06-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
Pub companies have changed their approach to rent reviews to avoid being taken to PIRRS, a review says.
Property deals and hindsight
04-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ
2005 and 2006 were heady years for pub deals. A number of companies - Punch Taverns, Enterprise Inns, Greene King, to name three - were going through...
20-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
Carling brewer Molson Coors has defended its move to extend payments terms for its suppliers to 90 days. The Forum of Private Business today...
All-day venues drive growth in premium drinks
15-Sep-2010 By James Wilmore
The rise in café-style all-day opening venues is fuelling the growth of premium drinks brands, a leading analyst has claimed. Alison Powell, an...
15-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
London pub operator Drake & Morgan has promoted Taskin Muzaffer to operations manager. Muzaffer will oversee day-to-day operations across the...
Tim Martin: 'Different government, same attitude towards pubs'
10-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Announcing another record breaking trading performance by his company, JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin condemned what he called the "draconian"...
Trade figures slam SNP's 45p price plan
03-Sep-2010
Scotland's proposal for a minimum price of 45p per unit of alcohol has been slammed by supermarket chiefs and trade figures. The announcement made...
Chris Maclean: It's about making the cake bigger
31-Aug-2010 By Chris Maclean
There is an awful lot of rubbish talked about competition between pubs. I mention it mainly because the pub nearest mine is about to change hands...
11-Aug-2010 By Gemma McKenna
A pub finance expert has dismissed the new bank-led taskforce set up to stimulate lending to small businesses as a "talking shop". The British...
11-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
An Essex nightclub has ignored police and council requests to drop a £10 for 20 drinks promotion on Friday and Saturday nights. Customers at Dukes...
03-Aug-2010 By Gemma McKenna
The economic downturn has meant a slowdown in the number of rent reviews being carried out — that's according to Fleurets annual rental survey....
27-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Small businesses are still finding access to finance tough, the Forum of Private Business has said as it welcomed Government moves to free up...
'Cable looks to boost lending by banks'
26-Jul-2010
Banks are set to come under renewed pressure from the government to increase lending to small firms. Business Secretary Vince Cable says banks are...
Tax shouldn't be taxing, apparently
25-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Well, are you thrilled at the prospect of an Office for Tax Simplification, created by the Chancellor of the Exchequer as per his promise of two...
20-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Managed pub operator Barracuda has appointed Ian Banks as head of financial control — he joins with immediate effect.
15-Jul-2010 By Adam Fowle
Given the changing of the guard at Westminster, M&B's chief executive considers the last government's policy on alcohol legislation, says Adam Fowle.
'Alcohol abuse 'costing NI £700m each year'
07-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
An independent report has said excessive drinking costs the public purse in Northern Ireland almost £700m a year. The figures were worked out by a...
05-Jul-2010 By John Harrington
Pubco tenants will earn £1.50 less per week for every gaming machine when VAT rises in January, says the Independent Operators Association.
28-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Yorkshire brewer Timothy Taylor has reported a recession-beating set of results for its most recent financial year. The company saw turnover rise...
23-Jun-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Capital Pub Company said this morning that it was well on the way to owning 45 to 50 pubs and itsadjusted ebitda had increased by 19% to £5.8m.
15-Jun-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Capital Pub Company is to ask shareholders permission to raise up to around £5.5m to fund acquisitions. The London-based managed house group wants...
UK business confidence plummets on talk of cuts
14-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
UK business confidence is sinking like a stone, its descent apparently hastened by ministers' talk of the need for cuts in public spending, according...
09-Jun-2010 By John Harrington
Music licensing body PPL is to add a 50% late payment surcharge for pubs during 2010, following a surge in delayed payments.
04-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Leicester brewer and retailer Everards has reported an increase in operating profit for its most recent year despite an decrease in turnover. The...
21-May-2010 By Phil Mellows
Chairman of Town & City and Bay Restaurants Ian Payne talks discounts, refurbishments and combining day and night trade with Phil Mellows.
