Principle Leisure buys Sunderland site
22-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
North-east multiple Principle Leisure, which runs ten pubs and restaurants, has bought Aspire in Sunderland's Low Row for an undisclosed amount....
Grooming your business for sale
22-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
There's no doubt that good pub industry operators who make a decent fist of things enjoy what they do. After all, what's not to like? Building up a...
IPC: People in denial about pubco problems need to 'get real'
22-Jan-2010 By James Wilmore
The new chairman of licensee lobby group the Independent Pub Confederation (IPC) says people who deny there is a problem with the pubcos need to "get...
Mulholland: BBPA code does not go far enough
22-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Save the Pub Group chairman Greg Mulholland MP has hit out at the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) for failing to "readdress the balance"...
Top cask pub rewarded with own brew
22-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
An Oxford pub will have a beer brewed in its honour after being picked as a top real ale favourite by Greene King. The Fishes, in North Hinksey,...
Maclay Inns set to raise funds for expansion
22-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Maclay Inns, the Scottish-based pub and restaurant group, is hoping to raise new funds to expand the business in 2010. Steve Mallon, Maclay's...
'Drink-drive arrests down 16.5% in December'
22-Jan-2010 By James Wilmore
The number of drivers arrested after testing positive for alcohol in England and Wales in December fell by 16.5% on the previous year, police have...
S&N unveils BDM 'Academy'
22-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company has unveiled details of a programme designed to raise the standards business development managers (BDMs) after a...
Pubs reminded of free PRS dispute system
22-Jan-2010 By James Wilmore
Licensees who feel they have been unfairly treated by music fee collection firm the Performing Rights Society (PRS) are being reminded they can...
22-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Scottish pub and restaurant operator Maclay Inns plans to open five new venues in 2010 after reporting strong sales over the Christmas period....
22-Jan-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Brunning & Price, the gastropub operator owned by the Restaurant Group, has bought a freehold pub as it gears up to open four new pubs a year....
22-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Young's has opened its £200,000 "centre of excellence" training centre for pub staff and licensees. The Young's Food Development and Learning...
22-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Licences of 54 venues were suspended for up to 48 hours over a 12 month period for persistently selling alcohol to children. A further 12 had their...
21-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
According to a trial carried out by Marstons Pub Company, gaming machine income is 10% higher at pubs where units are managed by the pubco. The result is now being used to justify the existence of the AWP tie.
21-Jan-2010 By Gemma McKenna
A crackdown on the selling of pubs without energy performance certificates (EPCs) is expected, following a European directive.
21-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Enterprise Inns has reshuffled its executive team following news that Colin Pedrick, MD of operations for the eastern division, is leaving the pubco.
21-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
If you think the trade's failed to get its act together to present a unified front, take a look along the corridors of Westminster, says John Harrington.
Pete Robinson: Mandatory madness
21-Jan-2010
Consultation, in Nu-Labour parlance, means "we'll pretend to listen to you then we'll do whatever the hell we want". If you're lucky you may even get...
Mark Daniels: Water water everywhere...
21-Jan-2010
The Government's new Mandatory Code appears to have got Publicans in to a bit of a lather and the histrionics have reached new levels not even seen...
Social networking: Free for all
21-Jan-2010
With few major towns and plenty of countryside you could be forgiven for thinking there's not much but fields, farms and cream teas beyond the...
M&B boss 'baffled' by shareholder action
21-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Adam Fowle, Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) chief executive, told City analysts today he no idea concerning the tactics and aims of rebel...
'Coroner criticises supermarket cheap alcohol after fatal '£10' binge'
21-Jan-2010
The Greater Norfolk coroner has condemned supermarkets pricing at the inquest into the death of Roger Prosser, 64, who was found to have a...
Trade group calls for "level playing field" in Scotland
21-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A trade group in Scotland has called for a "level playing field" between pubs and supermarkets when it comes to regulating drinks promotions. The...
Enterprise Inns: many licensees see "welcome uplift
21-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Enterprise Inns rose 11 per cent this morning after the pubco reported what it described as "generally good Christmas trading" which...
New energy rules should help trade
21-Jan-2010
New rules that should stop energy suppliers rolling over small business customers' contracts without them realising have been welcomed by the trade....
