PM holds summit talks with trade
22-Nov-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Gordon Brown hosted a summit meeting with the trade to discuss binge drinking and responsible marketing yesterday. Representatives of the on and...
THE GUV'NOR
22-Nov-2007
Dave Burns Don't expect Dubai pubs to offer a comfortable experience, advises this ex-pat Being a Greene King tenant in Bedford was not all it was...
InBrief
22-Nov-2007
Passing-off rate falls dramatically There has been a massive fall in the number of licensed premises substituting branded spirits with cheaper ones....
BarTalk
22-Nov-2007
What's your verdict on Gordon Brown so far? Nick Green Stansfield Arms Apperley Bridge West Yorks He's doing an average job. He's trying his hardest...
NewsDigest
22-Nov-2007
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has cleared the merger of beer-flow monitor companies Brulines and Nucleus Data. Brulines chief executive James...
Hirsute today, gone tomorrow
22-Nov-2007
Christie+Co said farewell to its charismatic pub boss Colin Wellstead last week. And, as befits a man who's sold more pubs than anyone else in the...
THE AGENTS
22-Nov-2007
Andrew Coulter Director of business development at Redwoods Dowling Kerr It was forecast that this would be a difficult year for the pub industry -...
MyNewPub
22-Nov-2007
Nag's Head Saltby Leicestershire John Cox, who has been in the pub trade for 38 years, has just taken on the Nags Head, a community village local in...
Howitt's bars off the market
20-Nov-2007 By James Wilmore
Smoke ban rebel Hamish Howitt is taking his bars off the market and has vowed to take his fight to the European Court of Human Rights. Howitt,...
Pub closures in wake of smoking ban "inevitable", says Enterprise boss
20-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen said while most of his group's pubs were coping with the smoking ban, closures across the industry in the...
19-Nov-2007
A West Yorkshire licensee will offer special deals in a bid to beat cheap supermarket booze
19-Nov-2007
One in three police BCUs are taking part in the Christmas campaign targeting venues that serve drunks
Another day, another acquisition
19-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
As City analysts were busy dismissing yet another merger rumour concerning Marston's and Greene King, the latter's Rooney Anand was busy with his...
Marston's completes £300m-plus refinancing deal
19-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Marstons has bolstered its spending power by more than £300m following a new refinancing deal, with a view to buy back more shares or acquire pub...
SABMiller to buy Dutch brewer Grolsch for £580m
19-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
SABMiller, the London and Johannesburg-listed brewer, is set to buy Dutch brewer Koninklijke Grolsch for €816m (£580m).In a statement issued today...
Hamish Champ: Could an industry campaign see off the temperance lobby?
18-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Pronouncements from the self-appointed guardians of the nation's livers last week moved some friends and me to mull over the importance of pubs and...
Channel Islands' pubs up for sale
18-Nov-2007
Channel Islands retail group SandpiperCI is looking to sell its 60-strong pub estate and brewery interests. It also hopes to offload its drinks...
Battle for Scottish & Newcastle takes new twist
16-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
The battle for Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) took a new twist last night as the Carlsberg/Heineken-led consortium publicly appealed directly to...
16-Nov-2007
Undercover police will attempt to catch bar staff serving drunks in Manchester and Carlisle. The MA exclusively revealed that the Home Office was...
16-Nov-2007
Channel Island-based SandpiperCI has put its pubs, brewery and drinks distribution service up for sale. Sandpiper operates more than 42 pubs in...
15-Nov-2007 By The PMA Team
MA deputy editor The PMA Team runs his sharp eye over Punch's results
15-Nov-2007 By The PMA Team
Pub closures are likely to increase during the winter as declining volumes and higher costs take their toll at some wet-led pubs, according to...
Publican Conference 2007: Time for action
15-Nov-2007
Is alcohol the new tobacco? The Publican Conference saw industry experts map out a strategy to face down health lobbyists attempting to make sure it...
Row over pub's "Hitler" sign
15-Nov-2007
A new JD Wetherspoon pub has caused controversy after members of the public claimed the person on its sign resembles Adolf Hitler. The John Masefield...
15-Nov-2007
London brewer and operator Young's has unveiled a 72.1% uplift in profit for the 26 weeks to 29 September 2007. Across its 112-strong managed estate,...
