08-Feb-2018 By Nikkie Sutton
Licensees can counter the burden of tax by claiming cash back on new and innovative products, from the Government according to experts.
21-Dec-2017 By Georgina Townshend
Ei Group (EiG) has confirmed that group services director James Armitage is leaving the business at the end of the year.
09-Aug-2017 By Nikkie Sutton
Foodservice provider Bidfood and its sister company Bidvest Logistics have donated more than 100,000 meals to feed people in need.
Crime
09-Mar-2016 By Oli Gross
The directors of a pubco which racked up debts of £213,081 have been banned from the trade for eight years for failing to keep adequate books in the build-up to the company's liquidation.
14-Jan-2015 By Ellie Bothwell
A former employee of Punch Taverns has lost a tribunal case, in which he had accused the pub company of unfair dismissal and detriment following whistle blowing.
21-Mar-2014 By Mike Berry
Hardys has signed a three-year deal to be the official wine partner of England Cricket.
18-Dec-2013
Spirit Pub Company and Stonegate Pub Company have been shortlisted in the HR Distinction Awards in the Distinction in People Development category.
11-Oct-2013 By Lesley Foottit
The Craft Guild of Chefs (CGC) is condusting a survey into chefs’ use of social media.
11-Sep-2013 By Lesley Foottit
McCain Foods has won a silver Stevie Award in the Company of the Year Food and Beverage category at the International Business Awards.
28-Jun-2013 By Ellie Bothwell
Hall & Woodhouse has announced a 98% retention rate for its business partners that succeed past year one.
24-Apr-2013 By John Harrington
The bar and restaurant sector was the most improved among consumer-facing industries in Q1 2013 in terms of financial distress.
Licensees warned to apportion energy bills between business and domestic
22-Apr-2013 By Michelle Perrett
Licensees signing up with new energy suppliers are being urged to ensure they have correctly apportioned their energy usage between domestic and business.
Pub firm Antic Ltd collapsed owing £2.6m
22-Mar-2013 By M&C Report
Antic Limited, the 14-strong trading division of south London pub operator Antic, collapsed owing £2.6m to creditors, including £1.7m to HMRC, a new report from its administrator shows.
Imbiba seeks funding for new concepts
02-Nov-2012
Imbiba Partnership, the investment company behind Drake & Morgan, is seeking to raise £10m through a new round of business fundraising as it looks to develop its new concepts — Darwin & Wallace (D&W) and Camm & Hooper (C&H).
02-Nov-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) chief executive Jeremy Beadles is set to leave the organisation in the New Year, after six years, to take up the position of corporate relations director for Heineken UK.
12-Oct-2011
The New Inn in Salisbury, Wiltshire, has been named Public House of the Year and won a prize of £1,000 at brewer Hall & Woodhouse’s 2011 Business Partnership Awards.
Encourage all hospitality staff to improve wine knowledge
01-Sep-2011 By Becky Paskin
Pub and restaurant owners should encourage their British staff to take up a career as a sommelier to balance the level of foreign someliers in the industry.
20-Jul-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
Scottish brewer BrewDog saw operating profits increase more than 10-fold in 2010, its latest accounts show.
Greene King is top pubco in him! survey
07-Jul-2011 By Adam Pescod
Greene King has been voted the pub company of the year by tenants following a survey conducted by research consulting company, him!. The...
03-May-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
Hall & Woodhouse has revealed that it capped Retail Price Index-linked rent adjustments at 2.4% in 2010 and 2.8% this year.
Capital gears up for expansion
17-Mar-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Capital Pub Company as announced a restructuring of its management team as it gears itself up for further expansion.
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.
08-Feb-2011 By John Harrington
Don't hamper the effectiveness of local pubwatches by incorporating them into "business partnerships" — that's the message from National Pubwatch...
26-Nov-2010 By The PMA Team
Tom McMullen has joined McMullen & Sons as company secretary, marking a sixth generation commitment to the family business.
16-Nov-2010 By John Harrington
Reading Council could act as an advocate for JDW if its procedures are called into question by other authorities — in a scheme to cut red tape.
