EPCs: help offered
27-Mar-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
A property consultant has linked up with assessors to hand out Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and is offering its services to the major...
Pubcos open bars for high-flyers
25-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
Two pubcos are set to unveil major new outlets this week at Heathrow Airport's new multi-million pound Terminal Five.JD Wetherspoon and Geronimo Inns...
Pick of the pubs
20-Mar-2008
Chequers is stuated in the historic market town of Bungay, Suffolk - an English Heritage conservation area. The pub currently attracts passing trade...
Price of new build pubs to soar
20-Mar-2008
The cost of new-build pubs is set to rocket after Chancellor Alistair Darling announced plans for all new commercial buildings to be "zero carbon" by...
Legendary music pub up for sale
20-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
An iconic North London pub where bands such as Blur, Suede and the Libertines plied their trade, has come onto the market for the first time in...
Loans scheme funds boosted
20-Mar-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Small pubcos and individual operators looking to invest in or acquire new sites could benefit from an increase in funds for the Small Firms Loan...
Camra earns rebuff
20-Mar-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
A property chief has rejected calls by the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) for more legislation to be introduced to prevent pub demolitions or...
Laurel Pub Company closes 60 pubs
17-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Laurel Pub Company has today closed 60 of the 65 trading pubs it has on the market.A spokesman for the group, owned by property tycoon Robert...
Punch Taverns still pushing for M&B deal
17-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns remains confident it can convince the Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) board, the managed pub group's investors and its own...
'Upward only' rents ignored
13-Mar-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Major pubcos say upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses still exist in some lease agreements - but they are ignored at rent review. The issue...
Fat Pig re-opens for business
13-Mar-2008
An Exeter site has re-opened as an upmarket gastropub shortly after being sold by Christie+Co. The Fat Pig, formerly the Coachmakers' Arms, has...
Marston's rent rebel surrenders lease
12-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
A Marston's tenant who went on a rent strike has surrendered his lease. Malcolm Johnson, of the Old Crown, Wigginton, near Tamworth, had traded...
Maytime makeover
12-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
Running a pub means you have to be prepared to expect the unexpected. You can never be sure who, or what, may come through the door.But when it's a...
S&NPE snaps up four Welsh sites
11-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) has bought four new sites in Wales as part of an acquisitions push in the area. It brings the...
Deadline for EPCs looming
11-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
Licensees looking to sell their pub are being urged to get to grips with Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) - a commercial form of HIPS - which...
Pick of the pubs
11-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
Five miles from Salisbury, the Hook and Glove in Farley, Wiltshire, is a traditional community pub and comes with a free-of-tie lease. The detached...
House price falls add to economic gloom
11-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
As the Times newspaper reported the results of a poll which showed a 50 per cent fall in the number of people eating out compared with last year, a...
Trade fights for energy protection
11-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
Thousands of pubs could be excluded from protection over bad deals with energy suppliers under a new scheme being launched this autumn. Pub trade...
Suburban Style Bar Company goes down wet-led route for £4.5m
11-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
West Yorkshire-based Suburban Style Bar Company has shelled out £4.5m on 10 wet-led pubs, effectively trebling the size of its North of England...
The sad state of the local now
10-Mar-2008
On a recent Sunday afternoon, driving across Derbyshire into Nottinghamshire through familiar towns and villages, a journey I had not made for a...
Former gin palace re-opens
10-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
One of Liverpool's original gin palaces and now a landmark city centre pub has re-opened following a major refurbishment. Despite the trend for pubs...
Pick of the pubs
10-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
A stone's throw from the beach, the Clockhouse in the residential town of East Preston, near Worthing, West Sussex is popular with both locals and...
06-Mar-2008 By Peter Coulson
MA legal editor Peter Coulson considers the burden of responsibility on licensees
Four pubs closing per day, figures show
05-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
Many villages across Britain are facing a future without pubs, after new figures revealed closures have reached a rate of 27 a week - nearly four...
Focus Outdoors: Time for an upgrade
29-Feb-2008
Easter weekend traditionally marks the beginning of the outdoor season for pubs when licensees dust down their garden furniture and tidy up the...
Focus Outdoors: Battling the planners
29-Feb-2008
It's said that every picture tells a story. But the photos here of recently completed Shepherd Neame outdoor developments in Kent fail to reveal the...
