M&B's John Lovering to step down as chairman
24-Jan-2011 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has announced that John Lovering is to step down from his role as chairman and director of the managed pub group by...
Fuller's appoints Lynn Fordham to board
18-Jan-2011 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Fuller's, the pub company and brewer, has appointed Lynn Fordham to its board as a non executive director. Currently chief executive of investment...
07-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Paul Smith is to leave his role as executive director of Noctis, the trade body for late-night bar and club operators, at the end of the year. The...
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.
15-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Talks over merging Stonegate Pub Company with Town & City Pub Company are making very slow progress, sources indicate. Stonegate, backed by...
14-Oct-2010 By The PMA Team
Stonegate Pub Company has dismissed rumours that the company has poached Wetherspoon executives Paul Harbottle and Keith Down.
06-Oct-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Daniel Thwaites, the regional brewer and pub operator, has unveiled a brace of new independent directors. Rupert Thompson, the former chief...
BBPA chiefs to meet Diageo over tax plan controversy
08-Sep-2010 By James Wilmore
British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) chiefs have called a meeting with the UK managing director of Diageo - a BBPA member - next week to discuss...
23-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
Industry veteran Ian Payne is set to become the new non-executive chairman of Stonegate Pub Company, which acquired 333 wet-led pubs from Mitchells...
19-Aug-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Robin Rowland, the chief executive of Yo! Sushi has been appointed as a non-executive director at Marston's, the regional brewer and pub retailer....
02-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
The 292-strong Orchid Group has appointed former Manchester City chairman David Bernstein non-executive chairman.
Orchid appoints new board member
02-Aug-2010
Managed pub operator the Orchid Group has appointed David Bernstein as a non-executive chairman of the board. He has previously worked for Blacks...
23-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney
London brewer and pub operator Fuller's has promoted Simon Emeny to group managing director. Emeny, currently managing director of Fuller's Inns,...
13-Jul-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Luminar, the embattled nightclub operator, this morning revealed the full impact of the World Cup on its sales. In an interim management statement...
Public health experts join Drinkaware
09-Jul-2010 By James Wilmore
Charity Drinkaware has appointed two public health experts to help it in its battle to tackle alcohol misuse. Alan Maryon-Davis, former president of...
08-Jul-2010 By The PMA Team
The Morning Advertiser has published its 500 edition this morning since it moved to William Reed Business Media ten years ago. We asked a range of...
27-May-2010 By Tony Halstead
The Morning Advertiser's top 50 most influential people in the pub industry.
25-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Former Mitchells & Butlers chief executive Tim Clarke has been appointed as a non-executive director at Hall & Woodhouse. The Dorset-based...
M&B pays costs to settle row with former directors
14-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has settled a long-running legal row with a number of former directors. M&B has agreed to pay personal costs...
Hamish Champ: Punch Taverns and its 'chief executive replacement' conundrum
26-Apr-2010 By Hamish Champ
Succession planning is a thorny issue for any organisation, especially so if the main man has been in situ for a long time. Heaven knows - though...
Tensions rise over council orders in Scotland
15-Apr-2010
Trade figures in Aberdeen are demanding city licensing board resignations after police were urged to report more licensees for flouting the laws...
31-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Managed company Mitchells & Butlers unveiled a new business strategy last week. The PMA Team looks at the plan. Welcome to the brave new world...
Adnams doubles operating profits
25-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Adnams, the Suffolk brewer, doubled its operating profits in the year to December 31, 2009, with its Cellar & Kitchen retail concept hitting...
05-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Keith Bott has succeeded Peter Amor for his second stint as SIBA chairman, it was announced today.
Former S&N man appointed C&C chairman
18-Feb-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Former Scottish & Newcastle chairman Sir Brian Stewart has been appointed chairman of Magner's parent company C&C group. He will replace...
18-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Magners producer C&C Group has appointed former Scottish & Newcastle chairman Sir Brian Stewart as chairman designate and non-executive...
17-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
One city analyst has upgraded Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) to buy in the hope that an era of stability will now break out.
17-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has appointed Colin Valentine as its new national chairman.
Budvar UK announces Neville Hall's replacement
15-Feb-2010
Budvar UK has announced that Joe Laventure, the company's national accounts director, is to replace Neville Hall, who retired as sales director last...
05-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Gemma McKenna reports on the mood in the room at Mitchells & Butlers' volatile annual general meeting last week. It bore all the hallmarks of an...
04-Feb-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Hall & Woodhouse, the regional brewer and pub operator, is to announce a clutch of boardroom changes this spring. M&C Report understands...
03-Feb-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Mark Brumby, the high-profile leisure analyst at Astaire, has joined Drake & Morgan as a non-executive director. He has joined co-founders...
iNTERTAIN names new non-exec chairman
01-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
iNTERTAIN, the leisure group formed from the ashes of Regent Inns, has announced the appointment of a non-executive chairman. Stephen Lambert has...
28-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
High noon in the on-going battle of wills between M&B management and rebel shareholders is set for the company's annual general meeting today.
28-Jan-2010 By M&C Report
Simon Laffin has been voted out of the Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) boardroom this afternoon and will be replaced by John Lovering as chairman.
M&B shareholder has "no confidence" in group's chairman
27-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Days before its crucial annual general meeting a significant minority shareholder in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has indicated it has "no...
M&B shareholder offers olive branch in board row
25-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
In a crucial week for Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), shareholder Joe Lewis has apparently offered a compromise to the pub group's senior...
Lewis representative lists M&B grievances
25-Jan-2010 By The PMA Team
Activist M&B investor Joe Lewis has called on the company to change its banking advisors, concentrate on bottom-line profits and improve disclosure.
Piedmont agrees to compromise with M&B - up to a point
20-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Piedmont Inc., the investment vehicle in dispute with Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), said today it is not seeking to control the managed pub...
M&B offers compromise in board appointments row
19-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has offered disgruntled shareholders a compromise in its efforts to end to a damaging row which threatens the...
19-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has reiterated that it is willing to reach a compromise with its largest investor Piedmont.
11-Jan-2010 By Tamara Sender, M&C Report
M&B has recommended that shareholders accept two of the four independent board nominees put forward by Piedmont.
17-Dec-2009 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Piedmont, Joe Lewis's investment vehicle, has called for four well-known retail and leisure industry figures to be appointed to the board of Mitchells & Butlers.
Mitchells & Butlers set for AGM shareholder showdown
17-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed pub group, has appealed to investors for help in fending off actions by a number of majority...
08-Dec-2009 By Ewan Turney
Fuller's commercial director Tim Turner is to retire from the board at the end of March 2010 after thirty years service.
Fuller's names new executive director
08-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Fuller, Smith & Turner, the London-based brewer and pub operator, has announced Richard Fuller will be stepping up to executive board level with...
04-Dec-2009 By Ewan Turney
Standard Life has voiced its support for Mitchells & Butlers in its boardroom wranglings with billionaire investor Joe Lewis. Lewis, through his...
03-Dec-2009 By The PMA Team
Billionaire investor Joe Lewis investor threatens to vote out directors at the annual general meeting next month.
M&B names Simon Laffin as its new chairman
01-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers appeared to have won a battle with major shareholder Joe Lewis and appointed a new chairman of the group. After yesterday's...
01-Dec-2009 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers has won its power struggle with Joe Lewis and appointed Simon Laffin as its new chairman.