06-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Ten former freehold Moorgate Taverns pubs are now on the market with Christie + Co, acting on behalf of administrator Moorfields.
Brains' company code gets rubber stamp
27-Aug-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Welsh brewer and pub operator SA Brain is the latest company to have its code of practice given the stamp of approval. The company, which runs 140...
S&NPC code gets BII seal of approval
27-Jul-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company (S&NPC) is the latest company to have its new code of practice rubber-stamped by the BII. Companies are...
IRC appoints ex-Living Room director
13-Jul-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Individual Restaurant Company has appointed a new operations director and added the role of commercial director to its board.
Punch Taverns clarifies its use of the word 'partnership'
25-May-2010 By Hamish Champ
Roger Whiteside, managing director of Punch Taverns' leased and tenanted pub operation, has clarified what the pubco means when it refers to a...
07-May-2010 By Sonya Hook
Percy Fox has announced a new distribution deal with drinks supplier Matthew Clark.
19-Feb-2010 By The PMA Team
Punch Taverns has appointed Dave Pawson as its first-ever partner relationship manager. The PMA Team asks him about the job.
11-Feb-2010 By John Harrington
Giving tenants a 67% share of machine profit and greater discounts are also promised in the new three-year Business Partnership Agreement.
03-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Rents at Punch pubs are at an historic low, the pubco has claimed as it seeks to attract new talent into the industry. Punch is broadening its...
More mergers mooted for 2010
25-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Last week's multi-billion pound bid for Cadbury by US food giant Kraft highlighted that everything has its price. Cadbury had been resolute in...
13-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
Mitchells & Butlers investor Piedmont has accused the board of presiding over a "culture of obfuscation and excess".
OFT urged to address 'phoenix companies'
13-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
The issue of companies that go bust and then re-appear under a new name leaving small creditors unpaid must be looked into by the Office of Fair...
17-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Small businesses could now wait up to four months to be paid by Danish brewing giant Carlsberg. The brewer has come under fire from the Forum of...
Jobs safe for now as Dark Star Scotland goes into administration
29-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Scottish bar, restaurant and hotel businesses Dark Star Scotland Limited has been placed in administration.The Glasgow-based company operates a chain...
Crossed fingers and low profiles
30-Mar-2009 By Hamish Champ
Late March is traditionally a quiet time on the corporate front. Most companies have done with reporting their half-year numbers and are content to...
BII signs two new corporate members
05-Mar-2009
BII has signed up two new corporate members, HIT Training and Business In Sport and Leisure (BISL). BISL represents around 100 companies in the...
10-Feb-2009 By The PMA Team
A company, set up in 2007, that help tenanted pub companies keep pubs open is set to double turnover to £17m as pub failure rates increase.
14-Aug-2008 By The PMA Team
In an industry first, Lincolnshire brewer and retailer Batemans is offering to scrap rent reviews for existing and new tenants in an attempt to remove tenants' fear that they will be "punished" for trading success.
07-Aug-2008 By John Harrington
Enterprise and Punch have told the anti-pubco Fair Pint campaign they will not meet the group before the Parliamentary inquiry into pub companies,...
Herald Inns closes venues
17-Jul-2008 By The PMA Team
The concept had 'lost touch with the market' Herald Inns & Bars, the company headed by Julian Sargeson, has closed six venues. The company is...
14-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
InBev is to acquire Budweiser brewer for $52bn in a deal which will create one of the five largest consumer products companies in the world.
12-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
West Yorkshire-based pubco Suburban Style Bar Co has set up a subsidiary company to manage 10 freehold pubs it purchased in March. Beacon Pub...
Suburban Bar Co creates new group to run wet-led pubs
12-May-2008 By Hamish Champ
Suburban Style Bar has created a subsidiary company to manage the 10 freehold wet-led pubs it bought earlier this year. Beacon Pub Company will run...
Sweet success for company launch at Publican Live
02-Apr-2008
A new company offering personalised sugar sachets had its official launch at Publican Live.Sachets Direct offers businesses full colour sachets...
01-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team
Tycoon parts company with business partner HBOS in respect of Herald Inns
