15-Jan-2008
Glasgow's West Brewing Company is a frequently busy 300-seater German bierhalle with its own brewery, producing real German beer - an established...
ADZ discount drops to 90 per cent
15-Jan-2008 By James Wilmore
More changes have been made to the regulations covering controversial Alcohol Disorder Zones (ADZs). In the latest version of the regulations,...
Forthcoming Budget "crucial to industry's fortunes
15-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Measures announced at the next Budget could prove to be vital to the fortunes of the UK pub and brewing sectors, according to Jonathan Neame, chief...
Regent Inns says it has received bid interest
15-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Regent Inns has received what it described as a "number of preliminary approaches" with a view to buying the company.In a statement today the group,...
Take time out for Stress Down Day
15-Jan-2008
Licensees are being invited to get behind the Samaritans' Stress Down Day on February 1 - a national campaign aimed at encouraging people to take...
14-Jan-2008
The Forum of Private Business is urging small businesses to consider switching utility suppliers
Hamish Champ: Extended opening hours? Not round here mate, thank you very much
14-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Daytime drinking at the weekend in a dark, pokey yet inviting pub is one of life's great pleasures. I can't put my finger on it, but there's...
11-Jan-2008 By The PMA Team
Rumours of a Punch bid for Mitchells & Butlers has undermined its share price because of the limited logic of such a deal, analyst Douglas Jack claims
Ones to watch: top ten for 2008
11-Jan-2008
Guinness RedThis has been a slow burner for Diageo - it was officially launched in October 2006 - but it appears that the drinks giant is now ready...
A Botanic Battle
11-Jan-2008
Scotland's Astronomer Royal John Brown has threatened to hang up his telescope if a controversial bid by G1 to create a basement nightclub in a...
Andrew Meadowcroft: a united and responsible industry
11-Jan-2008
There is much to consider as we enter 2008 and, as we face the challenges ahead, I strongly believe this is a year when the industry will need to...
11-Jan-2008 By Joe Lutrario
A complaint from just one neighbour about noise at a pub has led to a massive penalty of £3,800 - almost twice its weekly takings. Dawn O'Brien,...
