Novus reviews strategic options
16-Feb-2012 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Novus Leisure, the bar and nightclub operator, is thought to have carried out a beauty parade of advisors as it considers a number of strategic options to aid the next stage of it development, the Publican's Morning Advertiser's sister title...
14-Feb-2012 By Adam Pescod
Businesses, including pubs, are spending up to £1 in every £2 of their electricity bills at times when staff have gone home, according to the latest figures from British Gas.
14-Nov-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Hospitality leaders are calling for a halt to the “unprecedented” hike in business rates planned for next year and are asking the government for a rates freeze.
31-Oct-2011 By Gurjit Degun
NPower has been fined £2m by energy regulator Ofgem for failing to handle complaints from small businesses and domestic users properly.
17-Oct-2011 By Alastair Scott
Pub mentor Alastair Scott gives licensees Ben Bartrip and Sarah Eskins, at the Elephant in Bristol, the benefit of his industry expertise.
07-Oct-2011 By Ewan Turney
A row has broken out in Northern Ireland about the value of pubs to the economy.
25-Aug-2011 By The PMA Team
Pub entrepreneur Jim Walsh, who has died aged 69, was the kind of character that leaves a strong impression on all those who were lucky enough to have known him, says The PMA Team.
09-Aug-2011 By Michelle Perrett
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called on UK tax authority to show leniency to small businesses affected by the ongoing riots.
25-Jul-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
The number of businesses on the verge of insolvency has risen 12% from three months ago, with the hotel and tourism sectors the most severely hit.
19-Jul-2011 By Adam Pescod
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has thrown its support behind the Publican's Morning Advertiser's 'Thrive on Five' campaign.
16-Jun-2011 By Michelle Perrett
A genuine free-of-tie option would put the pubco business model in "serious jeopardy", admitted Punch Partnerships' managing director Roger...
08-Jun-2011 By Ewan Turney & Michelle Perrett
Senior pubco executives were grilled on the need for a statutory code of practice to govern the pubco-tenant relationship at yesterday's meeting of...
07-Jun-2011 By Michelle Perrett
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is calling for Government to re-focus its policy for the small firms.
24-May-2011 By Ewan Turney
Nearly 3,000 bar staff have now completed the Responsible Alcohol Retailing programme under the SABMiller scholarship scheme. The brewer has...
04-May-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Seven in 10 tenants (69%) think the new pubcos' codes of practice will not improve relationships with their pubcos, claims new research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
31-Mar-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Thousands of pubs will pay no business rates for another year — or will see rate relief double, from October. The Morning Advertiser can reveal...
Mike Saul: Banks are in the lending game, and are still playing
30-Mar-2011
"Banks are in the business of lending, and it's what we're doing. This does not mean that securing funding is without its challenges and it is clear...
Video: Punch strategic review — Dyson Q&A
22-Mar-2011 By MA Reporter
Punch chief executive Ian Dyson answers questions on the strategic review announced this morning.
08-Mar-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Pubs could save up to £400 a year under plans to simplify accounting procedures put forward by the Government.
17-Feb-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Following the news that banks will fund more small businesses, the MA looks at what it is likely to mean for pubs.
09-Feb-2011 By John Harrington
The promise by major banks to increase lending to small businesses should be welcomed by pub operators, says Christie Finance.
Confidence in small business sector hit by VAT rise and bad weather
17-Jan-2011 By Hamish Champ
Last year ended on a low note for many small businesses, according to a trade body representing 210,000 such firms. The Forum for Private Business...
Keep tax records up to date or face £3k fine, warns FPB
14-Jan-2011 By Hamish Champ
Small businesses, including pubs, have been warned to ensure their tax records are up to date or else they could face fines of more than £3,000. The...
Diageo appoints Duffy as global category director for beer
20-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Diageo has appointed Brian Duffy to the new role of global category director for beer, following a change in marketing structure.
13-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Pubs and other small firms could create additional jobs and make savings if the VAT threshold was increased, according to the FSB.
