Pub benchmarking survey open to all
A benchmarking survey of pub operating costs — designed to help in rent calculations — has been opened up to the whole trade for the first time....
Archives for November 17, 2009
Breakfast sales soar at Town & City pubs
Breakfast sales at Town & City pubs have increased 479% since the company emerged from the pre-pack administration of Laurel Pub Company in early...
Olmeca Tequila to launch in UK
Olmeca Tequila is to launch its new premium 100% blue agave tequila Olmeca Altos into the UK. The drink, which is a combination between Mexican...
Enterprise reports sharp drop in profits
Enterprise Inns has reported a £55m drop in full-year pre-tax profits to £208m for the year to 30 September. Profit after exceptional items was £11m compared to £209m in 2008.
Punch Taverns boss sees total pay slide 55 per cent in 2009
Punch Taverns boss Giles Thorley took a near-55 per cent cut in his total pay last year, according to the pubco's annual report. But his pension pot...
MPs' concerns about pubcos growing, claims GMB
Concern about the way the pubcos operate is growing among politicians, according to a GMB official. Kathleen Walker Shaw, GMB's European officer,...
Enterprise Inns confirms 20 per cent profit slide
In line with City forecasts, Enterprise Inns has reported pre-tax profits of £208m for the year ending September 30, 2009, down nearly 21 per cent,...
Peach opens first city centre pub
Peach has unveiled the latest addition to its pub estate, an £800,000 investment in a new build site the Almanack in Leicester city centre.
Enterprise: free-of-tie options for all
Enterprise is to offer all its licensees the chance to go free-of-tie on wine, spirits, minerals and AWP machines next year. The move follows the...
Tavistock to run Alexandra pub as managed house
North East operator Tavistock Leisure will now run the Alexandra in Grangetown, Sunderland as a managed house. Tavistock acquired the Alexandra for...
TV licensee calls for more pub rate relief
A licensee who has helped five communities save their locals in a TV show has called for more rate relief for struggling pubs — particularly the...
Admiral Taverns in debt-for-equity swap
Admiral Taverns has undergone a debt for equity swap which sees Lloyds Banking Group, the pubco's lender, now owning a significant stake in the...
Tuppen: we've seen off some pirates
Enterprise Inns is to wind down its Temporary Management Agreement estate in the next 18 months.
Mish Mash for Malibu
Pernod Ricard UK has launching a new, UK-specific campaign for Malibu — the experiential Malibu Mish Mash.
Admiral Taverns Landesberg and Rosenberg families step down as Lloyds Bank takes equity stake
Founders of Admiral Taverns the Landesberg and Rosenberg families have stepped down after Lloyds Banking Group wrote off £600m debt in return for equity in the 2100 site pub company.
Tattershall rewards top pub managers
Sandy Castle of the Fatling & Firkin in Hornchurch has been crowned Tattershall Castle Group pub manager of the year. Castle was praised for...