Rents spotlighted in pub survey
The amount lessees pay in rent as a proportion of operating costs is to be examined in the benchmarking survey of pub operating costs for 2009. As...
Archives for December 23, 2009
Rates help for Welsh pubs
The Welsh Assembly Government as promised more help for small firms with their business rates from April. Currently firms with a rateable value up...
'Arthur's Day' pushed Guinness sales in pubs to one million pints
The 250th anniversary celebrations of Guinness's Dublin brewery helped push daily sales of the 'Black Stuff' in UK pubs to more than a million pints....
Government-backed loans to firms total £580m
More than half a billion pounds worth of loans have been secured under a Government-backed scheme aimed at small and medium firms. More than 5,840...