12-Aug-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A Welsh council has rejected plans to demolish a disused rural pub, on the grounds that it would mean the loss of a valued community facility. The...
12-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Charles Wells has sold 11 pubs with a further four under offer of the batch of 24 it put up for sale. The rural and urban pubs range in price from...
Bravo Inns buys two Punch pubs
11-Aug-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Northern England based pub group Bravo Inns has acquired two pubs from Punch Taverns, bringing its total estate to 21 pubs. The pubs, which were...
World Heritage pub struck twice by fire to re-open
11-Aug-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
A World Heritage Site village pub that was destroyed by not one, but two fires is set to re-open tomorrow after a £500,000 redevelopment. The...
Trade chiefs hit back at 'happy hours' documentary
11-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Trade chiefs have labelled suggestions that blanket licence reviews and minimum pricing could be introduced across the country - following the...
Rent arbitration scheme to start in September
10-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Licensees will be able to take advantage of an independent rent review arbitration scheme from next month, trade chiefs confirmed today. The Pub...
10-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Pub tenants will have the opportunity to resolve rent review disputes from as little as £1,000 from mid-September. Five major trade bodies...
10-Aug-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Joule's Brewery has bought two more pubs from Punch Taverns, bringing its estate to 16 sites. Joule's has now acquired five pubs from Punch. The...
10-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Business Development Managers should be replaced by qualified chartered surveyors, says one expert.
07-Aug-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Industry experts hope that a further £50bn of new money being pumped into the economy will benefit pubs.
06-Aug-2009 By John Harrington
Camra's chief executive Mike Benner looks forward to the organisation's super-complaint achieving legally-binding reforms on the beer tie.
06-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team & John Harrington
Both Enterprise and Marston's suggest tenants need to join buying groups to ensure they get the cheapest energy costs. The two tenanted operators...
Punch lessess secures pub for £500k under valuation
06-Aug-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
A Punch Taverns lessee has managed to secure the freehold of their pub for £500,000 less than its valuation. Carl Scourfield and John Wright...
06-Aug-2009 By Jo Bruce
Former Ritz executive chef Giles Thompson has taken on a second Enterprise pub. Thompson, who was executive chef at the Ritz from 1997 to 2003, has...
New village set for first pub
06-Aug-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A newly-built village in West Yorkshire is set to open its first community amenity — a pub — in the site of a former Webster's Brewery. There...
05-Aug-2009 By Gemma McKenna
The Government wants to cut red tape on planning permission, allowing pubs to make minor alterations without needing consents. Pubs won't face delays starting work or have to pay planning fees, which can be as high as £2,000.
Marston's claims new pubs will boost its prospects
04-Aug-2009 By Hamish Champ
Despite sounding cautious about short term prospects for the economy Midlands brewer Marston's believes its new pub building programme will help it...
RICS to shine light on "clarity" of rent review process
04-Aug-2009 By James Wilmore
Anti-tie campaign group Fair Pint is among those being invited to take part in a consultation to ensure "transparency" and "clarity" in rent reviews....
31-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) has launched an events programme to help its tenants boost business.
30-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Hertfordshire brewer and retailer McMullen's believes that it is well-placed to buy pubs after avoiding paying peak-of-market prices in recent years....
Beer tie facing further competition scrutiny
30-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
Pubcos could be forced to defend the competitiveness of the beer tie again, after the government said it was in favour of scrapping an order which...
Property dispute expert joins pubco mediation process
30-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
A legal expert in landlord and tenant disputes has been recruited to help with the industry's pubco mediation process - which formally kicks-off...
Fight to save landmark pub from being bulldozed
29-Jul-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Campaigners have vowed to fight on after failing to get a pub threatened by demolition protected by English Heritage. Former Scottish and Newcastle...
28-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
Anti-pubco brigade Fair Pint has called for a genuine independent representative body for tenants. Fair Pint believes Enterprise boss Ted Tuppen's...
27-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Whitbread has instructed Christie + Co and Gerald Eve to jointly market four pubs including three Brewers Fayre venues.
Battle to save pub 'untouched' for 200 years
27-Jul-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Residents of a Shropshire village are battling to save their unique village pub after the landlady of 74 years passed away in June. Florence Lane,...
