20-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Batemans' new tenancy agreement lets hosts earn back cash plus interest on any investment they make in their pub. Under the new Capital Investment...
20-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Marston's believes its new lease agreements will help raise the consumer appeal of its pubs and represented a positive reaction to on-going...
19-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
The new Government plans to introduce powers to give communities the right to buy the last pub in the village, David Cameron has said. In a speech...
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Co offers new leases
18-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company (S&NPC) is offering new leases on 15 of its pubs, all of which are in line for investment spending totalling...
Robert Sayles: Are you being unfaithful to your partner?
17-May-2010 By Robert Sayles Robert
I have a confession to make; my partner and I are going through a bad patch. We've been together for many years now, but in recent times the love...
Enterprise Inns raises £13m in latest sale and leaseback auction
17-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns has raised more than £13m by selling the freeholds of another batch of its London pubs at auction. The pubco plans to lease back the...
17-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Leicester brewer and retailer Everards has just opened its 15th Project William pub — which allows greater flexibility on cask ales — and plans...
17-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Brighton's Indigo Pub Company has taken on two new sites, growing its estate to 10 pubs in the seaside resort. It recently bought the Punch lease of...
Publican Local Focus: Wolverhampton wanderings
13-May-2010
Wolverhampton is no stranger to being labelled one of the less glamorous cities in the country. After being placed in the UK's Crap Towns list in...
A financial guide to buying a pub
11-May-2010
Before embarking on securing finance against a licensed business, you must first ensure that your own finances are in good shape. If you have CCJ's...
Robert Sayles: The Rent Review - has your rent come down yet?
10-May-2010 By Robert Sayles Robert
My rent is up for review shortly and, like many of you, I'm waiting to see how the pubco views things going forward. Are they still seeking to...
07-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Barworks, the London-based late-night operator behind the Electricity Showrooms in Hoxton Square, has acquired its 12th site. The privately owned...
06-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Serial entrepreneur Martin Webb is set to open his sixth Brighton pub in September — the Portland is on track to open in September.
Punch Taverns looking for at least £36m in latest pub sell-off
05-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns hopes to raise at least £36m by selling more than 30 of its managed pubs in England and Scotland. The pubco has appointed property...
04-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Managed operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has hired boutique finance firm Sapient Corporate Finance to sell 300 or so wet-led pubs, according to reports.
30-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
A Norfolk pub entrepreneur has bought her fourth pub — Sarah-Jane Roberts has acquired the Rose Valley Tavern in Norwich.
30-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Managed operator JD Wetherspoon is buying three hotels as part of its plan to open 50 pubs a year for the next five years. The company has...
29-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
London-based multiple operator Fiveeightzero is opening three more sites in partnership with Mitchells & Butlers.
29-Apr-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Cutting stamp duty and cracking down on cheap supermarket prices top the list of measures that agents want the next Government to take to stimulate...
29-Apr-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Spurs have paid £225,000 over the asking price to net a pub next to their home ground at White Hart Lane. Tottenham Hotspur football club paid...
28-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Urban & Country Leisure, the multiple operator led by Ross Sanders, has bought The Globe Hotel in Warwick.
28-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A West Midlands licensee is hoping to open five more pubs in as many years despite the difficult trading conditions. Balwinder Thukral has built up...
Enterprise Inns hopes to raise £13m in latest sale and leaseback auction
27-Apr-2010 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns hopes to raise nearly £13m in the latest sale and leaseback auction of some of its London pubs, including a former haunt of infamous...
26-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns is hoping to raise around £13m by placing ten London pubs in an Allsops auction on 17 May. This will the largest number of pubs...
26-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney
Yates's flagship London pub in Leicester Square is set to re-open this week, following a refurbishment. The Town & City Pub Company outlet will...
Punch Taverns to trial new lease deals
22-Apr-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns is to trial a series of new lease agreements later this year which it hopes will persuade more entrepreneurially-minded people to run...
