02-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has put on hold its plan to place most of its pub freeholds into a joint venture company owned in partnership with Robert Tchenguiz "until debt markets have improved".
02-Aug-2007 By Mark Wingett of M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers has announced that it has postponed its proposed property joint venture with Robert Tchenguiz
02-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team
A senior City analyst has claimed a question mark hangs over Mitchells & Butlers management's credibility after the halting of the joint venture...
Mitchells & Butlers halts R20 joint venture
02-Aug-2007 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) fell 30p this morning after the managed pub group announced it was putting its £4.5bn property joint...
Buying a pub abroad
01-Aug-2007
With floods sweeping the country and pub cellars getting submerged under a deluge of rainwater, you might be tempted into considering a move to...
MyNewPub
01-Aug-2007
The George & Dragon Gosport, Hampshire Agent: Christie+Co Kerri-An Suffield and her partner, Brice Munday, have just taken on the George &...
THE AGENTS
01-Aug-2007 By Stephen Taylor Guy Simmonds Managing director
Floods, increased insurance premiums, the worst summer for years, rising interest rates, the smoking restrictions, increased utility bills, ever-more...
Post-flood property market under threat
01-Aug-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Agents warn of a "dramatic negative effect" on the property market in flood-hit areas of the country. "Insurance claims are going to be a real...
Clear Pub Company buys 25 Punch sites
31-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Two ex-Punch Taverns senior managers have teamed up to create a new pub company after acquiring 25 sites from their former employers.Backed by Allied...
Money available for flood-hit pubs
30-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
The BII and Licensed Trade Charity have issued details on how flood-hit licensees can apply for grants to give them financial support. Pubs hit in...
New glassware, please
26-Jul-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
A brewery boss has called for changes to the UK's beer- glass measures to encourage a new range of glassware suited to modern-day drinking. Mark...
Call for deferral on payments for flood-hit businesses
24-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
Pubs and other hospitality and tourism businesses affected by the floods should be given a six-month deferment on VAT, national insurance and...
How a web presence can help build your business
19-Jul-2007
Like all good technologies, the web keeps getting faster, cheaper and easier to use - so there is no excuse for pubs not to have a good website. It...
Five leasehold pubs for sale
19-Jul-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Christie+Co is offering five leasehold pubs in London and Slough on behalf of the Three Wishes pubco. The portfolio of high-street businesses...
MyNewPub
19-Jul-2007
Romping Cat Old Woods, Shrewsbury Agent: Sidney Phillips Robin Beddoes and his wife, Lyn, are refitting the Romping Cat, a Shrewsbury pub...
London Town lets going well
19-Jul-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Fleurets has reported strong interest in the 43 London Town sites that came onto the market last month. The publicly-listed tenanted pub company is...
THE AGENTS
19-Jul-2007
Paul Breen Director Colliers CRE For any aspiring pub, bar or restaurant operator, the recent sale of groups such as Bel & the Dragon, Living...
17-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
The Three Wishes Group is selling five leasehold high street pubs and bars through agent Christie + Co. They are available on an individual basis or...
Davey & Co merges with Ian Moralee
16-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Property firm Davey & Co has announced that it has merged with North East-based agent Ian Moralee & Co.Davey & Co will add Moralee's...
Modest management
14-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
Some pubco chiefs would be lost without having their own office. A place to perform the day-to-day nitty-gritty, collect one¹s thoughts and...
Smooth your sale
13-Jul-2007
Selling your pub is one of the most important transactions you will ever undertake.By taking a structured approach, you can dramatically reduce the...
Pick of the pubs
13-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
The Jeffreyston Inn is situated in the parish of Jeffreyston, near the South Wales coastal resorts of Tenby and Saundersfoot in Pembrokeshire. It has...
Pubs "pawns in the City's game of monopoly
13-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
Pubs have become "little more than pawns in the City's game of monopoly", the joint chief of a property agent has claimed. During a speech on the...
Nottingham plan to tackle empty pubs
12-Jul-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Nottingham City Council is urging the owners of vacant pubs to co-operate with them in making early decisions about their future use. The council...
THE AGENTS
12-Jul-2007
Rodger Vickers Partner, Brownill Vickers & Platts Rent reviews maintain the status quo as to the rent payable to the landlord for the usage of...
