06-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
A leading City analyst has claimed that Punch Taverns' best option now is to allow the two securitisations — A and B — that cover 5,325 of its...
06-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Several private equity groups are said to be plotting bids for Punch Taverns, according to reports. The Daily Mail reports that CVC, which was...
'Private equity group plotting bid for Punch Taverns'
05-Dec-2010
Private equity group CVC is thought to be plotting an audacious bid for Punch Taverns, whose leased and managed pub estates have combined debts of...
Enterprise 'content' over beer flow monitoring
03-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns has refused to respond to six key questions over the use of Brulines in its estate posed by anti-beer tie group Fair Pint. Fair Pint...
25-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Contrasting results at Enterprise Inns and Punch Taverns highlight the pubcos' differing challenges, says The PMA Team.
16-Nov-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Phil Dutton, the finance director of Punch Taverns, the leased and tenanted pub operator, is to leave the company. No reason was given for his...
Pubcos likely to face MPs over reforms
12-Oct-2010 By James Wilmore
Enterprise Inns and Punch Taverns are likely to be called to face MPs early next year to talk about the reforms they have made to their businesses,...
08-Oct-2010 By Robyn Black
Punch Taverns has confirmed plans to extend its Investing For Growth scheme into next year, earmarking a further £15m to help another 350 pubs.
04-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney
Titanic has claimed a computer error rather than pressure from Punch to enforce the tie led to it failing to supply an off-site beer festival.
Property deals and hindsight
04-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ
2005 and 2006 were heady years for pub deals. A number of companies - Punch Taverns, Enterprise Inns, Greene King, to name three - were going through...
Punch Taverns rolls out new lease agreements
17-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns is to roll out new lease agreements next week which it claims will "demystify" the way its beer prices and rents are linked. The new...
27-Aug-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Young's, the brewer and pub operator, has bought a £2m London managed pub from Punch Taverns. The group, led by Stephen Goodyear, has acquired the...
10-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has revealed the dates and venues for its annual roadshow event for 6,000-plus licensees. Trade consultant Phil Dixon will be hosting...
09-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Punch Taverns has launched an investigation after two children lost part of their fingers in one of its Staffordshire pub's doors. Last week...
27-Jul-2010 By John Harrington
Punch Taverns' code of practice with tenants has been formally accredited for clarity under the BIIBAS scheme.
26-Jul-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Glenview Capital, the US-based hedge fund, is rebuilding its interest in Punch Taverns, raising its stake in the pub group twice in a week. The...
Punch Taverns to roll out new letting initiative
26-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns has announced it has radically altered the way it lets a pub that has been returned to it by a licensee who can no longer run the...
Mark Daniels: Exterior Decoration By Punch Taverns
09-Jul-2010
With only two weeks to go now until my charity bike ride, which conveniently coincides with the end of Proud of Pubs week, I'm spending quite a bit...
RICS code delayed for months
08-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' (RICS) code of practice on pub rents is unlikely to be properly assessed by MPs before September,...
Punch Taverns shares rise after "encouraging" trading update
06-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Punch Taverns rose more than five per cent this morning after the UK's largest pubco said it was on track to hit its annual trading...
Nine out of 10 pubco codes ready for deadline
23-Jun-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Major pub companies should all have their codes of practices accredited by the end of the month, according to the BII. The government set the...
17-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Marston's is introducing a free-of-tie option from the start of next month. The company already has an agreement, Advance, that offers pricing...
03-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns will be more than halfway through its plan to invest £20m on 450 leased sites by the start of the World Cup next week. The company,...
What's in a word?
01-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
Last week I emailed Roger Whiteside to ask him what Punch Taverns, whose tenanted and leased pub operation he runs, means when it uses the word...
Punch Taverns clarifies its use of the word 'partnership'
25-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Roger Whiteside, managing director of Punch Taverns' leased and tenanted pub operation, has clarified what the pubco means when it refers to a...
