11-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Punch is hosting wine tasting roadshows for its tenants and lessees to mark the launch of its new wine list yesterday. The new wine offer comprises...
07-May-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
The managed pub arm of Punch Taverns is to launch a new bar brand called West Coast Grill to replace the Old Orleans name.
05-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Carlsberg UK is to supply all guest ales to Punch Tavern's managed estate — it takes over from Waverley TBS.
Punch Taverns names M&S man as CEO
05-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns has appointed Ian Dyson, currently Marks & Spencers' (M&S) group finance and operations director, as its new chief executive....
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...
05-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Marks & Spencer finance and operations director Ian Dyson is to become chief executive of Punch Taverns. Dyson has previously been finance...
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...
'Carnage student pub crawl organiser spared jail after punching 61-year-old unconscious'
30-Apr-2010 By James Wilmore
A student pub-crawl organiser has been given a suspended jail sentence for punching a 61-year-old man unconscious after he expressed concerns about...
Punch's new lease deals are a step in the right direction
26-Apr-2010 By Hamish Champ
Some will doubtless view Punch's new lease agreements and renewed appeal for entrepreneurial types to run its pubs as a complete waste of time. Never...
Hamish Champ: Punch Taverns and its 'chief executive replacement' conundrum
26-Apr-2010 By Hamish Champ
Succession planning is a thorny issue for any organisation, especially so if the main man has been in situ for a long time. Heaven knows - though...
26-Apr-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Giles Thorley, the outgoing chief executive of Punch Taverns, has set up a new company under the name Anthrop Capital. Thorley, who announced last...
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...
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...
22-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Licensees can be put off by the way pubcos grab their profits through rent. Punch has a new plan to retain good operators, says The PMA Team.
22-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch has claimed that by the end of this year 220 pubs will have been "fixed" by conversion to new concepts or investment.
22-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is to trial new leases in September that offer licensees free-of-tie prices and a free-of-tie option on cask ale produced by smaller...
Licensee support hits profits, says Punch
22-Apr-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns said today that its short term profitability had been hit in part by its decision to increase financial support for its licensees and...
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...
'Pub shares are packing a Punch'
14-Apr-2010
Many investors turned to drink after sitting through another round of mind-numbing election campaign broadcasts. Shares of pubs group Punch Taverns...
01-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
The managed division of Punch has launched a new concept called Flaming Grill at a pub in Solihull. The company has converted the Drawbridge Inn,...
01-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is to invest up to £20m on "sparkle jobs" at around 450 pubs, with a view to providing a trading boost for licensees. The plan is...
Giles Thorley to quit Punch Taverns
30-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Giles Thorley, chief executive of Punch Taverns, has announced he is leaving the company. In a statement issued today Punch said Thorley had informed...
30-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns chief executive Giles Thorley has announced his resignation from Punch Taverns. Punch said it is "well advanced" with the process of...
23-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns' leased division is likely to reduce in size by a further 1,300 pubs to a core size of 5,000 pubs, division boss Roger Whiteside has...
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...
Punch gets World Cup plans in motion
22-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Punch Taverns is offering licensees a host of ways to ensure they score during the World Cup this summer. It's Profit Through Sport training course...
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...
Sunday Times names Punch Taverns as 'One To Watch'
15-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns has been named as 'One To Watch' in a Sunday Times company survey. The newspaper's accolade for the UK's largest pub operator comes in...
10-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns is to face court claims over the validity and accuracy of information it provided about a pub's trade to former County Estate Management (CEM) head of pubs Philip Sambell.
Punch due in court over false barrelage claims
10-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubco giant Punch Taverns is to be questioned in court over claims it provided false barrelage information to incoming tenants. Philip Sambell,...
Punch pub sale thwarted by investigation
08-Mar-2010 By James Wilmore
Plans by Punch Taverns to sell-off a popular community pub to housing developers have been thwarted by the BBC. The pubco wants to sell the Cross...
Punch launches new business scheme to attract lessees
08-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns has launched a new scheme to encourage university graduates and entrepreneurial types to enter the pub trade. 'Capital Builder' is the...
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...
03-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has opted to help tenants' competitive position by holding price rises to 1% this year. The move will mean that Punch has chosen to...
19-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has appointed Dave Pawson as its first-ever partner relationship manager. The PMA Team asks him about the job.
18-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Punch has denied accusations that it enforced a no-rent reduction clause at a Northamptonshire pub. County Court documents from a case involving...
18-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Fuller's recruitment manager Louise Lawler has been recruited herself, this time by Punch Taverns. Lawler, former tenanted and leased recruitment...
12-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Almost 1,000 Punch pubs are on schedule to get £100 cash back per barrel of beer, following the introduction of an incentive scheme. The company's...
Punch awards Best in business
08-Feb-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The top managers at Punch pubs have been rewarded at an awards dinner with company directors. The Best Awards event was held at Hotel Du Vin in...
08-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Punch Pub Company has recognised its top 10 pub managers with Best Awards at a ceremony at the Hotel Du Vin in Birmingham. Winners were selected...
03-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Rents at Punch pubs are at an historic low, the pubco has claimed as it seeks to attract new talent into the industry. Punch is broadening its...
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...
15-Jan-2010 By Jo Bruce
A Punch licensee is making a visit to his bar an emotional experience for customers with the help of new technology.
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...
06-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
Punch is offering its tenants an incentive of up to £100 cash back on every barrel of beer they sell over an agreed target. The Winter Incentive Scheme runs from mid December until 6 March.
Punch warns licensees to "think carefully" before taking industrial action
04-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns has warned its lessees to "think carefully" before signing up to the GMB's call for tied tenants to take industrial action against...
Punch Taverns shareholders in AGM revolt
17-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns shareholders signalled their displeasure with the company yesterday by voting against the company's remuneration report. The...
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...
16-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
Punch says it has increased its support for struggling lessees to £2m per month, up from £1.6m in the year to August. The pubco also revealed it...
