Adam Withrington: Isn't this a Fair point? - Part 2
OK. So not everyone agreed with my blog last week. Honestly I'm glad it has generated this much debate. The tie is an issue which needs an open...
Archives for April 28, 2009
Punch: we need to evolve our model
Punch Taverns leased pub business model needs to evolve, new head of the division Roger Whiteside has told City analysts. It is estimated that 20% of beer volumes have been lost in the sector in the past 18 months.
State of the Union: GMB, Unite and the beer-tie
"We're back in the 1970s." That was the withering assessment of JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin after Alistair Darling's latest Budget blow. The...
Punch's profits plummet
Punch Taverns has announced its pre-tax profits for the 28 weeks to March 7, 2009 slumped by more than a third.Earnings before interest, tax,...
Spirit to sell 100 pubs
Spirit, the managed division of Punch Taverns, is looking to sell up to 100 pubs as it sets forth on a three-year programme to reach its potential.
Campaign launched to re-open 'Tolkien' pub
Pub lovers are backing a campaign to return a pub once popular with Lord of the Rings writer JRR Tolkien to its former glory. The Community Alert on...
'Time, please, to save the great British pub'
Everyone - except temperance societies - must lament the shrinkage of pubs as a loss to community life. In many places, churches, women's institutes...
Oldham's blanket licensing review "unlawful
Oldham Council's plans to review the licences of all of its town centre pubs, bars and nightclubs could fall foul of the law, a lawyer has...
Punch Taverns: trading has stabilised
Punch Taverns has reported that trading has stabilised in its leased and managed divisions. The company has also repaid, in the first 35 weeks of its...
Anger as violent attack on licensee goes unpunished
Police are being urged to re-open a case after a thug who headbutted a licensee walked away without being charged. Andrew Goodall, licensee of the...
We need to be more transparent," admits Punch Taverns
As it announced a 38 per cent slump in annual pre-tax profits Punch Taverns, the UK's largest pub operator, admitted it needed to be more transparent...