New company name and product range for Coors
Coors freetrade customers will soon be able to order from a new range of premium products. But they will be doing so from the Molson Coors Brewing...
Archives for March 30, 2009
GMB union urges end to beer tie
1,131 tied pubs owned by seven pubcos have closed since December 2005 and action is needed, says GMB - but BBPA argues the tie has "nothing to do with closures
Pubco licensees speak out in Parliament
Furious pubco licensees have voiced their objections in Parliament today to rent levels, the price they are charged for beer and the way they are...
Cheapest" pub in Britain under fire
A pub is being forced to slash its opening hours after it was accused of attracting a culture of binge drinking and drug taking.Police are demanding...
Blanket policies hammering community pubs
The government must stop using blanket policies that punish all pubs and take urgent action to reward those that play a vital role in their...
'Pub selling "cheapest beer" faces probe'
A pub in West Bromwich which claimed to sell the cheapest beer in the country faces having its opening hours slashed after complaints about...
Our banking covenants are safe, says Enterprise Inns boss
As the market continues to debate the issue of pubco debt, the boss of Enterprise Inns' claimed its banking covenants remain unaffected by recent...
One-size fits all policy killing community pubs
The Government should reward and incentivise pubs which play a positive role in their community rather than hampering them with blanket restrictions,...
Licensees and MPs hit out at pubco power
Fierce criticism of pubcos and the beer tie dominated the first open meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group. Licensees, anti-pubco...
Rent concessions come at price of openness, says Tuppen
Enterprise Inns' chief executive Ted Tuppen said any of his company's lessees is entitled to ask for a rent concession, but warned they must be...
Enterprise: pubs trading remarkably well
The majority of Enterprise pubs are trading "remarkably well" despite the "unprecedented" trading conditions, the pubco has reported. However,...