Pubs able to attract families and keep children occupied should see increased custom and profits. As the PMA finds, there are many ways to make your pub family-friendly
As if directed by a witch’s spell, Halloween has become one of the biggest nights of the year for Britain’s pubs, a great time to get the tills jangling like ghostly chains in a hurry.
NatWest and RBS have added a further £150m to their dedicated Leisure Fund aimed at small and medium-sized businesses after receiving “incredible” demand from across the industry.
Company credit scores are not being taken seriously by small businesses, especially pubs, even though they can inflate the cost of overheads by up to 30%, according to research from price comparison service makeitcheaper.com.
Four of the ‘big six’ energy suppliers have confirmed they will be terminating the use of automatic rollover business contracts, following British Gas’s lead in July.
British Gas has agreed to pay more than £3,000 to resolve an electricity bill dispute with a Buckinghamshire licensee after the Publican’s Morning Advertiser (PMA) intervened.
JD Wetherspoon (JDW) chairman Tim Martin has told the Publican's Morning Advertiser's sister title M&C Report that a lot of pubs are still “greatly over-rented” as a legacy of the last financial boom.
The threat of strike action by workers at Molson Coors’ brewery in Burton-on-Trent remains after employees rejected a deal on pay, conditions and new shift patterns.
Fears around cash flow and late payment among small and medium business (SME) is on the rise, according to a study conducted by the Forum of Private Business.
Industry leaders have raised concern about a ‘traffic light system’ which is set to be introduced for to tackle ‘problem’ licensed premises in the City of London
Drinkaware is being urged to make ‘substantial changes’ to the way it operates after an independent review raised concerns around funding, its governance model and the way it carries out its core activities.
Licensee Steven Pyatt, at the Corner Pin in Morton, Derbyshire will receive a business boosting makeover worth £5,000 after winning the Glidden Trade Paint and a Pint competition.
Plans to add a health-related licence objective for venues in cumulative impact areas (CIAs) will cost the industry £18.9m per year, according to Government estimates.
Major deals in the pub market are likely to surface in 2013 after a slowdown in the past year, according to Fleurets in its annual review of the pub sector.
“Hello there. I’m Dr. Frasier Crane. Welcome to another show dedicated to the beleaguered publican. Today we’ve got an open agenda, so feel free to ring in with any problems, or perhaps I should say misunderstandings you might be experiencing with your...
For the 30 years I have been in pubs, owning your own freehold has always seemed the holy grail: freetrade prices, capital growth, no area manager, rent reviews or flow monitoring. Affordable freeholds have always been available, but not in our area.
A debt advisory service that is receiving an increasing number of calls from tied tenants has said pub companies and breweries are not offering enough flexibility in rent payments.
Business rates are one of the highest costs for pubs, and many licensees disagree with how much they have to pay. So how does the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) work it out? Ratings surveyor Michael Yass, director at Chesterton Humberts, de-mystifies the...
Last week the city was rocked by news that recently retired pubco CEO and long time friend Roland Rodent had emerged from retirement to oust his successor William Weasel following a shareholder revolt.
Well it seems that credit was being tossed around in abundance last week. No sooner had fellow blogger Mark Daniels suggested we acknowledge the positive changes taking place within the BII than PMA editor Rob Willock pops up and asks us to give property...
‘It appears to have everything prospective publicans crave; low start up costs, choice of location, competitive rent and FOT on a fantastic range of cask ales. It's the way to go for many of those thinking about entering the trade, isn’t it?’
Drinks companies, brewers, wholesalers and supermarkets have pledged to cut a billion units of alcohol as part of the Responsibility Deal with the Government, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced today.
Five men from the Midlands have been handed jail sentences totalling 14-and-a-half years for their part in a plot to steal £5 million worth of beer kegs from across the region.
The Publican's Morning Advertiser has teamed up with Utilities Direct to relaunch the PMA PowerSaver to help licensees get the best deals on electricity and gas bills.
David Milne, owner of the Bull at Great Totham, near Maldon, Essex, talks Champagne dinners, learning from pricing mistakes and spirit pourers with Matt Moggridge.
Licensee David Selves, of the Phoenix Tavern in Faversham, Kent, talks game nights, the Battle of Trafalgar and presidential elections with Alison Baker.
Pub operators saw positive trade over the festive period, hailing the two long weekends and Christmas falling on a Sunday as an excuse for more people to go out.
The Scottish Beer and Pub Association (SBPA) has called for the Scottish Parliament to include a trial period as a provision in the minimum pricing bill, if it goes ahead.
The BII (British Institute of Innkeeping) is working with Punch Taverns to improve access to finance for licensees wishing to purchase the freehold of their pub, or to buy another pub on the open market.
So another English team fails in its bid for World Cup glory and Martin Johnson’s band of merry men come home with their tails between their legs, offering a list of excuses as to why they failed to match their potential with our expectations.
A Warwickshire licensee has advised others not to “bury their head in the sand” over utilities bills as he struggles to repay British Gas for two years’ worth of electricity.
John McManus of the Castle Inn, Chiddingstone, Kent, knew he was going to be a chef from the age of 13. Having worked with some of the biggest names in the restaurant business, he tells Lesley Foottit how he turned his hand to running a pub
Three leading trade associations have raised over £200,000 as a fighting fund to cover the costs of a potential legal battle with music royalties company PPL.