MyShout
15-Nov-2007
Why are people so obsessed with the less pleasant details of everything, asks Stephen Oliver Have you noticed that television has developed a...
THE GUV'NOR
15-Nov-2007
Suzie Dreja The licensee of the Royal Oak, Southampton, shares her vision for the future of that endangered species, the Pubasaurus Britannicus The...
InBrief
15-Nov-2007
Smoke-ban court case adjourned Smoke-ban rebel Nick Hogan's court appearance for allegedly flouting the smoking ban has been adjourned until January....
BarTalk
15-Nov-2007
Is alcohol increasingly looking like the new tobacco? John Ellis Crown Inn Oakengates Telford I think some people are trying to make it the new...
Kaltenberg Hell
15-Nov-2007
Kaltenberg Hell is a 4.1% mid-strength lager and it derives its name from the German word "helles", which means bright and refers to the colour of...
König Ludwig
15-Nov-2007
König Ludwig is an imported Bavarian weiss beer from the Kaltenberg brewery (Schlossbrauerei), near Munich, which is owned and run by Crown Prince...
Rising star
15-Nov-2007
Tony Halstead traces the growth of Thwaites from humble beginnings to one of the best-known names in British brewing The Daniel Thwaites story...
Euro 2008 fate hangs in balance
15-Nov-2007 By Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk
England warm up for Wednesday's Euro 2008 qualifier with a friendly in Vienna on Friday. Whether they will be making a return trip to Austria next...
Breath of fresh air
15-Nov-2007
Susan Nowak talks to licensees in different locations to assess how the smoke ban has affected food sales Seagulls wheel dizzily across a cloudless...
Licensee hops on gravy train
15-Nov-2007
The licensee of Punch's Fenwick Arms, featured on reality TV programme Ram-say's Kitchen Nightmares, is to launch a range of home-made style gravy...
NewsDigest
15-Nov-2007
Charles Wells Pub Company has bought the Golden Ball Hotel in Boxworth, Cambridgeshire. The property has 11 rooms in addition to the bar and...
14-Nov-2007
Beda has lambasted the Nuffield Bioethics report on measures to cut binge drinking
Back to Basics: Managing your finances
14-Nov-2007
Let's be honest, talking about finance is for most of us about as interesting as watching paint dry. It¹s not why you came into business, is it?...
Rising cost of business prompted New Century Inns sale
14-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
The prohibitive cost of investing in New Century Inns prompted Alistair Arkley's decision to sell the North East tenanted pubco to Greene King.The...
Greene King buys New Century Inns for £32.6m
14-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Greene King, the Suffolk brewer and pub company, has bought North East pubco New Century Inns (NCI) for £32.6m. The deal is to be financed from...
14-Nov-2007 By Ewan Turney
Greene King has bought tenanted pub operator New Century Inns in a deal worth £32.6m. New Century Inns, led by Alistair Arkley, consists of 49...
Barclays appoints new head of licensed trade business
13-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Andrew Meadowcroft has been appointed as head of licensed trade business at Barclays Commercial Bank. Meadowcroft, who is also a relationship...
13-Nov-2007 By Ewan Turney
The BII believes better education is the best way to prevent binge drinking - not an increase in tax. In response to calls from the Alcohol Health...
Hamish Champ: God Save The Queen (We mean it, maaaan)
12-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Another weekend, another trip down punk rock's memory lane. I'll admit I was rather nervous at the prospect of seeing the Sex Pistols on Saturday...
Counting the cost
12-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
I've heard many debates about the merits of private equity's involvement in the licensed trade, versus that of publicly owned operations. The private...
09-Nov-2007 By John Harrington
The small number of licence revocations means pubs are not causing problems, BBPA says
LibDems call for crackdown on pubs
09-Nov-2007
The Liberal Democrats have leapt on new figures it claims show the government is failing to use the new Licensing Act to control the licensed trade....
08-Nov-2007 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Performance driven by the integration of new businesses and disposals, the pubco says
Punch boosts new licensee support
08-Nov-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is ramping up its support for new licensees in an attempt to reduce the number of business failures in the first year of...
Laurel float in 2008?
08-Nov-2007 By The PMA Team
Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz is looking to chop his Laurel Pub Company in half towards the end of next year and float the food-led division. The...
