Other operators

Regents Inns forges ahead with Walkabout

06-Sep-1999

Regent Inns is pushing its Australasian bars when other companies are holding back.Another crocodile stares down from above the bar as Regent Inns...

Fuller's thrives almost two hundred on

23-Aug-1999

As Fuller's prepares to enter a third century, the brewer continues to thrive. Mark Ludmon reports."The brewery business is going flourishingly but...

Old Monk Company - changing habits

26-Jul-1999

Despite ups and down in the markets, the Old Monk Company reported record results this month. Mark Ludmon talked to boss Gerry Martin.When Gerry...

HP Bulmer - not just a cidermaker

12-Jul-1999

One thing needs to be made clear. HP Bulmer is no longer just a cidermaker — it is a supplier of "long alcoholic drinks".The small firm set up in a...

W&DB prepare to take on the nationals

07-Jun-1999

Mark Ludmon looks at how Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries has spent the two months since taking over Marstons - and what it has planned for the...

Tup Inns looks at Tom Hoskins deal

07-Jun-1999

Bar chain Tup Inns is considering expansion out of its London homeland through a merger or takeover — and Leicestershire brewer Tom Hoskins has...

How Tradeteam puts technology to work

17-May-1999

Once upon a time horses trotted along the road from pub to pub, pulling a dray loaded with barrels. Now the horses have been put out to graze and...

Grouse to get makeover

10-May-1999

Highland Distillers has unveiled a new identity for The Famous Grouse in a bid to make the brand more approachable.The new bottle and labelling are...

City briefs

26-Apr-1999

A league table of the 500 fastest growing companies in Europe has named Oxfordshire's Hobgoblinns as the number one brewer and pub operator.The...

City briefs

26-Apr-1999

Japanese bank Nomura, which owns Unique Pub Company, Inntrepreneur Pub Company and Inn Partnership, has issued a profits warning.Although its UK pub...

New pubco Pennant Inns aims to bring stability to its outlets

19-Apr-1999

Some pub tenants have seen their landlords change with the seasons. Grand Metropolitan, Inntrepreneur, Morgan Grenfell, Nomura Bank and Phoenix Inns...

UK is facing charge of the light brigade

05-Apr-1999

First it was Bud Light, now Coors Light is set for trials in the UK. But while Anheuser-Busch chose Manchester for its dummy run, Coors is focusing...

Things are looking up for Merrydown

22-Mar-1999

After a year in charge Nigel Freer is confident about the future for Merrydown. Merrydown's past few years have been turbulent, to say the...

Glemorangie to improve stock controls after unsold hoard

22-Mar-1999

Glenmorangie is improving its stock controls after it found 192,000 bottles of whisky lying unsold in a warehouse.The discovery meant that the group...

Avebury tenants to benefit from Tradeteam deal

08-Mar-1999

Avebury Taverns' 728 lessees and tenants are set to gain a boost from a new five-year deal with distributor Tradeteam.From next week they need have...