Unfair balance in West End, Glendola chief claims
05-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
A leading pub operator has spoken out about the imbalance between the needs of businesses and residents in London's West End. Speaking at a debate on...
Pub investment market holds firm
05-Jul-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
Property agents have reported that the investment market is holding firm despite recent uncertainty. Graeme Bunn, of Fleurets' London office, said:...
MyNewPub
05-Jul-2007
Spinners Arms, Cummersdale, Cumbria Agent: Guy Simmonds Alain and Alison Davis have just taken on the Spinners Arms in Cumbria. They bought the...
THE AGENTS
05-Jul-2007
Paul Davey managing director Davey & Co Many business owners are aware that they must ensure certain criteria are met in order for their business...
New era, new style
03-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
As pubs enter a new smoke-free era we are inevitably going to see a significant shift in the way they are used and as a result, designed. One company...
Pick of the pubs
03-Jul-2007 By James Wilmore
The Duke of York is situated in Ditchingham, close to the Norfolk/ Suffolk borders, next to the market town of Bungay and near two caravan parks and...
Greene King looks for 'OpCo/PropCo' partner
03-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Greene King is to look for a partner to co-own the 872 pubs currently not covered by existing securitisation arrangements.Announcing the group's...
Pick of the pubs
28-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore
The Boot dates back to around 1739 and is situated in Sarratt, Hertfordshire. It has a lounge bar, a public bar with an open fireplace and a 22-cover...
THE AGENTS
28-Jun-2007
Konrad Szymanski Director Humberstones At Humberstones we have observed that the property market is not slowing down in the immediate run-up to the...
Trade slams moves on empty property
28-Jun-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
The Government is pushing ahead with plans to remove tax relief from empty buildings, despite widespread opposition to the idea. Conservative local...
Cornish haven up for grabs
28-Jun-2007 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
A Cornish pub is up for sale with a significant development opportunity attached. The Pack Horse Inn, in St Blazey, has been granted planning...
Pitfalls of the planning laws
28-Jun-2007
Far be it from me to say "I told you so" but a news story in last week's MA points to the pitfalls of the planning laws. The decision by a Hexham...
22-Jun-2007 By The PMA Team
Highly rated Brunning & Price, the operator of freehold food-led pubs, has bought the freehold of Sutton Hall, a listed 16th-century manor house...
Leisure Property: leases of life
21-Jun-2007
Britain's towns and cities are changing fast. When traditional industries die or move out of urban areas into industrial parks, they are replaced by...
THE AGENTS
21-Jun-2007
Graham Allman Managing director GA Select The domestic property market is always a barometer - though not the driver - for business transfer agents....
MyNewPub
21-Jun-2007
Garry & Carol Stickland, The Three Horseshoes, Letchmore Heath, Hertfordshire Agent: Christie+Co Garry Dunks and Carol Stickland have just...
Greene King to sell homes
21-Jun-2007
Greene King has confirmed plans to sell off homes on its former Hardys & Hanson Brewery site. The brewery, in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, is no...
Thwaites extends property portfolio
21-Jun-2007
Daniel Thwaites Brewery is expanding its portfolio of pubs after spending about £2m on five properties in the north of England. The company,...
Punch tenant claims legal victory
20-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore
A former Punch Taverns tenant has claimed a legal victory against the pubco after a six-week delay in refunding his rent deposit. Ben Hope, former...
Shining a light on rent reviews
18-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore
The property agent Most tenants feel hard done by at rent review time. That was the frank admission from Fleurets' chairman Barry Gillham, during the...
Pick of the pubs
18-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore
The Horse & Groom is a period freehouse with letting rooms in the centre of the Norfolk market town of Swaffham, where ITV's drama Kingdom...
Warning over 'win back' calls
18-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore
Licensees are being urged to be wary of 'win back' calls from British Gas which could leave them tied in to two contracts and facing penalty fees....
Backlash over energy certificate scheme
18-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore
New legislation requiring pubs to obtain an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) could be the "straw that breaks the camels back" for licensees fed...
18-Jun-2007 By John Harrington
London Town, the publicly-listed tenanted pub company, is putting 43 new pubs up for lease. Each pub has been earmarked as either a new assignable...
Prepare for rent reviews, urges host
14-Jun-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Tenants who prepare poorly for rent reviews are responsible, in part, for high rents - that's the stark warning from former BII licensee of the year...
