02-Aug-2007 By Ewan Turney
Flood-hit licensees wait as the national cost of damage to insurers reaches estimated £2.5bn
02-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has put on hold its plan to place most of its pub freeholds into a joint venture company owned in partnership with Robert Tchenguiz "until debt markets have improved".
02-Aug-2007 By Mark Wingett of M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers has announced that it has postponed its proposed property joint venture with Robert Tchenguiz
02-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team
A senior City analyst has claimed a question mark hangs over Mitchells & Butlers management's credibility after the halting of the joint venture...
Amanda Green: the recovery from the floods
02-Aug-2007
Last Wednesday the water had gone from the building but the electricity was still compromised. We were still living through the majority of the...
Shares fall again following M&B property move
02-Aug-2007 By Hamish Champ
Greene King's shares fell today to their lowest point since October last year as the markets digested the postponement of Mitchells & Butlers'...
Mitchells & Butlers halts R20 joint venture
02-Aug-2007 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) fell 30p this morning after the managed pub group announced it was putting its £4.5bn property joint...
Hall & Woodhouse back campaign against proxy purchasing
02-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore
Dorset brewer Hall & Woodhouse is backing a campaign highlighting the problem of adults buying alcohol for under-18s. The brewer said it was...
Pete Robinson: Has Hamish had it?
01-Aug-2007
This concerns smoking-ban rebel Hamish Howitt who runs the Happy Scots bar in Blackpool. The authorities are out to get Hamish one way or another....
01-Aug-2007 By John Harrington
Ofgem proposals could mean pubs avoid charges when switching energy supplier.
Not an even-handed struggle
01-Aug-2007
So regional brewer Greene King has ducked out of a potentially damaging High Court clash over costs. This is not at all surprising, but I am sorry,...
Let's hear it for the watchdogs
01-Aug-2007
It's unlikely that many tears of solidarity were shed by drinks suppliers as cosmetic giant L'Oreal took a very public lashing from advertising...
When will they realise? Pubs are not the problem
01-Aug-2007
Perhaps, like Shambo the bullock, the kindest thing would be for the Government to put a bullet in the head of the entire pub trade. When both the...
MyShout
01-Aug-2007
The Dunkirk spirit helped pubs in the wake of floods - and poker is good news says David Elliott The recent widespread flooding in many areas of...
Pub trade defiant despite disaster
01-Aug-2007
Ewan Turney and Joe Lutrario visited the flood-stricken crisis zone to witness first hand the carnage left in the wake of the worst natural disaster...
Merseyside pubs shut after one sting
01-Aug-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Police closed two Merseyside pubs for more than 24 hours on a busy Friday evening for failing a single test-purchase operation. The closures came...
BarTalk
01-Aug-2007
Who do you prefer: Gordon Brown or David Cameron? Suzie Dreja Royal Oak Southampton Hampshire I'm a Conservative at heart but after the Hug a Hoody...
Ofgem plan to protect pubs
01-Aug-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Pubs would get more protection against being charged penalties when switching energy supplier under new plans being considered. A new consultation...
NewsDigest
01-Aug-2007
The Clear Pub Company (CPC), a fledgling business set up by Duncan Ward and Andy Wilkinson, has launched with the acquisition of 25 leasehold sites...
31-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
Sizzling Pub Company, the Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) community brand, has unveiled its 200th pub.
Pete Robinson: 12 year old served drink in pub
31-Jul-2007
Even my elderly mum doesn't believe this but my first beer purchase in a pub was made at the tender age of 12. Straight up!A sudden torrential...
Clear Pub Company buys 25 Punch sites
31-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Two ex-Punch Taverns senior managers have teamed up to create a new pub company after acquiring 25 sites from their former employers.Backed by Allied...
What the papers say - July 31, 2007
31-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Just as summer has finally returned, Britain is facing the prospect of a severe ice cream shortage after the country's biggest ice cream factory was...
Hamish Champ: Floods, pubs and insurance companies
30-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
I believe there are those who have spent hours arguing that breathing in other people's smoke is bad for you, and an sizeable number condemning such...
30-Jul-2007
Yesterday's Sunday Mirror reported that a survey it carried out following the smoking ban found takings at pubs had dropped by as much as 40%. The...
