Freehouse Business Club
The Freehouse Business Club is a community of independently-owned UK pubs. The free-to-join club meets twice a year for day-long seminars that include market insights, innovation and business inspiration from freeholders, as well as fantastic networking. Business club members also receive a monthly e-newsletter that provides news, analysis and exclusive offers. For more information on how you can become part of the Freehouse Business Club and benefit from networking with other UK pub owners, contact us for membership enquiries
"I've come away with a full note pad and more actions than you can shake a stick at"
Tim Foster, Yummy Pub Co.
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Business Boosters: Three ideas for driving food and drink sales at your pub
Pub Chef looks at three ideas for driving food and drink sales at our pub: a chocolate festival, butcher's block, and brunch with afternoon tea.
Publicans urged to gather more trading info to help business rates appeals
Licensees are being warned to be more diligent with the information they gather when taking on a new pub, to help any future business rates appeals.
Adding accommodation to your pub: legal checklist
More and more operators are seeking new income streams. So, if accommodation is going to be the next big thing then what do you need to consider before going ahead?
Top tips on increasing your pub profits with desserts
It can often be the first thing diners drop in hard times, but there are ways to put the last course at the forefront of people’s thinking. Fiona McLelland finds out how to increase profit through desserts
Running a pub festival: Legal responsibilities and pitfalls
Festivals are part and parcel of a British summer nowadays — and running one is a fantastic opportunity to remind people that you are at the heart of your community.
Great British Pub Awards 2012 now open for entries
The Great British Pub Awards 2012 has officially launched today and is now open for entries.
Freehouse profile: The Bell, Alderminster
Emma Holman-West, freeholder at the Bell in Alderminster, near Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, explains how a sharp focus on customers and standards makes a difference at the pub.
Trade day tickets go on sale for the Great British Beer Festival from this week
Licensees can apply for trade day tickets for the Great British Beer Festival from this week.
Admiral unveils first right to buy
Admiral Taverns, the tenanted pub operator, has revealed details of the first agreement it has signed with a tenant that gives them the opportunity to buy the freehold of the pub from three years into a lease.
PubAid calls on licensees to share information on charity work
PubAid is calling on licensees to share information about their charitable fundraising efforts.
UK foodservice industry is returning to growth helped by menu and brand innovation
UK foodservice sales will increase to levels seen in 2008 next year as the market returns to growth, according to consultancy Horizons.
Food sales account for 50% of turnover in 5,000 UK pubs as drink sales continue to decline
Food sales now account for 50% of turnover in an estimated 5,000 pubs in the UK, classifying them more as restaurants than pubs, according to foodservice consultancy Horizons.
Pub prices stabilising, claim pub property valuers
The price of freehold and leasehold pubs have stabilised over the past six months, according to a poll of pub property valuers.
Former Farlane pubs sold at auction
Seven out of eight closed freehold pubs formerly owned by Farlane Property Group, which was placed into administration in 2010, have been sold at auction.
Freehouse Business Club: Three licensees share their big ideas
The Publican’s Morning Advertiser’s latest Freehouse Business Club meeting, held in February 2012, featured insights from three successful freeholders.
Colliers sets up guide to buying a pub
Colliers International has set up a road map to help guide new licensees through the process of buying a pub, after seeing a trend in people using redundancy payouts to enter the trade.
Surveyors launch app for pub valuations
Freehold licensees outside of London can now find out the estimated potential value of their pub through an online tool.
Freeholders urged to hold innovative events
Freehold licensees should take the opportunity to add something different to their events rather than following pub company ideas to increase sales.
PMA's Freehouse Club event line-up
The former editor of the Michelin Great Britain & Ireland Guide is among speakers at the PMA’s next Freehouse Business Club event.
Northumberland’s Feathers Inn is Great British Pub of the Year
The Feathers Inn, in Hedley-on-the-Hill, Northumberland has been named the Great British Pub of the Year 2011.
Why freehouses merit a bigger role in new order
The freehouse is better placed to meet community needs, like when a post office or paper shop is needed, says Tony Jennings.
Freehouses: the land of the free
The already buoyant freetrade sector is predicted to grow over the next few years. Tony Halstead reports. There are approximately 18,000 freehouses in the UK,...
Winning ideas at Freehouse 500
The BII Licensees of the Year 2010 will be sharing the secrets of their success at the Morning Advertiser's next Freehouse 500 event.
Spotlight
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 The Big Interview: Andrew Griffiths MP, chair All-Party Parliamentary Beer GroupThe All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group plays a vital role representing the interests of the pub and brewing... |
 OpinionHere comes the sun... time for a positive outlookForeign Secretary William Hague’s recent message to business to stop complaining about the parlous state of the... |
 Health & safety in pubs: Top TipsAn unclean venue is undoubtedly a turn-off for consumers and operators can no longer conceal below-par conditions... |