Packing A Punch
02-Nov-2007
"The Punch Pub Pack contains everything a new licensee needs to know about running one of our pubs from scratch, from basic stuff through to...
31-Oct-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is ramping up support for new licensees in a bid to reduce the number of business failures
Regent aims for 100 Old Orleans
18-Oct-2007 By The PMA Team
Regent Inns still believes it can triple the size of the Old Orleans restaurant brand it acquired from Punch last year to around 100 sites - despite...
03-Oct-2007
Customer services director Patton to leave Punch in December after 22 years
Francis Patton to leave Punch Taverns
02-Oct-2007 By Hamish Champ
Francis Patton, Punch Taverns' long-serving customer services director, has announced he is to leave the company on December 7.Patton said he had had...
06-Sep-2007
Punch expects profits to be down because of dismal summer but says smoking ban has had no detectable impact
Punch Taverns profits hit by bad weather
06-Sep-2007 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Punch Taverns soared this morning despite the group warning that its pre-tax profits for the year will be up to three per cent below...
04-Sep-2007
A senior manager with 20 years' experience in retailing has returned to his first love, the hospitality sector, and joined leading pub company the...
Punch defends 'fat cat' chief
30-Aug-2007
Punch Taverns has defended its chief executive Giles Thorley, disputing claims he earns 1,147 times the average salary of his employees. A report in...
Punch's Phil Pegler to join former boss
30-Aug-2007
Phil Pegler, the Punch executive who oversaw conversion of 750 Spirit managed pubs to lease, is to join the company now run by his former boss,...
Punch slashes rent to £5 to save pub
30-Aug-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Punch Taverns has slashed the rent at one of its Leicester pubs to just £5 a week in a bid to help it continue trading. John Griffin, who suffered a...
Christie + Co completes on over 650 ex-Spirit Group Punch leases
20-Aug-2007 By Joe Lutrario
Christie + Co has successfully transferred in excess of 650 ex-Spirit Group Punch leases
Clear Pub Company buys 25 Punch sites
31-Jul-2007 By Hamish Champ
Two ex-Punch Taverns senior managers have teamed up to create a new pub company after acquiring 25 sites from their former employers.Backed by Allied...
Siba urges Punch to join cask scheme
19-Jul-2007
Small brewers are calling on Britain's biggest pub operator Punch to commit itself to the independent sector by joining the industry's...
29-Jun-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is to recruit 25 Operations Managers for its tenanted division to create closer relationship with licensees.
Punch
28-Jun-2007
Francis Patton Customer services director How many pubs do you operate? Approximately 8,400 in England, Wales and Scotland. These are a combination...
27-Jun-2007 By The PMA Team
Greene King and Punch Taverns shares should be bought on a long-term basis, according to Panmure Gordon analyst Douglas Jack. He said: "Overall,...
Punch tenant claims legal victory
20-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore
A former Punch Taverns tenant has claimed a legal victory against the pubco after a six-week delay in refunding his rent deposit. Ben Hope, former...
20-Jun-2007 By Ewan Turney
Former Punch lessee wins legal battle over late return of deposit
Half of Punch pubs open longer under Act
08-Jun-2007 By James Wilmore
More than half of Punch Taverns' pubs are staying open longer under the Licensing Act, a survey has revealed.However most are only trading for an...
08-Jun-2007
More than half of Punch Taverns' pubs stay open longer under the revamped licensing regime, a survey has revealed.
29-May-2007 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns is trialing a range of energy saving initiatives at 51 Spirit pubs in a bid to reduce its carbon footprint. The pubco has set aside...
24-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is reviewing the way it deals with its multiple lessees. The pub company is considering whether it can "flex" its lease agreements. So...
Collyer: 'Punch must sort out Mill House'
17-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns' acquisition of Mill House Inns has seen "management's eyes completely off the ball" according to analyst Geof Collyer at Deutsche...
Eleven new Chef & Brewers for Punch
10-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is converting 11 sites from its Mill House Inns acquisition to the Chef & Brewer brand, chief executive Giles Thorley has revealed....
10-May-2007 By with The PMA Team
Ever since Punch bought the Spirit Group managed business in January 2006, observers have wondered how long the company would remain a managed...