Industry defends alcohol adverts against "slurs and innuendos
21-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Accusations that alcohol advertisers are "pushing the boundaries" by appealing to youngsters have been strongly denied by the industry. The Portman...
New pubco code promises "transparency
21-Jan-2010 By James Wilmore
Current and would-be licensees are being promised more "transparency" from pubcos, after an agreement on industry best practice was reached. The...
21-Jan-2010 By Sonya Hook
Carlsberg has revealed its strategy to help get British consumers back to the pub via this year's World Cup. The brewer, which is the official beer...
21-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
New pubco codes of practice will be legally binding and can be used as evidence in any court proceedings, says the BBPA.
21-Jan-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Urban & Country Leisure, the managed multiple operator headed up by Ross Sanders, has taken on a new site, bringing its estate to 14 pubs. The...
21-Jan-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers, the pub and restaurant operator, has this morning unveiled plans to double six key brands within its business. In a...
21-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
A Scottish trade group has called for a "level playing field" on drinks promotions between pubs and shops as the Scottish Parliament plans further...
21-Jan-2010 By Tamara Sender, M&C Report
Enterprise Inns has reported a 4% decline in average net income per pub for the 16 weeks to 16 January 2010, compared with an 8% fall the previous...
21-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
The Portman Group has slated the "slurs and innuendos" of a new academic study that suggests alcohol isn't being marketed responsibly. A report in...
20-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
Marston's Pub Company (MPC) has launched a DVD welcome pack for potential new tenants.
20-Jan-2010 By Peter Linacre
Peter Linacre asks why the wholesale price of beer in the UK doesn't decrease as the demand for beer declines.
Julian Grocock: MPs need to recognise the importance of beer and pubs
20-Jan-2010
In my time I've been a bitter-supping student, a real ale fundamentalist, a barman, a bar manager, a pub landlord, a pub company director, a...
BII boss looks forward after "challenging" first year
20-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Considering the year the industry has just endured, you couldn't blame Neil Robertson if he admitted to regretting taking on the role of BII chief...
CAMRA's beer tie appeal hearing delayed
20-Jan-2010 By James Wilmore
A hearing to discuss CAMRA's appeal against the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT's) beer tie ruling has been postponed until next month. Lawyers from...
Piedmont agrees to compromise with M&B - up to a point
20-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Piedmont Inc., the investment vehicle in dispute with Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), said today it is not seeking to control the managed pub...
Flood victims get boost from CAMRA
20-Jan-2010
CAMRA will be holding a charity auction this Friday at the National Winter Ales Festival, Manchester, to raise money for the victims of the Cumbria...
Government U-turn over licensing of pub pianos
20-Jan-2010 By James Wilmore
Licensees will be allowed to let customers play a musical instrument to "entertain themselves" without the risk of prosecution, after a government...
Vodka given protected status in High Court
20-Jan-2010
Vodka has joined the ranks of champagne, whisky and sherry as a name protected by the courts. Diageo, the multinational drinks company whose products...
BII begins hunt for Licensee of the Year
20-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The BII has started the nationwide search for the 2010 BII Licensee of the Year. Judges are looking for individuals or partnerships who make the...
Licensee swaps pub for pulpit
20-Jan-2010
A licensee is set to be let loose on a different crowd of punters when he takes part in a job swap with the local vicar. Lee Bartlett, licensee at...
BII bids to win over health lobby 'evangelists'
20-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Trade group the BII has pledged to work more closely with the health lobby in a bid to change the nature of the debate around alcohol. In an...
JD Wetherspoon rules out rights issue
20-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
JD Wetherspoon boss John Hutson has scotched speculation in the City that the managed pub group might launch a rights issue in the near future to...
20-Jan-2010 By John Harrington
The Government's regulations watchdog has called for a revisiting of existing partnership schemes to curb alcohol-related problems. The Local Better...
19-Jan-2010 By Jo Bruce
Ideas for boosting food sales at your pub including a discounted wine offer and a giant fish and chips competition.
19-Jan-2010 By Peter Coulson
It must be the season. No less than three consultations were published by (DCMS) last month, just before our winter break.
