Enterprise Inns names new finance chief
11-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ
Incoming Enterprise Inns finance director Neil Smith says he is "thoroughly looking forward to working alongside Ted [Tuppen]" when he starts his new...
George steps down from Enterprise Inns
11-Oct-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
David George, the chief financial officer of Enterprise Inns, the leased and tenanted pub group, is to retire in January after 20 years in his role....
05-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns has been fined £300,000 after a court heard how a Liverpool landlord was killed by a faulty gas fire. Paul Lee, 41, suffered a...
Analyst: Enterprise close to turning a corner?
30-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
A City analyst has claimed that Enterprise Inns is close to turning a corner — and could resume dividend payments in 2011. John Beaumont, leisure...
Enterprise hope to raise further £11.3m at auction
28-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns is hoping to raise around £11.3m by undertaking a sale and leaseback on another 11 pubs at at an Allsops commercial auction on 19...
16-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
Enterprise licensees could save around 25% on their gas bills if they take part in a new 'bulk-buying' scheme, it has been claimed. Enterprise has signed up Contract Natural Gas (CNG) and Flogas UK as preferred suppliers to its pubs.
25-Aug-2010 By John Harrington
A Bristol MP and Campaign for Real Ale branch have pleaded with Enterprise Inns to save a "jewel in the crown" of the local pub scene.
20-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
Award-winning Enterprise licensees Steve Haslam and Jo Drain opened their first freehold pub yesterday. Haslam — who runs three of Enterprise...
18-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
A former Enterprise business development manager (BDM) has left the company to run his own pub company.
09-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Enterprise Inns is to install Games Media digital gaming technology at a further 250 of its tenanted pubs.
20-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns has reported an "improving trend in trading performance" in its third quarter performance.
15-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns boss Ted Tuppen has vowed to remain at the helm of the tenanted pubco to steer it through the choppy waters of recession and reform. In an exclusive interview, he said some positive reforms had come out of BISC.
09-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Multiple operator Great Northern Inns has reopened the Cross Keys pub in Nottingham after buying the freehold from Enterprise Inns. The pub has now...
09-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns raised a further £3.91m at a Cushman and Wakefield auction on Wednesday — its second auction of the week. The freeholds of six...
06-Jul-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Enterprise Inns has sold the freeholds of nine out of ten central London pubs at auction, raising around £12m.
29-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Industry sources have produced a revised value for the deal reported last week involving Realpubs buying three freeholds from Enterprise.
25-Jun-2010 By John Harrington
Enterprise Inns has been fined £15,000 for failing to maintain adequate records of electrical certification at a pub after an injury from an explosion.
24-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Industry sources report that Realpubs has bought three freeholds from Enterprise for an undisclosed price — estimates put the value at up to £10m.
10-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise has accused MP of making "irresponsible and inappropriate comments" in calling for the removal of boss Ted Tuppen.
S&P downgrades Enterprise Inns rate notes
03-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
Standard & Poor's (S&P), the global ratings agency, has downgraded a number of Enterprise Inns' securitisation vehicles. S&P said it was...
28-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Enterprise Inns has launched two websites to recruit newcomers and existing licensees, focusing on incentives, training and cask ale....
27-May-2010 By Tony Halstead
The Morning Advertiser's top 50 most influential people in the pub industry.
24-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Enterprise Inns raised more than £7m from a sale and leaseback auction of six prime London pubs today. The tenanted operator sold the freeholds...
20-May-2010 By The PMA Team
New lease agreements from Enterprise Inns, offering free-of-tie pricing and more flexibility, mean "the market is well ahead of the politicians",...
18-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns directors sold shares worth around £580,000 last week, following a rise in the share price. Shares in the pubco rose by around 30%,...
Enterprise Inns raises £13m in latest sale and leaseback auction
17-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns has raised more than £13m by selling the freeholds of another batch of its London pubs at auction. The pubco plans to lease back the...
'Enterprise shares rise after loan secured'
12-May-2010
Shares in Enterprise Inns rose 14 per cent after the UK's second-biggest pub landlord said it had signed a new £625m borrowing facility and hinted...
