Hamish Champ: So, that's the tie issue settled then...isn't it?
18-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ
"The rejection of the complaint should eliminate or materially reduce the level of white noise from anti-pubco campaigners." That was the view of...
15-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
Barracuda Group, the operator of 217 managed pubs, has earmarked 22 non-core pubs, for disposal. The company says the sites — 9 freehold and 13...
Barracuda Group looking to sell 22 pubs
15-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ
Barracuda Group, the managed pub operator, said today it is looking to sell 22 'non-core' pubs. The group, which runs 217 sites and retail brands...
15-Oct-2010 By John Harrington
Pub tenants could expect a better deal at rent review under new draft guidance for surveyors, it has been claimed. Long-awaited draft guidance from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors offers some hope to tenants.
13-Oct-2010 By John Harrington
Eight pubs have been sold on or before a Nottingham auction organised by property agent HEB for £1.1m in total. The three pubs sold on the day...
13-Oct-2010 By Natasha Devan
Applications to run Charles Wells pubs have risen by 66% since last October, says the Bedfordshire-based tenanted operator. A total of 42 licensees...
13-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney
Luminar Leisure has put a package of four nightclubs on the market with a combined £4m price tag.
Punch Taverns rolls out new West Coast chain
11-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns' managed pub business has finally - and officially - unveiled its new retail concept, called West Coast Grill & Bar. Flagged by...
Joseph Holt looking for new tenants
11-Oct-2010
Manchester brewer Joseph Holt has announced it is looking for new tenants at 15 of its pubs, mostly in the Greater Manchester area. John Waterhouse,...
Tobacco focus: Winning back the smokers
07-Oct-2010 By Jessica Harvey Jessica
Smoking, once an accessory to upmarket glamour, has evolved over the past year. That's not just to say it has rolled with the punches it faced...
Fury at Edinburgh pub toilet plan
06-Oct-2010
A bid by a council to persuade pubs to allow their facilities to be used as public toilets has left Edinburgh licensees aghast. The city authority...
Listed landmark to become ale haven
30-Sep-2010
Ale lovers and tourists are to get a great new welcome to the capital with the opening of a unique beer house at a major station. The Grade II...
29-Sep-2010 By Graham Ridout
A reasonably upbeat message about the future of the hotel market has been issued by Christie+Co.
Enterprise hope to raise further £11.3m at auction
28-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns is hoping to raise around £11.3m by undertaking a sale and leaseback on another 11 pubs at at an Allsops commercial auction on 19...
Guaranteed agreements: guaranteed to cause problems
24-Sep-2010
The recent case of Good Harvest Partnership LLP v Centaur Services Limited [2010] which was first reported upon in The Publican (April 26, 2010) was...
Caveat emptor: Pub buyer beware
24-Sep-2010
The High Court has recently been asked to determine a preliminary issue of whether the removal of fixtures and fittings prior to the sale of a...
Pubco bullying has been 'eradicated', says BII's Dixon
24-Sep-2010 By James Wilmore
A senior BII figure has claimed that pubco "bullying" in rent negotiations has been largely stamped out. Phil Dixon, BII's industry adviser, argued...
TV chef Tebbutt selling his pub
24-Sep-2010 By Graham Ridout
Celebrity TV chef Matt Tebbutt has put his pub restaurant on the market with Colliers International. The Foxhunter — which is located in the...
24-Sep-2010 By Graham Ridout
A series of auctions will be held over the coming months as pubcos strive to offload bottom-end pubs. Nottingham-based property consultant HEB is...
Scotland's town and country divide
18-Sep-2010
Scottish pub property sales haven't just slowed down - they've fallen off a cliff. That's the frank assessment from a number of agents who have seen...
Punch Taverns rolls out new lease agreements
17-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns is to roll out new lease agreements next week which it claims will "demystify" the way its beer prices and rents are linked. The new...
Geronimo Inns buys its first City of London pub
15-Sep-2010
Geronimo Inns, the multiple pub operator, has bought its first pub in the City of London for an undisclosed sum. The London-headquartered group has...
