Pubs could benefit from Setanta football rights failure
Pubs could benefit from the sale of some Premier League football rights for next season if Setanta fails to pay up. The embattled broadcaster holds...
Archives for June 14, 2009
UK economic recovery unlikely before 2010
The UK economy may be stabilising, but according to industry body the CBI it will not show real signs of recovery until next year.The organisation...
Profile: Anything goes at Monin
Bourges in France has many things to be proud of. For example, residents of the medieval town, which was the French capital in times gone by, like to...
Lloyds looking for equity investor in Admiral Taverns
Lloyds Bank has been looking for a new equity investor to take a stake in Admiral Taverns, the tenanted pub operator.
Punch Taverns hoping to raise £350m
Punch Taverns has announced its intention to raise £350m via a firm placing and an open offer of new ordinary shares and use the cash to make a...
Punch to ditch restrictive covenants
Punch Taverns will attend this weeks ALMR 'mediation' meeting armed with a range of proposed amendments to its lease agreements, including removing...
Wine needs younger drinkers
More young drinkers must be recruited into wine in order to arrest declines in the market, according to a new report.Research from Mintel has...
Punch Taverns to raise £350m via rights issue
Punch Taverns has announced a proposed £350m rights issue, aiming to use the funds to help pay down debt.Precise details of the rights issue, which...
Punch: leased and managed divisions stable
Punch Taverns has reported that it has stabilised performance in both its leased and managed division for the 40 weeks to 30 May. Like-for-like...
Prizes on offer with Heinz Ketchup promotion
Pubs can win cash prizes through a new promotion from Heinz Tomato Ketchup.Heinz Foodservice is putting gold prize winning labels on 3,500 ketchup...
Hamish Champ: Will Bish's bash help solve the industry's woes?
As news filtered through of the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailer's (ALMR) forthcoming mediation shindig - the pub industry equivalent of a...
Punch makes BEC promises
Punch has confirmed that it will be backing a range of recommendations contained within the highly critical BEC report.
Pubwatch bans back in High Court
The legality of Pubwatch bans face further examination as a second legal challenge got underway in the High Court today. Drinker Francis James Boyle,...
Adam Withrington: Bickering while Rome burns...
Whatever you think of Fair Pint, the group has served a valuable purpose in this current political climate. They have shamed our industry and our...
Thorley: 300 hosts lined up to buy pubs
The number of individual Punch licensees who end up buying their pub is likely to end up well in excess of 300. This morning, Punch said there were around 300 deals either complete or going through legals.