17-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Enterprise Inns has defended its redrafted lease code of practice against accusations that it makes it harder for hosts to secure rent cuts....
17-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Enterprise has agreed to reduce rent by 38% for 12 months at a south Wales pub on advice of a valuer chosen by the pubco. In a rare move, Enterprise...
14-Sep-2009 By John Harrington
Enterprise says a High Court ruling where rent at one of its pub was reduced "does not bind the outcome of any other lease renewal or rent review".
03-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Tenanted and leased pubco Enterprise Inns is holding an open day for potential new licensees. The pubco is holding its open day at the Holiday Inn...
13-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns should review its valuation of its pub estate in light of declining rents and beer sales, according to one broker. Shares in...
06-Aug-2009 By Jo Bruce
Former Ritz executive chef Giles Thompson has taken on a second Enterprise pub. Thompson, who was executive chef at the Ritz from 1997 to 2003, has...
04-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team
Two M&B franchisees have joined forces to open a third pub as a joint venture with help from the Enterprise Finance Guaranteee Scheme.
16-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Business failures among Enterprise licensees are running 50% ahead of last year at a rate of 25 a month compared to a figure below 20 a month a year...
Enterprise Inns claims trade is "stabilising
16-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns said today the underlying trading performance of its 7,000-plus pubs "appears to be stabilising", despite financial support for...
03-Jul-2009 By Ewan Turney
High profile tenant rights activist Inez Ward will be evicted from her Enterprise Inns pub on Thursday next week (9 July).
29-Jun-2009 By John Harrington
The pubco outlines 13 commitments in a letter to Lord Mandelson, including more discounts and "royalty-free" AWP machine share.
Enterprise Inns to drop restrictive covenants
29-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Enterprise Inns has vowed to ditch restrictive covenants that prevent pubs being used as licensed premises when sold off. The move is one in a series...
29-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Anti-pubco lobby group Fair Pint has invited Punch and Enterprise to a summit meeting to discuss a way forward for the pub industry following the...
Enterprise couple face eviction
23-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
A licensee couple have been given 42 days to leave their pub after losing a high-profile court battle today with owners Enterprise Inns. David Ball...
23-Jun-2009 By Tony Halstead
Licensees David and Anne-Marie Ball today lost their court battle to prevent Enterprise Inns obtaining an order for repossession of their Sheffield...
23-Jun-2009 By Tony Halstead
Rebel Enterprise Inns licensees are to join forces with the GMB union to strengthen their hand in a bid to get a better deal from the pubco giant. A...
18-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns believes it has already complied with most of the recommendations contained within the hostile Business & Enterprise Committee...
Enterprise will not attend industry crunch talks
15-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
Enterprise Inns will not be attending this week's industry mediation meeting, the company's chief executive Ted Tuppen has confirmed. Tuppen told The...
12-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
A senior executive at Enterprise Inns has stated that there are recommendations within the BEC report, which was highly critical of pubco/tenant relations, that "are difficult to argue with".
ALMR awaits Enterprise response to trade talks invitation
12-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
The Association of Licensed Multiple (ALMR) is still awaiting a response from Enterprise Inns on whether it will attend next week's industry...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
A special round-up from the Business and Enterprise Committee's report into pubco power.
Most Enterprise licensees happy, according to pubco survey
28-May-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Only five per cent of Enterprise licensees have a bad relationship with the company, according to a survey by the pubco giant. Enterprise has...
28-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns has poured scorn on the latest attack on the pubco model from the GMB. The trade union accused pubcos of making huge profit margins...
27-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
Over half of Enterprise lessees rate their relationship with the pubco as "good", according to a survey carried out by its regional managers....
22-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise Inns is carrying out a survey of its own tenants as part of its response to the pubco report.
13-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns has described the BEC report on the pubco/tenant relationship as "disappointing on many levels".
No grounds" for referral to Competition Commission, says Enterprise Inns' CEO
13-May-2009 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns' chief executive Ted Tuppen has said there are "no grounds" for the pub industry's model and practices to be referred to the...
12-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns has taken the first writedown in the value of its pub estate "in light of perceived changes in property values in recent months". The company's pub estate has been reduced in value by 3.5% or £195m to £5.5bn.
