'Alcohol and cash seized in raids'
21-Nov-2008
Large quantities of alcohol and £100,000 cash have been seized by Customs officers in raids on a suspected multi-million-pound smuggling and...
21-Nov-2008 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Recently published accounts from Orchid Group reveals its property arm is in danger of breaching a banking covenant.
20-Nov-2008 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
20-Nov-2008 By Ewan Turney
The pub industry is not a piggy bank to be raided every time the Chancellor can't make his sums add up — that's the message from the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) prior to Monday's pre-budget report.
Tony Payne to retire
18-Nov-2008
Tony Payne, the chief executive of the Federation of Licensed Victuallers' Associations (FLVA), is to retire at the end of 2009.Payne, who was...
18-Nov-2008 By Tony Halstead
Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations (FLVA) chief executive Tony Payne CBE is to retire at the end of 2009.
Guard against the credit crunch with marketing
14-Nov-2008
How do you brace against the credit crunch when you've already focused attention on cost reduction and business efficiency but you still feel...
Hamish Champ: Rate cuts and Johnny Cash
10-Nov-2008 By Hamish Champ
The Bank of England's decision last week to cut interest rates by a hefty 1.5 per cent took everyone by surprise.On the morning of the announcement...
07-Nov-2008 By Ewan Turney
Marston's is rolling out its online payroll system to other non-licensed sectors including solicitors and hairdressers.
07-Nov-2008 By The PMA Team
All Bar One on trend with cask Cask ale is an exciting and resurgent product, Part 48. Mitchells & Butlers' trendy All Bar One chain has started...
06-Nov-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Bank of England has cut interest rates by 1.5% in a dramatic move to 3% — its lowest since 1955.
06-Nov-2008 By Tony Halstead
Supermarkets are demanding price cuts from drinks suppliers to help finance a Christmas discount bonanza in stores across the UK. Pubs could find...
06-Nov-2008 By Gemma McKenna
An Australian-themed bar in west London has satisfied the local council that its £10 all-you-can drink promotion is responsibly run. Ealing Council...
£7m scheme to help "at risk" drinkers
05-Nov-2008 By James Wilmore
A new £7 million government scheme to help the 20 areas of England worst hit by alcohol misuse has been unveiled today. The initiative is designed...
Hamish Champ: Have we learned anything from the credit crunch?
03-Nov-2008 By Hamish Champ
I was on holiday last week doing the half-term thing with my nine year-old. In between the usual visits to cinemas and museums I listened to a lot of...
City Diary: 30 October
31-Oct-2008 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
'Banks urged to lend small firms EU cash'
31-Oct-2008
Chancellor Alistair Darling has called on British banks to take advantage of up to £4 billion worth of new European cash to give small businesses...
31-Oct-2008 By John Harrington
Three major banks have promised to offer "competitively priced" lending to small businesses "at 2007 levels". The pledge was made as a condition of...
Flemyng hands over cash to London's best-loved local
30-Oct-2008
Film star and South London licensee Jason Flemyng has handed over the £8,500 top prize in the Stella Artois Love Your Local contest to the Churchill...
28-Oct-2008 By John Harrington
Nexum Leisure has defended its £5 all-you-can-drink offer at its Escapade club in Newport, claiming it is merely responding to the discount market created by others — the operator says it would welcome a minimum price scheme.
City Diary: 23 October
23-Oct-2008 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City
23-Oct-2008 By John Harrington
Opus Energy has backed down from demanding an extra £8,000 from a licensee and increasing bills by 75%. Furious Darren Tingle was told he owed...
Hamish Champ: Credit cards, pub leases and the small print
20-Oct-2008 By Hamish Champ
We all know we're in the midst of a financial crisis. Consumers are tightening their belts in readiness for the real storm many believe is yet to hit...
SIA given £17.4m to plug financial hole
20-Oct-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Doorstaff licensing body the Security Industry Authority (SIA) has been given an extra £17.4million of public money so it carry out its work. The...
City Diary: 16 October
16-Oct-2008 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip from the City.
Big ideas to beat the credit crunch
16-Oct-2008
Threat...or opportunity?Despite last week's £37bn bail-out of the banks the effects of the credit crunch go on - and many decent, hardworking...
15-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney
Some small market towns are like the "wild west" because extended pub opening hours are stretching police resources to the limit, say police.
10-Oct-2008 By Tony Halstead
Banks are beginning to turn the screw on pubs as the global economic crisis hits the high street. Business loans and charges for overdraft...
City Diary: 9 Ocober
09-Oct-2008 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip from the City.
09-Oct-2008 By The PMA Team
Two of the industry's most senior valuers, Barry Gillham of Fleurets and Rodger Vickers of Brownhill Bateman, have called into question whether the current rent-setting methods are sustainable in bottom-end pubs.
08-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Bank of England has cut interest rates by 0.5% to 4.5% in a co-ordinated approach with the rest of the world.
06-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney
Supermarkets are selling alcohol below 1980s prices, according to an investigation by Scottish paper the Sunday Mail. The paper revealed that Asda is...
02-Oct-2008 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumours from the City.
City Diary — 25 September
25-Sep-2008 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
City Diary — 18 September
18-Sep-2008 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the city.
City Diary — 11 September
11-Sep-2008 By The PMA Team
Al the latest gossip and rumours from the City.
Credit crunch hurting majority of pubs
11-Sep-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
More than half of licensees have seen a downturn in their business because of the credit crunch. Research by CGA Strategy found that 58 per cent of...
05-Sep-2008 By The PMA Team
All the latest news and gossip from the City.
26-Aug-2008 By Lucy Britner
The credit crunch won't hit pubs as hard as last time, according to a new survey undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
21-Aug-2008 By Roger Protz
Effects of the bad weather, smoking ban, rising beer duty and rent are overwhelming rerasons why Gary and Sandra Higginbotham left Punch pub Old Fox in Hertfordshire.
15-Aug-2008 By The PMA Team
The PMA Team rounds up all the latest gossip and hot news from the City.
14-Aug-2008 By Tony Halstead
Major banks have denied they are tightening the screw on loans and overdrafts as the economic slowdown continues to hit the leisure sector.
11-Aug-2008 By Ewan Turney
Consumers are willing to pay an average of 36% more for a gastro-pub meal if the service, food and atmosphere are of a high standard, according to a new survey.
City Diary - 7 August
07-Aug-2008 By The PMA Team
A round-up of the latest City gossip.
24-Jul-2008 By Paul Collins
MPs and trade leaders have added their support to the British Property Federation's (BPF) campaign for reversal of empty property tax.
24-Jul-2008 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip from the City.
17-Jul-2008 By The PMA Team
All the latest industry news and gossip.
16-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
The profit of the average tenant could drop to as little as £3,000 over the next year, a senior market analyst has warned. Mark Brumby of Blue Oar...
Monday July 14: Find the energy
03-Jul-2008
Go green, and save money.If you only take one message away from Proud of Pubs Week, make it this one - and make Monday July 14 the day you take a...
Credit coercion
03-Jul-2008
Making business transactions with personal credit cards is illegal. Cookseys managing director David Morgan explains how new regulations affect who...
