Guy Fawkes pub revamped
14-May-2008
A pub in the village where the Gunpowder Plot was hatched has re-opened following a half-a-million pound investment by new owners. The Olde Coach...
Pick of the pubs
14-May-2008
The Castle Inn is situated in the rural village of Little Birch in the Herefordshire countryside, five miles from Hereford. It has a public bar with...
Ask An Expert: Taking a tenancy
08-May-2008
I've heard that taking a tenancy is a low-cost route to running my own pub. Is there a catch?If you want to run your own pub a traditional tenancy...
Top team at the Hogget
08-May-2008
A multi-award-winning team have taken on the Hogget, near Hook, Hampshire. Formerly the Dorchester Arms, the site has just re-opened following a...
Alternative use drives town sales
08-May-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
An increasing diversity of prospective buyers are looking to purchase pubs in town centres for potential alternative uses. That is the view of Pub...
Legal advice: Energy Performance Certificates
07-May-2008
Under a new EU Directive, Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) are now required whenever a building is constructed, sold or rented. The introduction...
Famous pub ready to reopen after asbestos scare
07-May-2008 By James Wilmore
A famous Liverpool pub is preparing to re-open following the discovery of asbestos in its kitchen. Thomas Rigby's, in the city centre, was shut down...
Scottish lease-holders warned of business risks
07-May-2008
A trade leader has come under fire for warning new licensees in Scotland they face a higher risk of business failure because of trading and lease...
Greene King 'seeks bidders' for 80-plus pubs
06-May-2008 By Hamish Champ
Greene King is understood to have put a package of more than 80 of its leased and tenanted pubs on the market.The Bury St Edmunds-headquartered...
Five top tips to sell your pub
02-May-2008 By James Wilmore
With the market slowing down, finding the right buyer for your pub at the right price could prove more difficult than before. Here experts give their...
Pick of the pubs
02-May-2008
The Red Lion near Truro, Cornwall, is a 200-year-old property on the old A30 road. It offers a large bar area, lawned trade garden and car park plus...
Celebrity makeover for country's worst beer garden
02-May-2008
A pub has been given a Charlie Dimmock makeover after being told it had the worst beer garden in the country.Following a nationwide search, the...
My New Pub The Unicorn Hotel
01-May-2008
Caersws, Powys, Wales Agent: Sidney Phillips Former army fuel tanker driver Nick Tyler has taken on his first freehold pub in the Welsh village of...
Brian Sheldon, director, Christie+Co
01-May-2008
Just over two years on from the introduction of a smoking ban in Scottish pubs, the overriding feeling in the sector is one of acceptance, as...
Lincolnshire pub fire 'deliberate'
01-May-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
A Lincolnshire pub in the process of being sold has been gutted by fire less than a day before the contract was due to be signed. Tony Hughes, who...
Lap dancing in a different league
01-May-2008
I only have an entirely professional interest in lap dancing clubs, of course, so my first thoughts on the new campaign to re-classify them were...
First Scottish eco pub unveiled
28-Apr-2008
"This place will do a ton," says the taxi driver as he takes me the short distance from Croy railway station to an idyllic stretch of the Forth and...
Pick of the pubs
28-Apr-2008
The Crown Inn in the rural village of Axford, in North Hampshire is a traditional village pub serving cask and keg ales and food. Featured in the...
Agents hail cut in rates
28-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore
Property agents have welcomed the cut in interest rates, claiming it will bring "renewed confidence to the market". Bank of England Governor Mervyn...
25-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Over half of Britain's adults say parents should take the greatest responsibility of underage drinking
24-Apr-2008 By Peter Coulson
MA legal editor Peter Coulson considers what impact the licensing laws have had three years on
Focus Midlands: On course to grow
24-Apr-2008
LIKE MANY towns which have seen better days as an industrial force, the streets of Stoke-on-Trent present a depressing picture for those who care...
LGA calls for action to avoid flood repeat
24-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore
Urgent government action is needed to avoid a repeat of last summer's floods, the Local Government Association has warned. Around 500 pubs were hit...
£400K makeover for Northants pub
24-Apr-2008
An Everards-owned Northamptonshire pub has been transformed with a £400,000 refurbishment as part of a bid to make the group's pubs the "focus of...
Wet sales will buoy up new owners
24-Apr-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
A 3,600-tonne licensed ferry housing a restaurant and entertainment centre has come onto the market with GA-Select. The Princess Selandia is...