Focus Outdoors: Realise your potential
29-Feb-2008
There are numerous business benefits to be enjoyed from creating an appealing and well-presented outdoor area. A small amount of effort can go a long...
MyNewPub
28-Feb-2008
The Bull Charlbury Oxfordshire Agent: Colliers Robert Barry Alix Blumsom and Stuart Matthews are adopting an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"...
Bogus buyer strikes twice
28-Feb-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
At least two pubs on the market in Lincolnshire have been the target of a scammer who tried to grab cash for a bogus survey. Licensees at the...
North West Focus: Robinsons takes stock
21-Feb-2008
It could have been a stupid question - asking 400 pub tenants whether they're being charged a fair rent. But the exercise produced a pleasant...
Value perception gap blighting property deals, says operator
21-Feb-2008 By Hamish Champ
The market for certain freehold pubs is currently being distorted by a large gap between what vendors and prospective buyers believe a site is worth,...
Council gets tough over pub marquee
21-Feb-2008 By James Wilmore
A disgruntled couple are being forced to tear down a marquee at the back of their pub because council chiefs say it looks out of place. Marian...
Arsonists target Northampton pubs
21-Feb-2008
Two pubs in the same Northamptonshire street have been targeted in separate arson attacks.The Brave Old Oak and Pickled Pig in Towcester were both...
Pubs take stand against developers
20-Feb-2008
A couple from Lancashire are fighting to stop their pub being demolished to make way for a roundabout.Marilyn and Peter McDonnell, licensees of the...
Pick of the pubs
19-Feb-2008 By James Wilmore
The Ship Inn, located in the popular riverside town of Wadebridge in North Cornwall, enjoys a strong local following and seasonal trade. It has a...
Pub sites flood the market
19-Feb-2008
Cheap pub sites are flooding the market ahead of April 1, when full rates become payable on vacant commercial premises, agents are reporting. Under...
18-Feb-2008 By The PMA Team
Laurel considers controlled administration
Preaching to the converted
14-Feb-2008
Since Kate Moss started strutting around in T-shirts saying 'Save the George Tavern', the battle between community local and property developer has...
Empty pub sites flood market
14-Feb-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
The licensed property market is being flooded with cheap empty sites ahead of the scrapping of concession rates for empty commercial properties. That...
14-Feb-2008 By Peter Coulson
MA legal editor Peter Coulson is concerned over the attitude of police to licence variations
Tied drink prices set to rise by 4%
14-Feb-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Price hikes at the bar look to be inevitable as beer costs increase Tenants of major pubcos are seeing tied drinks prices increase by about 4% this...
Pick of the pubs
13-Feb-2008 By James Wilmore
The Duke of York is situated in the Worcestershire village of Malvern. The pub comprises a lounge bar, servery, 40-cover dining room, trade kitchen...
Brownhill Bateman is born
13-Feb-2008
Sheffield-based agent Brownill, Vickers & Platts is merging with chartered surveyors Batemans. The new firm, known as Brownill Bateman, will...
Irish pubs to become internet cafes by day
13-Feb-2008
Pubs in rural Ireland could become internet cafes by day in a bid to beat a devastating business slump. More than 1,000 rural pubs have closed in the...
13-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney
Hefty dilapidations bills can be avoided by knowing your rights when selling
Patio heaters: a hot potato for the trade
11-Feb-2008
Seven months after the smoking ban was introduced in England, pubs are bracing themselves for another prohibition. This time, the hot topic is patio...
Valleys of turmoil
07-Feb-2008 By James Wilmore
As was noted in last week's Publican Wales Focus, the country is "heavily over-subscribed with licensed premises". This was the view of Graham Wall,...
Pub left without any beer
07-Feb-2008
A Dorset pub has been left without any beer following a rent dispute with Punch Taverns.Graham Smith of the New George Inn in Dorchester owes the...
Hidden Brewery acquires fourth pub
07-Feb-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
The Hidden Brewery, a Wiltshire-based microbrewery, has acquired its fourth pub, the Chough in Salisbury. The brewery is growing rapidly, having...
31-Jan-2008 By Peter Coulson
MA legal editor says the trade needs to tighten up its food hygiene standards and knowledge
