26-Sep-2011
Spirit chief executive Ian Dyson is expected to stand down by the end of the year, according to a report in the Sunday Times.
21-Jul-2011 By Michelle Perrett
The bosses of five major managed pubcos have declared support for the Publican's Morning Advertiser's (PMA's) Thrive on 5 campaign to get VAT reduced to 5% across the hospitality industry.
21-Jul-2011 By The PMA Team
It's got to the stage where the game of musical chairs at M&B is turning to farce, writes The PMA Team.
30-Jun-2011 By Michelle Perrett
The Business, Innovation & Skills Committee's follow-up inquiry into pubcos has confirmed its second meeting for 7 July.
09-Jun-2011 By MA Team
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin, has retained his position as the most influential person in the pub trade. Martin's company has continued to...
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...
12-Apr-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Punch Taverns' current chief executive Ian Dyson is to head the group's demerged managed division Spirit.
16-Mar-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), Britain's biggest managed pub and restaurant operator, has announced that chief executive Adam Fowle is to leave the company by mutual consent after a period of two years in the post.
Adam Fowle quits Mitchells & Butlers
16-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has announced that Adam Fowle, its chief executive, is to leave the group "by mutual consent". The shock move comes...
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...
ALMR: Below-cost plans are a 'fudged compromise'
18-Jan-2011 By James Wilmore
A trade leader has branded the government's plan to ban alcohol sales below duty plus VAT as a "fudged compromise". Nick Bish, the Association of...
Pubs caught in underage stings should be forced to offer extra training
13-Jan-2011 By James Wilmore
Pubs caught selling to children should be forced to offer extra training to staff instead of facing a business-threatening £20,000 fine, a trade...
18-Nov-2010 By Gurjit Degun
The off-trade is set to account for 70% of beer sales by 2018, according to Molson Coors chief executive Mark Hunter. That represents a significant...
10-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
Drop in underage pub drinkers
27-May-2010 By James Wilmore
The number of underage drinkers who consume alcohol in pubs and bars has fallen to less than one in 10, government figures have revealed. Among...
27-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Keighley based Timothy Taylor, brewers of award-winning Landlord, has unveiled former M&B chief executive Tim Clarke as a non-exec.
27-May-2010 By Tony Halstead
Now in its 9th year — The MA ranks the trade's movers and shakers on the impact they've had on the industry in the past 12 months.
20-May-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
A shift in focus
17-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Ask any operator for a 'shopping list' of what is necessary to run a good pub and having well-trained, qualified staff is bound to feature. But...
13-May-2010 By The PMA Team
All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.
07-May-2010 By Ewan Turney & John Harrington
Pub trade leaders are themselves divided on the best political solution for the pub trade — just as the country has been split on who should rule. BII boss Neil Robertson argued a hung parliament may stop the worst excesses of the Government.
Brakspear in board shake-up
12-Apr-2010
Family-run pubco Brakspear is to overhaul its board to coincide with the retirement of its chief executive Don Bridgman who leaves in September. His...
08-Mar-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Luminar, Britain's biggest nightclub company, is to cut around 40 head office positions as part of a cost reduction exercise, M&C Report...
04-Mar-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Steve Easterbrook has been singled out by his peers as the stand-out individual in the eating-out and drinking-out market.
24-Feb-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Shares in Luminar reached a new low yesterday of 32p following fears that Simon Douglas would have to launch a fresh rights issue.
07-Dec-2009 By The PMA Team
Marston's boss Ralph Findlay is to replace Fuller's chief executive Michael Turner at the British Beer & Pub Association.
'Luminar targets 'divorced, single and dumped' market'
15-Sep-2009
If you are single, solvent and looking for love, then Stephen Thomas has a tip: go to one of his clubs. The chief executive of Luminar, the country's...
01-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
Authorities can now slap troublemakers with a "booze ASBO" banning them from certain pubs, bars, off licences and public places. The new Drinking...
14-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Former Barclaycard chief executive Seymour Fortescue has been named as the first external chairman of drinks industry watchdog Portman Group....
British Hospitality Association backs tips code of practice
30-Jun-2009
The debate over tipping has damaged the reputation of UK pubs and restuarants, according to the chief executive of the British Hospitality...
29-May-2009 By The PMA Team & Tony Halstead
Now in its 8th year — The Morning Advertiser ranks the trade's movers and shakers on the impact they've had on the industry in the past 12 months...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Stuart McFarlane president A-B InBev UK (36), Mark Hunter chief executive Molson Coors UK (new entry), Isaac Sheps chief executive, Carlsberg UK (new...
SBPA slam Scottish last orders plan
19-May-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A trade group has hit back at plans to stop people entering any licensed premises in a Scottish city after 12.30am. In February The Publican revealed...
'Punch Taverns' Giles Thorley brands BEC inquiry a "kangaroo court"'
17-May-2009
"Faced with what Punch Taverns chief executive Giles Thorley branded the findings of a 'kangaroo court', the company's executives are preparing a...
24-Apr-2009 By John Harrington
The MA has teamed up with trade groups and campaigners to lobby banks to start lending to pubs again. A letter, drafted by the MA, has been sent to...
Pub bosses' anger at Darling's hike
22-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ
Leading figures across the UK brewing and pub industries have reacted with weary resignation to the Budget. Marston's chief executive Ralph Findlay...
Brewers slam "schizophrenic" government
22-Apr-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has slammed the government for its "schizophrenic' approach to the local brewing industry. Chief executive...
Blanket policies hammering community pubs
31-Mar-2009 By James Wilmore
The government must stop using blanket policies that punish all pubs and take urgent action to reward those that play a vital role in their...
BBPA 'needs more focus'
19-Mar-2009 By Tony Halstead
A more united and focused approach to government lobbying is vital to ensure the trade infiltrates Westminster's corridors of power. This is the view...
19-Mar-2009 By Rupert Thompson
Rupert Thompson mulls over the departure of Rob Hayward as chief executive of the British Beer and Pub Association.
ALMR wants below-cost ban, not minimum price
17-Mar-2009 By James Wilmore
A ban on below-cost selling would be more effective than introducing a minimum price, a trade group has argued. The Association of Licensed Multiple...
05-Mar-2009 By Ewan Turney
JD Wetherspoon has been crowned best company at the Retailers' Retailer of the Year Awards, organised by M&C Report.
10-Feb-2009 By MA Reporter
Leading executives from the drinks industry and pub sector will come together this spring to discuss the issues surrounding the sale of alcohol in...
ALMR warns government over insolvency figures
09-Feb-2009
The government has been warned that more pub and bar companies will be forced into liquidation by a mandatory industry code - after new figures...
City Diary — 22 January
22-Jan-2009 By The PMA Team
All the latest rumour and gossip from the City.
2008 - A Year To Forget?
10-Jan-2009 By Hamish Champ
Few in the pub and brewing sectors will forget 2008. Rising beer duty, higher energy bills and an economy headed for the U-bend merely fuelled what...
08-Jan-2009 By John Harrington
A panel of industry experts and top brass have spoken to the MA about their hopes and fears for 2009 — now we want your predictions.
09-Dec-2008 By Ewan Turney
The bosses of Britain's two biggest pubcos, Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns, will be grilled by MPs on how they treat their tenants today. Punch...
05-Dec-2008 By Kelly Smith
With the tie under attack, and licensees' margins being squeezed tighter than ever, 'buying out' has once again been thrown into the spotlight.
03-Dec-2008 By MA Reporter
Trade leaders give their reaction to plans for the mandatory code announced in the Queen's Speech today: British Beer & Pub Association chief...
