Comment: Molson Coors must help Cobra break out of curry house
If Cobra can't crack the pub market now, it never will (see linked stories). The announcement of a joint venture between Molson Coors and Cobra Beer...
Archives for June 7, 2009
Hope for pub AWP tax windfall
Licensees and pub operators could claim some of the £500m windfall in overpaid VAT on gaming machines after a landmark High Court ruling. The...
Host to appeal non-EU satellite charge
A Northumberland licensee is appealing a conviction for showing Premier League football matches via a non-EU based foreign satellite. The appeal by...
Licensee appeals foreign satellite conviction
A licensee convicted of showing foreign satellite football using a non-EU card has launched a crown court appeal. Alec Piercy of Ridge Farm Pub and...
BII rewards the best Channel Islands pubs
Top performing pubs on the Channel Islands have been recognised at the BII's annual awards ceremony. Justin Pledger, of the Victoria in St Peter's...
Punch Taverns rebrands pub operations
In a surprise move Punch Taverns has changed the names of its managed and tenanted businesses.The pubco's managed operation, formerly known as Spirit...
Punch: tied model needs to evolve
Punch has admitted that the tied model must evolve to offer greater protection for its tenants, in a letter to its licensees. Punch tenanted boss...
Hamish Champ: Trying not to faint on live television
I know very well that the country is waking up to the problems facing the pub trade. How do I know? Because last Friday I had to get up at the crack...
Punch tells licensees "long period" of change ahead
Punch Taverns has written to its licensees admitting it has a "long period of change ahead" in its bid to build more trust with tenants and lessees....
Punch boosts training regime
Punch licensees have completed over 1,485 days worth of training since the new year, the pubco has said. Punch introduced its "Your Development...
Sheffield goes for Best Bar None
Sheffield is the latest city to establish a Best Bar None scheme to reward best practice in licensed premises. The scheme launches on 15 June at...