09-Sep-2010 By Graham Ridout
A leading financial adviser is predicting a flurry of acquisitions or mergers in the wake of TDR Capital buying 333 pubs from Mitchells &...
SA Brain agrees £20m finance deal with Lloyds Bank
08-Sep-2010
SA Brain, the Welsh brewer, is looking to buy more pubs after agreeing a £20m funding deal with Lloyds Bank, it has been reported. The Western Mail...
07-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Faucet Inn Limited, the London and south-east multiple headed by Steve Cox, is set to to buy six pubs from Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) for an...
Faucet Inns snaps up six M&B pubs
07-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
South East pub operator Faucet Inns has acquired six pubs from Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) for £17.5m, thepublican.com understands. The sites...
03-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Tenants signing up to long leases need to have a very strong business strategy to survive the full term, says The PMA Team.
Tokyo Industries buys Luminar's Tru nightclub
03-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Nightclub company Tokyo Industries has bought Tru nightclub in York from Luminar. The club will be converted to its Tokyo brand and open in late...
Castle Rock Brewery to raise £600,000 to develop pub
01-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
An award-winning Nottingham brewery is looking to raise £600,000 via an Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) in order to buy a run-down working men's...
01-Sep-2010 By Graham Ridout
The smallest pub in Edinburgh has had its business rates bill quadrupled after Lothian officials decided it did not qualify as a small business....
31-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
Longshot has acquired the four-strong Bel & Dragon group of pub restaurants from the Orchid Group.
Labour blamed for death of 3,500 pubs
31-Aug-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A Tory minister has called on Labour to apologise for introducing policies that led to more than 3,000 pubs closing for good. Local government...
Orchid Group sells Bel & The Dragon chain
31-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
Orchid Group has sold its Bel & The Dragon gastro pub chain to Longshot, the London-based leisure group which formely owned the Groucho Club....
27-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
The average length of a lease has fallen to its lowest recorded level with 97% of small businesses having a lease less than 10 years long. The...
Closed pub to become a funeral parlour
27-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
A former pub in Halifax, Yorkshire, is to be converted into a…funeral parlour. In a move which some will see as summing up the prospects for the...
27-Aug-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
The Warrington, a flagship former Victorian hotel and pub operated by Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH), is being marketed for sale.
MP and CAMRA fight to save pub
25-Aug-2010
A campaign to save a pub described as a 'jewel in the crown' has been launched by an MP and CAMRA members. A petition launched by Bristol North West...
25-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
Radio 2 presenter Chris Evans is to sell another of his pubs — after closing the Lickfold in Petworth, West Sussex. The multi-millionaire blamed...
25-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
Multiple operator Foundation Inns is selling the freehold of the White Horse in Chelmsford, Essex for around £395,000. Foundation, run by Gavin...
23-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
JD Wetherspoon is set to open its 11th pub in Glasgow after securing a site at Queen Street station. The managed pub operator is planning to invest...
20-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has sold 333 wet-led pubs to TDR Capital for £373m — in line with M&B's strategy to withdraw from drinks-led market.
19-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
The FPB has warned that inaccurate property valuations are preventing many small businesses from accessing affordable bank loans.
18-Aug-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Northern managed operator Amber Taverns, headed by former Honeycombe Leisure directors, has acquired two pubs in the past month.
18-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
The GMB has asked the Government why the Valuation Office Agency uses a different method to calculate rent for rateable value.
18-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
A former Enterprise business development manager (BDM) has left the company to run his own pub company.
17-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
Urban & Country Leisure has unveiled plans to expand into the small hotel market with the launch of its first boutique-style hotel.
13-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
Highly-rated Lincolnshire multi-site operator Michael Thurlby will open his second pub of the year next month. He will reopen a former Enterprise...
13-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
The iconic Black Lion Hotel in Cardigan, Ceredigion, Mid Wales, has been put up for sale just over a year after it was taken over. The former...
13-Aug-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Jamie's Italian, the fast-growing restaurant chain spearheaded by Jamie Oliver, is thought to have secured a site in St Albans, Hertfordshire, after...
12-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
JD Wetherspoon has opened two new pubs in Nottingham — the city where founder Tim Martin studied law. The company has spent £1.8m on...
