JD Wetherspoon has purchased six new sites, all former pubs and all set to open in July. The sites, which were bought for an undisclosed sum, include...
A pub that rose to prominence when it was taken on as part of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Foundation is back on the market. The Cock Inn at...
The licensee who featured in Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares has left the pub featured in the Channel Four show. Brian and Elaine Rey's Punch lease, the...
The Government has rejected plans to let businesses vote on how proposed extra business rates will be spent. The Business Rates Supplement Bill will...
A chronic shortage of affordable rural housing is helping to fuel the closure of hundreds of of country pubs and village shops. The National Housing...
Realpubs have acquired five freehold London pubs from Punch Taverns in a deal estimated to be worth under £10m. The company has bought the freehold of two Punch pubs it currently leases plus three more sites.
Of course, it'll never happen. So there's no harm in speculating. What if they nationalised pubs?You will, of course, have to suspend your misbelief...
The number of individual Punch licensees who end up buying their pub is likely to end up well in excess of 300. This morning, Punch said there were around 300 deals either complete or going through legals.
Almost two-thirds of tenants are trading resiliently, but are still lagging behind the pub sector overall. That's according to a new survey of 500 tenanted pubs by CGA, commissioned by the Morning Advertiser.
Tesco is set to redevelop and open a derelict Grade II pub if given permission by planners. The supermarket giant is planning to refurbish the Horse...
Two licensees have accused Punch of selling their pubs "behind their backs" to regional brewers while they were busy still bidding for the freeholds....
A Bristol auction brought mixed results for Admiral Taverns and Enterprise Inns last week. Admiral had three pubs in the auction, none of which sold,...
"I was very clear, all along, that what I wanted to build was a pub," insists Peter Borg-Neal. We're sitting enjoying a beer and admiring the Akeman,...
Welcome Taverns has acquired its fourth pub and announced plans to grow its estate to in excess of 20 pubs over the next five years.The Bolton-based...
New tenants have been warned to be on guard against energy brokers targeting them with 'special offers' on their first days in the job. According to...
Greene King's Scottish brewery Belhaven has put 11 freehold pubs on the market. The majority of the pubs, which range from the Waterline in Greenock...
Peach Pub Company has agreed to deal to create its eleventh pub and is looking for a joint-venture partner to invest in the site. The second Almanack...
Marston's, the Midlands brewer and pub operator, described its first half trading performance - which saw pre-tax profits down nearly a fifth - as "a...
The ETM Group has opened its eighth pub, the Cadogan Arms in Chelsea, London and says it plans to acquire two more by the end of the year. The King's...
Two trade unions are scrapping over the affections of the anti-beer tie Fair Pint campaign and licensees across the country. A row is brewing between...
