Property round-up
Inn Collection Group adds 13th site, Punch buys seven pub package
Punch, Daniel Thwaites and The Inn Collection Group have all made recent additions to their pub portfolios.
Archives for January 23, 2020
Licensee billed £18,000 for illegally screening Sky Sports
A licensee has been found guilty of illegally screening Sky Sports to customers with the intent of dodging the applicable costs.
Regional report
Why owning a pub in Brighton rocks
Brighton and Hove has been known as a diverse and fun seaside city for many years and it also boasts a young population that supports a varied licensed trade
What food do pub-goers want to see on menus in 2020?
Now the mince pies and pigs in blankets have been put to bed for another year, operators are drawing their eyes to new menus to uphold a brand-new batch of customer dietary trends.
My Pub: the Unruly Pig, Bromeswell, Suffolk
Former lawyer Brendan Padfield embraced a radical change in career and opened the Unruly Pig only to suffer a devastating fire weeks after opening. However, the Unruly Pig was able to get back on its trotters and has since gone on to win a multitude of...
Punch acquires 7 pubs from Heartstone Inns
National pubco Punch Pubs & Co has completed the acquisition of seven pubs from south-west-based Heartstone Inns this week for an undisclosed sum.
Pub’s extra ‘late-night pricing’ is ‘sheer profiteering’
A customer and his friends have vowed not to return to a pub after being charged an extra fee for ‘late-night pricing’ when ordering a round at 10pm.
Five Points doubles cask sales
London brewer The Five Points Brewing Company has reported a year of growth in 2019, more than doubling its cask beer sales.