What the Sunday papers said
29-Jul-2007
Corby in Northamptonshire was recently branded by an official report as the yob capital of Britain. 55 per cent of those given Asbos breached their...
27-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
Phil Pegler, the operations director who has overseen the conversion of 750 Spirit managed pubs to lease at Punch, is taking redundancy, the Morning...
What the papers say - July 27, 2007
27-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
A former champion boxer shot in the head after asking three men to stop smoking is now brain dead and will have his life support machine switched off...
27-Jul-2007 By John Harrington
Flood-hit pubs may be eligible for tax breaks, the Government has announced. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has said it will: - Defer collection of...
26-Jul-2007 By Ewan Turney and Joe Lutrario in the flood zone
Licensees giving out free drinks and remaining defiant - despite floods which forced one to live on his pub roof.
26-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
Flooding in the West Midlands could could cost Marston's £11m in repairs, a City analyst has claimed.
Greene King set to land Loch Fyne
26-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
Greene King is set to swallow the 36-strong seafood restaurant chain Loch Fyne, after entering exclusive talks. The deal would cover all 36 sites...
Chris Maclean: Wetherspoon's dirty war
26-Jul-2007 By Chris Maclean
I've just walked past Wetherspoon's and noticed it has their poster up headed "Deal or No Deal" and listing the comparative prices of three local...
Floods: Fears over long-term impact on insurance cover
26-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
Flood-affected licensees are desperately scanning their insurance policies in the wake of the disaster.It is expected that most pubs will be covered...
500 pubs devastated by floods
26-Jul-2007
Pubs and breweries are facing a race against time to save their businesses as floods devastated areas of the country.In the wettest summer weather...
Trade groups call for support for flood-hit pubs
26-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
Trade associations have called for help for licensees affected by the devastating floods across the country.Tony Payne, chief executive of the...
26-Jul-2007 By Tony Halstead
Marston's has cut off beer supplies to a number of wholesalers in an attempt to reduce the number of kegs being lost in the supply chain. Wholesalers...
Magic of the big screen
26-Jul-2007
Juke boxes operated by text messages and plasma screens that can be fitted to the ceiling. Graham Ridout discovers the latest technology to help pull...
Art of gold
26-Jul-2007
Tucked away in London's East End is a pub boasting a very unusual clientèle. Adam Edwards meets their host The life-size heart hanging like a neon...
THE GUV'NOR
26-Jul-2007
Mike Bell The smoke ban could be a blessing for pubs if licensees are prepared to go with the flow, says the licensee of West London's Portobello...
BarTalk
26-Jul-2007
What do you think of the pending review of the Licensing Act? John Ellis Crown Inn Oakengates Shropshire I don't have a problem with it as long as...
NewsDigest
26-Jul-2007
England's top doctor has added his weight to calls for higher tax on alcohol. Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer for England, told The...
Goodbye, Mr George
26-Jul-2007
The turnout was fantastic on Monday for George Bateman's memorial service in Boston. Nearly 900 people packed England's largest parish church, the...
LETTERs
26-Jul-2007
Smoke-ban has killed the pub The economics of running a community pub mean that most are one-person operations, unable to employ additional staff to...
Licensee lashes out over flood defences
25-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
A licensee in Upton upon Severn who escaped the last round of floods is counting the cost of the latest wave after the Environment Agency failed to...
What the papers say - July 25, 2007
25-Jul-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
The family of a British boxing champion who was shot at point blank range after asking three men to put out their cigarettes in a London bar said...
Cains integration of Honeycombe Leisure "ahead of target
25-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Liverpool-based Cains Beer Company said its integration of the Honeycombe Leisure business was "ahead of target".Cains' chief executive Sudarghara...
Arkells pub fights to reopen after floods
25-Jul-2007
Licensees Paul and Michelle Gilbert of the Jolly Tar at Hannington near Swindon, Wiltshire, are battling against the floods in the hope of being open...
25-Jul-2007 By John Harrington
First-time licensees Paul and Michelle Gilbert say they are determined to get their pub running again after it was flooded just two weeks after they...
Call for pubcos help over flood-hit pubs
24-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
A trade chief has called for pubcos to freeze direct debit payments for licensees affected by the floods. Tony Payne, chief executive of the...
