BBPA vows "fundamental" reforms to tied agreements
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) says it has reached an agreement with the BII and Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations...
Archives for October 13, 2009
Tories promise more help for small firms
Shadow licensing minister Tobias Ellwood has unveiled Tory proposals to help pubs fight back against the recession. Speaking at the Best Bar None...
Fair Pint: nothing to fear from free of tie future
There is nothing to fear from a free-of-tie future, argues Fair Pint campaigner and Enterprise tenant Karl Harrison.
Pub trade back at loggerheads
The pub trade is back at loggerheads this afternoon after last-ditch mediation talks failed late last night. The landmark mediation process to...
Trade bodies and campaigners unite to form new licensee lobby group
Trade associations and campaign groups have united to form a new lobbying body, representing licensees, small brewers and consumers, as a result of...
Analyst: Punch could return to paying dividends next year
Punch Taverns could return to paying dividends next year, analyst Douglas Jack, of Numis Securities, has forecast. He reported that the disposal...
Barracuda ops director to oversee new Punch division
Graham Jones, operations director at Barracuda, has joined Punch to oversee the roll out of Punch Pub Company's new concepts.
Marston's: hitting new-build home runs
Marston's plans to build 60 new pubs in three years. The PMA Team met managed division boss Derek Andrew to talk about the company's strategy.
Fair Pint: BBPA must look at bigger picture
Anti-pubco campaign group Fair Pint has claimed the pubco plan for reform only addresses a "tiny piece of the jigsaw". The pub trade commenced...
Pubcos set out 'fundamental reform' plans
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has reached a binding agreement with key licensee groups for reform.
Bid to stop national conditions in mandatory code fails
Efforts to stop the government introducing blanket national conditions covering the sale of alcohol appear to have failed, but the new laws will not...
Punch: time to pull together in partnership
Roger Whiteside took over as boss of Punch's leased division a year ago. He talks about what he has discovered — and the way forward. I joined...
Magners asks drinkers to decide new flavour
A poll of consumers on social networking website Facebook is helping to determine the flavour of a new Magners product to be released next summer....
Punch takes £663m hit on pub estate value
Punch Taverns has taken a £663m write-down on the value of its leased and managed pub estate. The pubco recognised impairment losses of £483.4m in its leased estate and £179.7m in its managed estate.
Pete Brown: The deeper meaning of cask
Cask beer, cask ale, real ale, hand-pulled ale… when we can't even agree what to call the stuff, the revitalisation of Britain's national drink is...
Punch Taverns annual profits down nearly a third
Punch Taverns today reported a 31 per cent slump in annual pre-tax profits and said the state of the economy and other factors meant it has knocked...
Fair Pint and CAMRA hit out at mediation failure
Fair Pint has argued the British Beer & Pub Association's (BBPA) vow to reform the pubco model does not tackle the "bigger picture of concern"...
GMB slams BBPA's new code
Trade union GMB has slammed the British Beer & Pub Association's new code for tenancies for failing to address the issue of unfair pricing to...
Punch: we want to be most trusted pubco in UK
Punch Taverns has set itself the goal of becoming the "most trusted and best value" pubco in the UK. The pubco said that it had continued to evolve...