Enterprise Inns suspends dividend after profits slide
12-May-2009 By Hamish Champ
Enterprise Inns has announced it is suspending its interim dividend after reporting interim pre-tax profits down £29m at £103m.The UK's second...
'Enterprise Inns tipped to scrap dividend'
11-May-2009
Enterprise Inns: The tenanted pub company is tipped to scrap its dividend tomorrow as it unveils a 20 per cent dip in half-year pre-tax profits and...
11-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
Enterprise boss Ted Tuppen has slammed anti-beer tie Fair Pint campaigners for being "deliberately misleading". In a interview in the Sunday Times,...
'Anti-beer tie claims are "misleading", says Enterprise boss'
10-May-2009
"Ahead of announcing his group's interim results on Tuesday, Enterprise Inns' chief executive Ted Tuppen claims a lot of what is said about the beer...
Punch and Enterprise pass on duty hike to licensees
05-May-2009 By James Wilmore
The UK's two biggest pub operators are passing on the Budget duty hike to their licensees, the companies have confirmed. Punch Taverns and Enterprise...
24-Apr-2009 By MA Reporter
Several Enterprise lessees have defended the pubco in emails to the Morning Advertiser amid criticism about how it operates. Attacks on pubcos and...
Enterprise Inns' Simon Townsend talks about the lessee/landlord relationship with Hamish Champ
16-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ
With the obvious exception of Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling pretty much everyone and his or her dog knows that life is tougher than...
Enterprise licensee group pushes forward with campaign
16-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore
Around 35 disgruntled Enterprise Inns licensees from Sheffield attended a meeting this week as part of a campaign for "fairer rent" and freedom from...
16-Apr-2009 By Tony Halstead
A group of South Yorkshire licensees are in a virtual "stand-off" with their landlord, Enterprise Inns, in a deepening row over the cost of tied beer...
MPs due at Enterprise tenants' meeting
14-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore
A group of disgruntled Enterprise Inns licensees from Sheffield are meeting tonight as part of a bid for "fairer rent" and freedom from the beer tie....
Enterprise hits back in clash over closures
06-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore
Enterprise Inns has hit back at the GMB in the row over pub closures, saying many of the trade union's assertions are "inaccurate" and "highly...
06-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
The row over pub closure figures rumbles on with Enterprise claiming the GMB union figures are "inaccurate" and "highly misleading". Last week, the...
Our banking covenants are safe, says Enterprise Inns boss
31-Mar-2009 By Hamish Champ
As the market continues to debate the issue of pubco debt, the boss of Enterprise Inns' claimed its banking covenants remain unaffected by recent...
31-Mar-2009 By Ewan Turney
The majority of Enterprise pubs are trading "remarkably well" despite the "unprecedented" trading conditions, the pubco has reported. However,...
30-Mar-2009 By John Harrington
The Enterprise boss defends his team and says he is a "whole-hearted believer in the fairness of the leased and tenanted system".
27-Mar-2009 By Ewan Turney
An Enterprise Inns pub is to feature on ITV's Tonight show, entitled How to Blow Your Redundancy Money, this evening.
26-Mar-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Enterprise Inns is continuing its success at auction — last week eight pubs went under the hammer, and five sold, raising more than £1m....
20-Mar-2009 By Tony Halstead
A group of South Yorkshire licensees plan to launch a national campaign to force Enterprise Inns to review the price of tied beer and other trading...
'Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns under fire'
10-Mar-2009
Both Punch and debt-laden rival Enterprise Inns have recently come under fire for charging tenants almost double the wholesale price for leading...
19-Feb-2009 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns is offering a new lease agreement that means licensees earn a £150-a-barrel discount if they exceed barrelage targets. It's part of...
'Enterprise Inns pub on sale for £1'
15-Feb-2009
"A Midland pub has been put up for sale for £1 - less than half the cost of a pint. Wannabe landlords are being offered the chance to purchase The...
06-Feb-2009 By The PMA Team
Enterprise Inns is to freeze the price on five beer products for four months while increasing the price of the rest of its drinks portfolio by 6%....
