08-Apr-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
Admiral Taverns has wiped £47.2m off its debt as it trimmed its estate by 11% and reported improved trading in its turnaround division.
Rent cut by £8.2k after arbitration
08-Apr-2011 By Ewan Turney
An Enterprise Inns tenant has had her rent reduced by £8,200 after taking the pubco to arbitration — but the pubco has claimed both sides could...
06-Apr-2011 By Nigel Anstead
Nigel Anstead has a busy few weeks coming up with plans for the royal wedding and St George's Day.
29-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team
Well-known pub trade accountant Milestone has ceased trading, Morning Advertiser has learnt. The company's trading name was retained when fellow...
WaterAid fund hits £20,000 mark
29-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
Readers of The Publican have helped raise a staggering £21,014 in our link up with the charity WaterAid. Over the past 12 months pubs have signed...
28-Mar-2011 By Graham Ridout
There has never been a better time for incoming licensees to negotiate lower rents or reductions in ingoing costs, according to experts. Neville...
22-Mar-2011 By Graham Ridout
Carlsberg UK has extended its Credits scheme — where licensees can earn credits when buying products — to a year-round operation.
Liverpool pub & club owner bankrupt
21-Mar-2011 By Graham Ridout
The former owner/operator of some of Liverpool's leading pubs and clubs has been declared bankrupt with personal debts of around £2.6m.
Caroline Nodder: 'It has been a genuine privilege to write about such a vibrant market'
11-Mar-2011 By Caroline Nodder
Us journalists are notoriously fickle when it comes to moving from industry to industry, but I have to say the pub sector has been a massive part of...
Interest rates held again
10-Mar-2011 By Gurjit Degun
The Bank of England has decided to hold interest rates at 0.5% again — in a move hailed as good for pubs.
Tap into WaterAid nears £20k mark
09-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
Cash raised by pubs in support of The Publican's chosen charity WaterAid is nearing the £20,000 mark. In just under a year since we linked up with...
09-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
Ministers are under renewed pressure to introduce new laws to restrict the beer tie after a Bill to force changes received cross party support.
04-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team
Brulines has this morning announced that trading for the second-half is likely to be lower than anticipated.
British Gas customers face bill nightmares
04-Mar-2011 By James Wilmore
E.ON is not the only utilities giant licensees have been having problems with. Since The Publican highlighted issues licensees have been facing with...
28-Feb-2011 By Phil Mellows
AB InBev boss Stuart MacFarlane says pubs should embrace new concepts. Phil Mellows asked six operators how they get their business ideas.
21-Feb-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Drunk people should pay for the treatment they receive at accident and emergency units, a patients' group has suggested. The Scotland Patients...
17-Feb-2011 By Sapient Corporate Finance
Sapient Corporate Finance was established in 1997 to provide corporate finance advisory services to clients in the pub, bar, restaurant and broader...
17-Feb-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Following the news that banks will fund more small businesses, the MA looks at what it is likely to mean for pubs.
'£23bn of extra red tape to fall on firms'
15-Feb-2011 By James Wilmore
Businesses will be strangled by £23billion worth of extra red tape over the next four years, an alarming report warns today. The British Chambers of...
10-Feb-2011 By The PMA Team
Market Town Taverns, the Yorkshire free-of-tie operator led by Ian Fozard, has reported a 30% increase in profit for its most recent year. The...
09-Feb-2011 By John Harrington
The promise by major banks to increase lending to small businesses should be welcomed by pub operators, says Christie Finance.
03-Feb-2011 By The PMA Team
The five major managed pub operators are competing for the lion's share of the eating-out market by acquiring quality managed pubs, says The PMA Team.
'The price of a drink: survey reveals cost of alcohol abuse'
01-Feb-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
The toll that alcohol takes on many people's lives is laid bare in a survey which has prompted fresh calls for action to tackle widespread chronic...
28-Jan-2011 By Chris Beaumont
Chris Beaumont, Enterprise lessee of the Greys in Brighton, tells how he secured a £6,250 rent reduction. His advice? Seek professional help.
27-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit
E.On has said it will step in to help a licensee whose electricity bills shot up from £414 a month to £2,700. The total bill for the Saddle Inn in...
