Punch steps away from the cake
Licensees can be put off by the way pubcos grab their profits through rent. Punch has a new plan to retain good operators, says The PMA Team.
Archives for April 21, 2010
Punch Taverns: profits down 18%
Profit at tenanted and managed pub operator Punch Taverns dropped 18% for the 28 weeks to 6 March on last year as it warned conditions remained...
City Diary — 22 April
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
Punch Taverns to trial new lease deals
Punch Taverns is to trial a series of new lease agreements later this year which it hopes will persuade more entrepreneurially-minded people to run...
Glidden Trade Paint and a Pint Competition (terms and conditions)
Glidden Trade Paint and a Pint Competition — terms and conditions: 1. This competition (the "Competition") will run from 29th April 2010 to 31st...
Punch to trial free-of-tie prices
Punch Taverns is to trial new leases in September that offer licensees free-of-tie prices and a free-of-tie option on cask ale produced by smaller...
Martin: the billion-pound bar man
The PMA Team takes a looks at JD Wetherspoon's past and future as founder Tim Martin starts to ramp up openings again. As milestones go, it's...
Top Tory meets pub licensees
Top Tory Chris Grayling was grilled on his party's policies towards pubs at a mass meeting attended by 37 licensees at a mid-Wales pub yesterday....
Guidance on pub ID seizures
Essex police have issued guidance for pubs on seizing ID that's used fraudulently to try to buy alcohol underage. It comes amid growing confusion...
Tchenguiz: bank owes me £650m
The full extent of pub entrepreneur Robert Tchenguiz's relationship with Kaupthing, the collapsed Icelandic bank, have come to light following a...
Video: UKIP policy on pubs
Controversial UKIP spokesman Nigel Farage tells MATV about his party's plan to help pubs prosper.
UKIP and the politics of pubs
John Harrington joins Nigel Farage, the outspoken and controversial spokesman for the UK Independence Party, on the campaign trail.
Licensee support hits profits, says Punch
Punch Taverns said today that its short term profitability had been hit in part by its decision to increase financial support for its licensees and...
'UK is the binge-drink capital of Europe: Statistic shows the failure of 24-hour opening'
British revellers drink more alcohol than anyone else in Europe, a survey reveals. The disturbing findings expose the massive failure of the...
Robert Sayles: Everards - A pubco with a difference?
Nothing it seems, stirs the emotions or provokes quite the same level of hostility that this seemingly innocuous little word does; reactions such as...
The Publican Awards 2010: Winners revealed
Star performers in the pub industry have been rewarded for their efforts at the Publican Awards. The nation's top licensees, pubs and companies...
Punch managed set to roll-out new concepts
Punch has claimed that by the end of this year 220 pubs will have been "fixed" by conversion to new concepts or investment.