Punch Taverns looking for at least £36m in latest pub sell-off
05-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns hopes to raise at least £36m by selling more than 30 of its managed pubs in England and Scotland. The pubco has appointed property...
04-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Contracts with Mitchells & Butlers, Punch Taverns and Adnams have helped boost trade to record levels at Purity Brewing Co. Warwickshire-based...
04-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Punch Taverns hopes to raise in excess of £36m from the sale of a 36-strong package of its managed pubs. The pubs, part of Punch Pub Company, the...
Thorley's departure the 'elephant in the room' at Punch's City meeting
23-Apr-2010 By Hamish Champ
Giles Thorley's imminent departure from Punch Taverns was the "elephant in the room" at the group's results presentation to analysts earlier this...
23-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
A City analyst, who has been bearish on the prospects for quoted tenanted operators, has re-iterated a cautious view on Punch Taverns after...
22-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney
Profit at tenanted and managed pub operator Punch Taverns dropped 18% for the 28 weeks to 6 March on last year as it warned conditions remained...
19-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has insisted that the administration of pub management company Publicana does not present major difficulties.
'Mitchells & Butlers rebuffs offers for chains of pubs'
13-Apr-2010
Mitchells & Butlers has turned down several early approaches from private-equity firms for its All Bar One and Browns chains. One insider said if...
Punch Taverns on track to sell off 1,800 pubs
24-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns said it is on track to sell around 1,800 non-core pubs as part of a disposal programme designed to slim down its leased operation from...
Punch barrelage case settled out of court
23-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A court case centring on claims that Punch Taverns provided false barrelage information to incoming licensees has been settled out of court with the...
16-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Punch Taverns has been earmarked as "one to watch" by the Sunday Times' Best 100 Companies to Work For survey. Punch was just 20 points short of...
08-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns has launched a new recruitment scheme, where graduates and entrepreneurs can now take on a pub for as little as £5,000. Under the...
08-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
A bid by Punch Taverns to convert a community pub into 13 houses has been halted following a BBC investigation. Planning for demolition and building...
Punch tenants face 1% beer price rise
03-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubco giant Punch Taverns has announced it will be increasing the majority of its beer prices for its licensees by one per cent. This move follows...
19-Feb-2010 By Mark Stretton & The PMA Team
Speculation is rife that Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns will be major victims of the pre-pack adminstration planned by London Town.
Debt reduction good/debt reduction bad
15-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P's) rather rained on Punch Taverns' parade last week when it revealed it was putting some of the...
03-Feb-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Shares in UK pub companies are back on the agenda of institutional investors, according to analysts at Merrill Lynch. Following an investor...
01-Feb-2010 By Punch Partnerships
Punch Taverns is to re-survey MA200 members at first seminar of 2010 on Wednesday 14 April after a survey of members last year produced a number of...
29-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
Punch licensee wins insurance for a year
12-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Tora Kaines, licensee of the Bear in Brighton, has won a year's worth of free business insurance from Punch Taverns worth over £2,000. The...
Cash back incentive scheme for Punch licensees
07-Jan-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Punch Taverns pubs have been given the chance to earn cash back from the company if they exceed sales targets during the winter. The pubco giant has...
Hamish Champ: Chew on Champ's Christmas Challenge!
21-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
In case you'd not noticed it's nearly Christmas - ho ho bloody ho - and in an effort to get into the festive spirit I thought I'd go with my own take...
Punch shares dip as trading "disappoints" the City
16-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Punch Taverns dipped nearly three per cent this morning as City analysts took a dim view of the group's trading - and perhaps even survival...
BDM of the year: Making it his business
26-Nov-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
While much of the talk following the Business and Enterprise Committee (BEC) report into pub companies has focused on the beer tie, other areas of...
19-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Punch and Enterprise have abandoned the estimation of tenants' average annual incomes — but the expected profit figure is much more helpful, says The PMA Team.