19-May-2010 By John Harrington
The first rent dispute has been resolved via the new BII-led low-cost arbitration service, called the Pub Independent Rent Review Scheme.
'A defensive supermarket price war?'
07-May-2010
Supermarkets are gearing up for a price war that will push the cost of a pint of beer to within a few pence of a pint of milk. A 24-can case of...
07-May-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Capital Pub Company, the London-based managed house chain, has reduced its debts by £5.19m. This was achieved after the Moorfield Real Estate Fund...
Fears of summer supermarket price war
29-Apr-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubs are set to face further pressure as supermarkets embark on a summer alcohol price war, according to an industry insider. A director at a beer...
27-Apr-2010 By John Harrington
Just one in seven 18 and 19-year-olds would be prepared to pay for a national ID card, which has been billed as useful ID for buying alcohol. That's...
22-Apr-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
The full extent of pub entrepreneur Robert Tchenguiz's relationship with Kaupthing, the collapsed Icelandic bank, have come to light following a...
'Scots still to decide on alcohol unit price'
18-Apr-2010
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has reaffirmed the SNP's commitment to their flagship policy on minimum alcohol pricing. However, she said...
15-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
The Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company (S&NPC) estate is set to benefit from a £10.5m investment in 2010.
Pub cash payments falling fast
14-Apr-2010
Cash now accounts for just 40 per cent of payments in pubs - down from 90 per cent a decade ago - according to new research. The Payments Council...
13-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Portsmouth pubs will each pay more than £1,000 a year to fund taxi marshals in the city centre in a bid to crack down on alcohol-related violence.
One in three tied tenants have £50,000 of debt
12-Apr-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Nearly 30 per cent of tied tenants have debts of more than £50,000 according to new research. The Pub Revolution branch of trade union GMB...
08-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Last week Giles Thorley revealed he was leaving Punch Taverns later this year. The PMA Team gives a view on the departure. It's been pretty much a...
Minimum wage to rise to £5.93 in October
25-Mar-2010
The minimum wage is set to rise to £5.93 for over-21s in October, in line with the Low Pay Commission's recommendations, the Government confirmed...
Adnams doubles operating profits
25-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Adnams, the Suffolk brewer, doubled its operating profits in the year to December 31, 2009, with its Cellar & Kitchen retail concept hitting...
25-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Suffolk brewer and pub operator Adnams has doubled its operating profit and increased turnover by 9%, following a difficult 2008. Adnams reported...
23-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
There has been a consumer flight to value in the wake of the credit crunch, says Greene King chief executive Rooney Anand.
19-Mar-2010 By Gerry Price
Rent reviews can be fraught. Enterprise Inns lessee Gerry Price reflects on his recent experience at the Inn @ West End. About the pub The Inn @...
16-Feb-2010 By MA reporter
The Morning Advertiser has come up with a selection of tips for things to think about in the early stages of the tournament.
Bill Bailey stars in new drink awareness ads
29-Jan-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A new advertising campaign has launched today highlighting the risks of binge-drinking, with the help of comedian Bill Bailey. The ad aims to raise...
22-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
The Independent Pub Confederation (IPC) has appointed long-standing licensee Bill Sharp as its first chairman.
'Coroner criticises supermarket cheap alcohol after fatal '£10' binge'
21-Jan-2010
The Greater Norfolk coroner has condemned supermarkets pricing at the inquest into the death of Roger Prosser, 64, who was found to have a...
New energy rules should help trade
21-Jan-2010
New rules that should stop energy suppliers rolling over small business customers' contracts without them realising have been welcomed by the trade....
18-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
The MP heading the investigation into pub companies has paid tribute to trade veteran Mike Stevens, who has died of cancer aged 63. Stevens had been...
15-Jan-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Pub property values plummeted 20% in 2009, compared to 11.6% in 2008 — that's according to Christie + Co.
15-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Three high-profile pubco critics have been asked to give their input for revised guidance on setting pub rents. Licensee Simon Clarke and Surveyor...
