Executive Giles Thorley

Thorley to leave Punch on 3 September

26-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team

Punch Taverns chief executive Giles Thorley will leave the business a week tomorrow — Friday 3 September. His replacement, Ian Dyson, starts on Monday 6 September.

Giles Thorley quits Punch Taverns

30-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney

Punch Taverns chief executive Giles Thorley has announced his resignation from Punch Taverns. Punch said it is "well advanced" with the process of...

Thorley likely to stay until summer

30-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team

Punch chief executive Giles Thorley has indicated that he is likely to remain in post until early summer to ensure a smooth hand-over to his...

Punch: we want to be most trusted pubco in UK

14-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney

Punch Taverns has set itself the goal of becoming the "most trusted and best value" pubco in the UK. The pubco said that it had continued to evolve...

Let's hope it's not just rhetoric

19-Jun-2009 By Andrew Pring

The promise of change makes it an exciting time and, if the pubcos are genuine in their desire to evolve, the future will be fairer for licensees, says Andrew Pring.

'Girls now as bad as boys for underage drinking'

16-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Eleven- to 15-year-olds in London drink an equivalent of 180,000 bottles of lager a week, a survey reports today. The study, carried out for the...

Punch tells MPs beer tie probe would be a "waste of time and resources

04-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore

Punch Taverns chief executive Giles Thorley has written to MPs arguing an investigation into beer tie would be "a waste of time and resources". In an...

Punch Taverns: trading has stabilised

29-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team

Punch Taverns has reported that trading has stabilised in its leased and managed divisions. The company has also repaid, in the first 35 weeks of its...

City Diary — 22 January

22-Jan-2009 By The PMA Team

All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.

Enterprise rounds on tie-breakers

09-Dec-2008 By John Harrington

Enterprise Inns chiefs mounted a strong attack on tenants buying outside the tie when they gave evidence to MPs in the pubco inquiry. They accused...

'Punch tenants earn 70% above average wage'

04-Nov-2008 By Ewan Turney

Punch tenants earn around 70% more than the average full-time adult worker, according to chief executive Giles Thorley — Punch's earnings per leased pub are up 4% to £64,000 on last year.

Punch begins work on new HQ

09-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney

Britain's biggest pubco Punch Taverns has begun work on its new eco-friendly HQ in Burton-on-Trent. Chief Executive Giles Thorley dug the first...

Punch Taverns' shares bounce back on debt reassurances

25-Jun-2008 By Hamish Champ

Punch Taverns' shares bounced by more than four per cent this morning after yesterday's reassurances that its debt position was secure.The group's...

Survival of the leanest

01-May-2008

Words of encouragement about the resilience of the pub from Punch chief executive Giles Thorley. He was overseeing 800 or so piecemeal disposals...

M&B now a takeover target, says City

29-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ

Shares in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) rose five per cent today despite the group revealing more than a quarter of a billion pounds-worth of...

Pub customers "responding positively" to smoking ban, says Punch boss

08-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ

Punch Taverns' chief executive Giles Thorley said the UK-wide smoking ban had improved the environment of his group's pubs and customers were...

Giles Thorley backs calls to reduce drinking age

20-Sep-2007 By Hamish Champ

Punch Taverns chief executive Giles Thorley has added his weight to calls for the drinking age in the UK to be lowered to 16.The boss of the biggest...

Punch defends 'fat cat' chief

30-Aug-2007

Punch Taverns has defended its chief executive Giles Thorley, disputing claims he earns 1,147 times the average salary of his employees. A report in...

Punch Taverns issues smoke ban ultimatum

01-May-2007 By Hamish Champ

Punch Taverns retailers in England who do not prepare for the smoking ban and then see trade suffer after July 1 will find little sympathy from the...

Punch Taverns has "no plans to buy brewer

01-May-2007 By Hamish Champ

Despite speculation to the contrary, Punch Taverns has no plans to buy a brewery, chief executive Giles Thorley told thepublican.com today.The market...

Punch hosts' yearly earnings reach £35k

17-Nov-2006 By The PMA Team

Punch Taverns has produced its first ever official figure for tenants' and lessees' earnings in the estate - £35,000 including the annual live-in...

City Comment: Hamish Champ

04-Sep-2006 By Hamish Champ

It's that time of the year again. What time is that then? As in, the summer's pretty much over and we can all start thinking about settling down...

Thorley nets £10m share-option benefit

17-Feb-2005

Punch chief executive Giles Thorley netted £10m on Tuesday after exercising share options in the company. Thorley, right, who will face a tax bill...