Punch Pubs & Co

Punch returns to the acquisition trail

03-Aug-2018 By MCA

Punch has made its first individual pub acquisitions for 11 years, as it continues to grow its Mighty Local and Champs formats.

Patron completes acquisition of Laine Pub Co

03-May-2018 By MCA

Patron Capital, the backer of Punch, has completed the acquisition of Laine Pub Company, the 54-strong Gavin George-led group.

Pubco Punch unveils Urban Oasis bar concept in Bath

27-Apr-2018 By James Wallin, MCA

Punch, the Patron Capital-backed pubco, is to launch its Urban Oasis high street bar format in Bath with plans for further openings, MCA understands.

Punch appoints Clive Chesser as CEO

16-Apr-2018 By Michelle Perrett

Clive Chesser, the former managing director of Greene King’s brewing division, has joined Punch as its new chief executive officer.

Punch becomes latest pubco to stop using straws

22-Jan-2018 By Georgina Townshend

Punch has become the latest pubco to join the war against plastic straws by eliminating their use across its 70-strong retail pub estate, while encouraging its circa 1,200 leased and tenanted pubs to follow suit.

Second Punch boss steps down just weeks after Garrood

28-Sep-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Giles Kendall, Punch operations director, is to leave the business after 16 years' service.

Pubcos slammed for using Section 25 notices to block MRO

26-Sep-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Pubcos have come under fire for using a specific notice to hinder licensees from accessing the market-rent-only (MRO) option.

Licensee celebrates MRO deal with Punch after year-long battle

20-Sep-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Paul Crossman, licensee of the Swan, on Bishopthorpe Road, York, said that it took a year of negotiation before the deal for the free-of-tie deal was finalised.

Great British Pub Awards 2017

The Eagle and Child wins John Smith’s Great British Pub of the Year 2017

08-Sep-2017 By Ed Bedington

A socially conscious pub was celebrating after taking the title of John Smith’s Great British Pub of the Year 2017.

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Outgoing Punch chief executive on the future for Punch pubs

06-Sep-2017 By Claire Churchard

Following the news that Punch chief executive Duncan Garrood has decided to leave the business, after Patron completed its deal to buy the group's pubs, The Morning Advertiser gets the inside track on why he isn’t staying for the transition period...

Punch CEO Duncan Garrood steps down after Heineken sale

06-Sep-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Punch chief executive Duncan Garrood will step down following the sale of 1,900 Punch pubs to Heineken, saying it is time for a new CEO to lead.

Pub-industry bodies slam PCA’s MRO report as ‘one-sided and opaque'

23-Aug-2017 By Claire Churchard

Pub-industry bodies have slammed a report from the pubs code adjudicator containing evidence that pub-owning businesses (POBs) are blocking tied tenants’ access to the market rent only option (MRO) and going against the spirit of the pubs code.

PCA to confront pub owning businesses over MRO blocking

23-Aug-2017 By Claire Churchard

Pub-owning businesses (POBs) are blocking tied tenants’ access to the market rent only option (MRO) and going against the spirit of the pubs code, according to a report commissioned by the pubs code adjudicator’s office.

Heineken: ‘we will find buyers for 30 pubs’ as part of Punch deal

21-Aug-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Heineken has committed to find “viable buyers” for the 30 pubs it proposes to sell as part of its deal to purchase 1,900 Punch pubs, The Morning Advertiser has learned.

CMA greenlights revised Heineken deal to buy Punch pubs

18-Aug-2017 By Georgina Townshend

The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has accepted proposals from Heineken to address concerns that its purchase of 1,900 Punch Taverns would undermine competition in certain areas.