Trade charity assesses tough times
We are sat in a room in the impressive surroundings of the Licensed Victuallers School. Among the pupils at the fee-paying Ascot independent, owned...
Archives for March 24, 2010
Enterprise Inns raises £5.5m in sale and leaseback auction
Enterprise Inns has sold four of the eight pubs in a sale and leaseback auction hosted today by Allsop, grossing £5.5m. However three of the pubs...
Cider prices could rise 10p a pint
Cider could increase by 10p a pint, following the Chancellor's decision to hike duty by 13% from Sunday. Alastair Darling unveiled plans to iron out...
Budget: Darling hikes cider duty by 10 per cent
Cider duty will rise by 10 per cent above inflation on midnight on Sunday to address a "long-standing anomaly", Chancellor Alistair Darling announced...
Beer duty up 5%, cider up 13%
Beer duty will increase by a further 5% — adding 8p a pint at the pumps — as the Chancellor delivered yet another dagger to the heart of the pub trade.
Guinness trials new Black Lager
Guinness is trialling a new Black Lager in Northern Ireland. The lager, which is being tested in the on and off-trade, is cold filtered and uses...
Price of a pint could rise 20p, says CAMRA
CAMRA has warned that the price of a pint could rise by 20p after today's Budget and close "many more valued community pubs". The consumer group...
M&B to 'rapidly reshape' to food-led
Mitchells & Butlers is to "rapidly reshape" into a food-led business and plans a withdrawal from the more price sensitive drinks-led business....
Enterprise sells six London pubs
Enterprise Inns raised just over £8.5m from the sale of six prime London sites, following an Allsops Commercial sale in London. Four pubs sold in...
Mitchells & Butlers to exit wet-led pubs
It could be open season on many of Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) wet-led pub businesses after the managed operator announced plans to focus its...
Waverley TBS drops a 'minority' of customers
Drinks wholesaler WaverleyTBS has informed a "minority" of its customers that it will no longer be able to supply them from 16 April. Waverley has...
Mitchells & Butlers to sell up to 300 pubs
Mitchells & Butlers is likely to sell between 10 and 15% of its estate — 200 to 300 wet-led pubs — to fund investment in growing key food-led brands.
BII unveils Licensee of the Year shortlist
The BII has announced the semi-finalists in its Licensee of the Year competition — six finalists will now be selected.
Duty escalator is extended until 2015
The government has extended its controversial alcohol duty escalator until 2015, it has emerged in today's Budget. Chancellor Alistair Darling...
Budget: all the reaction
Trade leaders and bodies give all their reaction to the news that beer duty will increase 5% and cider 13% from Sunday.
Louise Redknapp to help launch Eve in pubs
Louise Redknapp is to be the face of Carlsberg's female friendly offer, Eve, as it is rolled out across the UK following a successful trial in Manchester.
Punch Taverns on track to sell off 1,800 pubs
Punch Taverns said it is on track to sell around 1,800 non-core pubs as part of a disposal programme designed to slim down its leased operation from...