Another pub told to rip out decking
31-Jan-2008
A pub in Birmingham is appealing after it was told to rip up £9,000 worth of decking installed before the smoking ban.The Digby Hotel in Water Orton...
House market fuels sales dip
31-Jan-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
The combination of a stagnant housing market and the credit squeeze is making it much harder for potential buyers to fund purchases. The sharp dip in...
Darling climbdown
31-Jan-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Alistair Darling has announced a further and significant climbdown on his controversial capital gains tax (CGT) reforms. Entrepreneurs will now pay a...
MyNewPub
31-Jan-2008
The Greyhound Loughborough Leicestershire Former pub managers Tina and Paul Stevens have just taken on their first tenancy with Everards. The...
Young's buys three Capital pubs
30-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Capital Pub Company has sold three freehold pubs to South London operator Young & Co in an £8.5m deal.One of the sites, the Cock & Hen in...
Pick of the pubs
28-Jan-2008 By James Wilmore
A character Tudor-style pub, the Bell Inn in Moretonhampstead, Devon, is wet-led, trading primarily as a good quality locals' inn. It lies in the...
Legal advice: Land rights
25-Jan-2008
IMAGINE THE scenario: a tenant occupies a village pub and the lease includes a substantial field to the rear of it. In 1987 the tenant is approached...
24-Jan-2008 By Peter Coulson
MA legal editor Peter Coulson considers the regulations on alcohol disorder zones
Floods put pubs under threat again
24-Jan-2008
Publicans who fell victim to the summer floods have been dealt a further blow by the latest stormy weather, as previously devastated areas were...
Outlook brighter, predicts Christie's
24-Jan-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Christie+Co has issued a positive forecast for the property market in 2008 - despite widespread uncertainty in the financial markets and difficult...
23-Jan-2008 By Joe Lutrario
Changes to the empty property relief-rate system will come into effect in less than two months. The new bill penalises licensees who close to...
ePub: Alarms for closed pubs
21-Jan-2008
Alarms these days don't just ring a bell when somebody breaks in. The latest from security company Clearway detects movement, smoke, fire, water, gas...
Think about accommodation, licensees urged
21-Jan-2008 By James Wilmore
Licensees are being urged to "seek alternative income streams", such as accommodation, to offset the threat of the downturn in the economy. Speaking...
Fuller's plans to sell former Gales brewery site
21-Jan-2008
Chiswick-based brewers Fuller's has agreed to the sale of the former Gales Brewery site in Hampshire. The brewery site in Horndean was acquired by...
18-Jan-2008 By Joe Lutrario
Christie + Co says leasehold premiums could "hit new heights" as the supply of freehold sites dries up
17-Jan-2008
The history of the SIA is littered with errors, says MA's legal editor
Facelift favours food
17-Jan-2008
WITH DEVELOPING food sales high on the agenda for more pubs than ever, the traditional relationship between pub operators and tenants/lessees is...
Agents dispute credit squeeze
17-Jan-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
A property agent has spoken out against current media reports about restrictions on lending. The "credit squeeze" has been widely reported in the...
Pick of the pubs
15-Jan-2008 By James Wilmore
Mid-Devon freehouse the Red Lion is the only pub in the village of Shobrooke, five miles from Exeter. The pub is a large, detached, stone property...
Licensee hit with £3,000 fine over smoke ban noise
10-Jan-2008 By James Wilmore
A licensee has been hit with a staggering £3,000 fine and £800 costs after just one neighbour complained about noise from her pub after the smoking...
Nobody Inn stays private
10-Jan-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Acclaimed Devon pub the Nobody Inn has been sold to a group of private investors. The food-led pub, in Doddiscombsleigh, has amassed a huge...
Pub advice on offer
10-Jan-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Property agent GA-Select is to launch a consulting service in association with two trade professionals. Select Consulting plans to offer professional...
Food pub aims to repeat success
07-Jan-2008
The award-winning team behind the Bricklayers Arms in Flaunden, Hertfordshire aims to repeat its success at a second food-led pub.Owner Alvin...
Let market forces dictate pub closures
19-Dec-2007
With the housing market now showing signs of a slowdown will we see an end to our pubs being bulldozed by property developers?Pub conservationists...
Blurring the boundaries
14-Dec-2007
For better or for worse, the smoking ban is here to stay. The challenge now for pubs is learning how to make the most of the new era....
Legal advice: The pub property year review
13-Dec-2007
IN THIS season of good cheer, let us pause for a moment and look back at some of the property issues we have covered for you in The Publican during...