Government minister defends mandatory code
27-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A Home Office minister has defended plans to tackle irresponsible alcohol sales with a mandatory code, but said he is "committed to assessing all the...
Pub owners urged to consider closure security risks
27-Jul-2009
Pub owners who are thinking of shutting down and selling up are being urged to think about the security risks of an empty venue. Alan Smith of...
27-Jul-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Campaigners are battling to save a Herefordshire pub regarded as having "national importance". The grade-II listed Sun Inn in Leintwardine, near...
27-Jul-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Restrictive covenants that prevent pubs being operated as pubs when they are sold could be outlawed within a few months, according to the Campaign...
Father Ted Pubs and Bars acquires tenth site
24-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Father Ted (FT) Pubs and Bars, which owns and operates nine leasehold sites in London - six Enterprise Inns sites and three free-of-tie leases - has acquired another Enterprise Inns venue.
Publican awards finalists buy out leases
24-Jul-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Two Publican award finalists have bought the freeholds of the pubs they had been leasing from Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns. Publican Food &...
23-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Mitchell's of Lancaster, the family-owned pub operator and brewer, is selling six freehold pubs as part of a rationalisation of the pub group's...
Punch Taverns' pub sale 'window' set to close
23-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns is set to close the 'window of opportunity' that has enabled hundreds of its lessees to lodge successful bids for their pubs, the group...
First pub in Oldham blanket review cleared
22-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The first Oldham pub to have a full hearing as part of a controversial blanket review of 22 town centre venues has won its case. Earlier this year...
Pubs closing at record rate of 52 a week
22-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
Pubs across Britain are now closing at a record rate of 52 a week, more than seven a day, according to new figures released today. The figures,...
22-Jul-2009 By John Harrington
Marston's Pub Company boss Alistair Darby has rejected criticism of the firm's new freetrade prices deal by anti-pubco group Fair Pint. Marston's is...
Failure rate highest among freehouses, figures show
21-Jul-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
More freetrade houses have failed than either tied or managed pubs, according to figures from the UK Statistics Authority. In response to a...
S&NPE searches for licensee for £2.5m pub
20-Jul-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Planning permission has been granted for the £2.5m rebuilt of a Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) pub destroyed by fire - and...
Marston's to roll-out free-trade price rent deals
18-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
Marston's Pub Company (MPC) plans to trial a new lease agreement later this year which it believes will boost profitability for its licensees,...
Grand Union Group acquires ninth site
15-Jul-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
London-based company the Grand Union Group has acquired its ninth site with the purchase of the leasehold of Young's pub, the Queen's Arms in...
Tentative signs that banks are increasing lending to pubs
15-Jul-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Banks are starting to increase the level of funding available to would-be pub buyers, according to specialist commercial mortgage broker, Christie...
Geronimo Inns buys six pubs from Punch Taverns
13-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
In a long-awaited deal London pub operator Geronimo Inns has acquired six sites from Punch Taverns for an undisclosed sum. The pubs, currently part...
09-Jul-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Presenting a solid business plan or clubbing together with friends can prove the best way to finance buying a pub. That's the view of agents and...
Manager tells of shock after buying pub lease for £1
08-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
A lucky couple have bought the lease of the pub they were running as managers for just £1. John Barden and his partner Jayne Anglesea were left...
CAMRA offers hope for ban on restrictive covenants
08-Jul-2009 By James Wilmore
Opponents of restrictive covenants on pubs have a "big opportunity" to push the government to ban the practice this year, according to the Campaign...
08-Jul-2009 By Jo Bruce
A Kiwi chef has added a third pub to his group of Norfolk inns. Chris Coubrough, owner of Flying Kiwi Inns, has taken on a private lease at the...
08-Jul-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A Welsh brewing and pub entrepreneur is to open a new £1m "traditional" pub in Cardiff — the first to be built in the city for 25 years. The...
Worrall Thompson confirms he is re-opening pub this month
07-Jul-2009
Antony Worrall Thompson is putting his money where his mouth is, confirming his support for the Proud of Pubs campaign by reopening his pub, the...
02-Jul-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Agents predict it could take between two and five years for the pub property market to return to 2007 levels, when prices were at their peak. In a...
