Wadworth worker wins Powerlifting title
A horseman who looks after the famous Wadworth Shire horses has won the World Drug-Free and Unequipped Powerlifting Championship in Indiana,...
Archives for December 12, 2008
At least £1k on rates at 6,705 pubs
At least one in seven pubs face an additional £1,000 or more on their business rates under new plans. Currently 6,705 pubs will be hit by...
333 Holdings opens fifth site
Chelsea-based operator 333 Holdings has opened its fifth site, just in time for the Christmas trade. The Woolpack Inn, between the villages of...
'Rounds of talks on pubs plight'
The plight of Britain's pubs has alarmed so many Labour MPs that no fewer than four ministers have agreed to separate talks with industry leaders to...
Clear pubco estate acquires freeholds
Clear Pub Company has radically reorganised its estate after taking on 25 Punch leaseholds less than 18 months ago. Clear Pub Company (CPC) now has...
Mark Daniels: Electronic Cigarettes: Socially Acceptable, or Totally Taboo?
Wouldn't it be great if we could get the smokers back in the pub again?They're a contentious bunch, those smokers. Single-handedly, they're the...
Thwaites launches new tenancy agreement
Regional brewer and pub operator Daniel Thwaites has launched a new tenancy agreement aimed at giving its licensees new essential tools to trade in a...
The trade's year to forget
2008 turned out to be a tougher year than many expected. The PMA Team looks back on the themes that emerged during the year. Toxic leases and the...