Enterprise Inns' Simon Townsend talks about the lessee/landlord relationship with Hamish Champ
With the obvious exception of Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling pretty much everyone and his or her dog knows that life is tougher than...
Archives for April 15, 2009
Steve Haslam blog: pubcos not to blame for woes
Steve Haslam — multiple Enterprise lessee at the Cutter Inn, Ely and the new White Horse at Ramsden Heath — says pubcos aren't to blame for all...
Oz Clarke's cask conversion
It's 10:30am and Oz Clarke is already onto his second or third pint of ale. It's entirely appropriate, for his presence in the Betjeman Arms, in...
Gerry Price blog
Gerry Price, Enterprise leaseholder, The Inn, West End, Surrey. Welcome to my blog. Follow my blog posts below: • 19 June: rent review shockers •...
SAV Pubs goes through pre-pack
Four-strong SAV Pubs is the latest company to undergo a pre-pack administration. The company, which was founded in 2004 and run by Australian Mark...
Help yourself to more trade
In this climate it defies belief that any publican would not use every avenue available to them to grow their business. Yet many don't. It's time to...
Test tube vodka makers hit out at Portman
Makers of a vodka-based test tube have hit out at Portman Group for blacklisting the drink. Portman said Rampant TT's packaging encouraged...
Pubwatch to fight back against thugs
National Pubwatch is launching a major campaign to ensure thugs who attack licensees or pub staff face proper justice. The Court Not Caution...
Enterprise licensee group pushes forward with campaign
Around 35 disgruntled Enterprise Inns licensees from Sheffield attended a meeting this week as part of a campaign for "fairer rent" and freedom from...
Westminster takes credit for crime drop since Licensing Act
Westminster Council claims a drop in alcohol-related crime since the introduction of the Licensing Act is due to its tough stance on later opening....
Chicken takes over from steak in pub menu popularity
Chicken breast has overtaken sirloin steak as the most frequently listed main course item on pub menus, according to new research.
Glass Half Full: new foes for the pub
A former drinks PR's optimistic guide to life after redundancy. Days since redundancy: about six months Invoices issued last month: seven - a...
Hosts in 'stand-off' with Enterprise
A group of South Yorkshire licensees are in a virtual "stand-off" with their landlord, Enterprise Inns, in a deepening row over the cost of tied beer...
Hundreds line up for Punch pubs
Around 450 individual licensees have tabled bids for their Punch pubs through a single broker, Acorn Commercial Finance. The quantity of offers...
Lambrini rosé launched
Halewood International has made a bid to position Lambrini as an on-trade brand with the launch of a rosé variant.The brand extension to the...
Gerry Price: rent review is worst April Fool's joke
Gerry Price, leaseholder of the Inn at West End, Surrey is due for his rent review and mulls the onerous clauses in his leas and the dreaded annual price rise.
Punch hits back at new GMB claims
Punch has hit back at a new set of allegations from general trade union GMB, which claims more than one in three Punch pubs have changed hands in the...
Road sign rumpus for Shropshire pub
A licensee has accused his local council of "double standards" after it removed his roadsigns on the basis they are a danger to motorists. Phil...