04-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
New community pubs minister Bob Neill has been urged to ease the "jaw-dropping" burden of bureaucracy and red tape currently choking the life out of...
03-Nov-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Christie + Co has reported that the number of distressed pub sales is up by 189% on the middle two quarters of 2009.
20-Oct-2010 By John Harrington
The "missing link" in the Chancellor's Comprehensive Spending Review is a programme to help small businesses grow, says the FSB.
30-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
A total of 25 pub companies have already thrown their support behind a major "direct action" campaign to halt proposed changes to the Licensing Act....
The finance conundrum
26-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Bank lending came under the nerve-shredding gaze of Business Secretary Vince Cable last week, and let's face it, the LibDem minister was not a happy...
'Now the banks are lending even less - loans to small firms worse than six months ago'
21-Sep-2010
Banks were last night warned they must start lending to small businesses or face swingeing new taxes. Bank of England figures showed that small...
Better management can save three quarters of failing pubs
20-Sep-2010
A hospitality 'mentor' has claimed that three quarters of failing UK pubs can be saved by following a few basic rules. With trade bodies and...
Pepsi Raw withdrawn from UK market
08-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
Pepsi Raw, the premium all-natural cola brand, has been withdrawn from the UK market following disappointing sales since its 2008 launch. In a...
01-Sep-2010 By Graham Ridout
The smallest pub in Edinburgh has had its business rates bill quadrupled after Lothian officials decided it did not qualify as a small business....
19-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
The FPB has warned that inaccurate property valuations are preventing many small businesses from accessing affordable bank loans.
Small firms still struggling to get banks' help
27-Jul-2010 By James Wilmore
Two thirds of small firms are still struggling to access finance from banks, according to latest figures. The Forum of Private Business (FPB)...
26-Jul-2010 By Gemma McKenna
The Independent Pub Confederation will provide a update to the parliamentary committee investigating pubcos by the end of the summer. Last week the...
21-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The FSB has called for an extension of the NI holiday across the south-east after the region was revealed as the most likely to be under-staffed.
Osborne sets out to make tax simpler for small businesses
20-Jul-2010 By Hamish Champ
The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has created a new office to help simplify the country's tax regime for the business community. The...
27-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney
Small businesses are still shy of asking the banks for new credit as trust has yet to restored, according to the FSB.
Welsh pub's 527% rates rise
14-Apr-2010 By Gemma McKenna
One Welsh pub will have to pay 527% more in business rates this year, since Wales doesn't allow sharp rates increases to be phased in. That's an...
Chris Maclean: Marketing your pub
13-Apr-2010 By Chris Maclean
There is an unhealthy preoccupation with websites in some areas of the industry. It is worrying for two reasons. Firstly, gullible licensees are...
01-Apr-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Thousands of pubs will pay no business rates for a year — or will see rate relief double — from October. The Morning Advertiser can reveal that...
Budget fails to impress businesses
29-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The Budget has done little to help small businesses, according to 90 per cent of people surveyed in a poll. In a snapshot poll of members the Forum...
Forthcoming Budget won't affect small business planning
23-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
Cynicism is being cited for the reason that less than a fifth of small businesses believe the looming general election will have any effect on plans...
BII names new finance chief
16-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ
The BII has announced it has appointed a new finance director. Henry Bennett, who like BII chief executive Neil Robertson is a keen motorcyclist,...
Geoff Newton: Pre-packs do have plus points
15-Mar-2010
It seems that these days, whenever a business gets into difficulties it is all too easy to go to an insolvency practitioner, put the business into...
05-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Pubs are being warned that rogue rating surveyors are trying to profit from the recent rates revaluation. The Forum of Private Businesses (FPB)...
03-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney
Licensees have less than one month left to contest their business rates over the past five years, the FPB has warned.
David Smithers: 'Piece of the Action' tax or 'Fair Maintainable Trade'?
26-Feb-2010
It is outrageous how the police, the local councils and parliament in general are continuosly harping on about the "evils of binge drinking" on our...
