24-Apr-2009 By John Harrington
The MA has teamed up with trade groups and campaigners to lobby banks to start lending to pubs again. A letter, drafted by the MA, has been sent to...
17-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team
The PMA Team looks at some highlights of JD Wetherspoon's recent court victory over its former property agent Van de Berg.
09-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
02-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
01-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
More than half of small leisure businesses (52%) are delaying paying energy bills as long as possible, a new survey has found.
Rent concessions come at price of openness, says Tuppen
31-Mar-2009 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns' chief executive Ted Tuppen said any of his company's lessees is entitled to ask for a rent concession, but warned they must be...
BII chief wants government cash for rent service
30-Mar-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A cut-price rent adjudication scheme should be financed by the government, according to BII chief Neil Robertson. The group's council is set to...
26-Mar-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
26-Mar-2009 By John Harrington
HSBC has temporarily reduced payments on a pub's mortgage after the licensee confronted a divisional manager at a local banking summit for small...
Mark Daniels: Going for Growth (Part 2)
23-Mar-2009
Yawning, I looked about me and wondered, not for the first time that morning, just what the hell I was doing. Sitting there in stationary traffic on...
20-Mar-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
18-Mar-2009 By John Harrington
A licensee is reapplying for business loans under a Government-backed scheme - on the personal advice of Gordon Brown. In a move that could offer...
13-Mar-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
12-Mar-2009 By Andrew Pring
Heavy discounting of pub food and drink will be a permanent feature of trade, says Ian Payne, chairman of Town & City and Bay Restaurants....
09-Mar-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
Comment: We're dangerously obsessed with price
09-Mar-2009
The past week has emphasised how dangerously obsessed with price we are.The trade's submissions in the run-up to the Budget are of huge importance,...
Mystery leak leads to £37,000 water bill
04-Mar-2009
An angry licensee is struggling to keep his head above water after being ordered to pay £1,000 a month to cover the cost of a mystery leak. Shannon...
04-Mar-2009 By Gemma McKenna
An Enterprise Inns lessee is locked in dispute with Southern Water after receiving a £37,000 bill. The case raises the question of who is...
City Diary — 26 February
27-Feb-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
24-Feb-2009 By John Harrington
Diageo and Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch have been criticised for extending the time taken to pay smaller suppliers.
20-Feb-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
20-Feb-2009 By Andy Slee
While there are some rocky roads ahead, we can learn from the experience of others in laying the foundations for future prosperity, says Andy Slee.
20-Feb-2009 By Andrew Pring
Punch may want to reinvent its business model, but it needs to be realistic about pub sale prices — and banks need to start lending to licensees.
19-Feb-2009 By John Harrington
Angry licensees have slated major high-street banks for saying that they won't lend to pubs — MA inundated with complaints from licensees looking for credit.
13-Feb-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
Marston's appoints new finance director
13-Feb-2009
Marston's, the brewer and pub operator, announced the appointment of Andrew Andrea as group finance director. Mr Andrea, who will replace Paul...
10-Feb-2009 By The PMA Team
As news emerged of fresh problems with the tangled finances of a Robert Tchenguiz-linked company, his managed pubs chairman Ian Payne has insisted...
Hamish Champ: It's time for pubco chief exec's pay to be frozen
09-Feb-2009 By Hamish Champ
I read last week's news reports of senior bankers' bonuses with the sort of incredulity I usually reserve for people who argue the world was created...
Talking 'bout... when to buy property
09-Feb-2009
"We've 30 pubs and we're looking to expand. We've the money, but the question on everyone's lips is when to buy and what to acquire? There's some...
09-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is a calling on members to urge their MPs to support a private bill that would make rate relief automatic.
Chris Maclean: A lesson from my friendly local cash & carry
06-Feb-2009 By Chris Maclean
My wife doesn't normally allow me to go to cash and carry. She knows me well. I hate it. Surly staff. Poor stock control. Queues. Everything...
05-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Bank of England has cut interest rates to a new record low of 1% but FSB warns access to finance is real problem
Pubs find it pays to display with Walkers promotion
05-Feb-2009
Walkers is committed to helping publicans increase crisps and snacks sales through developing fun, exciting and engaging activity and promotions that...
City Diary: 29 January
29-Jan-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
27-Jan-2009 By The PMA Team
Suffolk brewer and retailer Adnams has warned that its 2008 profits would be "substantially" lower than 2007 due to falling sales as a result of the...
City Diary — 22 January
22-Jan-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
22-Jan-2009 By John Harrington
New restrictions on how licensees sell alcohol, which could come into force from July, will pile fresh pressures on pubs and dramatically accelerate...
16-Jan-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
16-Jan-2009 By Andrew Pring
Licensees can't do it on their own — they need flexibility from their pubcos to rival the big managed operators, says Andrew Pring.
14-Jan-2009 By John Harrington
A trade leader has given a cautious welcome to new Government plans to guarantee up to £20bn of loans to help small firms. The new measures,...
08-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Nexum Leisure adopted supermarket-style loss-leader tactics to get punters in to Escapade in Newport for its £5 all-inclusive sessions. The...
08-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Bank of England has cut interest rates by a further 0.5% to 1.5% — the lowest in its 315-year history. The historic move is designed to spark...
Could drinks price war be on horizon?
07-Jan-2009
Competition among managed pubcos over drinks pricing appears to be hotting up following Wetherspoon's decision to discount Greene King IPA to 99p per...
07-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Nexum has stumped up a £20,000 to catch thieves who made off with cash from the Syndicate nightclub in Blackpool.
Castle Rock completes £6m refinance
02-Jan-2009 By The PMA Team
The deal will enable expansion at the Nottingham company's brewery.
'Tchenguiz heading for crunch talks with banks over Globe Pub Co'
21-Dec-2008
"The joint owners of Globe Pub Company, property investor Robert Tchenguiz and brewer Scottish & Newcastle, are preparing for crunch negotiations...
Mark Daniels: Going for Growth
04-Dec-2008
I've just finished reading a report stating that Greene King have spent £1.8m supporting their tenants through what it describes as the toughest...
04-Dec-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Bank of England has cut interest rates by a further 1% to 2% — its lowest since 1951. The historic move is designed to spark growth in the...
27-Nov-2008 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
25-Nov-2008 By Ewan Turney
Licensing minister Gerry Sutcliffe has warned that action on alcohol price could be imminent at the final hearing of the Licensing Act inquiry....
