Protest group looking to strike deals with owners of empty pubs
Empty-property campaigners are looking to strike deals with pub owners to use their venues as community spaces during periods when they are not trading.
Archives for June 3, 2014
The strength of the drinks industry's alcohol pledge
An odd story appeared in The Guardian over the bank holiday. It's a favourite time for odd stories to appear, of course, what with skeleton journalistic staff scratching around for something to fill.
Statutory code: BBPA chief says Government must ignore free-of-tie campaigners
British Beer & Pub association chief executive Brigid Simmonds has insisted calls for a mandatory free-of-tie option in the statutory code on the tenant/pubco relationship must ‘remain unheeded’.
Palmers Brewery announces winner of its first Master Cellarman of the Year award
A West Dorset couple have proved they know the secret behind a perfect pint by winning Palmers Brewery’s first Master Cellarman of the Year award.
Hawthorn Leisure buys 88 R&L pubs
Hawthorn Leisure, the group set up with the acquisition of 275 pubs from Greene King, has announced the acquisition of 88 tenanted and leased pubs from R&L, the pub portfolio formerly part of property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz’s property empire in a deal...
Statutory code: Breakdown of key proposals
The Government’s proposals for a statutory code governing the pubco/tenant relationship differ in several areas to those set out in a consultation last year.
Tim Martin: Face the brutal facts abouts pubs and tax
To say that the recent 129-page report on the pub industry by Geof Collyer and his colleagues at Deutsche Bank is optimistic is wild understatement. Their exuberant conclusion is that: "...... all of the stocks researched are in better shape than at any...
A fine line between genius and madness
So Tim Martin is unhappy with the level of support he is getting from the leading trade press (the PMA and M&C Report) for the campaign he increasingly personifies to reduce VAT in the hospitality sector.
JD Wetherspoon lands at Heathrow Terminal 2
JD Wetherspoon today opens the doors to its pub at Heathrow’s Terminal 2.