Little Gem restructures
Steve Wilkins, the serial bar and restaurant entrepreneur, has led a restructuring of the Little Gems Country Dining business. M&C understands...
Archives for October 29, 2009
The OFT report: Business as usual?
The long-awaited Office of Fair Trading (OFT) response to CAMRA's 'super complaint' will have been greeted with sighs of relief in pub company...
Pub beer sales continue to drop
Beer sales in pubs are continuing to plummet and the government should cut tax to give the sector a boost, according to the British Beer & Pub...
Watchdog vetoes test tube alcoholic drinks
Drinks served in test tubes risk being blacklisted by Portman Group, the drinks watchdog has warned. It comes after alcoholic fruit drink Mmwah!,...
Little Gems Country Dining restructures to fund expansion
Small operator Little Gems Country Dining has undergone a restructure and transferred its assets to a new, and as yet unnamed, company in order to...
Cider-makers aim to develop sector
Cider producers are diversifying into new categories in a bid to develop new drinking occasions for the drink. Recent innovations include mulled...
'Alcohol worse than ecstasy'
Alcohol and tobacco are more harmful than ecstasy, cannabis and LSD, the Government's chief drug adviser has claimed as he accused ministers of...
Abbot Ale sponsors Friday nights on Dave
Abbot Ale will make a TV appearance from the end of this week as part of a campaign featuring Brian Blessed. Green King's Abbot Ale will sponsor...
Bombshell electric bills strike again
British Gas says it has resolved more disputes over bombshell electricity bills after the Morning Advertiser intervened. Dave Foskett received a...
New beer-flow kit could boost profits
Greene King is rolling out a high-tech beer-flow monitoring system, which it says could increase tenants' profits by "several thousands of pounds a...
Pub closed due to faulty CCTV
A pub closed for three days under police pressure because its CCTV cameras weren't working. At licence condition at the Nag's Head in Station...
Hobgoblin ready for Halloween mischief
Pub visitors could be in for a Halloween surprise this weekend when the Hobgoblin goes on tour. The character, representing Wychwood Brewery...
Pledge to help over rates rises
Licensees facing massive hikes in their business rates are to be helped through the appeals process by trade bodies. The newly-formed Independent...
Pub rateable values rise 23%
The average pub faces a 23% rise in its rateable value from 2010 — although the most they will pay is 11% more than this year's bill. That's according to a survey of almost 3,500 — or 10% of — leased and tenanted pubs in England and Wales.
Heineken to take over Globe
Heineken will takeover the Globe Pub Company in late 2010 - following its £180m acquisition today by a holding company.
What the multiples think
One key relationship in the pub sector is the one between pubcos and their multiple tenants. The PMA Team looks at the results of a Morning...
Loan help for pubs via new scheme
Licensees can access free help to secure bank loans via a new Government-backed scheme. Specialist advisors are now on hand through Business Link,...
Teen passes pub test with flying colours
A career minded teenager is believed to be the youngest person to ever achieve the BIIAB Level 2 Introduction to Licensed Retail Operations (ILRO.)...
BBPA: cut beer tax to save pubs
The Government needs to cut beer tax when VAT returns to its normal level next year or face the prospect of more pubs closing. The Government missed out on £174m worth of revenue from beer duty in first nine months of year.