ePub: Technology for 2008
21-Jan-2008
Most pubs in the UK, especially those that are part of large nationwide chains, are fundamentally process-driven. Typically, their weekly routine...
Facelift favours food
17-Jan-2008
WITH DEVELOPING food sales high on the agenda for more pubs than ever, the traditional relationship between pub operators and tenants/lessees is...
Punch announces BRM of the Year
17-Jan-2008
Punch has named Michael Bridger as its Business Relationship Manager (BRM) of the Year. Bridger, who is responsible for pubs across the West...
Marston's ramps up tenant training
10-Jan-2008
Marston's Pub Company (MPC) is ramping up training provision to help tenants and lessees prepare for the expected slowdown in consumer spending this...
Punch to boost partnerships
10-Jan-2008
Punch business relationship managers (BRMs) will hold one-to-one workshops with hosts about running pubs for the first six months of lease...
John McNamara
10-Jan-2008
John McNamara, chief executive, BII Corporate goal for the year? As an organisation, BII's key goal for next year is to stand up for responsible...
Jeremy Blood
10-Jan-2008
Jeremy Blood, Managing director, S&NUK Corporate goal for the year? To introduce more innovative products and approaches that make an impact on...
William Lees-Jones
10-Jan-2008
William Lees-Jones, managing director, JW Lees Corporate goal for the year? To still be here this time next year, believing that JW Lees is a great...
09-Jan-2008
Michael Bridger, who is responsible for pubs in the West Midlands, is named the pubco's best business relationship manager
09-Jan-2008
Punch BRMs will hold one-to-one workshops with hosts for the first six months of lease agreements
09-Jan-2008
Marston's Pub Company is ramping up training provision to help tenants prepare for a tough year
Sell More, Save More is back for more
29-Nov-2007
Publican readers are being urged to step forward for year two of our industry leading 'live' project aimed at boosting the business of pubs across...
Pimm's Winter goes outdoors
16-Nov-2007
Diageo has unveiled a marketing plan for its Pimm's Winter brand in the run-up to Christmas and the new year.The marketing team at Pimm's has been...
THE AGENTS
08-Nov-2007
Stephen Taylor Managing director, Guy Simmonds The job of any professional licensed property agent is to be fully aware of market conditions and to...
Torex revamps management team
02-Nov-2007 By Hamish Champ
Torex, the technology group which provides a range of till and other business solution services to UK pubs, has relaunched itself following its...
Packing A Punch
02-Nov-2007
"The Punch Pub Pack contains everything a new licensee needs to know about running one of our pubs from scratch, from basic stuff through to...
Prudence pays
01-Nov-2007
Paul Davey, managing director of Davey & Co, advises careful business planning in forecasting property values My experience as a business agent...
Safety rules douse wet-T-shirt plans
18-Oct-2007
Health and safety rules mean wet T-shirt nights can only happen if no-one gets wet, a pub boss has warned. Plans for a revival of the wild...
You are not alone!
11-Oct-2007
Veteran business journalist Andrew Sawers explains why the heat is on for people working in businesses of all shapes and sizes, and why it's no good...
Paul Jeffreys, catering development manager at Young's
04-Oct-2007
Top tips for success 1. Plan well in advance. Your menus should already be out - if they aren't, tackle this as soon as possible. 2. Promote your...
Debating hot industry topics at the ALMR's Ops Academy
01-Oct-2007 By Hamish Champ
I was recently asked to co-chair a debate featuring high-flying members of the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers' (ALMR) 'Ops Academy'. The...
Business Opinion
27-Sep-2007 By with Clive Consterdine FBII, director of Nucleus
Reversing the fall in British beer sales I spent half a day last week debating the issue of yields and beer quality with members of the Operations...
Still a good time to sell, licensees told
26-Sep-2007 By James Wilmore
Licensees thinking of selling up have been told that "now is as good a time as any to achieve a competitive price". Graham Allman, managing director...
04-Sep-2007
A senior manager with 20 years' experience in retailing has returned to his first love, the hospitality sector, and joined leading pub company the...
Search for the best of the best
01-Sep-2007
Calling all food professionals - the search is now on for the industry's best food pub managers and catering development professionals. As part of...
