21-May-2007 By Mark Wingett of M&C Report
Ultimate Leisure, the Newcastle-based late-night operator, has acquired Bel and the Dragon, the pub restaurant business, from Gourmet Holdings for...
What the Sunday papers said
20-May-2007
Few people will be as interested in Mitchells & Butlers' half year results when they are announced this Tuesday as other news concerning the...
What the papers say - May 18, 2007
18-May-2007
Britain's biggest nightclub operator vowed to tackle the issue of drink-related violence yesterday by introducing plastic glasses throughout its...
17-May-2007 By Andrew Pring
It's 10 years since the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) began running its Operations Manager of the Year awards, now one of the key industry standards-raising initiatives.
17-May-2007 By with The PMA Team
Experience has got to be worth something, hasn't it? Some observers scoffed when JD Wetherspoon took a hit to its sales after founder Tim Martin decided the entire estate would go non-smoking early.
Collyer: 'Punch must sort out Mill House'
17-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns' acquisition of Mill House Inns has seen "management's eyes completely off the ball" according to analyst Geof Collyer at Deutsche...
Brulines buys 66% Coin Metrics stake
17-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Brulines, the beer-dispense monitoring company, has acquired a 66% stake in Coin Metrics for £685,000. Coin Metrics, founded by Richard Adams and...
Oldham licensees "frustrated" over sniffer dog searches
17-May-2007
Licensees in Oldham claim they are "frustrated" with police for failing to help them crack down on drug users in their pubs.They want to target drugs...
Licensee vows to fight against till roll supplier
17-May-2007
Cheshire licensee is continuing to stand his ground in a year long dispute with a Canadian-based till roll company. Paper Roll Logistics is one of...
BII chief speaks out over scams
17-May-2007
At BII we hear from our members on a regular basis about attempted and, sadly, sometimes successful scams targeted at our trade. What is it about the...
What the papers say - May 17, 2007
17-May-2007
Not content with exporting Dom Pérignon champagne, Hennessy cognac and Glenmorangie whisky to China's elite, France's LVMH has taken a majority...
17-May-2007 By Roger Protz
During my first visit to Liverpool for a few years, I found the city not only spruced up in preparation for its Year of Culture in 2008, but also...
Plenty of room at the Exeter Inn
17-May-2007
The Exeter Inn near Bampton, in Devon, is on the market at £125,000. The Punch lease has 19 years remaining and new owners will be tied on beers,...
Treasure in the heart of Cornwall
17-May-2007
The Cross House Inn at Metherell, near the Cornwall/Devon border, is on the market with Colliers Robert Barry. The former farmhouse, built in 1880,...
Two pubs 'tick boxes for ban'
17-May-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Two well-established pubs have come on to the market in Derby. The Exeter Arms and the Traveller's Rest are both on the market for the first time in...
THE GUV'NOR
17-May-2007
Peter Gatling Be professional in your promotion, says the licensee of the Merry Harriers in Clayhidon, Devon Text-book marketing wisdom talks about...
InBrief
17-May-2007
Host's staple gun is 'noise nuisance' A licensee is in trouble with his local authority after being told a staple gun he used to attach St George's...
Prepare for a brace of cup finals
17-May-2007 By Richard Ross
Coming up over the next seven days there are two football finals to look out for. On Saturday it's time once again for the FA Cup final. For the...
Selling strategies
17-May-2007
Neil Dunning tells Ewan Turney how a sound marketing strategy helped the Duke on the Green in Parsons Green, London, become Young's Pub of the Year...
Donations in time
17-May-2007
The LTC is making a real difference to people's lives through its team of volunteer visitors, who give their time, rather than money, to help those...
BarTalk
17-May-2007
Should the UK ditch the Eurovision Song Contest? Steve Murphy Church House Inn Bollington Cheshire It's not been a vintage year. It's more like a...
Three's the magic number
17-May-2007
Before announcing the winner of the 2007 CaskForce competition, we meet the final three MA readers hoping to win a year's free rent in the Marston's...
LETTERs
17-May-2007
Working out cash profits for lessees In a Morning Advertiser report on Punch results (3 May 2007), it is stated that "Punch lessees saw average...
NewsDigest
17-May-2007
Heineken is testing how its brands are served in pubs in a new initiative. "Auditors" will assess how outlets perform across a range of areas...
Grouse flies in a new direction
17-May-2007
The Famous Grouse has signed a new deal to continue its sponsorship of Scottish Rugby until May 2009. The renewal follows a 16-year partnership but...