16-Apr-2010 By Gemma McKenna
North-east brewer Thwaites has sold a Blackburn pub on the condition that it will not be run as a pub again — the new owner plans to convert it to...
Flurry of interest in ex-Globe pubs
16-Apr-2010
The agent responsible for selling 43 former Globe Pub Company sites says it has seen a "fantastic response" from buyers, with around a quarter under...
16-Apr-2010 By Gemma McKenna
March has been revealed as the busiest month for pub auction sales in the past year — 84 pubs went under the hammer and 55 sold. An exclusive...
Welsh pub's 527% rates rise
14-Apr-2010 By Gemma McKenna
One Welsh pub will have to pay 527% more in business rates this year, since Wales doesn't allow sharp rates increases to be phased in. That's an...
12-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney
Almost a third of GMB tied pubco members claim their debts are over £50,000 while the 73% said their annual income is below £10,000.
12-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Former Mitchells & Butlers executive Chris Gerard has re-opened a Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) franchised site, the Royal Oak near Hitchin.
Titanic Brewery expands estate
12-Apr-2010
Titanic Brewery has added a fifth pub to its estate by buying the freehold of the former Sun Inn in Stafford. The purchase of the pub, which...
Pub property market picking up
09-Apr-2010
Interest in pub deals is growing according to agent Christie + Co which has reported a 27 per cent increase in completed transactions in the first...
01-Apr-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Thousands of pubs will pay no business rates for a year — or will see rate relief double — from October. The Morning Advertiser can reveal that...
01-Apr-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Former Communities Secretary Hazel Blears is leading a campaign to save a derelict inner-city pub for the local community in Salford, Greater...
01-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney
A former Manchester United midfielder has taken up a tenancy with Swindon brewer Arkell's. Mike Flemming, who played alongside George Best, Dennis...
How would John Healey's pub plans affect planning applications?
29-Mar-2010
In case you missed it as part of his grand plan to save local boozers, pubs minister John Healey recently announced possible changes to the planning...
26-Mar-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Is the recession in the pub property market over? Agents have signalled that the worst may be behind us.
26-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
A retired barrister is to open her fifth pub — Maggie Van Hagen is set to reopen former Punch pub the Manor Arms, in Burton, Hampshire.
First rent arbitration cases due to be heard
26-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The first cases involving a rent arbitration scheme for the industry are likely to be settled in court next month. Speaking at the British Beer...
24-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers is likely to sell between 10 and 15% of its estate — 200 to 300 wet-led pubs — to fund investment in growing key food-led brands.
Enterprise Inns raises £5.5m in sale and leaseback auction
24-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns has sold four of the eight pubs in a sale and leaseback auction hosted today by Allsop, grossing £5.5m. However three of the pubs...
Punch Taverns on track to sell off 1,800 pubs
24-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns said it is on track to sell around 1,800 non-core pubs as part of a disposal programme designed to slim down its leased operation from...
24-Mar-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Enterprise Inns raised just over £8.5m from the sale of six prime London sites, following an Allsops Commercial sale in London. Four pubs sold in...
24-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Mitchells & Butlers is to "rapidly reshape" into a food-led business and plans a withdrawal from the more price sensitive drinks-led business....
23-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns' leased division is likely to reduce in size by a further 1,300 pubs to a core size of 5,000 pubs, division boss Roger Whiteside has...
22-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Head of Steam boss, Tony Brookes, has told the OFT that tied operators are in a dramatically disadvantaged position.
Government considers crackdown on pre-pack administrations
22-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
The government is considering a crackdown on the practice of 'pre-pack administrations', which sees businesses that have collapsed, often owing...
Mulholland welcomes action to loosen pubcos' 'grip' on tenants
19-Mar-2010 By James Wilmore
Pub campaigning MP Greg Mulholland says he is "delighted" and claimed the "game is up for unscrupulous pubcos" following John Healey's package of...