Herald departure shocks employees
30-Aug-2007 By The PMA Team
Employees of Herald Inns & Bars were shocked to find out about the departure of their chief executive Kevin Allcock last week after reading about...
24-Aug-2007
Calling all food professionals - the search is now on for the industry's best food pub managers and catering development professionals. As part of...
Adam Hyde celebrates 25 years service
09-Aug-2007 By Hamish Champ
Adam Hyde, finance director at Manchester brewer Hydes, is this week celebrating a quarter of a century working for the company.The only Hydes family...
Michael Stewart leaves Ultimate Leisure
19-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Michael Stewart, Ultimate Leisure's operations manager in charge of the group's four bars in Northern Ireland, is leaving the company tomorrow...
Spirit's filth 'lets down pub world'
19-Jul-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Spirit Group, the managed division of Punch Taverns, has promised that remedial action is already underway to rectify its woeful food-hygiene...
Smoking blog: tales from the city
17-Jul-2007
I keep asking myself the same question. It was a business decision, I keep reminding myself, and then a voice inside my head says "not the best...
Davey & Co merges with Ian Moralee
16-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Property firm Davey & Co has announced that it has merged with North East-based agent Ian Moralee & Co.Davey & Co will add Moralee's...
Newcomers: Banking on it.
06-Jul-2007
We headed to see the business manager of the local high street bank hoping to gain finance for the pub lease. The weather was terrible, we were both...
Centro's £4m Bank of Scotland boost
05-Jul-2007
Centro Pub Company is planning to expand after securing £4m in funding from Bank of Scotland Corporate. The company, which owns and manages bars...
Hertfordshire carvery Heralds new direction
05-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team
Herald Inns & Bars, the nightclub, inns & bars business, opened its first carvery this week
Mercury to help out troubled operators
05-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Mercury Inns, the Tamworth-based pub management group, has launched a new consultancy operation, Mercury Liquid, which it says is designed to help...
Newcomers: a first venture into the pub trade
03-Jul-2007
Madnessnoun - the state of being mad; insanitySo what has possessed us to enter the licensed trade?A couple of years ago one of us (R) left the...
29-Jun-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is to recruit 25 Operations Managers for its tenanted division to create closer relationship with licensees.
Watch those ID dates
21-Jun-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.
Test purchasers are using genuine ID that says they are a couple of months under 18 during the current national sting operation, the MA has learnt....
Careers: Learning on the job
19-Jun-2007
They are the unchampioned, usually unseen workforce that prepares bars for the next session of trading while they are closed. Without them the...
Warning over 'win back' calls
18-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore
Licensees are being urged to be wary of 'win back' calls from British Gas which could leave them tied in to two contracts and facing penalty fees....
Do your homework
07-Jun-2007
Research and careful pre-planning are essential when it comes to buying a pub, says Minesh Patel, a licensed trade property solicitor at Stevensdrake...
Admiral Taverns names new management team
31-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
Admiral Taverns has appointed Lynne D'Arcy and Andy Clifford as joint managing directors with immediate effect.D'Arcy has been with Admiral since...
13 Andrew Knight
31-May-2007
managing director of Spirit, Punch Taverns (40)
Herald to create an estate of 20 pub carveries
31-May-2007
Herald Inns & Bars, the bar business owned by Trevor Hemmings, wants to create an estate of 20 pub carveries. The company will have four sites...
30-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Nightclub & Bars business, Herald Inns opened its first totally smoke-free nightclub in Carlisle on Friday, with excellent results and customer...
29-May-2007 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns is trialing a range of energy saving initiatives at 51 Spirit pubs in a bid to reduce its carbon footprint. The pubco has set aside...
24-May-2007 By Peter Linacre
Challenges faced by area managers in the trade's front line deserve attention, says Peter Linacre Are there any easy jobs in the pub trade these...
My plan for the Ban
24-May-2007
Andy Longman Suburban Style Bar Horsforth Leeds Ownership: Bar operator Suburban Style Bar Company, on a lease from a private landlord. Action taken:...
17-May-2007 By Andrew Pring
It's 10 years since the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) began running its Operations Manager of the Year awards, now one of the key industry standards-raising initiatives.
