Auction

Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards Top 100 Auction goes live

25-Aug-2020 By MA editorial

Once-in-a-lifetime food and drink experiences are up for grabs from some of the UK’s top chefs and leading restaurants as part of a new charity auction.

Under the hammer: getting a good deal at property auctions

05-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

It’s both a gift and a curse that buying at auction isn’t as easy as sneezing or waving at the wrong moment during the bidding process. Here is some advice on how to navigate a pub property auction

Legendary rare whisky sells for nearly £12,000

18-Jan-2018 By James Beeson

A rare 30-year-old bottle of single malt whisky has been bought for a world record £11,900 in an online auction held by Perth-based Whisky Auctioneer.

Rare 250-year-old receipt unearths 'great coaching inn days'

30-Jun-2017 By Georgina Townshend

The discovery of a rare 18th-century receipt from the oldest pub in Stafford includes the purchase of two breakfasts, supper, stables and pints of ale – totalling around 60p in today’s money.

Property

Pub auctions: the pros and cons of going under the hammer

19-Nov-2015 By Ben Winstanley

Auctions are possibly the greatest litmus test of market conditions: when it's bad, you get poor results and undersell at auction, when the market is brilliant, it can be fabulous. Robin Mence, managing director of Sidney Phillips, gives Ben Winstanley...

Fosters duo auction off items

26-May-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

Heineken is bidding farewell to Fosters TV duo “Brad and Dan”. The “mates” who have featured in the “Good Call” series of Fosters adverts will say goodbye to TV screens in a 40 second advert that runs for four weeks across multiple channels from 15 May.

70% of auctioned pubs sold this year

26-Oct-2011 By Gurjit Degun

Seven out of every 10 pubs offered for auction this year were successfully sold – that’s according to figures from the Essential Information Group (EIG).

Eight pubs sold at HEB auction

13-Oct-2010 By John Harrington

Eight pubs have been sold on or before a Nottingham auction organised by property agent HEB for £1.1m in total. The three pubs sold on the day...

Greene King to auction off Hardys & Hansons brewery site

07-Oct-2010 By Hamish Champ

Greene King is to auction the former brewery site of Hardys & Hansons, the Nottingham-based brewer it bought in December 2006 for £271m. Three...

Enterprise places 10 more London pubs in auction

14-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna

Enterprise Inns hopes to raise around £13m from the sale of 10 more prime London pubs at an Allsops auction on 6 July. Guide prices for the pubs...

Pub auction rates peak

16-Apr-2010 By Gemma McKenna

March has been revealed as the busiest month for pub auction sales in the past year — 84 pubs went under the hammer and 55 sold. An exclusive...

Enterprise to auction 8 pubs for £12.6m

16-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna

Enterprise Inns hopes to raise a further £12.6m through the auction of eight more of its prime London pubs.

Enterprise: step-by-step approach to auctions

20-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team

Enterprise Inns boss Ted Tuppen has stated that the company plans a "step-by-step" approach to selling pub freeholds at public auctions as it gears...

Enterprise Inns sale and leaseback pubs go for £13.2m

15-Oct-2009 By Hamish Champ

Enterprise Inns saw five of its freehold pubs being sold as part of a sale and leaseback deal go under the hammer this afternoon for a total of...

Enterprise sells five more pubs

26-Mar-2009 By Gemma McKenna

Enterprise Inns is continuing its success at auction — last week eight pubs went under the hammer, and five sold, raising more than £1m....

Enterprise auction aims high

29-May-2008

Enterprise Inns is helping its licensees drive trade with an ingenious "How Lo?" reverse- auction competition — only the lowest unique bid wins. A...

Enterprise launches reverse auction to drive footfall

23-May-2008

Enterprise Inns is helping its retailers drive trade with a reverse auction across its estate. The in-pub initiative allows customers to text a bid...

Auctions see rise in freehold pubs

04-May-2006 By The PMA Team

More and more private owners of freehold pubs are selling them through public auctions, a leading auctioneer has claimed. John Barnett, of...

Pubcos looking to raise money quickly turn to selling at auction

08-Nov-2002

Pub companies wanting to off-load packages of pubs quickly are looking to the auctioneer. With the strike of the hammer the pub is sold and a price...

Auction sector expanding fast

28-Nov-2001

Property agent claims firms have seen an 'upsurge'The auction sector of the licensed property market is expanding faster than any other, according to...