09-May-2007 By The PMA Team
City analyst claims Punch Taverns' acquisition of Mill House Inns has been disappointing in its first 24 weeks
Punch Taverns and REITs: It's not now, but it's not never either
04-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
It's definitely a 'no'. Well, for now. After much holding of breath, etc, industry watchers were put out of their misery last week when Punch Taverns...
02-May-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns is converting 11 sites from its Mill House Inns acquisition to the Chef & Brewer brand. The company bought the 82-strong Mill House...
Punch Taverns issues smoke ban ultimatum
01-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns retailers in England who do not prepare for the smoking ban and then see trade suffer after July 1 will find little sympathy from the...
Punch Taverns has "no plans to buy brewer
01-May-2007 By Hamish Champ
Despite speculation to the contrary, Punch Taverns has no plans to buy a brewery, chief executive Giles Thorley told thepublican.com today.The market...
26-Apr-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns plans to take a less sympathetic approach to tenants who have failed to prepare for the smoking ban, according to KBC Peel Hunt analyst...
Could brewery be next on the Punch buy list?
26-Apr-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Speculation is mounting that Punch Taverns may be planning a route back to an old-style brewers' vertical-integration structure following its...
26-Apr-2007 By Andrew Pring
Punch's latest move away from life as a pure pubco has got more than a few heads scratching in the trade. Everyone knows that Giles Thorley and his...
Punch promises to bed in retail code
25-Apr-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Punch Taverns has promised to take steps to ensure its staff adhere to its updated code of practice between the tenant and pubco. Two weeks ago the...
19-Apr-2007 By Mark Wingett
Punch Taverns sells 869 leased and tenanted pubs to Admiral Taverns for £326m.
Punch takes 50% stake in Matthew Clark
17-Apr-2007
Punch Taverns and Constellation Europe have become joint owners of drinks wholesaler Matthew Clark. Under the deal announced today, Punch and...
16-Apr-2007
Punch Taverns is taking steps to ensure all its staff adhere to the terms of its updated retail charter. The pubco's charter is one of four codes of...
Fawcett departure 'sad loss' for Punch
15-Mar-2007 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns chief operating officer Adrian Fawcett is stepping down on 30 March to become CEO at General Healthcare Group, a UK private hospital...
12-Mar-2007
Punch Taverns' chief operating officer Adrian Fawcett is stepping down on 30 March. Fawcett, pictured with Giles Thorley, is leaving the company to...
Punch host wins village mast battle
25-Jan-2007
A Punch tenant has taken on the might of the pubco and mobile phone company, 3, and won. Peter Williams, of the Axe and Square, in the Leicestershire...
24-Jan-2007
Punch Taverns has reported steady trading in the first 20 weeks of its financial year in line with its expectations, with Christmas sales also in...
Punch does the full monty for 2007
18-Jan-2007
The telesales department at Burton-based Punch Taverns has raised an impressive £16,000 for cancer charities with a saucy calendar starring the...
Punch Taverns mired in bid speculation
10-Jan-2007 By Hamish Champ
Speculation that Punch Taverns was being stalked by - or is in talks with - a private equity house was dismissed today by individuals close to the...
Punch sells clutch of Essex pub leases
14-Dec-2006
Christie+Co has sold a number of new Punch Taverns pub leases throughout Essex. The pubs include the Wheatsheaf, Chelmsford; the Green Man,...
Food for 400 Punch pubs
30-Nov-2006 By The PMA Team
Around 400 Punch licensees will be targeted for detailed help in launching a food offer in the coming year. The move is part of a far more pro-active...
17-Nov-2006 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has produced its first ever official figure for tenants' and lessees' earnings in the estate - £35,000 including the annual live-in...
Punch figures open door to opportunities
16-Nov-2006
Two years ago, Punch's Giles Thorley and his management team decided that managed pubs, selling for a substantially lower multiple at eight times...
Punch Taverns sees little upside from new licensing regime
09-Nov-2006 By Hamish Champ
Extended drinking hours have had little impact on Punch Taverns' overall trading, according to Giles Thorley, the pub operator's chief...
Milestone Spirit pub conversion for Punch
29-Sep-2006 By Hamish Champ
Punch Taverns announced what it called "a significant milestone" this week, with the completion of its 100th conversion from Spirit managed to leased...
