Property law

Calls for business rates reform heighten amid corruption denials

09-Oct-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Allegations that there was bias towards pub companies and their representatives in deciding the business rates system have been denied as a new report pushes for urgent reform.

Property round-up: Robinsons grows estate to 260 pubs

09-Oct-2019 By Stuart Stone

Stockport-based brewer and pub operator Robinsons has grown its pub estate to 260 sites, while Punch, St Austell and Shepherd Neame added new venues to their portfolios.

Property round-up: reality TV hot spot to relaunch plus new sites for experiential leisure concepts

01-Oct-2019 By Stuart Stone

Made famous by The Only Way is Essex, the new-look Sugar Hut night club in Brentwood, Essex, is to reopen under new management while Flight Club, Ballie Ballerson and Junkyard Golf Club outlined expansion plans.

Regional Report

Why own a pub in York?

26-Sep-2019 By Michelle Perrett

York has gone through many changes since the Romans are believed to have founded the city – and statistics show licensed premises numbers have risen during the past 10 years.

Historic pub closing to make way for flats

25-Sep-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

A Brighton pub is set to close its doors this week (26 September) and flats will be built on the upper floors of the building, its owner Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has confirmed.

Property round-up: Oakman Inns’ tribute to Peter Pan author and pubcos spend close to £1m

24-Sep-2019 By Stuart Stone

Star Pubs & Bars, Arc Inspirations and Hawthorn Leisure revealed further details on projects totalling almost £1m while Oakman Inns unveiled a literary tribute.

Regional report

What makes Cambridgeshire a good place to own a pub?

23-Sep-2019 By Michelle Perrett

There is a plethora of on-trade businesses in Cambridgeshire but it’s the corporate operators that are the big hitters

Spotlight

How to future-proof the high street pub?

19-Sep-2019 By Stuart Stone

With a swathe of new data revealing the extent to which our town centres are changing, we ask in what way, shape or form can the high street pub survive?

Property round-up: Piers Morgan’s former pub sold, Fuller’s invests £2m

18-Sep-2019 By Stuart Stone

The latest news on more than £3m worth of pubco investment, St Austell and Thornbridge eye new venues, and Piers Morgan’s Hansom Cab finds a new owner.

10 tips to securing a new pub or bar lease

17-Sep-2019 By John Deane

It’s a fact. The majority of pub and bar operators are spending more than they can afford on rent and rates, says John Deane a partner at Gannons Solicitors.

‘Culturally distinct’ Victorian pubs endangered

16-Sep-2019 By Emily Hawkins

A derelict south London pub has been included on a list of endangered Victorian buildings as heritage campaigners say sites from this period are under threat.

Pub design ideas: 'making people love the spaces they’re in'

11-Sep-2019 By Emma Eversham

Increasingly, style-savvy customers have high expectations of a venue’s décor so how can pubs create a look that denotes luxury without detracting from the core aims of providing a welcoming space and withstanding wear and tear?

Property round-up: close to £1m invested by Star, Ei and Admiral

11-Sep-2019 By Stuart Stone

Ei Group, Star Pubs & Bars and Admiral Taverns have poured six-figure sums into their pub estates, while Black Country brewer Sadler’s announced its third new site.

Property round-up: Star sites sold plus second venues for Cahoots and Puttshack

04-Sep-2019 By Stuart Stone

Star Pubs & Bars announced the sale of a package of three sites in the north-west, while pub projects at disused sites in East Lothian and Hampshire continued to take shape.

Regional Report

Could Bristol be the setting for your next pub venture?

02-Sep-2019 By Michelle Perrett

A growing population in Bristol – especially of a younger age – has resulted in a city that has offers a thriving licensed sector