Tim Martin takes £19k pay cut
Tim Martin, chairman of managed pub operator JD Wetherspoon (JDW), took a £19,000 pay cut in 2011, according to the company’s annual report.
Archives for October 27, 2011
Shepherd Neame appoints new finance director
Shepherd Neame, the Kent-based brewer and pub operator, has appointed Mark Rider, former head of finance, food at Sainsbury’s, as its new finance and IT director.
Motherwell publicans face foreign football satellite charge
A pub manager and licensee in Motherwell will face court over screening Premier League football via an Albanian foreign satellite system.
BISC’s pubco report: the trade’s view
The damning criticism from the Business, Innovation & Skills Committee (BISC) report into the pubco-tenant relationship has put the industry firmly into the spotlight. The report claimed industry self-regulation had failed and there should be a statutory...
Hot ideas for the chilly days of winter
So summer has ebbed away and despite the dreams of all those who fantasised about 16 weeks of cracking weather — me included — once again it didn’t happen.
The Yum guns
Tim Foster tells Alison Baker how its second venture, the Grove Ferry Inn, has placed the Yummy Pub Company firmly on the map.
Shoreditch pub to put clocks forward at weekend
Whilst the rest of the country prepares to put its clocks back this weekend, an East London pub will be bucking the trend by putting its own clocks forward an hour.