25-Jan-2011 By The PMA Team
Former Greene King finance director Michael Shallow is looking for a tenant for his brewery and bar business in Bury St Edmunds. Shallow and his wife...
24-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit
The FPB is calling on banks to restore local lending powers to help pubs access affordable finance.
Hamish Champ: Brulines - yer pays yer money, yer takes yer choice
17-Jan-2011 By Hamish Champ
Last week's announcement by Brulines that the results of a series of tests conducted by the National Measurement Office (NMO) on its technology...
14-Jan-2011 By Ewan Turney
North England based Chameleon Pub Company is looking to add two sites to its portfolio in 2011 as it celebrates its tenth anniversary. Chameleon,...
07-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit
More than 200,000 pub goers and shoppers were charged twice for a single purchase on New Year's Eve, due to a fault at Lloyds TSB. Any payments made...
PPL under fire over late payment fee clampdown
06-Jan-2011 By James Wilmore
PPL, the music royalties collection firm, has come under fire for alleged heavy-handed tactics in collecting late payment fees. The company's...
21-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
Executive directors at Marston's have earned their first pay rise since October 2007 — a rise of 5.95% was awarded in October this year, according...
20-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Tennent's Lager has extended its credit period for four weeks to help Scottish pubs recover from the recent bout of cold weather. The C&C Group...
10-Dec-2010 By Phil Mellows
Business rates are the third-largest cost for many small companies, but how can you ensure you aren't paying over the odds? Phil Mellows reports.
09-Dec-2010 By The PMA Team
Worrying elements still remain in the revisions to the licensing reform, says The PMA Team.
Robert Sayles: The property agent - friend or foe?
08-Dec-2010 By Robert Sayles Robert
After much soul searching my wife and I recently came to a momentous decision; the time has come to move on. It wasn't an easy decision to reach;...
30-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Industry veteran Ian Payne has stepped down as chairman of Bay Restaurant Group and Town & City Pub Company.
26-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Beware of complacency — that was the message delivered by Pete Brown, author of The Cask Report, at last week's SIBA conference.
26-Nov-2010 By Jo Bruce
Fairy is offering one lucky licensee the chance to win a fantastic luxury weekend to Northcote Manor. The winner and a guest will enjoy a superb...
25-Nov-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Young's, the brewer and pub operator, has this morning unveiled a 4% increase in first half profit before tax of £11.9m. It also reported an...
Rent concessions are the industry's sticking plaster
22-Nov-2010
"A further review of the licensed trade is proposed from the Business, Innovation & Skills Committee (BISC, the successor to the Trade and...
22-Nov-2010 By Gurjit Degun
Town and City Pub Company has rewarded 16 of its managers with a four-day trip to New York for "impressive sales" after the World Cup. The pubs...
19-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
A health campaigner says VAT on alcohol sold in pubs should be slashed — and minimum pricing introduced — to help pubs and encourage sensible...
18-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Miller Brands, the UK subsidiary of SABMiller, saw lager volumes grow 25% on an organic basis for the six months to September. The uplift was...
17-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Pubs accredited for the quality of their beer, under the Cask Marque scheme, have grown by 13% over the past year. Cask Marque estimates that 6,900...
09-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney
Shares in ATM cash machine supplier Cashbox have been suspended from the AIM over a demand for a £1.8m loan to be repaid.
Trade pays respects to war heroes
09-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A pub has created its own Remembrance Day memorial by naming its bedrooms after local heroes who fought in the Second World War. Greene King pub the...
'Call to back minimum alcohol price'
09-Nov-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
MSPs have been urged to seize a "historic opportunity" and back Scottish Government proposals to introduce a minimum alcohol price. Professor Sir Ian...
28-Oct-2010 By Noli Dinkovski
Noli Dinkovski talks to former international banker Daniel Capper about resurrecting family business the Old Hall Inn in Whitehough, Derbyshire.
25-Oct-2010 By Ewan Turney
Underage drinking, fuelled by the "ludicrously cheap price of alcohol" in supermarkets, is costing the National Health Service £19m a year. The...