11-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns, the leased and tenanted pub operator, has confirmed it has secured a new £625m debt facility from a syndicate of banks.
11-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns is to introduce a new lease from July that offers free-of-tie pricing in return for higher rent and abolishes rent reviews. The new 10 to 20 year lease will see rents rise in line with the Retail Price Index.
11-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns has reported that trading within its 7,100 pub estate "appears to be stabilising". Average net income per pub across the whole...
Enterprise reveals details of new lease agreements
11-May-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubco giant Enterprise Inns has revealed details of new lease agreements which will include free-of-tie options and no rent reviews. The new deals,...
Bank loan deal could herald management change at Enterprise Inns
10-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Simon Townsend, Enterprise Inns' chief operating officer, is being tipped to succeed Ted Tuppen, the pubco's chief executive, within the next 18...
A new chief executive at Enterprise Inns?
10-May-2010 By James Wilmore
Ted Tuppen is poised to announce a £1 billion debt refinancing for Enterprise Inns in a move that could trigger a boardroom succession plan,...
10-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Enterprise Inns is close to agreeing a refinancing deal of its £1bn bank loan, reports the Sunday Times. Shares in the pubco fell by 11% on Friday...
'Enterprise Inns poised to agree new bank loan'
09-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns is close to agreeing a long-awaited refinancing of its £1bn bank loan, staving off fears that shareholders might be asked to make an...
07-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Enterprise licensees are being offered a hat-trick of schemes worth £1m to keep tills ringing in the run-up to the World Cup. The pubco has...
Enterprise Inns hopes to raise £13m in latest sale and leaseback auction
27-Apr-2010 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns hopes to raise nearly £13m in the latest sale and leaseback auction of some of its London pubs, including a former haunt of infamous...
26-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns is hoping to raise around £13m by placing ten London pubs in an Allsops auction on 17 May. This will the largest number of pubs...
15-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Pub entrepreneurs Paul Salisbury and Paul Hales have bought the freeholds of two pubs they lease from Enterprise Inns. Their company, Lovely Pubs,...
'Enterprise Inns says fewer pub tenants are struggling'
01-Apr-2010 By James Wilmore
Pub owner Enterprise Inns said the cost of bailing out struggling tenants has fallen in the last two months as the company sells off its...
Enterprise Inns making 'excellent progress' in selling off pubs
31-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
In a pre-close statement which was described by one City analyst as "extremely vague", Enterprise Inns said it was making "excellent progress" in...
31-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns has hit out at the level of cash offered to help the trade by the pubs minister John Healey. Healey announced that £4.3m would be...
Enterprise Inns raises £5.5m in sale and leaseback auction
24-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns has sold four of the eight pubs in a sale and leaseback auction hosted today by Allsop, grossing £5.5m. However three of the pubs...
24-Mar-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Enterprise Inns raised just over £8.5m from the sale of six prime London sites, following an Allsops Commercial sale in London. Four pubs sold in...
16-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns hopes to raise £1.175m by auctioning off 11 freehold pubs with vacant possession in the North East.
Enterprise Inns grosses £8.4m in sale and leaseback auction
11-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns has raised £8.39m in the latest sale and leaseback auction of a number of its pubs. It had put eight London pubs up for grabs in the...
11-Mar-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Enterprise Inns sold the freeholds of five out of eight London pubs included in a Cushman & Wakefield auction yesterday, raising around £8.12m....
Diageo GB and Coca-Cola Enterprises launch joint campaign
09-Mar-2010
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) and Diageo GB have unveiled a joint initiative aimed at helping licensees grow sales of spirits with mixers. Under the...
05-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns has slammed the "sinister" activities of the GMB union in a letter to the Business Skills and Innovation Committee.
Enterprise asked MPs to warn licensees about GMB
05-Mar-2010 By James Wilmore
Enterprise Inns asked MPs investigating the industry to warn licensees about the "risk" of taking advice from trade union the GMB. In supplementary...