Carbon monoxide killed hotel guest
21-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore
A man found dead in a Newquay hotel on Saturday was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, a post-mortem has revealed. A post-mortem on the body of the...
Post-mortem results due today after hotel death
21-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore
The results of a post mortem on the body of a man who died at a hotel where high levels of carbon monoxide were found are due today. The body of the...
Administrators start marketing ex-Laurel pubs
17-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Kroll, the administrators of the 90-site rump of the old Laurel Pub Company, has appointed property agents Colliers CRE to market the sites to...
Fleurets directors take up new posts
17-Apr-2008
Fleurets has announced the appointment of three new divisional directors. Nick Earee, Lesley Watmough and Chris Irving will assume their new...
Pubs slowdown on way
17-Apr-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
A slow period for the market has been predicted after a rush of sales to beat the changes in CGT tax and the effects of the downturn in the economy...
Credit goes west
17-Apr-2008
The West Country pub property market is starting to feel the bite of the UK's economic slowdown. Tony Halstead reports West Country pub sales have...
16-Apr-2008 By Joe Lutrario
CGT changes and effects of economic downturn are taking hold of the pub property market, say agents
Pick of the pubs
16-Apr-2008
The Rock Inn in Waterrow, Somerset, is on the fringes of Exmoor National Park. The 400-year-old former coaching inn is built against a rock face,...
Licensees victims of cruel practical joke
11-Apr-2008
A couple in Bedfordshire were taunted with a "sickening" practical joke when a coffin was planted next to a sign for their pub.Sarah and Darron Smith...
Buyers pull fast one at CGT deadline
10-Apr-2008
Pub buyers took advantage of the changes to capital gains tax (CGT) last week by dropping offers at the final moment, a major pub agency has...
How does your garden grow?
09-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore
Spring is upon us and for licensees it's time to start to thinking about making the most of their outdoor areas. Last year, summer was fairly...
Opus Energy under fire again
09-Apr-2008
A couple have slammed electricity company Opus Energy after their bills increased by more than 400 per cent.Andrew and Catherine Tagliati of The...
Pick of the pubs
09-Apr-2008
The Merry Harriers in Clayhidon, Collompton, Devon, on the edge of the Blackdown Hills boasts a 2.5 acre site. The property consists of a main bar...
Licensee labels smoking area lawsuit "bonkers
08-Apr-2008
A licensee who is being sued for £50,000 over his smoking area has branded the action "bonkers".Shane Radmore, of the Silverton Inn in Silverton,...
Tadcaster offloads 30 pubs to S&NPE
04-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore
Tadcaster Pub Company has nearly halved the size of its estate by selling 30 tenanted and leased pubs to Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises...
The agent Neil Morgan, Head of pubs, Christie+Co
03-Apr-2008
The news that Laurel Pub Company, owned by Robert Tchenguiz, has called in insolvency specialist Kroll to handle a "pre-packaged" administration is a...
Freeholds made easier
03-Apr-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Fleurets and Coffer Corporate Leisure are teaming up to help pubco licensees buy the freehold of their pub. Fleurets has piloted the scheme with...
Triple whammy for tenants
03-Apr-2008
The smoking ban, the worst summer on record and falling consumer spending have crippled tenants' profitability during the past 12 months. Graham...
The lease that broke the mould
03-Apr-2008
Two decades on, it may be hard for relative newcomers to understand just how much of a revolution was begun by Grand Met when it introduced its long...
Luminar Group faces possible £3m lease reversion hit
01-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Luminar, the late night venue operator, has admitted it could be facing a property-related liability of up to £3m, should a number of leases revert...
Scottish freeholds still in demand
31-Mar-2008
Like their counterparts south of the border, Scottish pubs have had their fair share of troubles over the past couple of years. The smoking ban, the...
Empty rate toll will escalate closures
31-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
A leading property agent has hit out at changes to cut rate relief on empty properties, claiming it will have the "opposite effect" to what the...
S&NPE snaps up 14 sites
28-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) has bought 14 pubs as part of two packages of tenanted outlets for an undisclosed sum. The group...
Pick of the pubs
27-Mar-2008
The Coachman Inn, in Corby Glen, Lincolnshire, is a former coaching inn packed with character. The pub's trading areas include a bar seating 24, a...
Listed pub changes hands
27-Mar-2008
A well-known pub in Oxfordshire has changed hands through Colliers Robert Barry. Burford House Hotel, in the Cotswold town of Burford, is described...
