Bottom-end freehold pub prices have dropped four per cent in the past six months and 90 per cent of those sold have been closed or without accounts,...
Midlands brewer Marston's has increased its full year dividend to shareholders despite announcing a 13 per cent fall in annual profits.The group said...
Twelve and a half per cent. Sounds simple enough. Seventeen and a half per cent is VAT. Fifty percent is the GP. We're used to percentages.So why is...
Punch Taverns chief executive Giles Thorley pointed to his group's much anticipated annual results, published today, and claimed news of the pubco's...
Tim Martin, chairman of managed pub chain JD Wetherspoon, has slammed government policy for driving down profitability in the pub trade.Announcing a...
Food and soft drinks inflation rose to 12.3 per cent - the highest price rise since records began 11 years ago. They rose from an annual rate of 9.5...
Greene King is the latest pub company to believe that "in principle" it could become a real estate investment trust (REIT).Announcing its results for...
Beer and spirit sales have been hit hard by the smoking ban, according to market analysts Nielsen. Around 175 million fewer pints have been drunk in...
Midlands brewer Marston's has announced first half pre-tax profits down more than 15 per cent, but said the decline was principally the result of its...
More than half of all 'heavy smokers' visit their local pub as often as they did before the introduction of the smoking ban, a Greene King survey has...
England's smokers are learning to love the ban, according to research released by the Department of Heatlh today. A greater proportion of smokers (47...
How well do you know your customers? You might be all too aware that Ethel's been under the doctor with her knee again, you've heard the ins and outs...
With consumers increasingly choosing to eat and drink in places which satisfy their environmental conscience, it can pay twice over to take positive...
Sixty-one per cent of smokers think bars and pubs are nicer without smoking, with 90 per cent of non-smokers agreeing, a poll has revealed. However,...
This month's BII magazine has an article entitled "Time to squeeze some extra margin", written by a stocktaker.A more dispiriting article showing the...
A smoky atmosphere is the biggest reason for avoiding a pub or bar, according to a survey published by the Department of Health. The survey of 1,700...
SUMMER IS a peak time for puds, and total sales of chilled desserts, such as cream cakes, cheesecakes and trifle, have increased by 40 per cent since...
When JD Wetherspoon (JDW) revealed its annual results recently - and the impact of the Scottish smoking ban - shares in the chain fell four per cent...
Busy location on coastal main road
Extensively renovated detached public house
Five trade areas (100)
Sizeable refurbished 4-5 bedroom accommodation
Newly created beer garden (125)
Established and popular business...