The Inspiration for Pub Success Since 1794
Unless I missed something the three alcohol licence applications refused by Edinburgh Licensing Board at the end of last month are the first examples of a local authority invoking Scotland’s fifth licensing objective – the obligation on licence holders...
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) and NVM Private Equity have announced they plan to invest £10m into Wear Inns, the north-east England-based pub operator, to further aid its growth strategy.
Pub property agents agree with new research showing that lease lengths have decreased, with fewer people wanting to take on 20 to 30-year leases.
A council somewhat prematurely published its consultation document on its proposal to introduce a late-night levy. The consultation document has since been withdrawn, but is it the shape of things to come?
I’m a big fan of QR Codes. You know, those strange little squares that you see on advertising hoards, websites, branded merchandising and so on?
Trade bodies have given the thumbs up to the ‘breathing space’ afforded to the industry in the content of the Queen’s speech which — for the first time in 10 years — did not contain pub-specific legislative proposals.
Enterprise Inns has reported a 5% rise in pre-tax profit to £64m in the six months to 31 March on the back of a rise in like-for-like net income in its substantive estate, as it reveals that it has begun talks on refinancing.
It almost reads like a chapter from John le Carré’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. But the fact of the matter is that in the corridors of power in the Czech parliament and behind the lagering tanks in the Budweiser Budvar brewery the subterfuge and...