North East bar group to double estate
North East pubco Centro Pub Company is to plough nearly £4m into doubling its estate of bars.The group, which has been trading for five years and...
Archives for June 28, 2007
Landmark legal challenge to smoking ban
Group seeking amendments to the smoking ban has issued a Judicial Review at the High Court today.
Website to launch promoting career in pubs
A website developed by leading pubcos to promote the pub industry as a viable and exciting career is being launched on Sunday (July 1)....
The smoking ban: a buying opportunity?
An affront to democracy or the best health and safety legislation ever introduced? We've heard many views on the smoking ban, my favourite coming...
Making sense of things...
Comprehending modern day 'corporate speak' is never easy, especially a chairman's AGM speech. So given the importance of the boss's comments, an...
Club's doorstaff praised over London car bomb
Doorstaff alerted the police to the car that is believed to have contained a bomb after it was parked outside a London nightclub. The car was parked...
What the papers say - June 29, 2007
Diageo, the owner of Johnnie Walker whisky and Smirnoff vodka, warned of a slowdown in the US spirits market but reiterated its forecast that it...
Chris Maclean: quantity or quality?
Really good advice rarely comes from where you expect it and often in a form you do not recognise.But this week I have been gifted a gem and it has...
Budda is reborn
With its recent purchase of the Bar Budda chain - which had been in administration since August last year - Glasgow-based hotels firm the McKever...
New structure for Punch's tenanted pubs division
Punch Taverns is to recruit 25 Operations Managers for its tenanted division to create closer relationship with licensees.
Whitbread to hold on to pub freeholds
Whitbread wants to retain ownership of its freehold pub property, company bosses have told Morgan Stanley analysts at a meeting this week. In a...