2015

Innis & Gunn receives £15m investment offer

05-Sep-2017 By James Beeson

Craft beer brewery Innis & Gunn has announced that a leading consumer-goods private equity firm has made an offer to buy a 27.9% stake in the business for around £15m. 

CAMRA implements emergency cost-saving measures

31-Aug-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

A potential shortfall in income has lead Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) leaders to take evasive action and put cost-saving measures in place, the organisation revealed in a letter to members.

Pug Pubs puts expansion plans on hold

05-Jul-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Pug Pubs, the three-strong pub chain, has put plans for rapid expansion on the backburner to focus on its current operation.

Publican Awards Winners: Best Accommodation Operator, sponsored by Hospitality Gem - The Coaching Inn Group

15-Mar-2017 By The MA

Successfully rebranded as the Coaching Inn Group in 2015, this fast-developing and well-funded pub company is acquiring, refurbishing and breathing new life into faded and underperforming historic market-town coaching inns. 

Pub beer sales down 2.9%

24-Feb-2017 By Liam Coleman

More than 100,000 fewer barrels of beer were sold in pubs in the final months of 2016 compared to the year before, while off-trade beer sales continued to rise, according to figures from the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).

Legislation

The journey to the pubs code

17-Aug-2016 By James Evison

On 18 November 2014, MPs voted in favour of the market rent only-option (MRO) in the pubs code. It’s been a long time coming, but finally the promise of that day has been delivered. The Morning Advertiser looks back on the journey to implementation.

Mintel research

More than half of Brits went to pub in January

21-Apr-2016 By Chris Wisson

The Publican’s Morning Advertiser has partnered with market analysts Mintel to provide insight from its new leisure tracker, which covers consumers’ pub visiting habits. Senior analyst Chris Wisson examines the latest findings.

JD Wetherspoon like-for-like sales up 3.7%

11-Mar-2016 By Oli Gross

JD Wetherspoon has said like-for-like sales in the six weeks to 6 March were up 3.7%, following a 2.9% rise in the first half of the year.

Advice

Legal Q&A on issues around a personal licence

29-Feb-2016 By Poppleston Allen

This week's legal Q&A looks at the issues around producing personal licences to the authorities and expiry dates on current licences.

City news

M&B reveals sales drop as Fuller's reports rise

28-Jan-2016 By James Wallin, MC Allegra FS

Mitchells & Butlers has reported a 1% drop in January sales, as Fuller's reports rise of 5.3% across year to date. 

Wetherspoons

Late night levy: JDW to review last call time in Camden venues after council pushes ahead with levy

26-Jan-2016 By Emily Sutherland

Wetherspoons will consider whether to stop selling alcohol at midnight in its Camden venues after the borough pushed ahead with controversial plans to introduce a late-night levy (LNL.)

Events

Add to your silverware at the Publican Awards 2016

19-Oct-2015 By PMA

With the search now on for the industry’s best pub companies in the 25th Publican Awards, the PMA looks at why you don’t want to miss out on being part of it.

Top 50 Gastropubs 2016

How to win a Top 50 Gastropubs Award

13-Oct-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

The Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs 2016 is fast approaching and so is the opportunity to win one of three awards up for grabs at the event in January. Here are our top tips on how to gain one.