Pub hit by BNP photo confusion
A distraught licensee has been rocked by suspicions his pub is a haven for the British National Party (BNP) after a misleading photo appeared in the...
Archives for May 27, 2009
Trade union launches attack on pubco profit margins
Trade union the GMB has stepped up its attack on the pubcos - claiming that Enterprise Inns has a profit margin nine times that of supermarket giant...
Enterprise scoffs at GMB attack on profit margin
Enterprise Inns has poured scorn on the latest attack on the pubco model from the GMB. The trade union accused pubcos of making huge profit margins...
Most Enterprise licensees happy, according to pubco survey
Only five per cent of Enterprise licensees have a bad relationship with the company, according to a survey by the pubco giant. Enterprise has...
Jonathan Adnam
Jonathan Adnam chairman, Adnams (41) Why he is on the list: Taking an environmental stance has given Adnams, one of the oldest brewers in the land, a...
Jonathan Webster
Jonathan Webster managing director, Greene King (GK) destination pubs (34) Jonathan Lawson managing director, GK local pubs (34), Mark Derry managing...
Nick Bish
Nick Bish chief executive, Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers Paul Smith executive director, Noctis Mark Hastings communications director,...
Justin Adams
Justin Adams managing director, Greene King Brewing Company (40), Stephen Oliver managing director, Marston's Beer Co (15), Nigel McNally managing...
Ted Tuppen
Ted Tuppen chief executive, Enterprise Inns (2) Why he is on the list: Tuppen heads the UK's largest tenanted pubco, although pub numbers have been...
Willie Crawshay
Willie Crawshay managing director, Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (new entry) Why he is on the list: Crawshay, an experienced S&N...
Phil Dixon
Phil Dixon, Trade consultant (37) Why he is on the list: The Barnsley boy is an extremely rare bird in this trade — he's trusted by both licensees...
Gary Landesberg
Gary Landesberg owner, Admiral Taverns (7) Why he is on the list: Landesberg owns Britain's third biggest tenanted and leased pub company, and the...
Iain Holden
Iain Holden. managing director, Sky Business (24) Why he is on the list: Holden wields considerable power over thousands of UK pub TV viewing rooms...
Business & Enterprise Diary part 2
A special round-up from the Business and Enterprise Committee's report into pubco power.
Gordon Brown Prime Minister (new entry)
Gordon Brown Prime Minister (new entry), Alistair Darling Chancellor of the Exchequer (6) Why they are on the list: Brown leads a Government that has...
Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson chief executive, Brulines (48) Why he is on the list: Dickson oversees the UK's largest operator of beer monitoring and data collection...
Ann Elliott
Ann Elliott managing director, Elliott People (new entry) Why she is on the list: Ann Elliott is founder of Elliott People, which offers sales,...
Young & Co's pub values fall £11m after writedown
Young & Co, the London-based pub operator, said it had lopped nearly £11m off the value of its pub estate, following an internal...
'Crisis could release entrepreneurial potential'
The economic crisis could release entrepreneurial potential as highly qualified individuals turn to self-employment after losing their jobs,...
Michael Turner
Michael Turner chief executive, Fuller's (35) Why he is on the list: Turner is a fifth generation descendant of Fuller's Brewery co-founder John...
The analysts
The analysts Geof Collyer Deutsche Bank, Jamie Rollo Morgan Stanley, Mark Brumby Blue Oar Securities, Douglas Jack, Numis Securities Paul Hickman,...
Giles Thorley
Giles Thorley chief executive, Punch Taverns (1) Why he is on the list: The head of Britain's biggest pub company, which like other big tenanted...
Wetherspoons strikes deal to avoid licence reviews in Oldham
JD Wetherspoon has struck a deal with Oldham Council meaning it will avoid having to face licence reviews at its two pubs in the town. The council...
Stephen Gould & Stuart Bateman
Stephen Gould chief executive, Everards (47), Stuart Bateman managing director, George Bateman & Son (49) Why they are on the list: Gould and...
Peter Morris
Peter Morris managing director, Daniel Thwaites (new entry) Why he is on the list: Peter Morris is a year into his new job as boss of...
Bid to make pubs tourist information centres
A new campaign is being launched today aiming to turn local pubs into unofficial tourist information centres and boost custom for the industry....
Greene King puts 11 Belhaven pubs on market
Greene King's Scottish brewery Belhaven has put 11 freehold pubs on the market. The majority of the pubs, which range from the Waterline in Greenock...
Horror of knifepoint robbery revealed by licensee
A licensee has revealed how a horrific robbery at his pub by knife-wielding attackers brought back harrowing memories of the death of his niece. John...
Adam Fowle
Adam Fowle acting chief executive, Mitchells & Butlers (17) Why he is on the list: Fowle has been catapulted to the top of the M&B tree after...
Lynne D'Arcy
Lynne D'Arcy joint managing director, Admiral Taverns (21), Andy Clifford joint managing director, Admiral Taverns (21) Why they are on the list:...
Stuart McFarlane
Stuart McFarlane president A-B InBev UK (36), Mark Hunter chief executive Molson Coors UK (new entry), Isaac Sheps chief executive, Carlsberg UK (new...
Derek Andrew
Derek Andrew, managing director, Marston's Inns & Taverns (20) Why he is on the list: Derek Andrew is the blunt, no-nonsense boss of Marston's...
Brian King
Brian King managing director, Trust Inns (28) Why he is on the list: King heads up Trust Inns, which runs a nationwide estate of 600 tenanted and...
Roger Whiteside
Roger Whiteside managing director, Punch leased division, Mike Tye managing director, Spirit Why they are on the list: Whiteside and Tye are the new...
GMV votes for an end to the beer tie
The Guild of Master Victuallers (GMV) will "take all steps necessary" to bring about the abolition of the tie.
Oliver Robinson, Chris Hopkin, William Lees-Jones, Richard Kershaw
Oliver Robinson director, Frederic Robinson, Chris Hopkins managing director, Hydes Brewery, William Lees-Jones managing director, JW Lees Richard...
Young's reports a £10.7m write down in pub values
The London brewer and pub operator announces a 64% drop in pre-tax profits, after a £10.7m write down against the value of some of its pubs.
Feargal Sharkey
Feargal Sharkey chairman, UK Music (new entry) Why is he on the list? The former punk rock singer turned music campaigner deserves his place after...