Legal advice: Getting rid of Japanese knotweed
13-Dec-2007
Japanese knotweed is a problem that is growing across the UK - it's a highly invasive weed which was introduced to the UK in the 19th century as an...
Be smart and get planning
13-Dec-2007
That appalling summer. The horrendous floods. Plummeting beer sales - the lowest since the Great Depression. Rock-bottom off-trade prices (22p a can...
Pick of the pubs
05-Dec-2007 By James Wilmore
Occupying a high street location in an affluent and predominantly residential area, the Ivy House in Tonbridge, Kent, is close to many places of...
Pub prices "cooling
26-Nov-2007 By James Wilmore
Average pub prices are "cooling", according to property agents Fleurets. The company's annual price survey revealed the average price of a freehold...
Legal advice: Collapsing walls
23-Nov-2007
For pubs, which have often been around for hundreds of years, this is a bigger issue than for many modern buildings.So it is important you are aware...
Extra pubs on agents' books
22-Nov-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
A survey has revealed that 80% of licensed property agents have more properties on their books now than at this time last year. The figure suggests...
French connection
21-Nov-2007
Running a pub in England is becoming more and more of a challenge. With continuing changes in rules and regulations and the tax man trying to bleed...
Pick of the pubs
21-Nov-2007 By James Wilmore
Advertised as "the only pub in the village" the Edgcumbe Hotel in Bere Alston, Devon, is 14 miles from Plymouth. A wet-led inn, it supports two pool...
Marston's completes £300m-plus refinancing deal
19-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Marstons has bolstered its spending power by more than £300m following a new refinancing deal, with a view to buy back more shares or acquire pub...
Channel Islands' pubs up for sale
18-Nov-2007
Channel Islands retail group SandpiperCI is looking to sell its 60-strong pub estate and brewery interests. It also hopes to offload its drinks...
Please buy our pub!
15-Nov-2007
Regulars from a West Yorkshire pub are desperately pleading with the trade to buy their much loved local and save it from developers.Save Our Summer...
Rising cost of business prompted New Century Inns sale
14-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
The prohibitive cost of investing in New Century Inns prompted Alistair Arkley's decision to sell the North East tenanted pubco to Greene King.The...
Greene King buys New Century Inns for £32.6m
14-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Greene King, the Suffolk brewer and pub company, has bought North East pubco New Century Inns (NCI) for £32.6m. The deal is to be financed from...
Profile: Floating asset
12-Nov-2007
A BRISTOL pub with a difference has said 'ahoy there!' to a refurb designed to boost its food appeal. The Grain Barge, a floating pub docked in the...
Pubs urged to let public use toilets
08-Nov-2007
Pubs are being encouraged to let non-paying customers into their premises to use the toilet, after the success of a pilot scheme. The council in...
THE AGENTS
08-Nov-2007
Paul Breen Director Colliers CRE With the potential for a cold winter just around the corner, the real effects of the smoking ban in England and...
Pick of the pubs
05-Nov-2007 By James Wilmore
The Plough Inn in Camborne, Cornwall, is a thriving town centre business which benefits from having six letting rooms. The pub has a large bar and...
MyNewPub
01-Nov-2007
Bull Inn Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk Agent: UK Pub Sales The Bull Inn is a country freehouse and has just been taken on by Carol Gibson, who was...
Agency boss buys Mendips freehouse
01-Nov-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Davis Coffer Lyons (DCL) has acquired Mendips freehouse the Slab House Inn, near Wells, Somerset, on behalf of Stuart Le Gassick, one of the founding...
THE AGENTS
01-Nov-2007
Cameron Campbell Divisional director Fleurets As property agents, we have three primary roles: we provide vendors (clients) with professional and...
Refurb and Interiors: Do kitchen refurbs properly
31-Oct-2007
AS PEGGY, The Publican's trusty pub cook would agree, working in an unfamiliar kitchen is no fun. "I like to know where my bits and bobs are," our...
Refurb and Interiors: Table service
31-Oct-2007
ANDREW GORDON was nervous. He was in a basement with five other contestants awaiting his turn on hit BBC show Dragons' Den. Standing at the bottom of...
Refurb and Interiors: Fitting into the neighbourhood
31-Oct-2007
A new-build always provides freedom to create a pub that perfectly fits your vision, and, for the owners of the Waterfront, this was an early...
Refurb and Interiors: Kit out the kitchen
31-Oct-2007
Thinking of improving your kitchen or even installing a new one?Plenty are, according to catering equipment supplier Hobart especially with food...