Fuller's to hold chef recruitment days
16-May-2007 By Jo Bruce
Fuller's, the London brewer and pub retailer, is holding two open days as part of a strategy to recruit the best chefs in the industry.
Chris Maclean: celebrate the British pub
16-May-2007 By Chris Maclean
I have, tonight, written to my local MP inviting him to come to my pub in July as part of Proud of Pubs Week. I don't think he will come.British...
United Spirits buys Whyte & Mackay for £595m
16-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
United Spirits, a division of Indian drinks business UB Group, has bought Scotch whisky maker Whyte & Mackay (W&M) for £595m.W&M owns...
What the papers say - May 16, 2007
16-May-2007 By Eleanor Goodman
Enterprise Inns, Britain's second biggest pub owner, is talking to HM Revenue & Customs about whether it can include the money that landlords pay...
Pubs 'n' Bars will be "badly hit" by smoke ban
16-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
Pubs 'n' Bars, the South West London-based pub group, says it expects to be "badly hit" by the English smoking ban.Announcing the group's annual...
16-May-2007 By Ewan Turney
Morning Advertiser Pub of the Year Award winner David Sax has secured £10m worth of private-equity backing to expand the Cow brand in the southern...
Enterprise Inns in REIT talks with tax authorities
15-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns is in "informal talks" with the tax authorities to see if it can convert into a real estate investment trust (REIT).Shares in the...
15-May-2007 By Jo Bruce
J D Wetherspoon is raising awareness of the provenance of ingredients used on its menus with a new food facts booklet for customers. The booklet...
14-May-2007
Entrepreneurial brothers Sudarghara and Ajmail Dusanj have agreed a reverse take over of Honeycombe Leisure PLC
An epic challenge?
14-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
Constellation Europe president Troy Christensen may well come across as your typically laconic yet focused American executive, but he's darned...
Spring: a time of results announcements and hayfever
14-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
Spring is here, the birds are getting flirty, and hayfever - that most unpleasant of non-life- threatening conditions - is playing its usual annual...
Cains goes public with Honeycombe Leisure takeover
14-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
The management of Liverpool brewer Robert Cain has undertaken a reverse takeover of troubled pub group Honeycombe Leisure.Under the deal, Honeycombe...
Booker to float with reverse takeover
14-May-2007
Cash & Carry group Booker is returning to the stock market via a reverse takeover deal with grocery wholesaler Blueheath.Subject to shareholder...
What the papers say, May 14, 2007
14-May-2007
Polish workers, already a significant force in Britain's plumbing industry, are starting to supplement Antipodeans as one the main sources of bar...
What the Sunday papers said
13-May-2007
Pubfolio, a 545-stong pub company run by County Estate Management is to hire bankers Rothschild to sell it for around £150m, according to the Sunday...
More than a third of pub-goers say smoky venue is a turn-off
12-May-2007
A smoky atmosphere is the biggest reason for avoiding a pub or bar, according to a survey published by the Department of Health. The survey of 1,700...
Hamish Champ: Pubs need music, not violence
11-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
I abhor violence. True, I don't mind the stuff in fantasy films and Sam, my seven year old (pictured right), positively hoots with joy when watching...
Brulines moves into AWP market
11-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
Brulines is moving into the AWP monitoring market with the acquisition of a 66 per cent stake in Milton Keynes-based Coin Metrics.Brulines, which...
10-May-2007 By John Harrington
Trade pours scorn on Government plans to force pubs to clean up streets
JDW wins right to sue Van De Berg
10-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Managed chain JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has won the right to bring a High Court damages claim against its former property agent who, it claims, made...
Eleven new Chef & Brewers for Punch
10-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is converting 11 sites from its Mill House Inns acquisition to the Chef & Brewer brand, chief executive Giles Thorley has revealed....
10-May-2007 By with The PMA Team
Ever since Punch bought the Spirit Group managed business in January 2006, observers have wondered how long the company would remain a managed...
An exclusive interview with a scambuster
10-May-2007
The Scambusters Team at the Office of Fair Trading was set up to tackle all rogues and scams targeting consumers and small businesses. Mark...
Help us fight the scam artists
10-May-2007 By James Wilmore
The Publican is taking evidence from pubs that have been scammed directly to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).Following the launch of Scamwatch...
Scottish licensees support smoking ban
10-May-2007 By James Wilmore
Support for the Scottish smoking ban has soared among licensees, with half now in favour, a survey has revealed. Data supplied exclusively to...
